By the American Company. At the Theatre in Fredericksburg, on Tuesday being the 28 of May will be presented a Comedy called The Provoked Husband : Or, A Journey to London ... [13 lines of performance information] ... To Which Will Be Added Love a-la-mode
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By the American Company. At the Theatre in Fredericksburg, on Tuesday being the 28 of May will be presented a Comedy called The Provoked Husband : Or, A Journey to London ... [13 lines of performance information] ... To Which Will Be Added Love a-la-mode
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[1] page ; 25 x 21 cm
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"Williamsburg, in Virginia" written in a contemporary hand above the title.
The blank spaces for the day and date of the performance and title of the second performance were completed in a contemporary hand.
Printer's ornaments.
"To begin precisely at 7 o'Clock.
"Tickets to be had at Captn. Weedons @ 5/ Each"
"Wednesday - Hamlet Thursday - All in the Wrong"
The location for ticket purchases and list of upcoming performances were completed by hand.
Captain George Weedon was a tavern keeper in Fredericksburg, Virginia and future general in the Continental Army.
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Bibliographic Citation
Johnson, Odai and William J. Burling. The Colonial American Stage : a Documentary Calendar. Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, ©2001, page 392.
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Old American Company, “By the American Company. At the Theatre in Fredericksburg, on Tuesday being the 28 of May will be presented a Comedy called The Provoked Husband : Or, A Journey to London ... [13 lines of performance information] ... To Which Will Be Added Love a-la-mode,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed May 11, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/582.
