Theater playbill for Mr. Edwin Forrest in "Macbeth" at the Boston Academy of Music, October 24, 1861

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Boston Academy of Music. Lessee and manager James M. Nixon, stage manager John B. Wright. Engagement of Mr. Edwin Forrest! His twelfth appearance in Boston in five years. On Thursday evening, Oct. 24, '61, will be performed "the grandest conception of human genius," Shakspeare's tragedy, in 5 acts, entitled "Macbeth" Produced with all the original scenery, mechanical effects, &c. The whole of Locke's music, produced under the immediate direction of Mr. John P. Cooke. Extra opera chorus engaged expressly for the occasion ...