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NELSON and VICTORY. EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY for this NIGHT only.—For the BENEFIT of Miss SMITH, principal Dancer and Pantomime Performer.—ASTLEY’s AMPHITHEATRE, WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.
THIS present Evening, Monday, October 8.—Miss SMITH having for several years witnessed the great liberality of a British Public, when called upon for their kind patronage, is induced (for the first time) to take a Benefit; on which occasion she humbly solicits the assistance of the Nobility, Gentry, and others.—Miss SMITH having but a very slender acquaintance, relies totally on the sanction of a generous Public, hoping that her first attempt will be crowned with that success which she cannot command, but will, by every exertion in her power, endeavour to deserve.—The Entertainments, which will consist of the grandest variety ever exhibited in one Evening, will be as follow, viz.
First, An entirely new Naval Spectacle, founded on the late glorious Victory, consisting of Song, Dance, and Pantomime, Duets, Chorusses [sic], &c. called NELSON’s TRIUMPH; or, Buonaparte in the Dumps. In which will be pourtrayed [sic] the following interesting matter, viz.
1st, The English and French Fleets in action off the River Nile, with the surrender of the latter, &c. 2d, A View in London, firing the Park and Tower Guns, rejoicing of the People, &c. 3d, A Club in Wapping. British Tars Merriment, Dickey Gossip’s Description of the Battle, &c. 4th, Another View in London, The Sailor’s Joy, and the Wooden Walls of Old England 5th, General Illumination, particularly of the Mansion-House, bank, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, &c. The Mob in an uproar, the merry Bells, &c. 6th, the Admiral’s ship, masts, yards, &c. &c. illuminated with variegated Lamps. To conclude with “Rule Britannia.”
Secondly—A new serio-comic-tragi-historical Pantomime, called SOPHY of BARBANT; or, The Fall of Gollo; Entirely new Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, Music, &c.==Principal Characters by Mess. Wallack, Collet, Fox, Cross. Cosgrove, Connel, and Holland; Mesdames, Mercerot, Wallack, Weldon, Dibdin, Broad, Miss N. Wallack, and Miss Smith.
Thirdly—(First time) A Grand Operatical Ballet, composed by Mons. Mercerot, called CUPID’s FESTIVAL; in which will be introduced Mons. Vestris’s celebrated Allemande in Attitude. Principal Characters by Mons. Mercerot and Miss Smith. In the intervals of the above grand routine of Stage Amusements, various Comic Songs; Equestrian and other Exercises, by Pupils of Mess. Astley, sen. and jun. The whole to conclude with a grand serio-comic Pantomime, written and composed by Mr. Astley, jun. called THE EGYPTIAN ORACLE; or Harlequin Criminal; interspersed with a most splendid variety of Scenery, Machinery, Mechanical Changes, Scenic Transformations, Metamorphoses, &c. suited to the manners and customs of the Egyptians, contrasted with the Europeans of the present Day. Harlequin, Mr. Banks; Clown, Mr. Collett; and Columbine, Miss Smith. The other numerous Characters by the rest of the Company,
Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, 1s.
Doors to be opened at Half-past Five, to begin at Half past Six o’clock precisely.
Places to be taken and tickets to be had of Mrs. Connell, Box-Keeper, at the Amphitheatre.
