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NYM(G.761.087
28 Dec 1761:31 (491)
By permission of his honour the lieutenant governor, by a
company of comedians, at the new theatre in Chappel-Street,
this present Monday, being the 28th of December, by
particular desire, and for the entertainment of the master,
wardens, and the rest of the brethren of the Ancient and
Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons, will be
presented, a tragedy called,
The Gamester.
An occasional prologue to be spoken by Mr. Douglass in the
character of a Master Mason. Between the acts several Free-
Mason's songs.
After the play, the original epilogue, and after the farce,
a Mason's epilogue, by Mrs. Douglass. To which will be
added, a ballad opera, call'd
Devil To-Pay, or, The Wives Metamorphos'd.
Places in the boxes to be taken of Mr. Douglass, at Mr.
Hampton's, near the theatre.
No money will be taken at the door, nor any person admitted
without tickets, which are to be sold by H. Gaine, printer,
at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square.
Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. Gallery 3s.
The doors to be open'd at four, and the play to begin
precisely at six o'clock.
No person can be admitted behind the scenes.
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