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Public Amusements.
The Prologue was spoken by Mr . Toms : it breathes a commendable spirit of 'TffDmS ™ , a new Pantomime called « Harlequin Captive ; or , The Magic Vire" was presented for the first time . .,,, . , ,. , c to It ' wi I not be expected that we should enter into a detail of the plot and fable of such a production ; but in order to gratify , in a certain degree , the curiosity of „ ,, r readers we present them with the following outline : protected by the charm of the ic firehas made captive many
Ormandine , mag , knit ts - Harlequin also has fallen into hi . power , whom he detains in a dungeon , ti | Columbine , with whom Ormandine is deeply enamoured , shall consent to favour his addresses . Harlequin and Columbine are , by the indiscretion of the Clown , released from bondage : Harlequin is ordered by a goodsspirit , who opposes Ormandine , to go in search of a consecrated sword and shield , by which he will be enabled to overcome the serpents that guard a fountain whose waters alone can at o ce extinguish the magic fire , on which the power of Ormandine entirely deand damsels whom the enchanter holds in
confinepends , and release the kiughts ment The adventures that occur to Harlequin , during his search after the sword and shield , constitute the action of the Pantomime , and his finding it , overthrowing the magician , obtaining the water of the fountain , releasing the knights , and his being finally united to Columbine by Minerva , complete the table . ' Miss De Camp is the Columbine ; and since the Greek statuary there has not head prettily anti and since " .. «««/ mtuil" since the
TCbeen any more que ; , , ference of attraction was to attitude and movement , the stage , in dumb shew , has scarcely ever exhibited more taste , more pleasing grace . The Clown too ( and clowns are mentioned . even by Shakspeare ) . has infinite merit as far as in buffoonery there can be merit . It is Dubois . The activity , the whim ' the fertility of contrivance in the man , are admirable ' ¦ Elaborate and complex as the scenery and machinery are ( and there arc above thirty new scenes } there was scarcely the least embarrassment or delay , llie the view of Hurst the waterfall of Lodoreand
scenes most ^ isite are Castle , , the palace of Minerva . . It is on the whole one of the best pieces of the kind that we have ever seen . 2 J A new Comedy of five Acts , entitled , " The Man oj Ten Thousand , " was performed at Drury Lane Theatre . —The Dramatis Persome were as follow : Lord Laroon , - - - Mr . BARRYMORE . Sir Pertinax Pitiful , - - Mr . PALMER .
Dorrington , - - - Mr . KE . MBLE . Hairbrain , - - - Mr . BANNISTER , Jun . Curfew , - - - " Mr . DODD . Consol , - - " Mr . SUETT . Major Rampart , - - Mr . R . PALMER . Herbert , - - - Mr . WEWITZKU . Hudson , - - " Mr . AICKIN . Kobert ) . - - Mr . TKUEMAN .
Lady Taunton . - - - Miss POPE . Olivia - - - " Miss FARREN . Annabel , - - - - Mrs . GIBBS . j ^ d _ - - - Miss TlDSWELL . The Fable is simple , and may be related in a few words . _ Dorrington , a rich West Indian , falls into all the fashionable follies of high life , and he sumptuous tableand lays deep his house is frequented by
as keeps a , p , persons of distinction in the Beau Monde . Among these are Lady Taunton , Lord Laroon , Sir Pertinax Pitiful , Major Rampart , and Curfew , to whose ward , Olivia Dorrington is betrothed . These persons are only induced to visit him by interested motives ; and his generosity being boundless , every application to his purse proves successful , and " he supplies , with indiscriminate profusion , the cravings of the vicious , and the wants of the unfortunate . In Ihe midst of Dorrington s splendour Hudson arrives from the West Indies , with an account that a dread-
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Public Amusements.
The Prologue was spoken by Mr . Toms : it breathes a commendable spirit of 'TffDmS ™ , a new Pantomime called « Harlequin Captive ; or , The Magic Vire" was presented for the first time . .,,, . , ,. , c to It ' wi I not be expected that we should enter into a detail of the plot and fable of such a production ; but in order to gratify , in a certain degree , the curiosity of „ ,, r readers we present them with the following outline : protected by the charm of the ic firehas made captive many
Ormandine , mag , knit ts - Harlequin also has fallen into hi . power , whom he detains in a dungeon , ti | Columbine , with whom Ormandine is deeply enamoured , shall consent to favour his addresses . Harlequin and Columbine are , by the indiscretion of the Clown , released from bondage : Harlequin is ordered by a goodsspirit , who opposes Ormandine , to go in search of a consecrated sword and shield , by which he will be enabled to overcome the serpents that guard a fountain whose waters alone can at o ce extinguish the magic fire , on which the power of Ormandine entirely deand damsels whom the enchanter holds in
confinepends , and release the kiughts ment The adventures that occur to Harlequin , during his search after the sword and shield , constitute the action of the Pantomime , and his finding it , overthrowing the magician , obtaining the water of the fountain , releasing the knights , and his being finally united to Columbine by Minerva , complete the table . ' Miss De Camp is the Columbine ; and since the Greek statuary there has not head prettily anti and since " .. «««/ mtuil" since the
TCbeen any more que ; , , ference of attraction was to attitude and movement , the stage , in dumb shew , has scarcely ever exhibited more taste , more pleasing grace . The Clown too ( and clowns are mentioned . even by Shakspeare ) . has infinite merit as far as in buffoonery there can be merit . It is Dubois . The activity , the whim ' the fertility of contrivance in the man , are admirable ' ¦ Elaborate and complex as the scenery and machinery are ( and there arc above thirty new scenes } there was scarcely the least embarrassment or delay , llie the view of Hurst the waterfall of Lodoreand
scenes most ^ isite are Castle , , the palace of Minerva . . It is on the whole one of the best pieces of the kind that we have ever seen . 2 J A new Comedy of five Acts , entitled , " The Man oj Ten Thousand , " was performed at Drury Lane Theatre . —The Dramatis Persome were as follow : Lord Laroon , - - - Mr . BARRYMORE . Sir Pertinax Pitiful , - - Mr . PALMER .
Dorrington , - - - Mr . KE . MBLE . Hairbrain , - - - Mr . BANNISTER , Jun . Curfew , - - - " Mr . DODD . Consol , - - " Mr . SUETT . Major Rampart , - - Mr . R . PALMER . Herbert , - - - Mr . WEWITZKU . Hudson , - - " Mr . AICKIN . Kobert ) . - - Mr . TKUEMAN .
Lady Taunton . - - - Miss POPE . Olivia - - - " Miss FARREN . Annabel , - - - - Mrs . GIBBS . j ^ d _ - - - Miss TlDSWELL . The Fable is simple , and may be related in a few words . _ Dorrington , a rich West Indian , falls into all the fashionable follies of high life , and he sumptuous tableand lays deep his house is frequented by
as keeps a , p , persons of distinction in the Beau Monde . Among these are Lady Taunton , Lord Laroon , Sir Pertinax Pitiful , Major Rampart , and Curfew , to whose ward , Olivia Dorrington is betrothed . These persons are only induced to visit him by interested motives ; and his generosity being boundless , every application to his purse proves successful , and " he supplies , with indiscriminate profusion , the cravings of the vicious , and the wants of the unfortunate . In Ihe midst of Dorrington s splendour Hudson arrives from the West Indies , with an account that a dread-