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FIFTH TIME OF NEW PANTOMIME.
Royal Amphitheatre (Astley’s) Westminster Bridge.—Under the Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of WALES and Duke of YORK.
THIS present Friday, July the 1st, will be presented, for the fifth time, a grand Comic Pantomime, with extensive new Scenery, Machinery, Mechanical Tricks and Changes, new Dresses, &c. called the GENII’s TOMB, or Harlequin Robber; pourtraying [sic] a variety of whimsical incidents in a Trip to Rome; exhibiting the manners, costumes, &c. of the inhabitants of that City a century back. In the course of the Pantomime, a new loyal and local effusion, by Mr. Johannot, called the Corsican fairy, or England’s Defiance; Columbine, Mrs. Wyrbow, and Clown, Mr. Laurent; the whole of the Scenery designed by Mr. Grieve, and executed by him, Messrs. Clarke, Blackmore, Mortrim, Smith, and Assistants; the Music with a new Overture, by Mr. Lawrence; the Recitative, Songs, Duets, Trios, Chorusses [sic], &c. by Mr. Laurent. Preceding the above, 17th time, the Caledonian Ballet, by Mons. St. Pierre, called the TWO PRISONERS. In the course of the Evening, several Feats of HORSEMANSHIP, by Messrs. Smith and Crossman, &c. being the last week but one of their engagement. The Evening’s Entertainment to conclude with, 29th time, the popular grand Spectacle of MANFRED, or the Castle of Otranto.
Doors to be opened at half past Five, and to begin at Half past Six o’clock.—Half price at Half past Eight.
