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Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THEATRE-ROYAL , HAYMARKET . / " " ^ N Saturdaj-, September the 14 th . The Summer Perform-\ ^ i > ances at this Theatre concluded for the Season ; when Mr . BAy . viSTEit , Jun . spoke the Adieu . To the customary terms was added an invitation of the public to that "humble root ;" until Dniry-lane Theatre should be in a condition to receive them .
COVENT-GARDEN . Monday , September the r 6 th . This Theatre opened for the Season , and although the House was new but last year , it afforded proof of the unremitting attention and enterprizing spirit of the Patenteein presenting a still more beautiful face ° to the
, public than it did before . The expence of the alterations and improvements must have been very considerable . The Play was O'KEEFFE ' pleasant Comedy of Wild Oats , and the Afterpiece Hartford Bridge . The Performers were received with the most cheering plaudits , and shewed their gratitude by the spirit of their exertions .
DRURY-LANE COMPANY . Thursda } ' , September the 19 th . The New Drury-Lane House , not been finished at the commencement ofthe Season , Mr . Cor .-MAK ' Theatre was opened with The Mountaineers and Who ' s the Dupe , wider the Drury-Lane Patent . Miss HEARD , for the first time
, represented Zoraida , instead of Mrs . KEMBLE , ( who has returned to her Husband ' s Company ) and was received with great applause . September the 23 d . At the Theatre-Ro 3 r al , Covent-Garden , Mr . MIPDLETONwho performed at that Theatre five ao-0
, years , and has since been acting in Dublin , renewed his acquaintance with the town in the character of Othello . Mr . Middleton has improved considerabl y in his profession since he . last trod the Londoji Stage . His voice is in excellent tone ; in many of the scenes he spoke the character with great force and feeling , but rather pitched his pipe too hihand now and then paused not only
g , urmecessarilj ' , but so as to make the sense of the passage linger , and weaken its effect . Upon the whole , however , his acting was of great promise , and gave us hopes of his proving a powerful co-adjutor to the Covent-Garden Company .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THEATRE-ROYAL , HAYMARKET . / " " ^ N Saturdaj-, September the 14 th . The Summer Perform-\ ^ i > ances at this Theatre concluded for the Season ; when Mr . BAy . viSTEit , Jun . spoke the Adieu . To the customary terms was added an invitation of the public to that "humble root ;" until Dniry-lane Theatre should be in a condition to receive them .
COVENT-GARDEN . Monday , September the r 6 th . This Theatre opened for the Season , and although the House was new but last year , it afforded proof of the unremitting attention and enterprizing spirit of the Patenteein presenting a still more beautiful face ° to the
, public than it did before . The expence of the alterations and improvements must have been very considerable . The Play was O'KEEFFE ' pleasant Comedy of Wild Oats , and the Afterpiece Hartford Bridge . The Performers were received with the most cheering plaudits , and shewed their gratitude by the spirit of their exertions .
DRURY-LANE COMPANY . Thursda } ' , September the 19 th . The New Drury-Lane House , not been finished at the commencement ofthe Season , Mr . Cor .-MAK ' Theatre was opened with The Mountaineers and Who ' s the Dupe , wider the Drury-Lane Patent . Miss HEARD , for the first time
, represented Zoraida , instead of Mrs . KEMBLE , ( who has returned to her Husband ' s Company ) and was received with great applause . September the 23 d . At the Theatre-Ro 3 r al , Covent-Garden , Mr . MIPDLETONwho performed at that Theatre five ao-0
, years , and has since been acting in Dublin , renewed his acquaintance with the town in the character of Othello . Mr . Middleton has improved considerabl y in his profession since he . last trod the Londoji Stage . His voice is in excellent tone ; in many of the scenes he spoke the character with great force and feeling , but rather pitched his pipe too hihand now and then paused not only
g , urmecessarilj ' , but so as to make the sense of the passage linger , and weaken its effect . Upon the whole , however , his acting was of great promise , and gave us hopes of his proving a powerful co-adjutor to the Covent-Garden Company .