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For the Benefit of Mr.BIRKETT only.
This present THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 1786,
AT the ROYAL GROVE and Astley’s Amphitheatre, Westminster-bridge,
A Musical Piece, called,
A SALE of ENGLISH BEAUTIES at GRAND CAIRO:
OR, THE
Caravan attacked by the Banditti.
The Scenery, Machinery, Music and Dresses entirely new.
A new Comic Dance, called,
The SPORTS of the VILLAGE.
Young ASTLEY’s Exercises, with the Peasant, Hornpipe, and Flag Dances;
Also the astonishing Leap over the Garter!
The DEVONSHIRE-MINUET, by Mr. FERRER and and [sic] Signo a FUZZI.
A New Song, by Mr. BIRKETT,
The MUSIC by Mr. REEVES.
A most extraordinary
SLACK-ROPE VAULTING MONKEY.
Will perform the Windmill, the Ceremony of Roasting the Pig, &c. and will make his appearance mounted on
The FAIRY HORSE,
Only two Feet eight Inches high, four Years old, and weighing only 36 Pounds.
Also, the surprising Monkey Rope-Dancer,
GENERAL JACKOO.
FOUR and TWENTY FIDLERS [sic], All on a Row,
By Mr. JOHANNOT.
EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES,
By the celebrated Miss Vangable, Mess. T. and J. Taylor, Mr. Lonsdale, and Master Crossman.
TUMBLING,
By Messrs. Lawrence, Lonsdale, Master Bell, &c. &c.
Mr. ADAMS, the English Rossignol, will accompany an Overture, by GOSSLC.
A favourite BURLETTA, entitled,
The RIDICULOUS COURTSHIP.
The TAYLOR RIDING to BRENTFORD,
And surpriSing Sagacity of two Horses.
In the Intervals,
The wonderful MUSICAL CHILD!
And, Sieur BOUZILARICO, the celebrated Ventriloquist’s limitations.
To which will be added,
A Favourite PANTOMIME.
To conclude with
A FETE and beautiful FIRE-WORKS.
Doors to be open at Half past Five, and to begin at Half past Six o’Clock.
Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s.
Places to be taken of Mr. Smith, at the Royal Grove and Amphitheatre, Westminter-bridge.
Vivant Rex et Regina.
Tickets to be had at the London Coffee-house, Ludgatehill; Nando’s, Fleet-street; Virginia and Rainbow, Cornhill; King’s-Arms Inn, Leadenhall-Street; the Three Nuns Inn, White-chapel; the Paul’s-Head Tavern, Careaton-Street; and of Mr. Smith, at the Theatre, where Places for the Boxes may be taken.
Mr. BIRKETT most respectfully requests the Favour of his Friends to oblige him with their Commands, for Places in the Boxes, as early as possible, that he may be enabled to accommodate them agreeably to his Wishes.
