Theatre Royal, Covent Garden : this present Tuesday, November 8, 1796, will be presented (6th time) the new comedy of Fortune's fool ... after which will be performed (for the 3d time) an English burletta in two acts, called Olympus in an uproar, or, The descent of the deities / partly new, and partly taken from The golden Pippin ; the overture and new music by Mr. Reeve ; the selections from Pergolesi, Rousseau, Mornington, Dr. Fisher, Carolan, Rizzio, &c. &c. .... ; the new burletta of Olympus in an uproar ... will be repeated every night this week ; a new comic opera in three acts is in rehearsal.

Author
Covent Garden Theatre [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[London? : s.n., 1796]
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 28 x 19 cm

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Subject(s)
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Notes
  • Partial cast list for Fortune's fool: Mr. Fawcett; Mr. Middleton; Mr. Macready; Miss Wallis; Mrs. Mattocks.
  • Partial cast list for Olympus in an uproar: Mr. Munden (Jupiter); Mr. Simmons (Momus); Mr. Incledon (Paris); Mrs. Clendining (Pallas); Mrs. Mountain (Venus)
Provenance
Ex copy has the number "36" written in ink on the recto; the ink stamp of the William Seymour Theatre Collection and the name Argosy written in graphite on the verso.
Other title(s)
  • Fortune's fool
  • Olympus in an uproar, or, The descent of the deities
OCLC
842885153
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