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Article MONODY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN HOWARD, ESQ. ← Page 3 of 3 Article PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Page 1 of 1
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Monody On The Death Of John Howard, Esq.
The monumental pile and statue rears , And wets his urn with true maternal tears—O may the CAUSE that bid his bosom blaze •Survive the tomb , and spread its chearing rays ! May it induce the affluent and gay To turn a thought from pleasure ' s gilded way—To view the lowest of the sons of care ;
And sooth thc wretched mansions of despair ! This will , indeed , give lustre to his fame : The best memorial of his honour'd name . Lasting as fate this Monument will be—And such as HOWARD ' S self would smile to see .
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
Teb . 2 , A NEW Musical Farce , called the Lock and Key , from the pen of 1796 . I \ . Mr . Hoare , was performed for the first , time , at Covent-Gardes Theatre . DRAMATIS rERSON . 5 . Cheerly , - Mr . INCLEDON . Brummagem , - Mr MOSDEK . Ralph , - - Mr . FAWCKTT .
Vain , - Mr KNIGHT . Fanny - Mrs . MARTYR . Dolly , - - Mrs . NORTON . And Laura , - - - Mrs . SEHB . ES . The PLOT is as follows : Ralph , the whimsical servant of old Brummagem , angry at witnessing the harsfi treatment that Laura , his young mistress , the niece of Brummagem , receives from
her uncle , determines to rescue her ; and to that purpose forms a plot with Captain Cheerly , her lover , and Fanny , a female servant ; in consequence of which , the two latter effect Laura ' s escape , while Ralph amuses-the old man ' s attention by a story he pretends to relate . Cheerly is assisted by Vain , an adventurer , who engages for 100 I . to carry off Laura ; but being disconcerted by Ralph ' s scheme , of which he was not apprised , is completely baffled . —Laura and Cheerly are married , and ask Brummagem's forgiveness , which is granted them . This simple story is well managed , and the business enlivened throughout with
a series of comical " and laughable incidents . Many of the scenes are indeed extremely ludicrous , but ( hey . are pleasant , and fully answer the purpose for which all productions of this nature are intended , of keeping the audience in a continual merry roar . The dialogue is sprightly , and the equivoque neat and striking . The music of the songs is worthy of Shield . The overture , by the junior Parke , is one ofthe best compositions we have heard for a long time . The performers acquitted themselves throughout with the utmost credit , and the piece is likely to undergo many repetition ' s .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monody On The Death Of John Howard, Esq.
The monumental pile and statue rears , And wets his urn with true maternal tears—O may the CAUSE that bid his bosom blaze •Survive the tomb , and spread its chearing rays ! May it induce the affluent and gay To turn a thought from pleasure ' s gilded way—To view the lowest of the sons of care ;
And sooth thc wretched mansions of despair ! This will , indeed , give lustre to his fame : The best memorial of his honour'd name . Lasting as fate this Monument will be—And such as HOWARD ' S self would smile to see .
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
Teb . 2 , A NEW Musical Farce , called the Lock and Key , from the pen of 1796 . I \ . Mr . Hoare , was performed for the first , time , at Covent-Gardes Theatre . DRAMATIS rERSON . 5 . Cheerly , - Mr . INCLEDON . Brummagem , - Mr MOSDEK . Ralph , - - Mr . FAWCKTT .
Vain , - Mr KNIGHT . Fanny - Mrs . MARTYR . Dolly , - - Mrs . NORTON . And Laura , - - - Mrs . SEHB . ES . The PLOT is as follows : Ralph , the whimsical servant of old Brummagem , angry at witnessing the harsfi treatment that Laura , his young mistress , the niece of Brummagem , receives from
her uncle , determines to rescue her ; and to that purpose forms a plot with Captain Cheerly , her lover , and Fanny , a female servant ; in consequence of which , the two latter effect Laura ' s escape , while Ralph amuses-the old man ' s attention by a story he pretends to relate . Cheerly is assisted by Vain , an adventurer , who engages for 100 I . to carry off Laura ; but being disconcerted by Ralph ' s scheme , of which he was not apprised , is completely baffled . —Laura and Cheerly are married , and ask Brummagem's forgiveness , which is granted them . This simple story is well managed , and the business enlivened throughout with
a series of comical " and laughable incidents . Many of the scenes are indeed extremely ludicrous , but ( hey . are pleasant , and fully answer the purpose for which all productions of this nature are intended , of keeping the audience in a continual merry roar . The dialogue is sprightly , and the equivoque neat and striking . The music of the songs is worthy of Shield . The overture , by the junior Parke , is one ofthe best compositions we have heard for a long time . The performers acquitted themselves throughout with the utmost credit , and the piece is likely to undergo many repetition ' s .