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Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THEATRE-ROYAL , HAYMARKET . . THIS elegant little Theatre opened it ' s doors , for the first time this season , on the nth of June , and presented to the audiencein all it ' s partsa leasing neatness : the boxes are a delicate
-, , p white , ornamented with green and gold , which produces a pleasing effect ; the entertainments were , The Spanish Barber and the Son-mlaw . In the former , Barrymore supplied Palmer ' s place as Count Almarian , and went . through the part in a manner creditable to himself and pleasing to the spectators . Parsons , loudly welcomed by honest John , looked in health , and never played offthe whimsie 3 of the
amorous and suspicious Bartholo , with more genuine humour . Indeed the STERLING of this first of comedians , is so pure , as to render him valuable to the stage , and dear to the public , in whose good will he has a worthy claim from his industry , genius , and originality . June 29 thFirst-time . THE LONDON HERMIT OR RAMBLES IN
, . . DORSETSHIRE ; written by Mr . O'Keefe .. This work displays no - abatement of this gentleman ' s well known talents , and though somewhat more extravagant than many of his former productions , it is not less powerful in it ' s influence on the visible muscles , and is besides recommended by the force of dignified , sentiment , and interesting morality . We were to witness the confusion of
sorry Barrymore in delivering the prologue , in which he was so very imperfect , as to offend the audience ; if , as we are told , he had no " t proper time allowed him to study it—candour must acquit him ; a daily print with more wit than usual , observed " If the prologue Was a good one , Mr . B . forgot the better half . "
The business is transacted in Dorsetshire . Whimsey , a wealthy Nabob , with great expence decorates his gardens with statues , and his mansion with paintings ; he likewise erects an hermitage , and advertises for an hermit to be richly rewarded for seven years solitude . Young P / anks , escaped from the King ' s Bench and who is under a cloud with his unclearrives at the spot in the
, accidental pursuit , of an Innkeeper ' s daughter , reads the notice on the garden gate , offers himself , and is . accepted . The exhibition of the grounds by Tully the Irish gardener , is productive of much mirth , particularly in his description of the statues , and of the .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THEATRE-ROYAL , HAYMARKET . . THIS elegant little Theatre opened it ' s doors , for the first time this season , on the nth of June , and presented to the audiencein all it ' s partsa leasing neatness : the boxes are a delicate
-, , p white , ornamented with green and gold , which produces a pleasing effect ; the entertainments were , The Spanish Barber and the Son-mlaw . In the former , Barrymore supplied Palmer ' s place as Count Almarian , and went . through the part in a manner creditable to himself and pleasing to the spectators . Parsons , loudly welcomed by honest John , looked in health , and never played offthe whimsie 3 of the
amorous and suspicious Bartholo , with more genuine humour . Indeed the STERLING of this first of comedians , is so pure , as to render him valuable to the stage , and dear to the public , in whose good will he has a worthy claim from his industry , genius , and originality . June 29 thFirst-time . THE LONDON HERMIT OR RAMBLES IN
, . . DORSETSHIRE ; written by Mr . O'Keefe .. This work displays no - abatement of this gentleman ' s well known talents , and though somewhat more extravagant than many of his former productions , it is not less powerful in it ' s influence on the visible muscles , and is besides recommended by the force of dignified , sentiment , and interesting morality . We were to witness the confusion of
sorry Barrymore in delivering the prologue , in which he was so very imperfect , as to offend the audience ; if , as we are told , he had no " t proper time allowed him to study it—candour must acquit him ; a daily print with more wit than usual , observed " If the prologue Was a good one , Mr . B . forgot the better half . "
The business is transacted in Dorsetshire . Whimsey , a wealthy Nabob , with great expence decorates his gardens with statues , and his mansion with paintings ; he likewise erects an hermitage , and advertises for an hermit to be richly rewarded for seven years solitude . Young P / anks , escaped from the King ' s Bench and who is under a cloud with his unclearrives at the spot in the
, accidental pursuit , of an Innkeeper ' s daughter , reads the notice on the garden gate , offers himself , and is . accepted . The exhibition of the grounds by Tully the Irish gardener , is productive of much mirth , particularly in his description of the statues , and of the .