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MJ.782.009
15 Jan 1782:33 (9/3 437)
(By permission) The New Theatre, in Baltimore, will open,
this evening, being the 15th of January, 1782. with an
historical tragedy, called King Richard III.
Containing-the distresses and death of King Henry VI in the
tower: the unhuman murder of the young Princes: the
usurpation of the throne by Richard: the fall of the Duke of
Buckingham: the landing of Richmond at Milford-Haven: the
Battle of Bosworth-Field, and death of Richard, which put an
end to the contention between the houses of York and
Lancaster: with many other historical passages.
King Richard, by Mr. Wall; Earl of Richmond and Tressel, by
gentlemen for their amusemet; King Henry by Mr. Tillyard;
Duke of Buckingham, by Mr. Shakespeare; Prince Edward, by a
young gentleman; Duke of York, by Miss Wall; Lord Stanley,
by Mr. Lindsay; Catesby, by Mr. Killgour; Ratcliff, by Mr.
Atherton. Lady Anne, by Mrs. Bartholomew; Queen Elizabeth,
by Mrs. Wall.
An occasional prologue by Mr. Wall.
To which will be added, a farce, called Miss in her Teens;
or, The Medley of Lovers.
Boxes one dollar; pit five shillings; gallery 3s.9d.
The doors to be opened at half past four, and will begin
at six o'clock.
No persons can be admitted without tickets, which may be
had at the coffee-house in Baltimore, and at Lindsay's
Coffee-house on Fell's Point.
*** No person will, on any pretence, be admitted behind
the scenes.
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