Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1773.04.26

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Index Entry Actor, Byerley, Mr, to play Cornwall in King Lear [t] 
Location New York 
Citation
NYM(G.773.060
26 Apr 1773:32 (1122)
Theatre.  By permission of his Excellency the Governor by
the American Company, at the Theatre in John Street, this
present evening, the 26th of April, will be presented a
tragedy, call'd, 
King Lear.
King Lear, by Mr. Hallam,  Edgar, by Mr. Henry,  Bastard, by
Mr. Douglass,  Kent, by Mr. Goodman,  Gloster, by Mr.
Morris,  Albany, by Mr. Parker,  Cornwall, by Mr. Byerley, 
Gentleman Usher, by Mr. Wall,  Burgundy, by Mr. Woolls, 
Goneril, by Mrs. Morris,  Regan, by Mrs. Henry,  Arante, by
Mrs. Richardson,  Cordelia, by Miss Hallam. Singing, by Mr.
Woolls. Dancing, by Mr. Francis. 
To which will be added, 
The Citizen.
The Citizen, by Mr. Wall,  Old Philpot, by Mr. Morris, 
Young Wilding, by Mr. Parker,  Sir Jasper, by Mr. Byerley, 
Beaufort, by Mr. Woolls,  Corinna, by Miss Richardson, 
Maria, by Miss Hallam. 
The doors to be open'd at 5, and the play to begin precisely
at half an hour after six o'clock.---Places in the boxes may
be taken at the Theatre; and it is requested, that the
ladies and gentlemen who send to engage boxes, wou'd be
pleased to ascertain the number of seats they wou'd have
reserved for them. Tickets to be had at Mr. Gaines, in
Hanover-Square, and at the Theatre.


Generic Title New York Mercury (Gaine) 
Date 1773.04.26 
Publisher Gaine, Hugh 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1773 
Bibliography B0030189
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