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FJ.783.088
24 Dec 1783:33 (3/140)
At the French Academy in Lodge Alley, At the particular
request of a number of ladies and gentlemen, will be danced
a second time, on Saturday, the 27th instant, by five and
twenty scholars of the said Academy, a Ballet, representing
the return of peace, and the coronation of the success of
America.
Those who perform will be uniformly in shepherd's dress,
and execute one hundred and forty different figures.
There will also be decorations and transparent scenes
emblematical of the occasion. with an addition to the
figures and the scenery.
The doors will be opened at four o'clock in the evening,
and the ballet will begin precisely at seven.
The company will be permitted to dance both before and
after the performance.
To prevent confusion there will be but a certain number of
tickets, and no money taken at the door.
The tickets are to be had at the Lodge, in Carter's Alley,
the fourth door from the west side of Second Street; and at
Francis Bailey's printing-office, at Yorick's Head, in
Market Street.
N.B. No admittance without tickets.
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