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NYGWPB.762.016
28 Jan 1762:33 (995)
For the benefit of Mrs. Douglass. By a company of comedians.
At the New Theatre, in Chapel-Street, on Monday next, being
the first of Feb will be presented, the tragical history of
KING RICHARD III. Containing; the distress and death of King
Henry VI, in the tower; the usurpation of the crown by
Richard; the inhuman murder of the young King Edward V, and
his brother the Duke of York; the fall of the Duke of
Buckingham; the landing of the Earl of Richmond, (afterwards
Henry VII) at Milford; the Battle of Bosworthfield, 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. Douglass. Richmond, by Mr. Hallam. King
Henry, by Mr. Allyn; King Edward V, by Mr. A. Hallam; Duke
of York, by a young master for his diversion; Duke of
Buckingham, by Mr. Tomlinson; Lord Hanley, by Mr. Morris;
Lieutenant of the Tower, by Mr. Sturt; Catesby, by Mr.
Reed; Tressel, by Mr. Hallam; Dutchess of York, by Mrs.
Crane; Lady Anne, by Mrs. Morris, and Queen Elizabeth, by
Mrs. Douglass.
To which will be added, a dramatic satyre, call'd
Lethe. with the additional character of Lord Chalkstone.
Lord Chalkstone, by Mr. Allyn, Aesop, Mr. Douglass, Fine
Gentleman, Mr. Hallam, Mercury, Mr. Sturt, French Man, Mr.
Allyn, Charon, Mr. Tomlinson, Old Man, Mr. Morris, Mr.
Tatoo, Mr. Reed, Bowman, Mr. Tomlinson, Drunken Man, Mr.
Hallam, Mrs. Riot, by Mrs. Douglass.
To begin exactly at six o'clock. Tickets to be had of Mr.
Gaine, printer, at the Bible & Crown, in Hanover Square, and
of Mrs. Douglass, at her lodgings near the Theatre, where
places in the boxes may be taken. Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. Gallery
3s.
***The ceremony of waiting on ladies and gentlemen at their
houses with bills, has been for some time left off in this
company; the frequent solicitations on these occasions,
having been found rather an inconvenience to the persons so
waited on, than a complement.
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