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Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
' 2 '— . — . . —— ¦— - THEATRE-ROYAL , HAYMARKET . NOVEMBER' 5 , a Damatic Sketch , called " GUY FAWKES , ' was represented , of which the following were the
DRAMATIS PERSONS . Captain Tryfor't , - - - - - . Mr . BARRYMORE ; ' Mujor Knapsack , ----- Mr . SUETT ; Pickpin , ----- r - - Mr . WEWITZER ; Irish Chairman , ' - - - -. - Mr . PARSONS ; Levicc , -------- Mr . BENSON ; Guzzle , -------- Mr . BANNISTERJtin
, , Mrs . Knapsack , ----- Mrs . HOPKINS , - Funny Filial I , -- - ---- Mrs . GIBBS . The plot of Guy Fawkes is extremely simple and easily discovered . As a tribute cf loyally to the spirit of the times , it merits commendation . The incidents have very little claim to novelty ; the return of the letter is hackrsied and triteand was last made use of in The
, Irishman in London . The trick of Guy Fawkes is entirely pantomiim ' cai , and was originally played off in the popular Pantomime of Oraai . The attempt to burn the representative of Guy Fawkes is new ; and the boxing-match may certainly be deemed a striking improvement of the original idea . " The dialogue of this dramatic sketch , however , bespeaks the hand
of a master ; and the loyal sentiments entrusted to Major Knapsack were hi ghly relished by the audience , particularly where he defends In ' s , whim for keeping Red Letter Days , by asserting that Loyalty is the whim of the whole Nation . ¦ The Transparency , representing the Portrait of the King , was both brilliant and riateand the iece be
approp , p was properly ° -un aiid ended with " God Save the King ! " ¦ 9 "' ' Nov . 1 . 3 . A Tragedy called " The SIEGE OF BERWICK , " was performed , for the first time , at Covent Garden , the characters of which were thus represented
Sir Alex . Seaton , Governor of Berwick , Mr . POPE ; Archibald Seaton , ,. „ Mr . MIDDLETON ; Valentine Seaton , tenons ,-- MrHoLMAN ; Anselm , - - - - Mr . HARLEY ; Donaldson , - - - Mr . MACREADY . FAhelberta , Wife of the Governor , - Mrs . POPE ; ~ rr— . , her Companion , - - - Mrs , FAWCETT .
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
' 2 '— . — . . —— ¦— - THEATRE-ROYAL , HAYMARKET . NOVEMBER' 5 , a Damatic Sketch , called " GUY FAWKES , ' was represented , of which the following were the
DRAMATIS PERSONS . Captain Tryfor't , - - - - - . Mr . BARRYMORE ; ' Mujor Knapsack , ----- Mr . SUETT ; Pickpin , ----- r - - Mr . WEWITZER ; Irish Chairman , ' - - - -. - Mr . PARSONS ; Levicc , -------- Mr . BENSON ; Guzzle , -------- Mr . BANNISTERJtin
, , Mrs . Knapsack , ----- Mrs . HOPKINS , - Funny Filial I , -- - ---- Mrs . GIBBS . The plot of Guy Fawkes is extremely simple and easily discovered . As a tribute cf loyally to the spirit of the times , it merits commendation . The incidents have very little claim to novelty ; the return of the letter is hackrsied and triteand was last made use of in The
, Irishman in London . The trick of Guy Fawkes is entirely pantomiim ' cai , and was originally played off in the popular Pantomime of Oraai . The attempt to burn the representative of Guy Fawkes is new ; and the boxing-match may certainly be deemed a striking improvement of the original idea . " The dialogue of this dramatic sketch , however , bespeaks the hand
of a master ; and the loyal sentiments entrusted to Major Knapsack were hi ghly relished by the audience , particularly where he defends In ' s , whim for keeping Red Letter Days , by asserting that Loyalty is the whim of the whole Nation . ¦ The Transparency , representing the Portrait of the King , was both brilliant and riateand the iece be
approp , p was properly ° -un aiid ended with " God Save the King ! " ¦ 9 "' ' Nov . 1 . 3 . A Tragedy called " The SIEGE OF BERWICK , " was performed , for the first time , at Covent Garden , the characters of which were thus represented
Sir Alex . Seaton , Governor of Berwick , Mr . POPE ; Archibald Seaton , ,. „ Mr . MIDDLETON ; Valentine Seaton , tenons ,-- MrHoLMAN ; Anselm , - - - - Mr . HARLEY ; Donaldson , - - - Mr . MACREADY . FAhelberta , Wife of the Governor , - Mrs . POPE ; ~ rr— . , her Companion , - - - Mrs , FAWCETT .