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Strictures On Public Amusements.
j- __ si ; .:- /• ::. •; ... _ :, ' . ; 'its a winter view of the country , in which a peasant finds -. :. -... _ , •'_ . ' -. - . .- ::- he puts it first in his bosom , and afterwards places y _ , - ' :..- - .::-: . -. .- ¦ ¦ __ . _ ¦> it revives , and turns into the Genius of Gratitude , -v . ' . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ; ¦ ¦ - ¦ : ¦ . ihe p ;; isant the sword of Harlequin . Thus equipped , the - \ y . y- : .: rsjuts , tricks and changes commence ; and there are some very 7-iwising airs introduced .
J . 13 . DOUGLAS was presented a : Covent Garden to introduce a young Gentleman to the Stage who never trod it before . ' Few , however , who have made t : Js very arduous attempt , have ever done so , on-a first appearance , with more apparent eafe or self-possession . The person of this young Gentleman is tail and elegant , and he possesses
an enthusiasm widen may raise him to a very respectable place in the P'ramatiq List . Like eyery person new to the stage , he has some exuberances to , -epress , and some indispensable requisites to acquire , Under judicious tuition he may easily accomplish both ; for he does not seem defective , either in judgment or powers . His last scene was very weii , j ' id the Curtain dropt amidst the tears and the plaudits of the Audience . —This young Gentleman ( whose name is Talbot , ) we understand to be the Son of an old and respe & tbie Captain of the- Navy , who died in the service ofhis Country in the East-Indies *
... AN . 14 . Apiece professedly from the pen of Mr . WALDRON , entitled " HEIGH HO FOR A HUSBAK D ! " was represented for the first timeat die Haymarket Theatre , the characters as follow : Mr . Justice Rackrent , - Mr , SUETT ; Edward , his fon , - - Mr . BAKRYMOKE ;
General Fairpiay , - - Mr . AICKINJJ Timothy , - - - Mr . WEWITZER ; Frank Millclaclc , - - Mr . BANNISTER , jun , Matilda Fairplay , - - Mrs . POWELL ; Maria , ... jyf . s . GIBUS ; Mrs . Milk-lack , - - Mrs . HOPKINS ;
Dorothy , ... Mrs . HARLOW . This Play , which now comes forward in four Acts , ori ginally appeared as a Comedy of five under the title of "Imitation" about ten years ago , for the Benefit of this dramatic veteran . — -It is borrowed from FARQUHAR , and is an ingenious transposition of the BEAUX STRATAGEM ; Mrs . Powell , Mrs . Gibbs , and Mrs . Harlow are the
Archer , Aimwell , and Scrub ; whilst Bannister , Barrymore , and Mrs . Hopkins form the exact counter parts of Cherry , Porinda , and Bonnyface . It was well received , and has been repeated with approbation . The Epilogue set the House into a roar of laughter . Bannister had full scope for his admirable imitative knack , and he made the most ofhis tglents . —/ The following were the Prologue and Epilogue ;
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
j- __ si ; .:- /• ::. •; ... _ :, ' . ; 'its a winter view of the country , in which a peasant finds -. :. -... _ , •'_ . ' -. - . .- ::- he puts it first in his bosom , and afterwards places y _ , - ' :..- - .::-: . -. .- ¦ ¦ __ . _ ¦> it revives , and turns into the Genius of Gratitude , -v . ' . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ; ¦ ¦ - ¦ : ¦ . ihe p ;; isant the sword of Harlequin . Thus equipped , the - \ y . y- : .: rsjuts , tricks and changes commence ; and there are some very 7-iwising airs introduced .
J . 13 . DOUGLAS was presented a : Covent Garden to introduce a young Gentleman to the Stage who never trod it before . ' Few , however , who have made t : Js very arduous attempt , have ever done so , on-a first appearance , with more apparent eafe or self-possession . The person of this young Gentleman is tail and elegant , and he possesses
an enthusiasm widen may raise him to a very respectable place in the P'ramatiq List . Like eyery person new to the stage , he has some exuberances to , -epress , and some indispensable requisites to acquire , Under judicious tuition he may easily accomplish both ; for he does not seem defective , either in judgment or powers . His last scene was very weii , j ' id the Curtain dropt amidst the tears and the plaudits of the Audience . —This young Gentleman ( whose name is Talbot , ) we understand to be the Son of an old and respe & tbie Captain of the- Navy , who died in the service ofhis Country in the East-Indies *
... AN . 14 . Apiece professedly from the pen of Mr . WALDRON , entitled " HEIGH HO FOR A HUSBAK D ! " was represented for the first timeat die Haymarket Theatre , the characters as follow : Mr . Justice Rackrent , - Mr , SUETT ; Edward , his fon , - - Mr . BAKRYMOKE ;
General Fairpiay , - - Mr . AICKINJJ Timothy , - - - Mr . WEWITZER ; Frank Millclaclc , - - Mr . BANNISTER , jun , Matilda Fairplay , - - Mrs . POWELL ; Maria , ... jyf . s . GIBUS ; Mrs . Milk-lack , - - Mrs . HOPKINS ;
Dorothy , ... Mrs . HARLOW . This Play , which now comes forward in four Acts , ori ginally appeared as a Comedy of five under the title of "Imitation" about ten years ago , for the Benefit of this dramatic veteran . — -It is borrowed from FARQUHAR , and is an ingenious transposition of the BEAUX STRATAGEM ; Mrs . Powell , Mrs . Gibbs , and Mrs . Harlow are the
Archer , Aimwell , and Scrub ; whilst Bannister , Barrymore , and Mrs . Hopkins form the exact counter parts of Cherry , Porinda , and Bonnyface . It was well received , and has been repeated with approbation . The Epilogue set the House into a roar of laughter . Bannister had full scope for his admirable imitative knack , and he made the most ofhis tglents . —/ The following were the Prologue and Epilogue ;