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PG-P.766.031
4 Dec 1766:32 (1980)
By Authority. By the American Company, at the new Theatre,
in Southwark, to-morrow, being Friday, the 5th of December,
will be presented, the Historical Tragedy of
King Richard III.
Containing the distress and death of King Henry IV, the
usurpation of the crown by Richard, the inhuman murder of
the young Princes in the tower, the fall of the Duke of
Buckingham, the Landing of the Earl of Richmond at Milford,
the Battle of Bosworth Field, and death of Richard, which
put an end to the contention of the Houses of York and
Lancaster; with many more historical passages.
King Richard, by Mr. Hallam. King Henry, by Mr. Morris.
Richmond, by Mr. Douglass. Buckingham, by Mr. Wall. Prince
Edward, by Miss Dowthwait. Lord Stanly, by Mr. Allyn.
Catesby, by Mr. Tomlinson. Ratcliff, by Mr. Woolls.
Tressel, by Mr. Douglass. Lady Anne, by Miss Cheer.
Dutchess of York, by Mrs. Harman. Queen Elizabeth, by Mrs.
Douglass.
To which will be added, a piece, translated from the French,
by the late Mrs. Cibber, called,
The Oracle.
Cinthia (with a song in character) by Miss Hallam. Oberon,
by Mr. Wall. Fairy Queen, by Mrs. Douglas.
To begin exactly at six o'clock.--Vivant Rex & Regina.
No persons can, on any pretence whatsoever, be admitted
behind the scenes.---Tickets are sold at the London Coffee-
House, at Mr. Francis's, at the Queen's Head, in Water-
street, and at Mrs. Scott's, in Lombard-street, where places
for the boxes may be taken.--Ladies and gentlemen will
please to send their servants at four o'clock, to keep their
places in the boxes.--Boxes 7s. 6d. Pit 5s. Gallery 3s.
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