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Playbill advertising a performance of Fontainbleau; or, John Bull in France at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
Playbill advertising a performance of Fontainbleau; or, John Bull in France at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh :click to view larger image
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Title: Fontainbleau; or, John Bull in France
Manager in Distress; or, the Audience in an Uproar (subperformance)
Collins' Ode on the Passions (subperformance)
Shepherd of Derwent Vale, Or the Innocent Culprit (subperformance)
composer of 'An Ode to the Passions': William Collins
publisher: N. Johnston
beneficiary: Mr Stanley
beneficiary: Mrs Stanley
playwright of 'Manager in Distress': George Colman, the Elder
Location: Theatre Royal, Shakespere Square, Edinburgh
date of performance: 7 June 1825
Notes: This sounds like a particularly busy evening, with an opera, a comic song, a 'laughable interlude', some more songs, and a 'melo-dramatic entertainment'.

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