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Title
Playbill for Cymbeline at Covent Garden
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Cymbeline.
English drama--18th century
Reddish, Samuel, 1735-1785
London (England)--Covent Garden Theater
Description
Playbill for May 1779 performance of Cymbeline starring Samuel Reddish as Posthumus. Playbill is printed in alternating lines of red and black ink.
Source
Date
1779
Rights
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Format
JPG
Language
English
Type
Document
Identifier
embta2013-00023
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Text
BY PARTICULAR DESIRE
For the Benefit of Mr. REDDISH.
Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden,
This present Wednesday, MAY 5, 1779,
Will be presented a Tragedy, call'd
CYMBELINE.
Posthumus by Mr. REDDISH,
(Being his SECOND APPEARANCE this Season)
Cloten by Mr. LEE LEWES,
Cymbeline by Mr. L'ESTRANGE,
Pisanio by Mr. HULL,
Bellarius by Mr. WROUGHTON,
Arviragus by Mr. WHITFIELD,
Caius Lucius, Mr. FEARON, Philario, Mr. BOOTH,
And Jachimo by Mr. SMITH.
[From the THEATRE-ROYAL in DRURY-LANE]
Queen by Mrs. JACKSON,
And Imogen by Mrs. BULKLEY.
End of Act II, a Masquerade Dance, and a Song by Mrs. MORTON.
To which will be added a FARCE, call'd
Three Weeks After Marriage.
Sir Charles Racket by Mr. LEWIS,
Drugget by Mr. QUICK,
Lovelace, Mr. BOOTH, Woodley, Mr THOMPSON.
Dimity by Mrs. GREEN,
Nancy, Mrs WHITFIELD, Mrs. Druggett, Mrs. PITT.
Lady Racket by Mrs. MATTOCKS.
"Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted."
To-morrow, a new Tragedy, [Never Performed] called
FATAL FALSHOOD.
With a PROLOGUE & EPILOGUE, and a New Musical Piece, [never performed] called
The CHELSEA PENSIONER.
With new Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations.
For the Benefit of Mr. REDDISH.
Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden,
This present Wednesday, MAY 5, 1779,
Will be presented a Tragedy, call'd
CYMBELINE.
Posthumus by Mr. REDDISH,
(Being his SECOND APPEARANCE this Season)
Cloten by Mr. LEE LEWES,
Cymbeline by Mr. L'ESTRANGE,
Pisanio by Mr. HULL,
Bellarius by Mr. WROUGHTON,
Arviragus by Mr. WHITFIELD,
Caius Lucius, Mr. FEARON, Philario, Mr. BOOTH,
And Jachimo by Mr. SMITH.
[From the THEATRE-ROYAL in DRURY-LANE]
Queen by Mrs. JACKSON,
And Imogen by Mrs. BULKLEY.
End of Act II, a Masquerade Dance, and a Song by Mrs. MORTON.
To which will be added a FARCE, call'd
Three Weeks After Marriage.
Sir Charles Racket by Mr. LEWIS,
Drugget by Mr. QUICK,
Lovelace, Mr. BOOTH, Woodley, Mr THOMPSON.
Dimity by Mrs. GREEN,
Nancy, Mrs WHITFIELD, Mrs. Druggett, Mrs. PITT.
Lady Racket by Mrs. MATTOCKS.
"Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted."
To-morrow, a new Tragedy, [Never Performed] called
FATAL FALSHOOD.
With a PROLOGUE & EPILOGUE, and a New Musical Piece, [never performed] called
The CHELSEA PENSIONER.
With new Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations.