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PJ.780.004
9 Feb 1780:33 (1326)
On Friday next, the eleventh instant at the theatre in
Southwark, ladies and gentlemen will be agreeably
entertained with various new equilibrium on the slack wire,
such as never were performed on the continent, but by the
celebrated Mr. Templeman, (A Virginian, ) late from Europe.
He balances, turns and swings on the wires to admiration.
He beats the drum on the wire in full swing. . . .
The performance will conclude with a compleat horn-pipe.
The doors to be opened at five o'clock in the evening, and
to begin at six.
Tickets may be had at the coffee-house, the city tavern, and
the place of performance. Box, forty dollars. Pit, thirty
dollars. Gallery, twenty dollars. Children, from five
years old to twelve, will be admitted for fifteen dollars.
The house will be well illuminated, and the company
entertained with good music.
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