Theatre Royal, Sheffield.

Licenced to Messrs Wolfenden and Melbourne. Sole lessees and managers. Residences Paragon Street and Station Terrace, Kingston upon Hull.

Messrs W. and M. beg to announce Mr and Mrs Charles Dillon and company

for positively 7 nights only

as they are engaged to appear at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, on Monday, Oct. 12th.

Great success

of

The Life’s Ransom

and the

Three Musketeers!

Continued attraction!

Mr and Mrs

Chas. Dillon

On Saturday evening, Oct. 3, 1857

will be presented, for the first time out of London, a new historical play in 5 acts, by Westland Marston, Esquire editor of the National Magazine, and author of The Patricians Daughter, Strathmore, etc entitled

Life's

Ransom

performed with the great success upwards of 50 nights at the Lyceum Theatre.

To conclude with the comic drama of

The King’s

Musketeers.

[Performers]: Mr Barrett, Mr Belton, Mr H. Beverley, Mr J. Chester, Mr Collins, Mr Charles Dillon, Mrs Charles Dillon, Mr Dolman, Mr Fish, Miss Graham, Mr Grainger, Mr Green, Mr Johnson, Miss Lewis, Mr S. May, Mrs Weston, Mr Wilson.

Doors open at half past Six o’clock, performances to commence at Seven.

Admission - Boxes, 3s.; Stalls, 2s.; Pit, 1s.; Gallery. 6d.

Half price at 9 o’clock. Boxes, 1s 6d. Stalls, 1s. No half price to pit or gallery.

The box plan is now open at Mr Evans's Music Saloon, 51, Norfolk Street. No admittance behind the scenes.

[Printed by] W. R. Marsden, Printer, Sheaf Office, 26 Change Alley, Sheffield.

Original at Sheffield City Archives: BC/16/23.