| Index Entry | Alexander the Great, part to be performed by actor in Edinburgh |
| Location | Edinburgh |
| Citation | EG.772.018 28 Apr-5 May 1772:1621 (4/197) London, February 27. At Edinburgh a player, performing a 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 | Essex Gazette |
| Date | 1772.05.05 |
| Publisher | Hall, Samuel and Ebenezer |
| City, State | Salem, MA |
| Year | 1772 |
| Bibliography | B0016144 |