Index Entry | Alexander the Great, part to be performed by actor in Edinburgh |
Location | Edinburgh |
Citation | SCG-C.772.032 7 May 1772:32 (1890) London, March 4. At Edinburgh a player, performing the part of Alexander the Great, and having just received a letter from London, with the account of a late melancholy event, just as he was entering upon the stage, before he began his part, he advanced towards the orchestra with a white handkerchief in his hand, and after many contortions of face, in order to force out a tear, "Gentlemen and Ladies, (said he) the Princess Dowager is dead!" |
Generic Title | South Carolina Gazette (Timothy) |
Date | 1772.05.07 |
Publisher | Powell, Hughes & Co. |
City, State | Charleston, SC |
Year | 1772 |
Bibliography | B0047453 |