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Strictures On Public Amusements.
Tins piece . is taken from the two tales of Cervantes , entitled " Zoraido , " and " The Captives . " The story is embellished by Mr . COLMAN in the manner of his other pieces , where using all the licence of Shakspere , and making a melange of tragedy , of comedy , and song , he amply repays the licence which he assumes , by the entertain men t which he furnishes . In the MOUNTAINEERS there are which approach to the
passages true sublime of Shakspere , and traits of character which must prove universall y striking from their ori g inality . .. The piece has been many times repeated with great applause . August 12 th , First ' time . —CAERNARVON CASTLE ; or , THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES . Nothing but it ' s loyaltto
y boast of , and it was which kept John Bull quiet : —for every scene of this dullest of all dull things , is alike destitute of wit or pleasantry . ;—in justice to Aiwood , who composed the new music , we add , that it gave general satisfaction—and sorry are we , so soon t » lose it .
THE CHARACTERS OF THE DRAMA . King Edward , ------ Mr . BARRYMORE ; Edmund dc Mortimer , - - - - Mr . DA VIES ; Philip le Bruit , ------ Mr . SUETT ; Walter , -------- Mr . BENSON ; Adam , - ------- Mr . BANNISTEE , Jun , Druid . - ------- Mr . BANNISTER .
Isabel , - ------- Mrs . KEMBLE ; Lady jane , ------- Miss DE CAMP ; Reza , ---------' Mrs . BLAND . A Miss Gopell ' s first appearance in Rosina , was well received . — - This lady ' s figure is small , but neat—her countenance has youth to recommend ifbut little expression—as' an actress the less saidas
, , yet , the better;— -her singing deserves our wamest praise , and on that account she may be considered as an acquisition to this theatre . Another youthful candidate for theatirc fame , a Miss Cooperher character Polly Honeycombe . — 'This young lady has made a trial , which we are apt to imagine , will not be repeated .
Sadler's Wells.
SADLER ' s WELLS .
SINCE our last we have witnessed , with much pleasure , a pleas-ring piece of music , dialogue , and scenery , the latter highly honourable to the inventive powers of Greenwood , intitled THE SIEGE OP VALENCIENNES . We hear that it has been got up , under the immediate inspection , and from the plan of Mr . Lonsdale ; the whole does him great credit : —he has availed himself of every interesting particular , and we sincerely wish , that on his benefit night , he may reap the reward which a British Public is ever ready to bestow on the deserving-.
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Strictures On Public Amusements.
Tins piece . is taken from the two tales of Cervantes , entitled " Zoraido , " and " The Captives . " The story is embellished by Mr . COLMAN in the manner of his other pieces , where using all the licence of Shakspere , and making a melange of tragedy , of comedy , and song , he amply repays the licence which he assumes , by the entertain men t which he furnishes . In the MOUNTAINEERS there are which approach to the
passages true sublime of Shakspere , and traits of character which must prove universall y striking from their ori g inality . .. The piece has been many times repeated with great applause . August 12 th , First ' time . —CAERNARVON CASTLE ; or , THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES . Nothing but it ' s loyaltto
y boast of , and it was which kept John Bull quiet : —for every scene of this dullest of all dull things , is alike destitute of wit or pleasantry . ;—in justice to Aiwood , who composed the new music , we add , that it gave general satisfaction—and sorry are we , so soon t » lose it .
THE CHARACTERS OF THE DRAMA . King Edward , ------ Mr . BARRYMORE ; Edmund dc Mortimer , - - - - Mr . DA VIES ; Philip le Bruit , ------ Mr . SUETT ; Walter , -------- Mr . BENSON ; Adam , - ------- Mr . BANNISTEE , Jun , Druid . - ------- Mr . BANNISTER .
Isabel , - ------- Mrs . KEMBLE ; Lady jane , ------- Miss DE CAMP ; Reza , ---------' Mrs . BLAND . A Miss Gopell ' s first appearance in Rosina , was well received . — - This lady ' s figure is small , but neat—her countenance has youth to recommend ifbut little expression—as' an actress the less saidas
, , yet , the better;— -her singing deserves our wamest praise , and on that account she may be considered as an acquisition to this theatre . Another youthful candidate for theatirc fame , a Miss Cooperher character Polly Honeycombe . — 'This young lady has made a trial , which we are apt to imagine , will not be repeated .
Sadler's Wells.
SADLER ' s WELLS .
SINCE our last we have witnessed , with much pleasure , a pleas-ring piece of music , dialogue , and scenery , the latter highly honourable to the inventive powers of Greenwood , intitled THE SIEGE OP VALENCIENNES . We hear that it has been got up , under the immediate inspection , and from the plan of Mr . Lonsdale ; the whole does him great credit : —he has availed himself of every interesting particular , and we sincerely wish , that on his benefit night , he may reap the reward which a British Public is ever ready to bestow on the deserving-.