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Title: 'Speed the Plough', 'The British Camp in Portugal','The Death Fetch!!' (or, 'The Student of Gottingen')
ID: 200366_64390201
Theatre The Theatre
Year: 1827
Description: Friday, 7th September, 1827.
'...Under the immediate Patronage of Colonel Wallace and the Officers of the 5th Dragoon Guards, by whose permission the Band of Regiment will attend'.
'...For the Benefit of Miss Seymour'.
The evening commences with a performance of the 'comedy' of, 'Speed the Plough'. At the end of the play, there will be a 'descriptive Military piece, on a suprize from the Enemy before Battle' entitled, 'The British Camp in Portugal'. This will be followed by some singing from Mrs. Mangeo, Mr. Liston and Madame Vestris. The whole to conclude with a 'new Operatic romance' called, 'The Death Fetch!!' (or, 'The Student of Gottingen').
Actors include: Mr. Calvert, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Downe, Mr. Parry, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Webster, Mr. Yarnold, Mr. W. Remington, Mr. Dearlove, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Jones, Miss Davies, Miss Pelham, Miss Seymour, Mrs. Macnamara

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