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NYWJ.749.064
28 Aug 1749:32 (819)
To Be Seen, at A large Theatrical Room, next to the sign of
the Dolphin (built on purpose) near the Work-House, in New-
York, for the entertainment of gentlemen, ladies, and
others, to-morrow evening, and to continue with different
plays every week, Punch's Company of Comedians. Which are
thought to be the compleatest of the kind ever seen in
Europe; and by them will be performed the whole play of
Whittington and his Catt, shewing, how he was rise from a
poor sculling boy, to be Lord Mayor of London, with the
cruel usage he received from Marg. the cook maid, when
sculling under her. With entertainments of dancing.
Likewise. The Athenien Temple of Arts and Sciences. This
admirable piece of mechanism is entirely of a new invention,
and is now finish'd by some of the best artists, . . . [8
lines]
Note, that the doors are to be open'd at 6, and being at 7
o'clock.---Price. Front seats, two shillings. Middle seats,
one shilling and six pence. Back seats, one shilling.
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