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Mr. ASTLEY, jun.’s Night; and positively the last time of Mr. and Mrs. Astley’s appearance this Season.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster bridge.
THIS EVENING will be presented (by particular desire, first time at this Theatre, and for this night only,) the interesting Historical Spectacle of The DEATH of CAPTAIN COOK; or, The British Columbus; pourtraying [sic] the Manners, Costumes, Dances, Warlike Manoeuvres, &c. of the Owyhee Indians; more particularly the arrival of Captain Cook in the Resolution, his Reception, and the Treacherous Attack of the Natives. Principal characters: Koah (the Murderer of Captain Cook). Mr. Astley, jun.; Capt. Cook, Mr. Collet; and Emas, Mrs. Astley. Previous to the above, various Feats of Horsemanship, particularly the Peasant’s Frolic, or Flying Wardrobe, by Mr. Ducrow; with his extraordinary Leap through a Balloon. In the course of the evening several popular Comic Songs, by Messrs. Woolf, Isaacs, R. L. Jones, and Johannot. Exercises on the Tight-Rope, by the Little Devil. To conclude with, the Equestrian Spectacle, in two Acts, called VOORN the TIGER; or, The Horse Banditti. Second price at half-past eight.
