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ROYAL GROVE.
ASTLEY’s AMPHITHEATRE,
WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.
ASTLEY, Father and Son, beg leave to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and others, that during last Winter they kept their Troop in constant Rehearsal, in order to enable them to make an entire
CHANGE of PERFORMANCES EVERY THREE WEEKS,
By which means an unremitting variety will be constantly kept up; they therefore hope this NEW PLAN will meet with approbation.—They can only say, that neither expense nor pains shall be wanting to render their amusements worthy of public patronage.
THIS PRESENT EVENING, May 4, and EVERY EVENING, will be presented
A New Comic Dance (to Irish Airs) called
THE IRISH FAIR;
In which will be introduced an IRISH LILT.
Characters—by Mons. Marqui, Miss Smith, Master Crossman, Mr. Bell, Mr. Laurent, Master Tyler, Master Collet, and Mr. Jenkinson; Miss Lawrence, Miss Harrison, Mrs. Johannot, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Williamson, &c.
Several FEATS of HORSEMANSHIP,
By Mr. MILLER, (the original Clown).
A GRAND ENTRY OF HORSES,
Equestrian Pedestal, and Manoeuvres, by the Horses, &c.
HORSEMANSHIP,
And EXERCISES for the LIGHT DRAGOONS,
By Master Crossman.
LES FORCES D’HERCULE,
EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS,
Or, MEN piled on MEN, by Ten capital Performers.
HORSEMANSHIP,
By the celebrated Miss SMITH.
TUMBLING and other EXERCISES,
By Messrs. Laurence, Tayler, Collet, Jenkins, Laurent, Bell, and the GREAT DEVIL.
Several surprising,
LEAPS by Young ASTLEY’s HUNTER,
Particularly through a Hogshead, and over another Horse’s Back of equal Height.
A Comic Dance, called
THE DRUNKEN SWISS.
Principal Characters by
Mr. CROSSMAN and Miss SMITH.
An entire new Musical Piece (taken from a well-known History), called
THE KING AND THE COBLER.
The Characters as follow:
Henry the VIIIth, Mr. Connell; Cardinal Woolsey, Mr. Fox; Secretary, Mr. Wallack; 1st Courtier, Mr. De castro; Landlord, Mr. Jenkinon; and Cobler Mr. Johannot. Joan (the Cobler’s Wife), Mrs. Henley.—Courtiers, Yeomen of the Guards, Attendants, &c. by the rest of the Company.
The Dresses, in Character, by Mons. Gotlich Clary.—
The Scenery and Decorations entirely new, by Messrs. Whitmore, Byrne, and Blackmore.
NEW EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES,
By Young ASTLEY,
The whole to conclude with a Serious, Comic, Tragic, Heroic, Mechanical, and Operatical [sic] Pantomime, called
RIVAL MAGIC;
Or, HARLEQUIN’’s VICTORY.
With new Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. &c.
Harlequin, Mr. JENKINSON;
Columbine, Miss SMITH;
With a grand Procession of
NEPTUNE AND AMPHITRITE,
Mermaids, Tritons, and other Inhabitants of the Sea, &c.
The Pantomime concludes with
The Descending of VENUS, CUPIDS, &C.
Into the Garden of Flora, and Temple of Hymen.
Doors to open at Half past Five, to begin at Half past Six o’Clock precisely.
Boxes 3s.—Pit 2s.—Gallery 1s.—Side Gallery 6d. only.
Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mrs. Connell, at the Back of the Amphitheatre.
Vivant Rex at Regina.
