Citation - Rivington's New York Gazette: 1782.09.11

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Index Entry Alexander's Feast [t] (Dryden), to be performed by Henry, 
Location New York 
Citation
RNYG.782.367
11 Sep 1782:32 (622)
Theatre-Royal.  This evening, Mr. Henry, proposes exhibiting
a Rational Evening's Entertainment, in Four Parts:
  Part I.  Selections from G.A. Stephen's Lecture on Heads.
  Part II.  Mr. Henry will recite a Monody, called The
Shadows of Shakespeare;  Or, Shakespeare's Characters paying
Homage to Garrick.  In which (by particular desire) will be
introduced Shakespeare's Seven-Ages.
  Part III.  Ladies and Gentlemen's Heads: And the
Dissection of the Heart of a British Sailor.
  Part IV.  Will be recited,  Dryden's Ode to St. Cecilia, 
called Alexander's Feast, Or, The Power of music.
 * *  To please his friends in the upper regions, he will
conclude the whole with their favorite Interlude of
Hippelsey's Drunken Man.
 + +  Tickets, Prices, and Places as usual.
  To begin at half past seven.


Generic Title Rivington's New York Gazette 
Date 1782.09.11 
Publisher Rivington, James 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1782 
Bibliography B0043273
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