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[... Theatre. Newport. This evening will be presented a favourite comedy ... call'd Barnaby Brittle; or A wife at her wit's end ... ] After which, dancing on the tight rope, by Mons. Placide and Tronche ... The whole will conclude with a favourite farce.--Called, All the world's a stage.

Other author/creatorBrick Market Theatre (Newport, R.I.)
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Newport, R.I.] : [Printed by Henry Barber?], [1793]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46839. ^A478749
General noteThe only known copy, held by the Rhode Island Historical Society, is badly mutilated.
General note"An advertisement in the Newport Mercury for July 23, 1793, for a performance with the identical cast, although with a slightly different interlude, apparently refers to this or a similar performance."--Alden. Supplied title from the advertisement. The Newport Mercury was printed by Henry Barber in 1793.
References Bristol B8432
References Shipton & Mooney 46839
References Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1315a
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46839).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formPlaybills.

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