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PC.772.145
19-26 Dec 1772:1993 (311)
By Authority.
By the American Company, at the Theatre in Southwark, on
Monday next being the 28 h of December, will be presented
The Tragical History of
King Richard III.
Containing, The distresses and death of King Henry VI in the
tower; the usurpation of the throne by Richard; the unhuman
murder of the young Princes; the fall of the Duke of
Buckingham; the landing of Richmond at Milford-Haven, and
the decisive Battle of Bosworth-Field, which put an end to
the contention between the houses of York and Lancaster:
with many more historical passages.
King Richard by Mr. Hallam, King Edward V. by Mr. Wall,
King Henry VI. by Mr. Morris, Earl of Richmond by Mr.
Henry, Duke of Buckingham by Mr. Douglass, Duke of York by
Miss Richardson, Tressel by Mr. Henry, Catesby by Mr.
Parker, Ratcliff by Mr. Woolls, Oxford by Mr. Johnson,
Tyrrel by Mr. Roberts, Lady Ann by Mrs. Henry, Dutchess of
York by Mrs. Harman, Queen Elizabeth by Mrs. Morris.
Singing by Mr. Woolls.
To which will be added,
The Musical Lady.
Old Mask by Mr. Morris, Mask by Mr. Wall, Freeman by Mr.
Parker, Rosini by Mr. Roberts, Lady Scrape by Miss Storer,
Laundress by Mrs. Harman, Sophy (with a Song) by Miss
Hallam.
The doors to be opened at four, and the play to begin
exactly at six o'clock--No person, on any account
whatsoever, can possibly be admitted behind the scenes--
Places in the boxes may be taken at the theatre. --Ladies
and gentlemen will please to send their servants at four
o'clock.
Tickets, without which no person can be admitted, are
sold at the bar of the Coffee-House. Boxes, 7s.6d. Pit, 5s.
Gallery, 3s.
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