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Strictures On Public Amusements
SfeS ^^^ Sd caried to F ^ ince , or of " what she may suffer on ship board for her idle pranks . In the mean time Will am appears to have landed , having just escaped from shipwreck , his return to his fatherand sweetheart Maryis ¦
hut saved Is Proper y ; and on see , , taken by a % s % ng , ' a division of which having also fallen in . with Mary , is the Scans of an interview being effected between the lovers , at the critical momentwhei * means ot an ^ J" ™ " n b -. f ever The Lieutenant of the press-gang , who ap-S . " 3 £ & feh SSfPi dismisses William on Mary ' s discovering herself , and permits the lovers to return home happy . This piece was very favourably received .
13 . A new after-piece , called » THE P ACKET BOAT , " was Indued at Cerent-Garden Theatre , for the benefit of Mr . Munden ; the characters and p lot of which are as follows -. ' __ _ DRAMATIS PERSONS . Woodford , - ' - ' - ¦ " Mr . lNCLEDON . 6 ' ¦ . ¦ - - - Mr . QUICK . u PP ' - " .. " . " - Mr . MUNDEN .
gSDm-pi , - - " M , J OHNSTONE . y ^> ¦ T - - . - „ : S £ : Sn . V " Midship , - ¦ i ., ' . . Miss POOLE . lsidora , .- . .. _ MI . S-MARTYE . Smmo ' de , - - " " ., " Mi . WATTS . " Passengers , Officers , Sailors .
The fable of " THE P ACKET BOAT" is this -. —Jaquelina disguises herself in man's attire to accompany her female friend lsidora , a young nun , to England , on the abo-KS " n France , for the double purpose of protect rig lsidora and meeting her lover O'Fhoemx , whom she appoints " to meet on her landing in England . Woodford , the lover of lsidora , ' tvith Scamper his servant , on his return from he Grand Tour takes his " passage in the same packet-boat by which Isioora and Jaquelin . ^ rive , and landing in the night , the ladies are accommodated at Supp les a smugat the hotelwhere he meets with ¦ O .-Phcen . x . The
tier on the coast , and Wo 6 dford , c rcumstance of a sailor's ' finding his miniature picture , makes him believe that lsidora liavinTbe nin the vessel must be in the hotel , which occasions some confusion among Z ffi but on the arrival of Jaquelina to rectify the error , the whole is cleared UP This « ory irwoX d upwith good effect , and some humour ; it comes we understand fi " m thePen ofMn Birch , jun . of Cornhill . The Music , whichis very pretty , 5 s by Mr . At wood , and the whole went off with considerable applause .
_ ,. ' "T HE SIEGE or MEAUX , " a Tragedy of three acts , was presented for the ^ ' first time at Covent-Garden , and received with unanimous app lause . The author is Mr . Pye , the Poc-t-Laureat . PERSONS OF THE DRAMA . Duke of Orleans , ' - - - " - - M . FARREN . . St . Pol , - - " - Mr . POPE . Douglas , - - - - - - " Mr-HOLMAN . MrM ACREADV
Cl . rmont , ' - - - . - - . . Dubois , ' - ¦¦ - ¦ - - ' ^ " ^ AELEY - M CapteideBouchc , ' ' - . -- .. r Mr . MIDDLETON . Duchess of Orleans , - - Miss M ORRIS . Matilda , ' ¦ - ¦ - - - " Mrs . POPE . The fortress of Meaux being besieged by the English , a body of insurgents within the * town , under the command of Dubois , shew a disposition to avail themse ves of tn « first occasion for rap ine and carnage . The Duke of Orleans is governor rtthto " , his principal officers are St . Pol and Douglas , both ot whom are suitors to his daughter
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Strictures On Public Amusements
SfeS ^^^ Sd caried to F ^ ince , or of " what she may suffer on ship board for her idle pranks . In the mean time Will am appears to have landed , having just escaped from shipwreck , his return to his fatherand sweetheart Maryis ¦
hut saved Is Proper y ; and on see , , taken by a % s % ng , ' a division of which having also fallen in . with Mary , is the Scans of an interview being effected between the lovers , at the critical momentwhei * means ot an ^ J" ™ " n b -. f ever The Lieutenant of the press-gang , who ap-S . " 3 £ & feh SSfPi dismisses William on Mary ' s discovering herself , and permits the lovers to return home happy . This piece was very favourably received .
13 . A new after-piece , called » THE P ACKET BOAT , " was Indued at Cerent-Garden Theatre , for the benefit of Mr . Munden ; the characters and p lot of which are as follows -. ' __ _ DRAMATIS PERSONS . Woodford , - ' - ' - ¦ " Mr . lNCLEDON . 6 ' ¦ . ¦ - - - Mr . QUICK . u PP ' - " .. " . " - Mr . MUNDEN .
gSDm-pi , - - " M , J OHNSTONE . y ^> ¦ T - - . - „ : S £ : Sn . V " Midship , - ¦ i ., ' . . Miss POOLE . lsidora , .- . .. _ MI . S-MARTYE . Smmo ' de , - - " " ., " Mi . WATTS . " Passengers , Officers , Sailors .
The fable of " THE P ACKET BOAT" is this -. —Jaquelina disguises herself in man's attire to accompany her female friend lsidora , a young nun , to England , on the abo-KS " n France , for the double purpose of protect rig lsidora and meeting her lover O'Fhoemx , whom she appoints " to meet on her landing in England . Woodford , the lover of lsidora , ' tvith Scamper his servant , on his return from he Grand Tour takes his " passage in the same packet-boat by which Isioora and Jaquelin . ^ rive , and landing in the night , the ladies are accommodated at Supp les a smugat the hotelwhere he meets with ¦ O .-Phcen . x . The
tier on the coast , and Wo 6 dford , c rcumstance of a sailor's ' finding his miniature picture , makes him believe that lsidora liavinTbe nin the vessel must be in the hotel , which occasions some confusion among Z ffi but on the arrival of Jaquelina to rectify the error , the whole is cleared UP This « ory irwoX d upwith good effect , and some humour ; it comes we understand fi " m thePen ofMn Birch , jun . of Cornhill . The Music , whichis very pretty , 5 s by Mr . At wood , and the whole went off with considerable applause .
_ ,. ' "T HE SIEGE or MEAUX , " a Tragedy of three acts , was presented for the ^ ' first time at Covent-Garden , and received with unanimous app lause . The author is Mr . Pye , the Poc-t-Laureat . PERSONS OF THE DRAMA . Duke of Orleans , ' - - - " - - M . FARREN . . St . Pol , - - " - Mr . POPE . Douglas , - - - - - - " Mr-HOLMAN . MrM ACREADV
Cl . rmont , ' - - - . - - . . Dubois , ' - ¦¦ - ¦ - - ' ^ " ^ AELEY - M CapteideBouchc , ' ' - . -- .. r Mr . MIDDLETON . Duchess of Orleans , - - Miss M ORRIS . Matilda , ' ¦ - ¦ - - - " Mrs . POPE . The fortress of Meaux being besieged by the English , a body of insurgents within the * town , under the command of Dubois , shew a disposition to avail themse ves of tn « first occasion for rap ine and carnage . The Duke of Orleans is governor rtthto " , his principal officers are St . Pol and Douglas , both ot whom are suitors to his daughter