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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
' . THEATRE-ROYAL , DRURY-LANE . April IT ,. A NEW Comic Opera , in two aits , entitled " The Smugglers , " ¦ L x- was performed for the benefit of Mr . Bannister , junior . This piece is , we believe , the production of Mr . Birch , author of the " Adopted Child , " & c . and is upon the whole a very pleasing little performance . The music is b y -Atvvood ; and does the hihest credit to his muse . The duet
g of Miss Leake and Master Welch , is one of the most exquisite compositions . we have heard for some time past . The piece was throughout favourably received ; and will , no doubt , become a great favourite with the public . THEATRE-ROYAL , CO VENT-GA RDEN . April 22 . A Farce , under the title of " the Doldrnm , or 1803 , " was brought out at this theatre , the avowed production of Mr . O'Keeffe . This gentleman has here soared a hiher fliht than he has ever done : for the
g g whole plot depends on Brummagem , an old dotard , being persuaded , that he has slept seven years—from 1796 to 1803 . This attempt upon the old man ' s credulity is made , in order to induce him to consent to the marriage of his son , which he has sworn shall not take place for seven years . This Farce will less bear to be tried by the rules of criticism , than any Mr . O'Keeffe has ever written ; it is however , throughout , irresistibly laughable , and was received . with the loudest applause .
THEATRE-ROYAL , DRURY-LANE . April 30 . A new opera , from the pen of Mr . H ' OARE , under the title of MAHMOUD , or the PRINCE OF PERSIA , was brought forward at this theatre , in order ( as we believe ) to introduce to public notice a new singer of the name of Braham , a pupil of Mr . Leoni , who for so many years charmed the frequenters of Covent-Garden with the melody of his voice . The fable of this Opera is taken from the Conies Persannes ; and is briefly this The Sultan dooms his elder
: — son , Mahmoud , from his infancy , to imprisonment ; in order to raise his younger son , Noureddin , to the throne . The herce spirit of Mahmoud , however , breaks forth ; and he determines to assert his natural ri g ht . In this he meets no opposition from Noureddin , whose mind is more given to ( he sports of the field , than to the cares of royalty . —Mahmoud , at first sight , falls violently in love with Gobeide ; and love , in some degreetames the fierceness of his nature . Abdoul Cassan
, , who has been elevated from his former humble situation of a manufacturer of carpets , to a place of more consequence , is buried alive ( according to the custom of the country ) with his deceased wife , a Princess of the Blood Royal ; but his life is preserved b y the contrivance of Zebia , his former lover . The piece ends with the marriage of Noureddin to his favourite Balsora—of Mahmoud to Gobeide—and of Abdoul Cassan to Zebia . Slender and trifling as this fable is in itself , it is matte still less interesting
by the conduct of it , and the general dullness , and want of point and force , 111 the dialogue . Mahmoud , the hero of the piece , is a bad attempt at what in itself is unnatural . The characters throughout are brought on the stage , without our being able to guess how they came there , or indeed , without their being able to tell us themselves . The incidents are a jumble of we know not what ; nor can we distinguish the opening , in point of time , from the catastrophe . •—Nee pes , nee caput uv . i Reddatur forma ; .
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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
' . THEATRE-ROYAL , DRURY-LANE . April IT ,. A NEW Comic Opera , in two aits , entitled " The Smugglers , " ¦ L x- was performed for the benefit of Mr . Bannister , junior . This piece is , we believe , the production of Mr . Birch , author of the " Adopted Child , " & c . and is upon the whole a very pleasing little performance . The music is b y -Atvvood ; and does the hihest credit to his muse . The duet
g of Miss Leake and Master Welch , is one of the most exquisite compositions . we have heard for some time past . The piece was throughout favourably received ; and will , no doubt , become a great favourite with the public . THEATRE-ROYAL , CO VENT-GA RDEN . April 22 . A Farce , under the title of " the Doldrnm , or 1803 , " was brought out at this theatre , the avowed production of Mr . O'Keeffe . This gentleman has here soared a hiher fliht than he has ever done : for the
g g whole plot depends on Brummagem , an old dotard , being persuaded , that he has slept seven years—from 1796 to 1803 . This attempt upon the old man ' s credulity is made , in order to induce him to consent to the marriage of his son , which he has sworn shall not take place for seven years . This Farce will less bear to be tried by the rules of criticism , than any Mr . O'Keeffe has ever written ; it is however , throughout , irresistibly laughable , and was received . with the loudest applause .
THEATRE-ROYAL , DRURY-LANE . April 30 . A new opera , from the pen of Mr . H ' OARE , under the title of MAHMOUD , or the PRINCE OF PERSIA , was brought forward at this theatre , in order ( as we believe ) to introduce to public notice a new singer of the name of Braham , a pupil of Mr . Leoni , who for so many years charmed the frequenters of Covent-Garden with the melody of his voice . The fable of this Opera is taken from the Conies Persannes ; and is briefly this The Sultan dooms his elder
: — son , Mahmoud , from his infancy , to imprisonment ; in order to raise his younger son , Noureddin , to the throne . The herce spirit of Mahmoud , however , breaks forth ; and he determines to assert his natural ri g ht . In this he meets no opposition from Noureddin , whose mind is more given to ( he sports of the field , than to the cares of royalty . —Mahmoud , at first sight , falls violently in love with Gobeide ; and love , in some degreetames the fierceness of his nature . Abdoul Cassan
, , who has been elevated from his former humble situation of a manufacturer of carpets , to a place of more consequence , is buried alive ( according to the custom of the country ) with his deceased wife , a Princess of the Blood Royal ; but his life is preserved b y the contrivance of Zebia , his former lover . The piece ends with the marriage of Noureddin to his favourite Balsora—of Mahmoud to Gobeide—and of Abdoul Cassan to Zebia . Slender and trifling as this fable is in itself , it is matte still less interesting
by the conduct of it , and the general dullness , and want of point and force , 111 the dialogue . Mahmoud , the hero of the piece , is a bad attempt at what in itself is unnatural . The characters throughout are brought on the stage , without our being able to guess how they came there , or indeed , without their being able to tell us themselves . The incidents are a jumble of we know not what ; nor can we distinguish the opening , in point of time , from the catastrophe . •—Nee pes , nee caput uv . i Reddatur forma ; .