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PGCJ.770.020
21 Jul 1770:13,21 (341)
London, April 19. The following is a more particular
account, than our last, of the masqued ball, given at the
opera-house, in the Hay-Market, by the gentlemen of
Arthur's, on Thursday night, which consisted of one thousand
and forty persons, the splendor of which was superior to any
thing hitherto seen in this country.--At ten the doors were
opened, and by twelve the theatre, illuminated in a stile
unspeakably superb, was crowded with company, while separate
bands of music were provided in various parts for the
accommodation of such as danced. From one till three, the
upper rooms were continually full, and numbers were left at
eight in the morning, enjoying the united pleasures of
sparkling wit, and elegant festivity.
Among the several characters, which received universal
approbation, Mr. Charles Turner, the member for York,
dressed as a country gentlewoman, in a riding-habit, claim a
particular mention; he danced four minuets in his female
character, without a mask, and the gravity of countenance
which he preserved on the occasion is inconceivable. Col.
Fitzroy, as a mock-doctor, supported his part with much
humour, and danced a most laughable minuet with Mr. Turner.
. . [Description of more characters and some dialogue
follows.]
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