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BRILLIANT ILLUMINATIONS, &c. in honour of the Birth-day of the Royal Patron of this Theatre.
The Last Week of the French Company’s Engagement at the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, (Astley’s) Westminster-bridge.
Under the Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Duke of York.
THIS EVENING, Monday, August 16, 1802, and five following evenings, will be presented, (7th time) ed in this kingdom, a Grand Spectacle, in three Acts, produced under the Direction of Mons. Gougisbus, sen. as represented 300 nights by the French Company, at the Theatre of the City of Paris, called The FEMALE HUSSAR, or the Heroic Serjeant. Pervious to the above, will be presented, (seventh time this Season) a Dance, called The Sports of the Hay-field. In the course of the evening, various Feats of Horsemanship, and a Comic Song by Mr. Wallack. And, for the twenty-fifth time, the new Comic Pantomime, with extensive Scenery, Machinery, and various Mechanical Changes, invented by Mr. Astley, jun. called THE PHOENIX, or Harlequin and Lillipo. In the course of which will be pourtrayed [sic], Mons. Garnerin’s and Captain Sowden’s Aerial Voyage in a Balloon, with an exact representation of its appearance over London, and its Descent near Colchester, in the real Car, presented by Mons. Garnerin to Mr. Astley.
Doors to be opened at Half past Five, to begin at Half past Six o’Clock.—Box 4s.—Second price 2s.—Pit 2s.—Second price 1s.—Gallery 1s.—Second price 6d.—Second price to commence at Half past Eight o’Clock precisely.—Places to be taken at the Box Office, Westminster-Bridge, from Ten till Three o’Clock.—Places cannot possibly be kept after Half past Seven.
