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BPB.770.032
16 Jul 1770:21 (673)
London, April 19. The masqued ball, given at the opera house
in the Haymarket, by the gentlemen of Arthur's, on Thursday
night, which consisted of one thousand and forty persons,
the splendor of whose appearance was superior to any thing [
] in this country.--At ten the doors were opened, [smudge]
by twelve the theatre, illuminated [smudge] speakable
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 many characters which received universal
approbation, Mr. Charles Turner, the member for York,
dressed as a country gentlewoman in a riding habit, claims a
particular mention; he danced four minuets in his female
character without a mask and the gravity of appearance which
he preserved on the occasion is inconceivable. Colonel
Fitzroy, as a mock-doctor, supported his part with much
humour, and danced a most laughable minuet with Mr. Turner.
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