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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THEATRE ROYAL , DRURV-LAMK . March . A NEW play , under the title of < THE STRANGER , ' was pro . 1 h if need this evening , said to be a translation horn the German , The lOllowing are the Dramatis Persona *! and the Fable : Count Walbourg , ( Stranger ) Mr . Kemble , Count Wmtei son , - Mr . Barrymore , Stcmfort
Baron , . AJ ,- . Rifmer , Mr . Solomon , - „ - Mr . Wewitzer , P « e ' '> - - Mr . Suett , Francis , - - Afr . R . Palmer , Tobias , .. . Mr . Aick . n ; Mrs . Haller , - / . Countess Walbourg , - < y Mrs * Addons . Countess Winterson , - Mrs . Goodall , ' Charlotte , - - Miss Stewart .
Count Walbourg , from vexations In his family , and disgusted with man kind becomes a Misanthropist ; and desirous of being sequestered from the world , retires to a cottage , which he obtains possession of , in the absence of Count Wmterson , from his steward . The Countess Walbourg having been seduced and eloped from her husband , in the hour ot contrition liad beseeehed the prott-aion of Lady Win ter . sm , and had obtained it , in the character of an upper housekeeper , u ho was intrusted with the of the
management household during the short ab senceof the family . In this interval , the Strangers are mutuall y occupied ne ... cue same spot , m acts of secret benevolence , avoiding ostentation , and contributing much to the relief of a distressed peasant , who affords them great scope for humane and charitable reflections . Solomon , the steward , his son Peter , and Francis , the servant of the Stran ger , art- characteristically employed in their several stations until the main business ot the scene commences , by . the return from their excursion of the noble family , who consist ot the Count Winterson and his Lady , with their brother , the Baron Steinfort .
At rust sight the Baron is captivated with the assumed housekeeper , reveals his passion to her , who receives it with surprise , and . a delicate objection becemmg her sensible and reflecting mind . In the meamvhile th-Count is employed in attending to survey the improvements made in his pounds curing his absence , and accidentall y , b y the breaking of a Chinese bridge , is soused over head and ears in a fish pond , from which he is . extricated adventurousl y by the Stranger , who happens to be near the spot — ibis creates a curiosity to become acquainted with this
singular character w 10 , on all occasions , affects to be a determined hater of the human race ' Chance , however , throws him in the way of Baron Steinfort , who , even in the strange disguise of an emaciated hermit , discovers him to be his intimate mend Charles , the Count W . ubourg , and learns the melancholy cause of his sequestered state , which is principally accounted for b y the seduction and elopement of his wife , by whom he had two children , who are at nurse in the same neighbourhood . The intercession of Lad y Winterson with Mrs . Haller in behaif of her brother , brings on an explanation of her real condition . Bv pegrees the two assumed characters are unconsciously brought into the pre
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THEATRE ROYAL , DRURV-LAMK . March . A NEW play , under the title of < THE STRANGER , ' was pro . 1 h if need this evening , said to be a translation horn the German , The lOllowing are the Dramatis Persona *! and the Fable : Count Walbourg , ( Stranger ) Mr . Kemble , Count Wmtei son , - Mr . Barrymore , Stcmfort
Baron , . AJ ,- . Rifmer , Mr . Solomon , - „ - Mr . Wewitzer , P « e ' '> - - Mr . Suett , Francis , - - Afr . R . Palmer , Tobias , .. . Mr . Aick . n ; Mrs . Haller , - / . Countess Walbourg , - < y Mrs * Addons . Countess Winterson , - Mrs . Goodall , ' Charlotte , - - Miss Stewart .
Count Walbourg , from vexations In his family , and disgusted with man kind becomes a Misanthropist ; and desirous of being sequestered from the world , retires to a cottage , which he obtains possession of , in the absence of Count Wmterson , from his steward . The Countess Walbourg having been seduced and eloped from her husband , in the hour ot contrition liad beseeehed the prott-aion of Lady Win ter . sm , and had obtained it , in the character of an upper housekeeper , u ho was intrusted with the of the
management household during the short ab senceof the family . In this interval , the Strangers are mutuall y occupied ne ... cue same spot , m acts of secret benevolence , avoiding ostentation , and contributing much to the relief of a distressed peasant , who affords them great scope for humane and charitable reflections . Solomon , the steward , his son Peter , and Francis , the servant of the Stran ger , art- characteristically employed in their several stations until the main business ot the scene commences , by . the return from their excursion of the noble family , who consist ot the Count Winterson and his Lady , with their brother , the Baron Steinfort .
At rust sight the Baron is captivated with the assumed housekeeper , reveals his passion to her , who receives it with surprise , and . a delicate objection becemmg her sensible and reflecting mind . In the meamvhile th-Count is employed in attending to survey the improvements made in his pounds curing his absence , and accidentall y , b y the breaking of a Chinese bridge , is soused over head and ears in a fish pond , from which he is . extricated adventurousl y by the Stranger , who happens to be near the spot — ibis creates a curiosity to become acquainted with this
singular character w 10 , on all occasions , affects to be a determined hater of the human race ' Chance , however , throws him in the way of Baron Steinfort , who , even in the strange disguise of an emaciated hermit , discovers him to be his intimate mend Charles , the Count W . ubourg , and learns the melancholy cause of his sequestered state , which is principally accounted for b y the seduction and elopement of his wife , by whom he had two children , who are at nurse in the same neighbourhood . The intercession of Lad y Winterson with Mrs . Haller in behaif of her brother , brings on an explanation of her real condition . Bv pegrees the two assumed characters are unconsciously brought into the pre