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NYM(G.762.016
1 Feb 1762:12 (496)
By permission of his honour the lieutenant-governor. For
the benefit of Mrs. Douglass. By a company of comedians, at
the new theatre in Chapel-Street, this day, being the 1st of
February, 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 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. 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 Stanley, 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, Frenchman, Mr.
Allyn, Charon, Mr. Tomlinson, Old Man, Mr. Morris, Mr.
Tattoo, Mr. Reed, Bowman, Mr. Tomlinson, Drunken Man, Mr.
Hallam, Mrs. Riot, Mrs. Douglass.
To begin exactly at 6 o'clock.
Tickets to be had of H. Gaine, printer, bookseller and
stationer, 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, have
been found rather an inconvenience to the persons so waited
on, than a complement.
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