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Public Amusements.
scenery , and decorations are in the first style of elegance and grandeur ; it is calculated to become an universal favourite , and will , ive doubt not , amply requite the Manager for the additional proof wliich he has thus given of his desire to afford entertainment , as well rational as splendid , to an encouraging public . The last scene consisted chiefly of a grand historical pageant , illustrative of the former patriotic glory of the British Monarchswhich was received
, throughout with animated applause . Feb . 13 . The Dramatic novelty of this night is a Comedy , entitled ' HE ' MUCH TO BLAME , ' written by Mr . Fenwick , who has hitherto been unknown in the regions of Literature . The following is a sketch of the fable .
Lord Vibrate , according . to . the import of his name , is a reflecting but an unsteady character , whose negative princi ple of action is not to form a deter * miration upon any subject , yet who is ever determining , and ever contradict ing his determinations . He had promised his daughter , Lady Jane , to Mr . Delaval , a gentleman of the purest honour , who is attached to her , and who is the objeit of her affections . As Delaval is , however , of too grave a turn to suit Lady Vibrate , a rantipole woman of quality , she persuades her husband
to allot her daughter to Sir G . Versatile , a lively man of fashion , who adapts himself to the humour of all he approaches . Sir George had been protected 211 his youth by the father of Delaval , and a passion had prevailed between him andDelaval ' s sister ; but when Sir George unexpectedly came to the possession of a good fortune and the title of Baronet , he forsakes Miss Delaval , and plunges into the vortex of fashionable gaiety . The charms of Lady Jane Vibrate , however , attract him , and he is a candidate . for her hand . The
unhappy Miss Delaval assumes the male" attire , and , accompanied by a female servant , visits London in pursuit of her lover . She happens to take her abode in the same hotel in which the Vibrate family reside , and . to this same hotel her brother resorts . Mr . Delaval strongly resents the insult his sister had received , in the desertion of Sir George , which he considers as a dishonour to his family , and which he has resolved to efface with the blood of her perfidious lover . By the aid of a Dominowhich Sir George has sent to the hotel
, , for the purpose of attending Lady Jane Vibrate to the masquerade , Miss Delaval obtains an interview with her lover , whom she brings to some degree of remorse , by the softness of her complaints and the tone of her voice , which , though he supposes her a man , reminds him of the voice of his former mistress . Miss Delaval , on retiring , finds that her brother is in the house , and
returns in great agony , Knowing his intentions , mtreating Lady Jane not to let Sir George ancl Mr . Delaval know the name of each other . The danger of a discovery in this respect produces a scene peculiarl y interesting , and which is managed with great dexterity . At length , however , Delaval discovers Sir George , reproaches him bitterly for misconduct , and gives him a challenge . Sir George desires to know the name of his antagonist , but Delaval _ declines to give the information till the time of determined hostility sliall arrive the
. In interim Miss Delaval again meets Sir George at the masquer rade , and awakens in his heart the keenest agonies , at the sense of the injuries he had inflicted . In the conflict of her feelings , she at length faints , and is discovered . Sir George-is then thoroughly repentant , and all his affection for Miss Delaval revives . He has , however , the debt of honour still to settle with his unknown antagonist . At the time appointed , Mr . Delaval arrives , andbefore he will avow himself to Sir George , he gives an interesting picture of Sir George ' s early life—of the protection which he received from the late Mr . Delaval—of the attachment of Miss Delaval towards Sir George , and his
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Public Amusements.
scenery , and decorations are in the first style of elegance and grandeur ; it is calculated to become an universal favourite , and will , ive doubt not , amply requite the Manager for the additional proof wliich he has thus given of his desire to afford entertainment , as well rational as splendid , to an encouraging public . The last scene consisted chiefly of a grand historical pageant , illustrative of the former patriotic glory of the British Monarchswhich was received
, throughout with animated applause . Feb . 13 . The Dramatic novelty of this night is a Comedy , entitled ' HE ' MUCH TO BLAME , ' written by Mr . Fenwick , who has hitherto been unknown in the regions of Literature . The following is a sketch of the fable .
Lord Vibrate , according . to . the import of his name , is a reflecting but an unsteady character , whose negative princi ple of action is not to form a deter * miration upon any subject , yet who is ever determining , and ever contradict ing his determinations . He had promised his daughter , Lady Jane , to Mr . Delaval , a gentleman of the purest honour , who is attached to her , and who is the objeit of her affections . As Delaval is , however , of too grave a turn to suit Lady Vibrate , a rantipole woman of quality , she persuades her husband
to allot her daughter to Sir G . Versatile , a lively man of fashion , who adapts himself to the humour of all he approaches . Sir George had been protected 211 his youth by the father of Delaval , and a passion had prevailed between him andDelaval ' s sister ; but when Sir George unexpectedly came to the possession of a good fortune and the title of Baronet , he forsakes Miss Delaval , and plunges into the vortex of fashionable gaiety . The charms of Lady Jane Vibrate , however , attract him , and he is a candidate . for her hand . The
unhappy Miss Delaval assumes the male" attire , and , accompanied by a female servant , visits London in pursuit of her lover . She happens to take her abode in the same hotel in which the Vibrate family reside , and . to this same hotel her brother resorts . Mr . Delaval strongly resents the insult his sister had received , in the desertion of Sir George , which he considers as a dishonour to his family , and which he has resolved to efface with the blood of her perfidious lover . By the aid of a Dominowhich Sir George has sent to the hotel
, , for the purpose of attending Lady Jane Vibrate to the masquerade , Miss Delaval obtains an interview with her lover , whom she brings to some degree of remorse , by the softness of her complaints and the tone of her voice , which , though he supposes her a man , reminds him of the voice of his former mistress . Miss Delaval , on retiring , finds that her brother is in the house , and
returns in great agony , Knowing his intentions , mtreating Lady Jane not to let Sir George ancl Mr . Delaval know the name of each other . The danger of a discovery in this respect produces a scene peculiarl y interesting , and which is managed with great dexterity . At length , however , Delaval discovers Sir George , reproaches him bitterly for misconduct , and gives him a challenge . Sir George desires to know the name of his antagonist , but Delaval _ declines to give the information till the time of determined hostility sliall arrive the
. In interim Miss Delaval again meets Sir George at the masquer rade , and awakens in his heart the keenest agonies , at the sense of the injuries he had inflicted . In the conflict of her feelings , she at length faints , and is discovered . Sir George-is then thoroughly repentant , and all his affection for Miss Delaval revives . He has , however , the debt of honour still to settle with his unknown antagonist . At the time appointed , Mr . Delaval arrives , andbefore he will avow himself to Sir George , he gives an interesting picture of Sir George ' s early life—of the protection which he received from the late Mr . Delaval—of the attachment of Miss Delaval towards Sir George , and his