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Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
Oct . 23 . A NEW Comedy by Mr . Reynolds was performed for the first time at f \^ Covent-Garden Theatre , under the . title of THE RAGE . The . characters were as follow , and were thus supported :. Gingham , - Mr . LEWIS . Darnley , - - ' - Mr . HOIMAN . Sir Paul Perpetual , .- .- Mr . QUICK . Flush , - Mr . MUNDEN .
Sir George Gauntlet , - - Mr . MIDD - LETON . The Hon . Mr . Savage , - - Mr . FAWCETT . Ready , . - - Mr . DAVENPORT . Signer Cygnet , - - - Mr . BERNARD . Clara Sedley , - - - Mrs . M OUNTAIN . Lady Sarah Savage , - - Mrs . MATTOCKS . Mrs . Darnley , ... Mrs . POI-E .
SCENE , Bath , and the country round it . THE PLOT . Darnley has retired with his wife to a small farm , where an old friend and brother officer of his , Sir George Gauntlet , pays him a visit for the secret purpose of seducing the affections of Mrs . Darnley . —Lady Sarah Savage and herbrother are Darnley ' s affluent neighbours-: Darnley stopping Lady Sarah ' s horses when they had run away with . her in her phaeton , produces on her part a regard for Darnley , and she and her brother invite him and his wife to Savage-House—¦ this suits Sir George ' s schemes , and he advises Darnley to accept of an
assignation with Lady Sarah ' , in the hope of persuading her not to marry his uncle , Sir Paul Perpetual . At this period . Sir Paul ( who is in pursuit of a lost child ) arrives at Savage-House , where he is so tormented by Mr . Savage and his riotous friends , that , after disguising himself , and being detected in Lady Sarah ' s dressing-room instead of Darnley , he leaves the house , determined to break off the marriage . In the third act Gingham arrives at Bath on a visit to his father , Mr . Flush , who is a modern -lender- —Gingham so offends his father by speaking the
money . truth , that he is turned out of doors , and disinherited . In his distress he is met with by Sir Paul , who , swearing he is his son , -adopts him . Gingham is then introduced to Lady Sarah as her husband , and offends her by taking her for a man in woman ' s cloaths — he afterwards goes to Sir George Gauntlet to deliver up a bill of exchange of Mr . Darnley ' s to his wife ; and finding Sir George offering violence to Mrs . Darnley , lie-fights with him and is wounded . Sir George seeing Darnley entering , hide ' s himself behind his library—Darnley seeing his wile
binding up Gingham ' s arm with her handkerchief , and having been previously made suspicious by Lady Sarah , grows jealous , and charges-Mrs . D . with falser hood ; she then accuses his friend Sir George , and Gingham , after various struggles , pulls him from the library , and convinces Darnley of his wife's innocence and his friend ' s villany . In the last act , Sir PauKtnd Flush , who are joint guardians to Clara , dispute about whose son shall marry her , and they agree to let her choose for herselfshe names . Gingham , and then-the mystery of the two fathers is explained . Sir
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
Oct . 23 . A NEW Comedy by Mr . Reynolds was performed for the first time at f \^ Covent-Garden Theatre , under the . title of THE RAGE . The . characters were as follow , and were thus supported :. Gingham , - Mr . LEWIS . Darnley , - - ' - Mr . HOIMAN . Sir Paul Perpetual , .- .- Mr . QUICK . Flush , - Mr . MUNDEN .
Sir George Gauntlet , - - Mr . MIDD - LETON . The Hon . Mr . Savage , - - Mr . FAWCETT . Ready , . - - Mr . DAVENPORT . Signer Cygnet , - - - Mr . BERNARD . Clara Sedley , - - - Mrs . M OUNTAIN . Lady Sarah Savage , - - Mrs . MATTOCKS . Mrs . Darnley , ... Mrs . POI-E .
SCENE , Bath , and the country round it . THE PLOT . Darnley has retired with his wife to a small farm , where an old friend and brother officer of his , Sir George Gauntlet , pays him a visit for the secret purpose of seducing the affections of Mrs . Darnley . —Lady Sarah Savage and herbrother are Darnley ' s affluent neighbours-: Darnley stopping Lady Sarah ' s horses when they had run away with . her in her phaeton , produces on her part a regard for Darnley , and she and her brother invite him and his wife to Savage-House—¦ this suits Sir George ' s schemes , and he advises Darnley to accept of an
assignation with Lady Sarah ' , in the hope of persuading her not to marry his uncle , Sir Paul Perpetual . At this period . Sir Paul ( who is in pursuit of a lost child ) arrives at Savage-House , where he is so tormented by Mr . Savage and his riotous friends , that , after disguising himself , and being detected in Lady Sarah ' s dressing-room instead of Darnley , he leaves the house , determined to break off the marriage . In the third act Gingham arrives at Bath on a visit to his father , Mr . Flush , who is a modern -lender- —Gingham so offends his father by speaking the
money . truth , that he is turned out of doors , and disinherited . In his distress he is met with by Sir Paul , who , swearing he is his son , -adopts him . Gingham is then introduced to Lady Sarah as her husband , and offends her by taking her for a man in woman ' s cloaths — he afterwards goes to Sir George Gauntlet to deliver up a bill of exchange of Mr . Darnley ' s to his wife ; and finding Sir George offering violence to Mrs . Darnley , lie-fights with him and is wounded . Sir George seeing Darnley entering , hide ' s himself behind his library—Darnley seeing his wile
binding up Gingham ' s arm with her handkerchief , and having been previously made suspicious by Lady Sarah , grows jealous , and charges-Mrs . D . with falser hood ; she then accuses his friend Sir George , and Gingham , after various struggles , pulls him from the library , and convinces Darnley of his wife's innocence and his friend ' s villany . In the last act , Sir PauKtnd Flush , who are joint guardians to Clara , dispute about whose son shall marry her , and they agree to let her choose for herselfshe names . Gingham , and then-the mystery of the two fathers is explained . Sir