An Evening's Lounge; Or, Antidote for the Spleen ... Prologue ... Lottery Ticket ... Dissertation On Gaming and Drinking ... Portrait of the Audience. After which a Piece, call'd The Sultan: Or, A Peep into the Seraglio ... A Piece call'd the Country Girl; Or, Square Toes Outwitted ... After which, (by Particular Desire) the Romp. The whole to conclude with the Standard of Liberty.
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"Last Night this Present Evening Decr., 30th 1795 - at the Theatre Fayetteville North Carolina" added in a contemporary hand at head of title.
Several parts of the printed program have been crossed out and updated with manuscript insertions. The song "Dear Nancy I've Sail'd" has been crossed out and replaced with "Spanking Jack." Following "LOTTERY" "Female Quaker" and "On Good Temper" have been crossed out. The "Dissertation on Gaming and Drinking" has been corrected in manuscript. "Gaming and Drinking" has been struck out and replaced by "Jealousy". The Comic Song "Murder in Irish" has been struck out and replaced by "Waggoner or wo Ball wo.
Mr. & Mrs. Henderson, (From the Theatre, Charleston) Will perform several pieces ...
The ticket price and purchase locations have been inserted by hand.
N.B. Variety With Entertainments by several Gentlemen for their Amusement"-- at tail.
Printer's ornaments.
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Last Night
1795
this Present Evening December., 30th at the Theatre
Fayetteville North Carolina
AN EVENING'S LOUNGE;
OR,
Antidote for the Spleen.
Mr. & Mrs. Henderson,
(From the Theatre, Charleston)
Will Perform several Pieces selected and comprised in several Parts, where the Follies of Life are exposed
in Laughable and striking Colours.
Being a Satirical, Whimsical, Humourous, Moral, and Illustrative Dissertation and Display of Passions
Humours, Whims, and Oddities, in Song and Dialogue.
PROLOGUE,
Old Man - Boy - and the Ass
Head of an Opera Singer - Soldier - On Nobody - Every Body - Any Body - Some Body - On Flat
tery - Knight Errand.
Song, Dear Nancy I've Sail'd." Spanking Jack
LOTTERY TICKET.
Female Quaker -- On Good Temper - City Politician - Blood - Lady of the Town - Buck Keeping it up
Comic Song, "Knowing Joe, and the Shew Folk."
DISSERTATION
On Gaming and Drinking Jealousy.
Comic Song, "Moderation, Alteration, and Generation."
PORTRAIT OF THE AUDIENCE.
After which a Piece, call'd
The SULTAN;
OR,
A Peep into the Seraglio.
Comic Song, "Murder in Irish." Waggoner or wo Ball wo
Comic Song, "Four and Twenty Fidlers."
A Piece call'd the
COUNTRY GIRL;
Or, Square Toes Outwitted.
Comic Song, "Fat Dolly the Cook."
After which, (by Particular Desire) the
ROMP
The whole to conclude with the Standard of Liberty.
Tickets 7/6 & 5s each - To be had at the usual Places
Doors opened at Half past Five, and begin at Half past Six o'Clock.
for their Amusement.