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VGW(HU.769.034
20 Apr 1769:23 (935)
By permission of his Excellency the Governour. For the
entertainment of the curious, on Thursday the 27th of this
instant (April) will be exhibited, at the theatre in
Williamsburg, by Peter Gardiner, a curious set of figures,
richly dressed, four feet high, which shall appear upon the
stage as if alive; to which will be added a curious View of
Water Works, representing the Sea, with all manner of Sea
Monsters sporting upon the waves. Likewise will be presented
a set of fireworks, together with the taking of the
Havannah, with ships, forts, and batteries, continually
firing, until victory crowns the conquest; To which will be
added, a curious Field of Battle, containing the Dutch,
French, Prussian, and English forces, which shall regularly
march and perform the different exercises to great
perfection. Likewise will he presented a comedy called
Whittington and his Cat, the surprising art of legerdemain,
&c. &c. &c. as will be expressed in the bills on that day.
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