Event Comment: At
Cibber's Academy in the
Hay-Market...will be presented a Concert of Musick, Vocal
and Instrumental. The Vocal Parts-
Mr Brett,
Mrs Hill,
and others; the Instrumental by eminent Masters. The Doors to be open'd at Four, the Concert to begin at Five,
and no Persons to be admitted after Seven o'clock. The Prices are Four Shillings, Half a Crown
and Eighteen Pence. Places may be bespoke at the Academy. After the Concert will be exhibited Gratis, a Rehearsal, in Form, of the Play-(often acted with great Applause) call'd
Romeo and Juliet. Written by
Shakespear. The Characters personated by the Master of the Academy, his Assistants, Pupils,
and Servants. With Proper Habits, Scenes
and Decorations. [After Cibber announced his Academy, he received the following letter from the Justice of the Peace: I see by your advertisements, in regard to your Academical Performances, that they are of the same Nature as
Mr L/c@y's were some Years ago, which brought him to a great deal of Trouble. Some strong Applications are making now to give you some; of which I think proper to give you Notice, in this private Manner, that you may avoid it.-
Tho. de Veil. 31 Oct. Cibber,
A Serio-Comic Apology. p. 12.
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet