04 September 1667

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Theatre: Bartholomew Fair
Theatrical Season: 1666-1667
Volume: 1
Comments: At Mr Croome's, at the Sign of the Shoe and Slap, near the Hospital Gate in West Smithfield, is to be seen, The Wonder of Nature, A Girl, above Sixteen Years of Age, born in Chesire, and not above Eighteen Inches long, having shed the Teeth seven several Times, and not a perfect Bone is any part of her, only the Head; yet she hath all senses to Admiration, and Discourses, Reads very well, Sings, Whistles, and all very pleasant to hear. Sept. 4, 1667. God Save the King. (Henry Morley, Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair, p. 189)

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    *pbf Entertainments. *cbf At Mr <i>Croome's</i>, at the <i>Sign of the Shoe and Slap</i>, near the Hospital Gate in West Smithfield, is to be seen, <i>The Wonder of Nature</i>, A Girl, above Sixteen Years of Age, born in <i>Chesire</i>, and not above Eighteen Inches long, having shed the Teeth seven several Times, and not a perfect Bone is any part of her, only the Head; yet she hath all senses to Admiration, and Discourses, Reads very well, Sings, Whistles, and all very pleasant to hear. Sept. 4, 1667. God Save the King. ($Henry Morley=, <i>Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair</i>, p. 189).

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    *p1667 09 04 bf Entertainments.*c1667 09 04 bf At Mr <i>Croome's</i>, at the <i>Sign of the Shoe and Slap</i>, near the Hospital Gate in West Smithfield, is to be seen, <i>The Wonder of Nature</i>, A Girl, above Sixteen Years of Age, born in <i>Chesire</i>, and not above Eighteen Inches long, having shed the Teeth seven several Times, and not a perfect Bone is any part of her, only the Head; yet she hath all senses to Admiration, and Discourses, Reads very well, Sings, Whistles, and all very pleasant to hear. Sept. 4, 1667. God Save the King. ($Henry Morley=, <i>Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair</i>, p. 189).

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    Event: 578 | 16670904 | bf | At Mr <i>Croome's</i>, at the <i>Sign of the Shoe and Slap</i>, near the Hospital Gate in West Smithfield, is to be seen, <i>The Wonder of Nature</i>, A Girl, above Sixteen Years of Age, born in <i>Chesire</i>, and not above Eighteen Inches long, having shed the Teeth seven several Times, and not a perfect Bone is any part of her, only the Head; yet she hath all senses to Admiration, and Discourses, Reads very well, Sings, Whistles, and all very pleasant to hear. Sept. 4, 1667. God Save the King. ($Henry Morley=, <i>Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair</i>, p. 189)
    Performance: 578 | 578 | p | Entertainments

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