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Title: 'Mazeppa', 'Turpin's Ride to York'
ID: 2003710_25817507
Theatre Amphitheatre
Year: 1870
Description: Monday, 7th March, 1870.
This playbill announces the engagement of Mr. H. Powell and his 'highly trained horses'. The performances on this Playbill commence with the, '...grand equestrian spectacle', founded on Lord Byron's poem of, 'Mazeppa' (or, 'Wild Horse of Tartary'). The evening concludes with a performance of a 'new equsetrian drama' entitled, 'Turpin's Ride to York' (or, 'The Death of Bonny Black Bess'). Performances are on the above date and throughout the week.
Actors include: Mr. J. W. Lawrence, Mr. F.B. Warde, Mr. W. Hargreaves, Mr. T.W. Benson, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Wade, Miss Emily Falconer, Miss Florence Stalman, Miss Milly Arto, Mr. A.F. Findlater, Mr. Ellis, Miss Fisher, Mr. Russell, Mr. H. Powell, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Walton, Miss Montague

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