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Ill CUII1J71 Jaut-C will! ilic llUlirctUL‘i! IC^UC5l» VImany persons of distinction, a Sparring Match will be exhibited in the Irish Fair, in the new Pantomime of Aladin,. at Covent-Garden Theatre, this night, to-morrow, and positively for the last time on Wednesday next, by Mr. Mendoza and another celebrated Pugilist.Introducing a Sparring Match in the Irish Fair in the nenu Pantomime, is not only justifiable, but consistent; for the scene of a fair gives sanction to what might otherwise appear improper. The late-Mr. Rich composed a pantomime under the title of The Fair, in which was occasionally introduced, wire and rope-dancers, fire eaters, tall men, bell-ringers, c,— Every objeft which engaged the notice of the public, has at all times been considered as fairmaterial for a pantomime. _ . .Those who haveseen the-sparring-matches at Mendoza’s school must be sensible not the least danger can possibly arise, and. Ladies and the most timid Beaux may, without the smallest apprehension, .be present at an exercise which has so long engaged the public attention.mi. - 1.-1. T _ 1. A. _ f.n rv. £7. 71 J • ' aa ftn/1
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London World
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Jan 05, 1789
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