Citation - Pennsylvania Journal: 1773.03.31

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Index Entry Actor, Byerley, Mr, to play Alonzo in Tempest [t] 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PJ.773.027
31 Mar 1773:32 (1582)
Positively the last night but one.  Theatre.  By authority. 
By the American Company, at the theatre in Southwark, this
evening, the thirty-first of March, a comedy, call'd 
The Tempest; or, The-Inchanted Island
Prospero, Duke of Milan by Mr. Douglass,  Ferdinand, Prince
of Savoy by Mr. Hallam,  Alonzo, Duke of Savoy by Mr.
Byerley,  Antonion, Usurping Duke of Milan by Mr. Dermot, 
Hypolito, Duke of Mantua a man that never saw a woman by Mr.
Wall,  Gonzalo, a nobleman of Savoy by Mr. Johnson, 
Stephano, master of the ship by Mr. Morris,  Trincalo, a
dunken boatswain by Mr. Henry,  Ventoso and Mustachio,
(sailors) by Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Woolls,  Ariel, an airy
spirit by Miss Storer,  Caliban and Sycarox, (monsters of
the isle) by Mr. Goodman, and Mr. Roberts,  Miranda and
Dorinda, women who never saw a man by Mrs. Henry, and Miss
Hallam.
To conclude with a grand masque of Neptune and Amphitrite.
Neptune by Mr. Woolls,  Amphitrite by Miss Storer. In Act
IV, a dance by Mr. Francis, in the character of a monster. 
Dancing by Mr. Francis.
To which will be added, 
The Guardian.
The Guardian by Mr. Hallam,  Sir Charles Clacket by Mr.
Morris,  Young Clacket by Mr. Wall,  Lucy by Mrs. Henry, 
Miss Harriet by Miss Hallam.
Tickets, without which no person can be admitted are sold at
the bar of the coffee-house, Boxes 7s. 6d.  Pit 5s.  Gallery
3s.  The play to begin exactly half after six o'clock.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Journal 
Date 1773.03.31 
Publisher Bradford, William and Thomas 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1773 
Bibliography B0039153
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