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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
As the plot of this Flay is chiefly derived from a we 1 -known Novel it is not necessary that we should enter largely into the 1-abli . 1 he Count Vivaldi is in love with Rosalba , a young lady of interior condition , and oil account of her inferiority of rank , his family oppose their union . The Marchioness , his mother , consults with Schedoni , a gloomy ami malignant roouk , on the best means of obstructing the intended , marriage . The Monk proposes murder , to which the Marchioness consents Rosalba is conveyed to from which she is released Vivaldi
a convent by the artifices of Schedoni , oy . The subtle ' Schedoni , however , traces the lovers , and by his emissaries , who are disguised as officers of the Inquisition , once more gets'Rosalba into his power . She is then conveyed to an old mansion , which is tne haunt of the ruffians who had seized her , aid consigned to a Fisherman , who is a conrecWate , and that is ordered to dispatch her . The fisherman is not callous to the touch of humanity , and aved by some appearances which he deems suofficeSchedonianxious the event
pernatural , cannot perform th : horrid . , , or , arrives , and finding how unfit the Fisherman is to execute the ceed , reso . ves himself to be the murderer . He enters the chamber where Rosalba is sleeping , and removing some pait of her dress , perceives a picture . It appears th-t t ' ps is a picture of himself , which belonged to his wife . Struck with horror , he is unable to proceed , and Rosalba waking , lis finds , on enquiry , that she i s his daughter . Sckdoni had contrived to get Count Vivaldi imtaken nunoutoi conventand
prisoned , on a charceof haviig , by violence , a a , he is to be tried before the inquisition . Ansalda , the benevolent Prior of a neighbouring monastery , visits Vivaldi in the prison , and advises him , when , he is examined before the Inquisition , to accuse Schedoni of having murdered his wife . This accusation Vivaldi brings forward , ignorant of all that had transpired between Rosalba and her father . Schedoni , in tne extreme of penitence , confesses his guilt before the Prior , alkdging , that h . ^ was urged by acknowledged nimseir : been
jealousy to destroy hisV . fe . The Prior nave the man who made improperovertures to the wife of Schedoni , when the latter wis M-rinelli , Count of JSiuni—overtures which the Countess treated with disdain At leri-nh it apocars that Schedoni had not killed bis wile wnen he stabbed her in his jealous ' rage . She entered a convent when he became a monk . They are restored to each other , and the piece concludes with the intended union of Vivaldi and Rosalba . . The characters in this Piece arc drawn with force , and opposed with judg
TnEATR . E-R . 0 YAL ., HAY . V 1 ARKET . Aug . i S . HPHE new Drama , brought forward this evening at this Theatre , 1 under the title of The Italian Monk , is written by Mr . Boaden , Author of tontainvilie Forest and The Secret Tribunal . , The following are the characters : „ . _ ,
Schedoni , - - - " if- ^ T " - Ansalda , - - - - Mr - Aickin . _ Vivaldi , - Mr . C . Kemole . Paulo , -. - - " Mr ' £ " - , „ Fisherman , - - - _ - Mr . k . Palmer . Rosalba , . - - - Miss De Camg . ' Fioresca , - - - - Mrs . riiand Matilda , - - - - Mws Heard . - Marchioness , - - - Mrs . Hanowe .
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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
As the plot of this Flay is chiefly derived from a we 1 -known Novel it is not necessary that we should enter largely into the 1-abli . 1 he Count Vivaldi is in love with Rosalba , a young lady of interior condition , and oil account of her inferiority of rank , his family oppose their union . The Marchioness , his mother , consults with Schedoni , a gloomy ami malignant roouk , on the best means of obstructing the intended , marriage . The Monk proposes murder , to which the Marchioness consents Rosalba is conveyed to from which she is released Vivaldi
a convent by the artifices of Schedoni , oy . The subtle ' Schedoni , however , traces the lovers , and by his emissaries , who are disguised as officers of the Inquisition , once more gets'Rosalba into his power . She is then conveyed to an old mansion , which is tne haunt of the ruffians who had seized her , aid consigned to a Fisherman , who is a conrecWate , and that is ordered to dispatch her . The fisherman is not callous to the touch of humanity , and aved by some appearances which he deems suofficeSchedonianxious the event
pernatural , cannot perform th : horrid . , , or , arrives , and finding how unfit the Fisherman is to execute the ceed , reso . ves himself to be the murderer . He enters the chamber where Rosalba is sleeping , and removing some pait of her dress , perceives a picture . It appears th-t t ' ps is a picture of himself , which belonged to his wife . Struck with horror , he is unable to proceed , and Rosalba waking , lis finds , on enquiry , that she i s his daughter . Sckdoni had contrived to get Count Vivaldi imtaken nunoutoi conventand
prisoned , on a charceof haviig , by violence , a a , he is to be tried before the inquisition . Ansalda , the benevolent Prior of a neighbouring monastery , visits Vivaldi in the prison , and advises him , when , he is examined before the Inquisition , to accuse Schedoni of having murdered his wife . This accusation Vivaldi brings forward , ignorant of all that had transpired between Rosalba and her father . Schedoni , in tne extreme of penitence , confesses his guilt before the Prior , alkdging , that h . ^ was urged by acknowledged nimseir : been
jealousy to destroy hisV . fe . The Prior nave the man who made improperovertures to the wife of Schedoni , when the latter wis M-rinelli , Count of JSiuni—overtures which the Countess treated with disdain At leri-nh it apocars that Schedoni had not killed bis wile wnen he stabbed her in his jealous ' rage . She entered a convent when he became a monk . They are restored to each other , and the piece concludes with the intended union of Vivaldi and Rosalba . . The characters in this Piece arc drawn with force , and opposed with judg
TnEATR . E-R . 0 YAL ., HAY . V 1 ARKET . Aug . i S . HPHE new Drama , brought forward this evening at this Theatre , 1 under the title of The Italian Monk , is written by Mr . Boaden , Author of tontainvilie Forest and The Secret Tribunal . , The following are the characters : „ . _ ,
Schedoni , - - - " if- ^ T " - Ansalda , - - - - Mr - Aickin . _ Vivaldi , - Mr . C . Kemole . Paulo , -. - - " Mr ' £ " - , „ Fisherman , - - - _ - Mr . k . Palmer . Rosalba , . - - - Miss De Camg . ' Fioresca , - - - - Mrs . riiand Matilda , - - - - Mws Heard . - Marchioness , - - - Mrs . Hanowe .