Saqui (Madame) & Joseph Grimaldi.- Theatre Royal, Covent Garden...Madame Saqui will display her unparalleled Performances - to conclude with her Ascent to the Gallery...Mother Goose By Mr. Bologna and Mr. Grimaldi. Mr. Grimaldi will sing his Typitywitchet..., small loss to upper corners not affecting text, spotting, lightly browned, folds, 307 x 197mm., 16th June 1818 § Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden...Madame Sachi [Saqui]...She will give, this Evening, Two of her Wonderful Feats: 1st, L'Ascension aux Drapeaux. 2d, L'Ascension au vol des Oiseax..., some very subtle discolouration, very small mount remains to corners, 310 x 205mm., 7th March, 1816, printed playbills; and 2 other playbills featuring performances by Sachi [Saqui] at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, v.s. (4)
⁂ The first mentioned featuring two renowned performers of the era, Saqui and Grimaldi. Madame Saqui was French tightrope walker and rope dancer. A celebrity of her day, she is mentioned in Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Remarkably, Saqui performed well into her seventies.
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