Citation - Pennsylvania Journal: 1772.11.18

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Index Entry Actor, Byerley, Mr, to play Fine Gentleman in Lethe [t] 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PJ.772.027
18 Nov 1772:32 (1563)
Theatre.  A new comedy, by the author of The West-Indian. 
By authority.  By the American Company, at the theatre in
Southwark.  This evening, November the 18th, a new comedy
called 
The Shipwreck, or, The Brothers.
Young Belfield by Mr. Hallam. Belfield by Mr. Henry, 
Captain Ironsides by Mr. Goodman,  Sir Benjamin Dove by Mr.
Morris,  Paterson by Mr. Byerley. Skiff by Mr. Woolls,  Old
Goodwin by Mr. Douglass,  Philip by Mr. Wall,  Jonathan by
Mr. Parkers,  Francis by Mr. Johnson,  Sailors by Messrs.
Parker, Roberts, &c. &c. Lady Dove by Mrs. Morris,  Violetta
by Mrs. Henry,  Lucy Waters by Miss Storer,  Kitty by Mrs.
Harman,  Fanny by Miss Richardson,  Sophia by Miss Hallam.
To which will be added, 
Lethe, or, Aesop in the Shades.
Frenchman and Drunkenman by Mr. Hallam,  Aesop by Mr.
Douglass,  Mercury (with songs) by Mr. Woolls,  Old Man by
Mr. Morris,  Fine gentleman by Mr. Byerley,  Mr. Tattoo by
Mr. Goodman,  Charon by Mr. Johnson,  Mrs. Tattoo by Miss
Hallam,  Mrs. Riot (with a song) by Miss Storer, &c. &c.
The doors to be opened at four, and the play to begin
exactly at six o'clock.
No persons, 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.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Journal 
Date 1772.11.18 
Publisher Bradford, William and Thomas 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1772 
Bibliography B0039134
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