Slack-wire.- At the Theatre in Smock-Alley...will be presented...Macbeth...With several Performances on the Wire, By Mr. Saunders..., printed playbill, some ink calculations to recto and verso, tiny central hole, few nicks or very short tears to edges, some ink smudges within text, folds, 336 x 204mm., [Dublin], 14th December 1763.
⁂ Probably equilibrist Samuel Saunders (born c.1740), brother of circus proprietor Abraham Saunders (1748-1839). "He will ballance a Chair on his Chin...and at the same Time ballances several Pyramids of Plates, Pipes, Swords and Glasses, and all while the Wire is in full Swing...".
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