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PC.767.046
9-16 Mar 1767:313 (1/8)
By authority. By the American Company.
At the New Theatre in Southwark, tomorrow, being Tuesday the
17th of March, will be presented, (by particular desire) an
historical tragedy, called,
King Richard III.
Containing---the distresses and death of King Henry VI. in
the tower; the inhuman murder of the young Princes; the
usurpation of the throne by Richard; the fall of the Duke of
Buckingham; the landing of Richmond at Milford-Haven; the
Battle of Bosworth-Field and death of Richard, which put an
end to the contention between the houses of York and
Lancaster; with many other historical passages.
King Richard, by Mr. Hallam. King Henry, by Mr. Morris.
Prince Edward, by Mr. Godwin. Duke of York, by Miss S.
Dowthwait. Duke of Buckingham, by Mr. Wall. Lord Stanley, by
Mr. Allyn. Tressel, by Mr. Douglass. Catesby, by Mr.
Tomlinson. Ratcliff, by Mr. Woolls. Richmond, by Mr.
Douglass. Lady Anne, by Miss Cheer. Dutchess of York, by
Mrs. Harman. Queen Elizabeth, by Mrs. Douglass. With
entertainments, viz. Singing by Mr. Woolls, and Miss
Wainwright. Dancing by Mr. Mathews.
To which will be added, a farce, called
The Brave Irishman; or, Captain O'Blunder.
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