Theater playbill for Sanford's Opera Troupe in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at Sanford's Opera House, Philadelphia, January 21, 1861

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Sanford's Opera House, Eleventh Street, above Chestnut. Sanford's Opera Troupe, established 1850. S.S. Sanford, proprietor, Cool White, stage manager. Monday evening, January 21st, 1861. The great sensation created among all parties by the production of Sanford's southern version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" exhibiting a series of pictures representing slavery in its true light! Performed last week to crowded houses, induces the manager to announce its performance every night this week! S.S. Sanford in his great character of Happy Uncle Tom ...