Citation - Pennsylvania Journal: 1780.04.19

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Index Entry Dancer, on slack wire, Templeman, Mr, announces performances 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PJ.780.020
19 Apr 1780:33 (1336)
By particular desire, of a number of ladies and gentlemen,
and on account of the very bad weather during last winter,
Mr. Templeman continues his usual amusements at the new
theatre in Southwark on Tuesday and Friday next, the twenty-
fifth and twenty-eighth of April:--Those will certainly be
the last times of performance in this place.
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 horn-pipe by Mr.
Templeman.  The doors to be opened at half after six o'clock
in the evening, and to begin at half after seven.
Tickets may be had at the coffee-house; city-tavern; Indian
Queen; at the sign of the ship Hancock, in Fourth-Street;
the Bird-in-Hand Tavern; at the city-tavern, in Second-
Street; and at the place of performance.
Children from five years old to twelve, will be admitted for
fifteen dollars each.
Box, forty dollars, pit, thirty dollars, gallery, twenty
dollars.  The boxes are in proper order, and fit for the
reception of ladies and gentlemen.
The house will be illuminated, and the company entertained
with good music; it will likewise be guarded inside and
outside.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Journal 
Date 1780.04.19 
Publisher Bradford, Thomas 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1780 
Bibliography B0039460
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