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CHANGE of ENTERTAINMENTS.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, ASTLEY’s, Westminster-Br.
Under the Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of WALES and Duke of YORK.
THIS EVENING (July 13th) will be presented, first time, an intire [sic] New Ballet Divertisement, called The PRIZE; or, The LITTLE TRADER: in which Miss Johannot only five years old (Pupil of Mr. Mercerot) will make her first appearance. In the course of the evening a variety of Comic Songs, written by Mr. Upton, will be sung in Character by Mr. Johannot and Mr. Wallack. The Flying Phenomenon, Mr. Ireland, will go through his wonderful Leaps, &c. EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES by the first troop in England, particularly Mr. West will perform his unequalled Horsemanship. By Desire, and of the 25th time, the new Military and Naval Spectacle, called BRITISH GLORY in EGYPT, written and arranged for stage representation by Mr. Astley, jun. delineating in 21 entire new scenes, the whole of the important circumstances which took place from the 2d of March, when the British Fleet anchored in Aboukir Bay until the glorious 21st, particularly the hard contest between the brave 42d and Invincible Legion. To conclude with the total Defeat of the French, and the Capture of the Invincible Standard, which is presented to the ever-to-be-lamented Sir RALPH ABERCROMBY, after having received his Death-wound, and introducing a squadron of French Hussars, a squadron of Mamalukes, and a squadron of British Cavalry, mounted on real Horses. The whole to conclude with a Comic Pantomime, partly new, and partly taken from the much-admired Pantomime of The DAEMON’s TRIBUNAL, invented by Mr. ASTLEY, Jun. called The FAIRY; or, HARLEQUIN PRISONER; introducing a grand variety of Mechanical Changes, Magical Deceptions, superb Scenery, Machinery, &c. Principal Characters, The Fairy, Miss Gray; Harlequin, Mr. Lasselles, sen.; Pantaloon, Mr. Smith; Grotesque Lover, Mr. Taylor; Pierrot, Mr. Lasselles, jun.; Columbine, Mrs. Mercerot; and Clown, Mr. Laurent. The uncommon number of persons who fill the other numerous characters in the Pantomime renders them impossible to be enumerated. The Pantomime to conclude with a grand and faithful representation of a Bacchanalian Temple, as dedicated to Bacchus by the Greeks and Romans at Samos, and introducing an insight of the Rites, Attributes, and Devotions paid to Bacchus, with appropriate Cars drawn by Lions, Tigers, &c.
