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Playbill for the Surrey Theatre, "Surrey Theatre / This present Evening / will be presented a new grand melo-dramatic and moral illustration, founded on Hogarth apprentices call'd / Industry and Idleness / written by Mr Lawler, / and produced under the direction of Mr Thomas Dibdin / the music, scenery, machinery, dresses and decorations, entirely new". Followed by detailed list of actors, characters, and scenes, and "The concluding scenes wil display on a scale of extraordinary magnificence / A faithful and an entirely novel, representation of the ceremonies & pageantries exhibited on the River Thames, in the Streets of London, and in the interior of Guildhall / in the annual celebration of / The Lord Mayor's Day". With further details, and "to conclude with a new comic pantomime, invented by, and produced under the direction of, Mr Thomas Dibdin, called / Mirth and Harlequin / Or, the Road to Bath", with actor and character names, and scene details.
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