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RNYG.773.050
22 Jul 1773:32 (14)
For the Benefit of The Hospital to be erected in New-York.
Theatre. By Permission of his Excellency the Governor,
By The American Company, at the Theatre in John-Street, on
Monday the 26th instant, will be presented A Tragedy,
call'd,
The London Merchant, Or the History of George Barnwell.
George Barnwell, by Mr. Hallam, Thoroughgood, by Mr. Morris,
Truman, by Mr. Goodman, Uncle, by Mr. Henry, Blunt, by Mr.
Byerley, Maria, by Miss Storer, Lucey, by Miss Richardson,
Millwood, by Mrs. Morris, An occasional prologue will be
spoke by Mr. Hallam. In the first act, singing by Mr. Wools.
After the play (by particular desire) Ellen a Roon, by Miss
Storer. Dancing, by Mr. Francis.
To which will be added, a dramatic tale, called Edgar and
Emmeline.
Edgar, Son to the Earl of Kent, disguised as a woman, under
the name of Elfrida, by Mr. Hallam, Florimond, a courtier,
by Mr. Wall, First Aerial Spirit, by Mrs. Morris, Other
Spirits, by Mr. Woolls, Mr. Goodman, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Byerly,
Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Wall, &c. Attendant on Elfrida, by Miss
Richardson, Emmeline, Daughter to the Earl of
Northumberland, disguised as a man, under the name of
Gondibert, by Miss Hallam. With songs and dances incidental
to the piece.
The Company of Comedians, in return for the many favours
they have received from the inhabitants of this place,
having obligingly offered to act a play for the benefit of
this benevolent institution, it is hoped that all who are
charitably disposed or with well to so laudable and useful
an undertaking will countenance this play with their
presence, or otherwise, contribute their mite towards so
good a work, as the providing a receptacle for the sick and
needy. It is hoped by the friends of the hospital that the
moral of the play to be acted will have some influence even
with those who are otherwise no friends to the Theatre.
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