Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1781.04.16

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Index Entry Actors, amateur, in New York, performance by officers of British Army 
Location New York 
Citation
NYM(G.781.047
16 Apr 1781:34 (1539)
Theatre. This evening, the 16th instant, will be presented,
a tragedy, (never performed here) called
Macbeth.  In the fourth act will be introduced the original
Dance of the Witches.
To which will be added, a farce not performed this season,
called 
The King and the Miller of Mansfield. 
The characters by gentlemen of the army. 
No admittance behind the scenes. Tickets to be purchased at
the time of registering places for the boxes, for which
purpose the clerk will attend at Mr. Bunyan's, next door to
the theatre, from 11 o'clock till 2, every day after the
play is advertised. The doors to be opened at five, and to
begin precisely at seven o'clock. The gentlemen who have
taken places in the boxes, are desired to send their
servants at 4 o'clock, that they may  be fixed before the
doors are opened. No money will be taken at the door. No
children in laps can possibly be admitted. Tickets to be had
of Messrs. Rivington and Gaine. Boxes 8s. Pit 8s. Gallery
4s. Vivant Rex & Regina.----Wanted for the Theatre, a copy
of the farce entitled The Spirit of Contradiction, for which
the printer will give a handsome price.


Generic Title New York Mercury (Gaine) 
Date 1781.04.16 
Publisher Gaine, Hugh 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1781 
Bibliography B0030608
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