On Monday, July 19th, 1869 & every evening until further notice : the performance will commencewith (Wednesday and Thursday excepted) the interesting drama, in four acts, entitled - the Black Doctor : acts I. and II. the island of Bourbon, 1788 ... / Grecian Theatre ... City Road.

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On Monday, July 19th, 1869 & every evening until further notice : the performance will commencewith (Wednesday and Thursday excepted) the interesting drama, in four acts, entitled - the Black Doctor : acts I. and II. the island of Bourbon, 1788 ... / Grecian Theatre ... City Road. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Poster advertising an 1869 play called 'The black doctor' about a black doctor and a white woman falling in love with one another in 1788 on the island of Bourbon. It ends with the death of both of them in one another's arms. Printed by E. J. Bath, steam printer, 26 High Street, Whitechapel, London.

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1869.

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1 sheet : blue, red and white ; 31 x 42 cm

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