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NHG-P.772.116
27 Nov 1772:33 (841)
This Evening, At the Academy-Room in Pit-Street, will be
perform'd the following pieces.
1st. A Prologue in the Character of a drunken Sailor.
2d. An Oration on the Origin, Progress, and Utility of the
Stage.
3d. an Entertainment call'd Lethe; or Aesop in the Shades.
Aesop; by Mr. Foster.
Mercury, (with a song,) Frenchman, and
Snip the Taylor. By Mr. Deacon.
And the old Man and drunken Man. By Mr. Morgan.
4th. An Entertainment of Dancing and Singing, in Grotesque
Characters, call'd the Witches; or Harlequin Mercury.
The Character of Harlequin. By Mr. Morgan.
Don Choleric Chap Shorto de Testy. By Mr. Deacon.
Lumberhead. By Mr. Foster.
Columbine. By Mrs. Foster
To conclude with a Hornpipe.
The doors to be open'd at 5 o'clock, to begin punctually
at 6.
Tickets at 3, & 2 pistereens each, to be had at the
Printing-Office, Mr. Morgan, and the other usual places.
As many complaints have been made by persons from the
country, being disappointed at there being no performance,
on account of extremity of weather, Mr. Morgan gives this
public assurance that nothing of that nature shall happen
again, but will positively exhibit on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays, 'till notice is given in this paper, for a stop
to prepare something new.
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