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Strictures On Public Amusements.
vo « d aloud and continued expression of disapprobation and disgust , which , for * ew seconds , interrupted tlie performance , and damped the effect of the scene . The estoi the play was web received ; it will not , however , be so popular as « THE ROAD TO RUIN , not being equally charged with bold and ori ginal character , nor possessing equal powers of attraction . b ' The Performers did their several parts justice . , „ "f-r ^ d"S " , Wa 3 Wri ™ n by - r » "W "» and pointed out the various things to which a prologue to a Play might be assimilated . -
The Epilogue was short and sweet , and received with applause . Sth . « THE PURSE ; OR , BENEVOLENT TAR , " an interesting sketch of one f ^™? P ^?!"' " - ^ i ™ , 'ket- Tl . " Tar , who has beer , absem from home upwards of eight years , gives a Purse , containing the half of his acquisitions , to a boy , whom he finds administering to the wants of a distressed mother . The- latter m-oves ancU - " stS % Z ti , t « f r WanJcd by f , c ! iP "S that t ! , e filiaI P ky which he had admired anci asSiitedj was u > at of his own son !
The story afferded scope for several natural expressions of stron-feeling , which wcie admirably delivered by the younger BAXKI . . There is also some pretty jriusic-the composition , as we understand , of Mr . REEVE —TIIS Author , Mr . CROSS , Of Covent Gareie-n I heartre , has conducted this simple Fable with a degree of skill , very creditable to his Dramatic talents , and the piece on the whole was received with much applause . 23 Comic
. A new Opera , called the "TRAVELLERS IN SWITZERLAND , " was S ^ E PP-. I" % r ^' ent Garien TheMre > »«• ™« received with hslanguished approbation . — 1 he Characters arc-Sir Leipster M'Loughlin , . - . Mr . ROCK-. Mr . Sidney , ... . . M „ NDJKDonmond , .. . . Mr . JOKS-STONE . alt 0 n " - - MrlNCIEh 0 N
^ ' . . - . . . Comte Fnponi , ... .. Mr . FAWCETT . if " ' ' " . - - - Mr . QUICK . ' r- \ - - - - - Mr . BLANCHARD . ^ wiss Eurghcr , .... Mr . THOMSON . ~ 5 P > " - - " Mr . RICHARDSON . Iisnerman ,. - ... MS . TOWK . SE ™
SWISS Soldiery , & c . Lady Philippa Sidney , . . . Mrs . Mattocks . Miss Somerv . Je , - . . . Miss " POOLE . ijM-tL , ~ ' ' ~ ¦ - Mrs - CLEKBIKIKG . £ f ' ' - - - , - - Mrs . MARTYR . Margery ... . .. Mrs . FIENLEV . Shepherdess - ¦ . . . Miss HorKINS .
Attendants , & c . FABLE . dialogue , uTwhich Lady P ^ , ff ^^ ^ Z ^^ L y ^ and has-thus saved her life in the pas-ai of a torr-n ¦ % S f 1 SS Servant ' the ofa lettfrom Cou ^^ £
^ eptfon , ^ ^^ S ^^^^ ^ Mr . Sydn-v 'o be on hi * ;„„ - „ . „ , ' j t * ' lppa ' ln the mean ^ time ^ ; -imag ^ ning ^ ^ r ^ ^ ^ t ^ ^ ^
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Strictures On Public Amusements.
vo « d aloud and continued expression of disapprobation and disgust , which , for * ew seconds , interrupted tlie performance , and damped the effect of the scene . The estoi the play was web received ; it will not , however , be so popular as « THE ROAD TO RUIN , not being equally charged with bold and ori ginal character , nor possessing equal powers of attraction . b ' The Performers did their several parts justice . , „ "f-r ^ d"S " , Wa 3 Wri ™ n by - r » "W "» and pointed out the various things to which a prologue to a Play might be assimilated . -
The Epilogue was short and sweet , and received with applause . Sth . « THE PURSE ; OR , BENEVOLENT TAR , " an interesting sketch of one f ^™? P ^?!"' " - ^ i ™ , 'ket- Tl . " Tar , who has beer , absem from home upwards of eight years , gives a Purse , containing the half of his acquisitions , to a boy , whom he finds administering to the wants of a distressed mother . The- latter m-oves ancU - " stS % Z ti , t « f r WanJcd by f , c ! iP "S that t ! , e filiaI P ky which he had admired anci asSiitedj was u > at of his own son !
The story afferded scope for several natural expressions of stron-feeling , which wcie admirably delivered by the younger BAXKI . . There is also some pretty jriusic-the composition , as we understand , of Mr . REEVE —TIIS Author , Mr . CROSS , Of Covent Gareie-n I heartre , has conducted this simple Fable with a degree of skill , very creditable to his Dramatic talents , and the piece on the whole was received with much applause . 23 Comic
. A new Opera , called the "TRAVELLERS IN SWITZERLAND , " was S ^ E PP-. I" % r ^' ent Garien TheMre > »«• ™« received with hslanguished approbation . — 1 he Characters arc-Sir Leipster M'Loughlin , . - . Mr . ROCK-. Mr . Sidney , ... . . M „ NDJKDonmond , .. . . Mr . JOKS-STONE . alt 0 n " - - MrlNCIEh 0 N
^ ' . . - . . . Comte Fnponi , ... .. Mr . FAWCETT . if " ' ' " . - - - Mr . QUICK . ' r- \ - - - - - Mr . BLANCHARD . ^ wiss Eurghcr , .... Mr . THOMSON . ~ 5 P > " - - " Mr . RICHARDSON . Iisnerman ,. - ... MS . TOWK . SE ™
SWISS Soldiery , & c . Lady Philippa Sidney , . . . Mrs . Mattocks . Miss Somerv . Je , - . . . Miss " POOLE . ijM-tL , ~ ' ' ~ ¦ - Mrs - CLEKBIKIKG . £ f ' ' - - - , - - Mrs . MARTYR . Margery ... . .. Mrs . FIENLEV . Shepherdess - ¦ . . . Miss HorKINS .
Attendants , & c . FABLE . dialogue , uTwhich Lady P ^ , ff ^^ ^ Z ^^ L y ^ and has-thus saved her life in the pas-ai of a torr-n ¦ % S f 1 SS Servant ' the ofa lettfrom Cou ^^ £
^ eptfon , ^ ^^ S ^^^^ ^ Mr . Sydn-v 'o be on hi * ;„„ - „ . „ , ' j t * ' lppa ' ln the mean ^ time ^ ; -imag ^ ning ^ ^ r ^ ^ ^ t ^ ^ ^