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1.
On Thursday October 28, will be presented a comedy, (never acted here) call'd The rehearsal... : to

Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
At the Old Theatre by the Portsmouth and Plymouth Company
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 71., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Thursday October 28, will be presented a comedy, (never acted here) call'd The rehearsal... : to which will be added a pantomime entertainment, call'd The seraglio: or, The execution of Harlequin...tickets to be had at the Fountain...and Office of Ordnance Arms on the Common

2.
This present Friday, being the 5th day of February, will be presented, a tragedy, called, Richard

Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Not acted this season. By permission of the Right Hon. Lord-Mayor. Theatre in Smock-Alley
Description:
Caption title., Place of publication derived from theatre., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 186., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This present Friday, being the 5th day of February, will be presented, a tragedy, called, Richard III ... : to which will be added, contracted into two acts, The minor ...

3.
The white negro girl : a phaenomenon [sic] indeed ... she is now about fifteen years of age, and

Published / Created:
[1762?]
Call Number:
File 66 762 W58
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
To the nobility, gentry, and curious in general, there is to be seen at a commodious apartment
Description:
At head of title: To the nobility, gentry, and curious in general, there is to be seen at a commodious apartment at the Red-Lyon and Three Pigeons, in Castle-Street, near the King's Mews, by one or more, without loss of tine, at one shilling each person, that wonderful phaenomenon [sic] of nature., Dropped head title., Possibly advertisement for Amelia Harlequin (Amelia Lewsam?)., Vignette with royal coat of arms of George II., Similar advertisement in the Lambeth Palace Library, suggests date of 175- (see ESTC T194884). Reference in Royal Society (Great Britain) Philosophical transactions, v. 55, p. 47 suggests a date around 1762., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The white negro girl : a phaenomenon [sic] indeed ... she is now about fifteen years of age, and was born in Jamaica ... N.B. To be sold all sorts of foreign birds, fowls, pigeons, &c. ...

4.
By desire of several ladies and gentlemen, (being the only night of performing) at Mr Simpson's

Published / Created:
1762.
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
First line of text after theatre name or other text not chosen as title
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778].
Publisher:
Printed by Stephen Martin
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > By desire of several ladies and gentlemen, (being the only night of performing) at Mr Simpson's concert room, on Thursday, the 16th of December, will be perform'd a concert of vocal and instrumental music ... : in the concert, and between the acts, Mr. Wilkinson will treat the ladies and gentlemen with a new dish of tea ... after the concert Mr Wilkinson's performance to conclude with Mr. Shuter's London raree shew ... The new comic medly: or, Mum, mum, mum ...

5.
By desire of several ladies and gentlemen, (being the only night of performing) at Mr Simpson's

Published / Created:
1762.
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
First line of text after theatre name or other text not chosen as title
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 105.
Publisher:
Printed by Stephen Martin
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > By desire of several ladies and gentlemen, (being the only night of performing) at Mr Simpson's concert room, on Thursday, the 16th of December, will be perform'd a concert of vocal and instrumental music ... : in the concert, and between the acts, Mr. Wilkinson will treat the ladies and gentlemen with a new dish of tea ... after the concert Mr Wilkinson's performance to conclude with Mr. Shuter's London raree shew ... The new comic medly: or, Mum, mum, mum ...

6.
At the Old Theatre by the Portsmouth and Plymouth Company. This present Tuesday November 2, will be

Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
This present Tuesday November 2, will be presented a tragedy ...
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 72., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the Old Theatre by the Portsmouth and Plymouth Company. This present Tuesday November 2, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, Theodosius: or The force of love ... : to which will be added The minor ... tickets too be had at the Fountain ... and Office of Ordnance Arms on the Common. On Wednesday the Journey to London, and the farce of The wanton wife. With several entertainments between the acts, by Mr. Wilkinson, being possitively the last night of his performing this season

7.
The present Tuesday October 19, will be presented a tragedy, call'd King Lear, and his three

Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
At the Old Theatre by the Portsmouth and Plymouth Company
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 11.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754., Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707., and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The present Tuesday October 19, will be presented a tragedy, call'd King Lear, and his three daughters ... : to which will be added a farce, call'd, The mock doctor: or the dumb lady cur'd ...

8.
On Wednesday October 27, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, The fair penitent ... : to which will

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
At the Old Theatre by the Portsmouth and Plymouth Company
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 14., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718., Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777., and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Wednesday October 27, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, The fair penitent ... : to which will be added The minor ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and Office of Ordnance Arms on the common. On Thursday The provok'd husband; with the rehearsal. Bays, by Mr. Wilkinson

9.
At the New Theatre in King-Street, this present evening, being the 28th of this instant June, will

Creator:
New Theatre (Birmingham, England)
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., Publication placed notated in ms., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 156., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
New Theatre in King-Street
Subject (Name):
Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the New Theatre in King-Street, this present evening, being the 28th of this instant June, will be perform'd a concert of music ... between the several parts of the concert will be presented (gratis) by a company of comedians from the Theatres-Royal in London, a tragedy called The rival queens; or The life and death of Alexander the Great ... : to which will be added a comedy in two acts, call'd The minor ...

10.
At the New Theatre in King-Street, this present evening, being the 5th of this instant July, will

Creator:
New Theatre (Birmingham, England)
Published / Created:
[1762?]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., Publication place derived from theatre address., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 157.
Publisher:
New Theatre in King-Street
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the New Theatre in King-Street, this present evening, being the 5th of this instant July, will be perform'd a concert of musick ... between the several parts of the concert will be presented (gratis) by a company of comedians from the Theatres-Royal in London, the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet ... : to which will be added a pantomime entertainment call'd The tempest; or, Harlequin shipwreck'd ...