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PP-P.780.029
10 Feb 1780:33
For the Benefit of the Poor of the City and Liberties.
Tomorrow evening, the 11th, at the Theatre in Southwark,
ladies and gentlemen will be agreeably entertained with
various new Equilibriums on the SLACK WIRE,
Such as never were performed on the continent but by the
celebrated Mr. Templeman, (A native of Virginia) late from
Europe.
He balances, turns and swings on the wire to admiration.
He beats the drum on the wire in full swing.
He plays with several balls on the wire with great
dexterity.
He balances a sword on the brim of a wine-glass, walks
backward and forward, kneels down, and recovers with great
agility.
He walks blindfold on the wire, lies down and rises up.
He sits in a chair on the wire, balances a straw, with a
furnished table before him, when in full swing.
He balances a plate on the hilt of a sword, with the point
of the sword on the edge of a milled dollar, and the
opposite edge of the dollar on the brim of a wine-glass, and
makes all spin like a top.
He walks, kneels, and swings on a board to admiration.
Also a great variety of other exhibitions with pipes, hoops,
hats, &c. &c. &c. too tedious to mention.
The performance will conclude with a compleat hornpipe. The
doors to be opened at five o'clock in the evening, and to
begin at six.
Tickets may be had at the Coffee-House, the City-Tavern, and
the place of performance. Box Forty Dollars-- Pit Thirty
Dollars-- Gallery Twenty Dollars.-- Children, from five
years old to twelve, will be admitted for Fifteen Dollars.
The house will be well illuminated, and the company
entertained with good Music.
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