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A History of the Maryland Press, 1777-1790
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Juliet, | ... Between the Play and Farce, the favorite Comic Dance, called | The Wapping Land-
lady; | Or, Jack in Distress, | ... To which will be added, a Farce, called | High Life Below Stairs.
| ... [ornamental rule] | Baltimore: Printed by M. K. Goddard. [1782.]
Folio broadside.
Leaf measures: 13 1/4 x 71/2 inches.
Not in Evans.
NYHS.
206. ———— For the Benefit of Mr. Street. | [ornamental rule] | (By Permission.) | At the Theatre
in Baltimore, | On Friday Evening, the 22d of November, 1782, | Will be presented, the Comedy
of the | West-Indian. | ... Between the Play and Farce, an Interlude of Singing | and Dancing,
taken from the Stratford Jubilee. | A Song, by Miss Wall. | To which will be added, a Farce, called |
High Life Below Stairs. | ... [ornamental rule] | Baltimore: Printed by M. K. Goddard. [1782.]
Folio broadside.
Leal measures: 131/2 x 8 inches.
Not in Evans.
NYHS.
1207. ———— For the Benefit of Mrs. Elm. | [ornamental rule] | (By Permission.) | At the Theatre in
Baltimore, | On Tuesday Evening, the 26th of November, 1782, | Will be presented, a Comedy,
called the | Recruiting Officer. | ... To which will be added, a Farce, called | The Apprentice. | ....
After the Farce, a Hornpipe, by Mr. Patterson. | [ornamental rule], | Baltimore: Printed by M. K.
Goddard. [1782.]
Folio broadside.
Leaf measures: 13 x 81/2 inches.
Not in Evans.
NYHS.
208. ———— For the Benefit of Mr. Shakespear. | [ornamental rule] | (By Permission.) | At the
Theatre in Baltimore, | On Friday Evening, the 29th of November, 1782, | Will be presented, the
Tragedy of | Othello, | The Moor of Venice. | ... Between the Play and Farce, a new Pantomime
Dance, called | Harlequin Landlord, | ... To which will be added, a Farce, called | The Contract;
| Or Better Late than Never. | ... [ornamental rule] | Baltimore: Printed by M. K. Goddard. [1782.]
Folio broadside.
Leaf measures: 13 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.
Not in Evans.
NYHS.
209. ———— At thr Sign of the Indian King, | In Baltimore, | In a large Room fitted up in a Theatrical
Manner, | On Monday Evening, the 2d Day of December, and every | Monday and Tuesday fol-
lowing, | If fair, for a few Weeks, | The Noted | Bayly | Will exhibit his grand Medley of | Enter-
tainments, | ... [ornamental rule] | Baltimore: Printed by M. K. Goddard. [1782.]
Folio broadside.
Leaf measures: 13 1/4 x 8 inches.
Bayly had lust arrived from Alexandria where he had performed to a polite audience which had been mostly the same
for three months. Among the attractions which he offered were a number of table tricks, a company of artificial comedians
nearly four feet high and fifty figures representing the various nations of the world dressed in colorful costumes. At the New
York Historical Society there are preserved in the volume containing Wall's Baltimore Playbills, several items concerning
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