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Public Amusements.
serted higher pretensions to first-rate reputation . The whole of the songs are delicious , some of them grand , harmonious , and impressive ; and we never witnessed , from any musical production of the kind , more general sensations of delight . The following are the Dramatis Persona ? : Puke of Urbino , - - Mr . Murray . Octavioa banished Nobleman , - Mr . Hull .
, Lorenzo , his Son , - Mr . Incledon ., Valentine , a favourite of the Duke , Mr . -p- awcett in love with Isabel , Save-all , a Miser , - ? Mr . Quick , Jeremy May thorn , Suitor to his Munden . Daughter , - Hilary , a Pedlar , r Mr . Knight .
Premiss , a Lawyer , - - Mr . Simmon ds . Marco , Servant to Valentine , - Mr . Ftirley . Moro , - - - Mr . Abbott . Lawyer ' s Clerks , Messrs . Grey , Street , Linton , & c , Isabel , Daughter of Octavio , - ¦ Mrs . Mountain , Lucilla , Daughter of Save-all , - Mrs . Clendining , Annette , a Country Girl , Daughter M M ; M . or Rodriga , -, ' Rodriga , - - - Mrs . Henley . Flora , Servant to Isabel , - Mrs . Castelle .
THEATRE-ROYAL , DRURY-LANE . Monday , May 8 . —A Comedy , entitled THE LAST OF THE FAMILY , the offspring of Mr . Cumberland ' s prolific muse , was represented , at this Theatre , for the Benefit of Mr . Bannister , jun . The plot of this piece , if plot it may be said to have , is extremely simple ; and the action , like those of the French Comedies , single . Sir John , Manfred has an only daughter , heiress to his large property ,
whom , from a strong tincture of family pride , he is resolved to marry to no man who will not take his own name . But this project is frustrated by the predilection of the young Lady for Peregrine , a nameless youth , who has been employed by Sir John to write the history of his family , The person - whom Sir John had fixed upon for his son-in-law was Abel Ap-Origin , son , to Sir Abraham Ap-Origin , a Welch Baronet , who having as much familypride as his neighbour , refuses to let his heir lose his name to gain a wife . As
soon as Letitia Manfred's passion for Peregrine is known to her parents , he is dismissed from the family ; when the young Lady , in order to regain her { over , feigns madness , and a series of improbable circumstances ensue , which terminate in-the discovery that Peregrine is the otphan son of a brother to § ir John Manfred ^ who then gives him his daughter . The dialogue , though occasionally marked by some traits of genius , and bmany judicious obsci variousis , in generalvapid : but the grand defect
y , , of the piece is , the want of art in concealing the catastrophe , vyhich is developed irf a very early part of the play , by which means that interest is de T stroj'ed , which Ought to be constantly kept alive . The characters have little of originality in them ; they justify Goldsmith's observation of Mr , Cumberl a nd ' s dramatic productions , in which f Jlis men arp afl heroes , his ivomen divine , ' !
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Public Amusements.
serted higher pretensions to first-rate reputation . The whole of the songs are delicious , some of them grand , harmonious , and impressive ; and we never witnessed , from any musical production of the kind , more general sensations of delight . The following are the Dramatis Persona ? : Puke of Urbino , - - Mr . Murray . Octavioa banished Nobleman , - Mr . Hull .
, Lorenzo , his Son , - Mr . Incledon ., Valentine , a favourite of the Duke , Mr . -p- awcett in love with Isabel , Save-all , a Miser , - ? Mr . Quick , Jeremy May thorn , Suitor to his Munden . Daughter , - Hilary , a Pedlar , r Mr . Knight .
Premiss , a Lawyer , - - Mr . Simmon ds . Marco , Servant to Valentine , - Mr . Ftirley . Moro , - - - Mr . Abbott . Lawyer ' s Clerks , Messrs . Grey , Street , Linton , & c , Isabel , Daughter of Octavio , - ¦ Mrs . Mountain , Lucilla , Daughter of Save-all , - Mrs . Clendining , Annette , a Country Girl , Daughter M M ; M . or Rodriga , -, ' Rodriga , - - - Mrs . Henley . Flora , Servant to Isabel , - Mrs . Castelle .
THEATRE-ROYAL , DRURY-LANE . Monday , May 8 . —A Comedy , entitled THE LAST OF THE FAMILY , the offspring of Mr . Cumberland ' s prolific muse , was represented , at this Theatre , for the Benefit of Mr . Bannister , jun . The plot of this piece , if plot it may be said to have , is extremely simple ; and the action , like those of the French Comedies , single . Sir John , Manfred has an only daughter , heiress to his large property ,
whom , from a strong tincture of family pride , he is resolved to marry to no man who will not take his own name . But this project is frustrated by the predilection of the young Lady for Peregrine , a nameless youth , who has been employed by Sir John to write the history of his family , The person - whom Sir John had fixed upon for his son-in-law was Abel Ap-Origin , son , to Sir Abraham Ap-Origin , a Welch Baronet , who having as much familypride as his neighbour , refuses to let his heir lose his name to gain a wife . As
soon as Letitia Manfred's passion for Peregrine is known to her parents , he is dismissed from the family ; when the young Lady , in order to regain her { over , feigns madness , and a series of improbable circumstances ensue , which terminate in-the discovery that Peregrine is the otphan son of a brother to § ir John Manfred ^ who then gives him his daughter . The dialogue , though occasionally marked by some traits of genius , and bmany judicious obsci variousis , in generalvapid : but the grand defect
y , , of the piece is , the want of art in concealing the catastrophe , vyhich is developed irf a very early part of the play , by which means that interest is de T stroj'ed , which Ought to be constantly kept alive . The characters have little of originality in them ; they justify Goldsmith's observation of Mr , Cumberl a nd ' s dramatic productions , in which f Jlis men arp afl heroes , his ivomen divine , ' !