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Public Amusements.
sence of each other—a discovery takes place , and , by the generous intervention of the Baron , who is at the same time the friend of the husband and the lover of the wife , mutual confessions , concessions , and forgiveness take place , which affords a most interesting and affecting tale of connubial woe . The interest of the scene improved progressively—the connexion was seen in the third act , but the catastrophe was not evident until the conclusion . The acting of Mr . Kernble and Mrs . Siddons was distinguished by
energy and sensibility finely expressed : indeed the play may be said to have been all their own ; the other characteis were used mechanically , tending merely to produce the p lot . Groups of rustics were introduced , dancing and singing , to welcome the return of the family ; and-a song was charmingly sung by Mrs . Bland . ' The scene was laid in Germany . It was received unanimously with aplause . A sermonising prologue was indifferenvly spoken by Mr .
Barryp more , and an epilogue well delivered by Mr . Suett , in the character of a Norwood Gipsey . May 19 . A new Comedy , under the title ' of " SHE IS ELOPED , " from the pen o ' f Mr . O'Keeffe , was performed , for the first time , at this theatre . The following are the Dramatis Persons : Lord Villure , father-in-law of Mrs . Egerton , Mr . Aickin ,
Elmer , the successful admirer of Arabel , Mr . Wroughton , Sir Charles Hyacinth , an assumed Baronet , Mr . Palmer , Appeslcy , a Lawyer , - - Mr . Dowton , Jenkins , valet to Elmer , - - Mr . Russell , Major Blenner , brother to Mrs . Egerton , Mr . Suett , Joe , servant to the Major , - Mr .-R . Palmer , Plowden , the clownish servant of Mrs . E . Mr . Bannister ,
Mrs . Egerton , a widow , - . Mrs . Powell , Arabel , daughter of Mrs . Egerton , Mrs . Jordan , Miss Highbury , an illiterate coquette , Miss Pope . Blenner having been in the Spanish army , contracted all the pride of the nation , with which , and in poverty , he returns to England , and finds his own sister keeping a common boarding-house , from the neglect of her father-inlaw , Lord Villure , who , supposing she had decoyed his son into the marriage , forbids Arabel , whom he had brought up , to acknowledge her ; but who , from the impulse of filial affection , elopes to find out her mother , at whose house , without knowing it , she arrives the same day that her uncle
returns . Lord Villure directs his housekeeper , by letter to his relations , to report that he is dead by grief at the ungrateful desertion of his grand daughter , whom he had previousl y disinherited by cancelling a former will , wherein he had made her his heir . The letter is intercepted b y the uncle ; and in hopes of obtaining a wealthy husband for his niece , conceals from her the supposed death . Thus Arabel is engaged , in the boarding-house of her mother
unknown , in a variety of whimsical adventures . Hyacinth , a fashionable profligate , plans to run away with her , which is prevented by Elmer . Lord Villure pursues his grand-daughter , and passing himself for his own steward , to be convinced whether the slander he had heard of Mrs . Egerton was well founded , and if " not , to retrieve her from indigence , in the character of an implacable landlord , who pretends to have purchased her premises , he applied , harshly , for arrears of rent ; and at this time the friendly inmate ,
Ar . ibel , interposes ; a discovery , with parental tenderness , ensues ; and the p iece concludes with the union of Arabel and Elmer . This piece met with so great an opposition , that the author was induced to withdraw it from the tiieatre .
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Public Amusements.
sence of each other—a discovery takes place , and , by the generous intervention of the Baron , who is at the same time the friend of the husband and the lover of the wife , mutual confessions , concessions , and forgiveness take place , which affords a most interesting and affecting tale of connubial woe . The interest of the scene improved progressively—the connexion was seen in the third act , but the catastrophe was not evident until the conclusion . The acting of Mr . Kernble and Mrs . Siddons was distinguished by
energy and sensibility finely expressed : indeed the play may be said to have been all their own ; the other characteis were used mechanically , tending merely to produce the p lot . Groups of rustics were introduced , dancing and singing , to welcome the return of the family ; and-a song was charmingly sung by Mrs . Bland . ' The scene was laid in Germany . It was received unanimously with aplause . A sermonising prologue was indifferenvly spoken by Mr .
Barryp more , and an epilogue well delivered by Mr . Suett , in the character of a Norwood Gipsey . May 19 . A new Comedy , under the title ' of " SHE IS ELOPED , " from the pen o ' f Mr . O'Keeffe , was performed , for the first time , at this theatre . The following are the Dramatis Persons : Lord Villure , father-in-law of Mrs . Egerton , Mr . Aickin ,
Elmer , the successful admirer of Arabel , Mr . Wroughton , Sir Charles Hyacinth , an assumed Baronet , Mr . Palmer , Appeslcy , a Lawyer , - - Mr . Dowton , Jenkins , valet to Elmer , - - Mr . Russell , Major Blenner , brother to Mrs . Egerton , Mr . Suett , Joe , servant to the Major , - Mr .-R . Palmer , Plowden , the clownish servant of Mrs . E . Mr . Bannister ,
Mrs . Egerton , a widow , - . Mrs . Powell , Arabel , daughter of Mrs . Egerton , Mrs . Jordan , Miss Highbury , an illiterate coquette , Miss Pope . Blenner having been in the Spanish army , contracted all the pride of the nation , with which , and in poverty , he returns to England , and finds his own sister keeping a common boarding-house , from the neglect of her father-inlaw , Lord Villure , who , supposing she had decoyed his son into the marriage , forbids Arabel , whom he had brought up , to acknowledge her ; but who , from the impulse of filial affection , elopes to find out her mother , at whose house , without knowing it , she arrives the same day that her uncle
returns . Lord Villure directs his housekeeper , by letter to his relations , to report that he is dead by grief at the ungrateful desertion of his grand daughter , whom he had previousl y disinherited by cancelling a former will , wherein he had made her his heir . The letter is intercepted b y the uncle ; and in hopes of obtaining a wealthy husband for his niece , conceals from her the supposed death . Thus Arabel is engaged , in the boarding-house of her mother
unknown , in a variety of whimsical adventures . Hyacinth , a fashionable profligate , plans to run away with her , which is prevented by Elmer . Lord Villure pursues his grand-daughter , and passing himself for his own steward , to be convinced whether the slander he had heard of Mrs . Egerton was well founded , and if " not , to retrieve her from indigence , in the character of an implacable landlord , who pretends to have purchased her premises , he applied , harshly , for arrears of rent ; and at this time the friendly inmate ,
Ar . ibel , interposes ; a discovery , with parental tenderness , ensues ; and the p iece concludes with the union of Arabel and Elmer . This piece met with so great an opposition , that the author was induced to withdraw it from the tiieatre .