| Index Entry | Alexander the Great, part to be performed by actor in Edinburgh |
| Location | Edinburgh |
| Citation | CJ-NH.772.018 1 May 1772:21 (237) [News from London] At Edinburgh a player, performing the part of Alexander the Great, and having just received a letter from London, with the account of a late melancholy event, just as he was entering upon the stage, before he began his part, he advanced towards the orchestra, with a white handkerchief in his hand, and after many contortions of face, in order to force out a tear: "gentlemen and ladies (said he) the Princess Dowager is dead!" |
| Generic Title | Connecticut Journal |
| Date | 1772.05.01 |
| Publisher | Green, Thomas and Samuel |
| City, State | New Haven, CT |
| Year | 1772 |
| Bibliography | B0014833 |