Citation - New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy: 1768.05.16

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Index Entry Actor, Cheer, Miss, to play Hermione in Distrest Mother [t] 
Location New York 
Citation
NYGWPB.768.054
16 May 1768:32 (1324)
By permission of his Excellency the Governor. For the
benefit of Mrs. Harman. By the American Company. At the
Theatre in John Street, this evening, being Monday the 16th
of May, 1768, will be presented, a tragedy, called, 
The Distrest Mother. 
Pyrrhus, by Mr. Douglass,  Orestes, by Mr. Hallam.  Pylades,
by Mr. Morris.  Phenix, by Mr. Tomlinson.  Hermione, by Miss
Cheer.  Cephisa, by Miss Storer.  Cleone, by Miss Hallam. 
Andromache, by Mrs. Harman.  After the play, a song, by Miss
M. Storer. 
And after the entertainment, Mr. Hallam will present the
audience, with 
A Picture of a Play-House, or Bucks have at you All. 
To which will be added a musical entertainment, called 
Thomas and Sally, or, The Sailor's Return. 
The Squire, by Mr. Woolls.  The Sailor, by Mr. Wall. 
Dorcas, by Mrs. Harman.  Sally, by Miss Wainwright. 
To begin exactly at half after six. Vivant Rex & Regina.
Tickets to be had at the usual places, and of Mrs. Harman,
at Mr. Many's in Nassau-Street. Places in the boxes, may be
taken of Mr. Broadbelt, the stage-door.  Boxes 8s. Pit 5s.
Gallery 3s. 


Generic Title New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy 
Date 1768.05.16 
Publisher Parker, James 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1768 
Bibliography B0027038
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