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" History Of The Theatres Of London,
" Indeed the chief motive of my resolving upon that piece was , that Andromache was a very easy pari , and my late severe indisposition prevents my being able to perform any other . It gives me concern that any uneasiness of this kind should happen , as theatrical disputes are what I always wished to . avoid . " I am , Madam , your humble servant ; " " " G . BELLAMY . " James's-street , Golden-square , Wednesday , 9 o'clock .
" P . S . If I am obliged to change the play , I must give the reasons for itand I fear the public will not think Mrs . Yates ' s playing Medea for Mr . Yates the next night , a sufficient reason for not playing for ihe benefit before . " MRS . YATES ' S RP . PLY . MADAM , " I am as sorry as you can be that you should be deprived of the play you
intended ; but the cogent reasons I have already given you should ( I may say ought ) , to any reasonable lady , plead my excuse ; therefore , I think the sooner you advertise your reasons for altering your play the better , that the public , to whom I have the greatest obligations , may not be deluded : The Managers have long since known my determination never to play Hermione again . " I am , Madam , your humble servant , " M . A . YATES . " This correspondence not having produced a settlement of the matter in dispute
between the two actresses , and Mrs . Bellamy continuing her advertisement , Mrs . Yates published the letters ; adding , in her own justification to the public , for still declining to play the character she had objected to , as follows : " Mrs . Yates desires Mrs . Bellamy would inform her , why , in her advertisement of yesterday , she concealed the reasons Mrs . Yates had given her for declining the part of Hermione , which if she had done , Mrs . Yates flatters herself she must have stood excused to the public ; Mrs . Yates has therefore ( to exculpate herself from any imputation ) published those letters which passed between
them on the occasion . The public may now judge whether it was in Mrs . Yates's power to play Hermione , Medea , and Mandane in Cyrus , three successive nights . " Mrs . Yates likewise desires Mrs . Bellamy will publish the many notices she received from Mr . Younger the Prompter , wherein he informed her , that Mrs . Yates had given up the part of Hermione long since , and that he had given her the last year ' s bill by mistake , and begged her to decline advertising it . "
TO WHICH MRS . BELLAMY REPLIED , " Mrs . Bellamy thinks the postscript of her letter might have informed Mrs . Yates , why the reasons she gave for declining the part of Hermione were not inserted in the advertisement . If Mrs . Yates is overburthened with business , she should apply to Mr . Yates , and the Manager , to unload her of Medea and Mandane , not to Mrs . Bellanvy , to ease her of Hermione ; and for the following equitable as well as cogent reason , that Tuesday precedes Wednesday and Thursday . " Mr . Younger never did inform Mrs . Bellamythat he had given her last 's
, year bill by mistake ; nor did he write to her at all concerning Mrs . Yates having declined the part of Hermione , till she had published her bills and tickets , and dispersed many of them ; and Mrs . Bellamy will venture to affirm , that Mr . Younger never knew Mrs . Yates had refused to play Hermione for the Managers , till after the play was advertised ; and if Mrs . Yates had really acted Hermione last year , to prevent confusion only , the Managers , surely , would ' never have ventured to have advertised The Distressed Mother for Friday the 8 th of October last . " As Mrs . Bellamy means to trouble the public no more with the impertinent
disputes between herself and Mrs . Yates , she will finish with asking that lady one question , viz . Would it not have added to Mrs . Yates's zoonied benevolence , it she had descended to have played Hermione once more—particularly as Mrs . Bellamy had distributed many of her tickets , and had declared in her ' letter , that her
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" History Of The Theatres Of London,
" Indeed the chief motive of my resolving upon that piece was , that Andromache was a very easy pari , and my late severe indisposition prevents my being able to perform any other . It gives me concern that any uneasiness of this kind should happen , as theatrical disputes are what I always wished to . avoid . " I am , Madam , your humble servant ; " " " G . BELLAMY . " James's-street , Golden-square , Wednesday , 9 o'clock .
" P . S . If I am obliged to change the play , I must give the reasons for itand I fear the public will not think Mrs . Yates ' s playing Medea for Mr . Yates the next night , a sufficient reason for not playing for ihe benefit before . " MRS . YATES ' S RP . PLY . MADAM , " I am as sorry as you can be that you should be deprived of the play you
intended ; but the cogent reasons I have already given you should ( I may say ought ) , to any reasonable lady , plead my excuse ; therefore , I think the sooner you advertise your reasons for altering your play the better , that the public , to whom I have the greatest obligations , may not be deluded : The Managers have long since known my determination never to play Hermione again . " I am , Madam , your humble servant , " M . A . YATES . " This correspondence not having produced a settlement of the matter in dispute
between the two actresses , and Mrs . Bellamy continuing her advertisement , Mrs . Yates published the letters ; adding , in her own justification to the public , for still declining to play the character she had objected to , as follows : " Mrs . Yates desires Mrs . Bellamy would inform her , why , in her advertisement of yesterday , she concealed the reasons Mrs . Yates had given her for declining the part of Hermione , which if she had done , Mrs . Yates flatters herself she must have stood excused to the public ; Mrs . Yates has therefore ( to exculpate herself from any imputation ) published those letters which passed between
them on the occasion . The public may now judge whether it was in Mrs . Yates's power to play Hermione , Medea , and Mandane in Cyrus , three successive nights . " Mrs . Yates likewise desires Mrs . Bellamy will publish the many notices she received from Mr . Younger the Prompter , wherein he informed her , that Mrs . Yates had given up the part of Hermione long since , and that he had given her the last year ' s bill by mistake , and begged her to decline advertising it . "
TO WHICH MRS . BELLAMY REPLIED , " Mrs . Bellamy thinks the postscript of her letter might have informed Mrs . Yates , why the reasons she gave for declining the part of Hermione were not inserted in the advertisement . If Mrs . Yates is overburthened with business , she should apply to Mr . Yates , and the Manager , to unload her of Medea and Mandane , not to Mrs . Bellanvy , to ease her of Hermione ; and for the following equitable as well as cogent reason , that Tuesday precedes Wednesday and Thursday . " Mr . Younger never did inform Mrs . Bellamythat he had given her last 's
, year bill by mistake ; nor did he write to her at all concerning Mrs . Yates having declined the part of Hermione , till she had published her bills and tickets , and dispersed many of them ; and Mrs . Bellamy will venture to affirm , that Mr . Younger never knew Mrs . Yates had refused to play Hermione for the Managers , till after the play was advertised ; and if Mrs . Yates had really acted Hermione last year , to prevent confusion only , the Managers , surely , would ' never have ventured to have advertised The Distressed Mother for Friday the 8 th of October last . " As Mrs . Bellamy means to trouble the public no more with the impertinent
disputes between herself and Mrs . Yates , she will finish with asking that lady one question , viz . Would it not have added to Mrs . Yates's zoonied benevolence , it she had descended to have played Hermione once more—particularly as Mrs . Bellamy had distributed many of her tickets , and had declared in her ' letter , that her