Citation - Pennsylvania Journal: 1773.01.06

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Index Entry Actor, Byerley, Mr, to play Baptista in Catharine and Petruchio [t] 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PJ.773.001a
6 Jan 1773:33 (1570)
Theatre.  by authority, by the American Company, at the
theatre in Southwark, this evening, January the 6th, a
tragedy call'd 
Tamerlane The Great; or, The Fall of Bajazet, Emperor of the
Turks.
Bajazet by Mr. Hallam,  Tamerlane by Mr. Douglass,  Moneses
by Mr. Goodman,  Axalla by Mr. Wall,  Omar by Mr. Henry, 
Dervise by Mr. Morris,  Haly by Mr. Parker,  Stratocles by
Mr. Byerley,  Prince of Tanais by Mr. Woolls,  Zama by Mr.
Johnson,  Mirvan by Mr. Roberts,  Selima by Mrs. Henry, 
Arpasia by Mrs. Morris. Singing by Mr. Woolls.
To which will be added (not acted these four years) a comedy
written by Shakespear, alter'd by Mr. Garrick, call'd 
Catharine and Petruchio; or, The Taming of the Shrew.
Petruchio by Mr. Goodman,  Grumio by Mr. Morris,  Biondello
by Mr. Wall,  Hortentio by Mr. Parker,  Baptista by Mr.
Byerley,  Taylor by Mr. Roberts,  Curtis by Mrs. Harman, 
Bianca by Miss Richardson,  Catharine by Mrs. Morris.
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 1773.01.06 
Publisher Bradford, William and Thomas 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1773 
Bibliography B0039141
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