The Theatke of Pompeii.— At the moment of the destruction of the city of Pompeii by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year A.D. 79, a theatrical representation was being given in the amphitheatre there. Taking advantage of this affecting historical retniniscene, a speculator, named Langini, has just completed the construction of a theatre on part of the ruins of the destroyed city. The opening of the theatre he announces in the following terms: — "After, a lapse of nearly eighteen hundred years the Theatre of Pompeii will be re-opened with 'La Figlia del Reggimento.' I solicit from the nobility and gentry a continuance of the favor bestowed on my predecessor, Marcus Quintud Martius, and beg to assure you that I shall make every effort to equal the rare qualities he displayed during his management."
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 6, Issue 335, 18 November 1862, Page 2
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