Citation - Pennsylvania Journal: 1769.01.05

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Index Entry Actor, Byerley, Mr, to play Perdiccas in Alexander the Great [t] 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PJ.769.001a
5 Jan 1769:32 (1361)
By authority.  The company, in order to perform the play for
the benefit of the debtors, having been detain'd, beyond the
stage to which they had appointed to go to New-York, have
now an opportunity of gratifying those ladies and gentlemen,
who could not get admittance on Monday:  Therefore, to-
morrow being Friday the 6th of January, will be presented, 
Alexander The Great or The Rival Queens.
Alexander by Mr. Hallam,  Clytus by Mr. Douglass, 
Lysimachus by Mr. Henry,  Hephestion by Mr. Wall,  Cassander
by Mr. Morris,  Polyperchon by Mr. Parker,  Philip by Mr.
Tomlinson,  Thestalus by Mr. Woolls,  Perdiccas by Mr.
Byerley,  Eumenus by Mr. Roberts,  Meleager by Mr. Raworth, 
Aristander by Mr. Darby,  Statira by Miss Hallam, 
Sysigambis by Mrs. Douglass,  Parisatis by Miss Storer, 
Roxana by Miss Cheer.
With entertainments, viz. singing by Mr. Woolls, and Miss M.
Storer.
After the play, will be exhibited, by way of interlude, a
specimen of Mr. Footes's oratory of the bar; illustrated by
a representation of the tryal of Fanny the Fantome, or, The
Cock-Lane Ghost.
The orator by Mr. Wall,  Serjeant Blarney by Mr. Douglass, 
Councellor Prosequi by Mr. Tomlinson,  Shadsacti Bodkin by
Mr. Morris,  Justice by Mr. Wools,  Clerk by Mr. Raworth, 
Peter Paragraph (a noted printer in Dublin) by Mr. Wall.
After which Mr. Wall will deliver a critical dissertation,
upon Noses:  in which will be exhibited; a turn-up nose; a
ruby nose; a Roman nose; a blunt nose, and a hooked, or
parrots-beak nose.
To which will be added, 
The Contrivances.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Journal 
Date 1769.01.05 
Publisher Bradford, William and Thomas 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1769 
Bibliography B0038929
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