Theater playbill for Landis' Opera Troupe at Melodeon, Washington, D.C., January 15, 1858

Melodeon, late Coombs' Hall, Penn. av. near 10th st. J.W. Landis, manager, M. Coombs, treasurer, J.K. Search, musical director and stage manager. Friday evening, January 15th, 1858. Twentieth night of Landis' Opera Troupe! Old song night. Benefit of R.C. Elliott. Revival of old songs, old sayings, &c., received on last Friday evening with shouts of applause. The entire company appear to-night in a varied and rich programme of the old and much admired songs of Negro Minstrelsy. A rich treat to-night, Go early! ... The whole to conclude with the celebrated statue dance by J.W. Landis & H.K. Johnson ...