18 September 1752
Event Information
Theatre:
Southwark Fair
Theatrical Season:
1752-1753
Volume:
4
Comments:
At the Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. To begin during the time of the fair each day at 12 noon. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d
Performance List
Mainpiece
Comments:
The whole to conclude with several curious performances-the famous Steward on the Slack Wire; Scarcely perceptible he plays on a violin, sounds a trumpet, beats the drum and balances a coach wheel on the wire; likewise puts a straw on his left foot, tosses it thence to his face, from thence to his right foot, from thence to his face again, and shoulders and keeps it in balance the whole time; he also stands on his head and quits it with his hands, the wire in full swing. Scarcely perceptible he plays on a violin, sounds a trumpet, beats the drum and balances a coach wheel on the wire; likewise puts a straw on his left foot, tosses it thence to his face, from thence to his right foot, from thence to his face again, and shoulders and keeps it in balance the whole time; he also stands on his head and quits it with his hands, the wire in full swing.
The whole to conclude with several curious performances-the famous Steward on the Slack Wire; Scarcely perceptible he plays on a violin, sounds a trumpet, beats the drum and balances a coach wheel on the wire; likewise puts a straw on his left foot, tosses it thence to his face, from thence to his right foot, from thence to his face again, and shoulders and keeps it in balance the whole time; he also stands on his head and quits it with his hands, the wire in full swing. Scarcely perceptible he plays on a violin, sounds a trumpet, beats the drum and balances a coach wheel on the wire; likewise puts a straw on his left foot, tosses it thence to his face, from thence to his right foot, from thence to his face again, and shoulders and keeps it in balance the whole time; he also stands on his head and quits it with his hands, the wire in full swing.