The Wages of Sin theatrical poster, 1880


Permanent ID:
7170
Call number:
V6:1265
Date:
circa 1880
Image Description:
Theatrical poster for "The Wages of Sin" by Frank Harvey depicting various scenes and characters from the play.  A morality tale about the effects of a lie and the penalty for sin, "The Wages of SIn" tells the story of Ruth, a young orphan woman who rejects her suitor, the Reverend George Brand, after a false report casts aspersions on his character.  Ruth then marries Harry Wentworth, a true ne’er-do-well who proves to be a drunken, lazy brute and drives Ruth to a life of starvation and crime.  At the center of the action is Stephen Marler, a factory clerk who is the source of the false rumor about George.  Praised in The New York Times as a "vigorous and successful melodrama," "The Wages of Sin" played to audiences in England, the United States, and Australia throughout the 1880s and was performed in Philadelphia at the Olympic Theater in the summer of 1883.
Format:
Lithographs
Dimensions:
Width: 69 cm, Height: 93 cm (image)
Collection:
Theater Posters Collection
Related People or Organizations:
Harvey, Frank (relates to)
Strobridge & Co. Lith. (lithographer)