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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THEATRE-ROYAL , DRtlRY-LANE . April i 9 . "j \/ TR . Reynolds , who is already known to the public as a draiYJL matic writer , at Covent-garden Theatre , transferred his talents to this Theatre ; and a new Comedy , written by him , entitled THE WILL , was produced .-The story of the piece is as follows :
Mandeville , who , with the wildness of youth , possessed an excellent heart , having involv . ed himself in debt , and offended his father , after the death of his wife , goes in pursuit of fortune to India , leaving his infant " daughter , Albina , to the care of Mrs . Rigid , an artful old woman . During his absence , he constantly remitted to Mrs . Rigid three hundred pounds a . year , for the support of her and his daughter . The old woman conceals the suplies sent to herand throws herself the protection of Albina's
grandp , upon father , whom she contrives so to incense against his son , that when the old man dies , he disinherits his son , and leaves all his fortune to his granddaughter , . Albina . —Mrs . Rigid , who assumes the entire controul over Albina , has entered into an agreement with Veritas , the tutor of George Howard , a young gentleman who lives in the neighbourhood , by which , if she effects a marriage between the Tutor and Albina , Veritas is to give this corrupt half of the Mandeville estatesamounting to five thousand
governess , pounds a year . Albina , however , is attached to Howard , and is beloved by the latter . In this state of affairs , Mandeville arrives from India . As soon as he arrives , he is recognised by Realize , Steward of the Mandeville property , who immediately makes a demand upon hiin for money , and threatens
an arrest upon non-payment . In this extremity Mandeville , debarred from the sight of his daughter , and unable to liquidate these demands , is assisted by the generosity of George Howard , who procures him an asylum in a neighbouring cottage . The tenant of this cottage , Old Rustic , had been discharged from his situation as game-keeper to the Mandeville estate , on suspicion of being a poacher , and , with his daughter , had been solely indebted for support to George Howard . Sir S . Cynic , an old testy batchelor ,
though professedly an enemy to the conjugal stare , is not without a spirit of gallantry , and , therefore , when the daughter of Old Rustic applies to him in behalf of her father , he becomes enamoured , and visits her secretly at ? the cottage . While he is in the midst of his amorous avowals , Mandeville , accompanied by Howard , returns to the cottage , and Sir Solomon , to escape observation , hides himself among some straw in a recess , before which a curtain is drawn , but so ill secured that Dolly Rustic is obliged to fasten it up
with Sir Solomon ' s cane-sword . To divide Howard and Albina , the villainous governess had induced the latter to believe that Howard visited the cottage from motives of regard to Rustic ' s daughter . To ascertain this facf , Albina assumes a naval uniform , pretending to be a Mr . Herbert , her own cousin . Having traced Howard to the cottage , Albina will not stir from ittill she has seen him . He , therefore , appears ; and conceiving her to be an impertinent swaggering boy , a quarrel arises ; and as Albina threatens to . wound him with her sword , he seizes the cane-sword which supports the curtain , and hence Sir Solomon is discovered . Mandeville having been thus discovered in his retreat , endeavours to shelter himself in an apartment of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THEATRE-ROYAL , DRtlRY-LANE . April i 9 . "j \/ TR . Reynolds , who is already known to the public as a draiYJL matic writer , at Covent-garden Theatre , transferred his talents to this Theatre ; and a new Comedy , written by him , entitled THE WILL , was produced .-The story of the piece is as follows :
Mandeville , who , with the wildness of youth , possessed an excellent heart , having involv . ed himself in debt , and offended his father , after the death of his wife , goes in pursuit of fortune to India , leaving his infant " daughter , Albina , to the care of Mrs . Rigid , an artful old woman . During his absence , he constantly remitted to Mrs . Rigid three hundred pounds a . year , for the support of her and his daughter . The old woman conceals the suplies sent to herand throws herself the protection of Albina's
grandp , upon father , whom she contrives so to incense against his son , that when the old man dies , he disinherits his son , and leaves all his fortune to his granddaughter , . Albina . —Mrs . Rigid , who assumes the entire controul over Albina , has entered into an agreement with Veritas , the tutor of George Howard , a young gentleman who lives in the neighbourhood , by which , if she effects a marriage between the Tutor and Albina , Veritas is to give this corrupt half of the Mandeville estatesamounting to five thousand
governess , pounds a year . Albina , however , is attached to Howard , and is beloved by the latter . In this state of affairs , Mandeville arrives from India . As soon as he arrives , he is recognised by Realize , Steward of the Mandeville property , who immediately makes a demand upon hiin for money , and threatens
an arrest upon non-payment . In this extremity Mandeville , debarred from the sight of his daughter , and unable to liquidate these demands , is assisted by the generosity of George Howard , who procures him an asylum in a neighbouring cottage . The tenant of this cottage , Old Rustic , had been discharged from his situation as game-keeper to the Mandeville estate , on suspicion of being a poacher , and , with his daughter , had been solely indebted for support to George Howard . Sir S . Cynic , an old testy batchelor ,
though professedly an enemy to the conjugal stare , is not without a spirit of gallantry , and , therefore , when the daughter of Old Rustic applies to him in behalf of her father , he becomes enamoured , and visits her secretly at ? the cottage . While he is in the midst of his amorous avowals , Mandeville , accompanied by Howard , returns to the cottage , and Sir Solomon , to escape observation , hides himself among some straw in a recess , before which a curtain is drawn , but so ill secured that Dolly Rustic is obliged to fasten it up
with Sir Solomon ' s cane-sword . To divide Howard and Albina , the villainous governess had induced the latter to believe that Howard visited the cottage from motives of regard to Rustic ' s daughter . To ascertain this facf , Albina assumes a naval uniform , pretending to be a Mr . Herbert , her own cousin . Having traced Howard to the cottage , Albina will not stir from ittill she has seen him . He , therefore , appears ; and conceiving her to be an impertinent swaggering boy , a quarrel arises ; and as Albina threatens to . wound him with her sword , he seizes the cane-sword which supports the curtain , and hence Sir Solomon is discovered . Mandeville having been thus discovered in his retreat , endeavours to shelter himself in an apartment of