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The FOURTH WEEK’s EXHIBITION will consist of much variety, and continue till Saturday, the 23rd of April, after which a great part will be omitted, to give place for other Amusements. Mr. ASTLEY’s annual residence in Paris, gives him an opportunity of selecting New Performers and Performances, consequently gives him the present superiority.
ASTLEY’s AMPHITHEATRE, WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE,
THIS EVENING,
JOHN Gilpin’s Description of his celebrated JOURNEY to EDMONTON.
John Gilpin, Mr. CONNEL; Mrs. Gilpin, Mrs. NATHAN; and Miss Gilpin, MISS BROWNING.
And, for the First Time, Young HERCULES (from Lisle, in Flanders) will go through several manly exercises.
Two capital Performers, Male and Female, will entertain the Spectators with a whimsical Performance, called
L A D D E R D A N C I N G,
Never seen in England in the same manner.
A New DANCE, called
The MERRY NEGROES; or, MUNGO with the CASTANETS.
A MUSICAL PIECE, first time this Season, called
The DOUBLE JEALOUSY.
Nezzle, Mr. WILKINSON; Razor, Mr. FOX; William, Mr. CONNEL; Chambermaid, Mrs. NATHAN; Bar Maid, Mrs. REEVES; and NANCY, Miss ABRAMS.
PHILOSOPHICAL AMUSEMENTS;
Or, The MAGIC TABLE.
By Mr. ASTLEY.
With various Alterations and new Additions.
The Surprising Monkey, called GENERAL JACKOO,
From the FAIR of St. GERMAIN’s in PARIS.
This Animal has been celebrated for his amazing Performance on the TIGHT-ROPE, and other Exercises which are beyond Conception, and never exhibited in England.
H O R S E M A N S H I P
By the most eminent performers in England, viz. Mr. Astley, Mr. J. Taylor, Signior Markutchy, Miss Vangable, &c.
A grand Procession of Horses, with a MINUET danced by Two Horses, in the highest perfection.
In the course of the Evening’s Entertainments will be presented the Amazing Exhibition of
The D A N C I N G D O G S,
From France and Italy, by Signor and Signora Maisa.
- Two Dogs, as Chairmen, carrying a Monkey to a Masquerade.
- Two Dogs with a Yoke of Milk Pails.
- A Company of Dogs, carrying from a Vineyard Baskets of Grapes, and accompanied by a Savoyard, with a Magic Table.
- A Dog as a Lady of Quality in her Equipage, attended by others in elegant liveries.
- A Dog a Spinning.
- A Dog that walks on any two of his Legs.
- Two Dogs, as a Tumbler and his attendant Clown.
- A Dog dressed in a Spanish Habit, taking another little dog to a Boarding school; with a variety of others, too numerous for insertion.
This Exhibition will conclude with a Variety of Dogs dressed EN MILITAIRE, besieging a Town; one of them represents a Corporal returning with the Colours of the Citadel in his Mouth to his General: he halts on three legs, being supposed to have received a musket ball in one of his fore feet. Two Bull Dogs, (the best in the world, and Mr. ASTLEY challenges all Europe, for 199 Guineas, to exhibit the like) the English Bull Dog, rather than quit his hold, suffers himself to be drawn Thirty Feet high, whilst the machine is surrounded with Fire Works, representing a heavy discharge of artillery.
TUMBLING, and other NEW EXERCISES,
By the most Capital and eminent Group of Tumblers that ever were seen in England, viz.
Mr. Lawrence, Signor Bellmott, Signor Casemere, Signor Phillips, Signor Cossa, Mr. Richer, Mr. Cook, Mr. France, Master Lawrance, Master Bell, &c. &c. Clown, Mr. Burt.
To which will be added a New Pantomime, called
H A R L E Q U I N ‘ s R E V E N G E :
Or, the CAMP in an UPROAR.
Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. Gal. 1s. Side Gal. 6d.
Places to be taken of Mr. Connell, No. 4, Surry side of Westminster Bridge, and at the Amphitheatre
