19th century Yorkshire playbill for performances of "The Merchant of Venice" and "A Dead Shot" in York on 27th March 1830.

Digitised copy of a 19th century playbill for performances of "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare and "A Dead Shot" at York Theatre Royal on Saturday 27th March, 1830.This playbill was digitised as part of the York Playbills project, commencing in 2009. Within the City of York there are a number of collections of playbills which were published to accompany productions at theatres which were part of the 'York Circuit'. This initially included the York, Hull, Leeds, Wakefield, Doncaster and Pontefract Theatres. 19th century playbills from the Yorkshire Theatres are deposited with York City Archive, although there are gaps in the collection from the latter part of the century.