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NYM(G.753.078
3 Sep 1753:32 (56)
By permission. This is to inform the publick, that this evening,
being Monday the 3d instant, will be exhibited (for the last
night but five) at a new house built for that purpose, in Mr.
Adam Van Denberg's garden, the usual performances of the
celebrated Anthony Joseph Dugee, on a slack wire, on a slack wire
scarcely perceptible with and without a balance. I. He raises
the wire to a swing, then rises on his feet, walking forwards and
backwards in full swing; and turns himself, and swings to
admiration on one foot. . . [6 lines of balancing acts] VII. He
wheels a whell-barrow, with his Negro Boy in it on the wire.
Also several new exercises on the stiff-rope, by Mr. Dugee, the
indian, and young Negro boy. In particular, the Indian intends
to entertain the company, by eating his supper standing on his
head at the same time, on the nob of a chair. With several
curious equilibres, on a table, three pins and a chair, by the
young Negro Boy. The whole to conclude with a dance, called, The
Drunken Peasant. Doors open'd at six o'clock, and to begin
precisely at seven. Tickets to be sold at the house of Mr. James
Ackland, at the royal-exchange; and at the printing-office
opposite the Old-Slip-Market, Pitt, four shillings, gallery, two
shillings. N.B. Mr. Dugee intends to perform every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, in every week during his residence here,
but there will be different performances every night.
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