Citation - Maryland Journal: 1782.04.16

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Index Entry Actor, Atherton, Mr, to play Melidor in Zara [t] 
Location Baltimore 
Citation
MJ.782.043
16 Apr 1782:11 (9/16 450)
(By permission.)  At the New Theatre, Baltimore, this
evening, being the 16th of April, 1782, will be presented,
the Tragedy of Zara, translated from the French of the
celebrated Voltaire, by Aaron Hill, Esq.
Turks: Osman, Sultan of Jerusalem, Mr. Wall;
Orasmin, Minister to the Sultan, Mr. Shakespear;
Melidor, Officer of the Seraglio, Mr. Atherton;
Christians: Lusignan, last of the Blood of the Christian
Kings of Jerusalem, Mr. Heard;
French officers: Nerestan, Mr. Lewis Chatillon, Mr. Tilyard
Captives to the Sultan: Zara, Mrs. Robinson; Selima, Mrs.
Elm.
Dressed in the habits of the different nations.
To which will be added, a farce, called Lethe, or Aesop in
the Shades.
Boxes one dollar; pit five shillings; gallery three
shillings and nine-pence.
  The doors to be opened precisely at five o'clock.
[hand pointing right] No persons can be admitted without
tickets, which may be had at the Coffee-House in Baltimore,
and at Lindsay's Coffee-House on Fell's Point, and at
Captain Dennis's, four doors from the Theatre.
   *** No person will, on any pretence, be admitted behind
the scenes.


Generic Title Maryland Journal 
Date 1782.04.16 
Publisher Goddard, M. K. 
City, State Baltimore, MD 
Year 1782 
Bibliography B0021161
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