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VGW(HU.769.030
13 Apr 1769:32 (934)
By permission of his Excellency the Governour. For the
entertainment of the curious, on Friday the 14th of this
instant April will be exhibited, at the theatre in
Williamsburg, by Peter Gardiner, a curious set of figures,
richly dressed, four feet high, which shall appear upon the
stage as if alive; to which will be added a tragedy called
the Babes in the Wood; also a curious View of Water Works,
representing the Sea, with all manner of Sea Monsters
sporting upon the waves. Likewise, Fireworks, together with
the taking of the Havannah, with ships, forts, and
batteries, continually firing, until victory crowns the
conquest; To which will be added, a curious Field of Battle,
containing the Dutch, French, Prussian, and English forces,
which shall regularly march and perform the different
exercises to great perfection. The performer will lay his
head on one chair and his feet on another, and suffer a
large rock of three hundred weight to be broke on his breast
with a sledge hammer. Tickets to be had at the Raleigh
Tavern. Boxes 3s.9d.-- Pit 2s.6d.-- Gallery 1s.6d. The
doors to be opened at four o'clock, and the entertainment to
begin at six. * * * None can be admitted without tickets,
nor any admitted behind the scenes, as the inconvenience
must be obvious. N.B. None of the above is represented by
way of an optick box, or peeping through glasses, but shall
appear public on the stage, conspicuously to the view of the
spectators, without confusion.
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