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The Mirror Of Thespis.
Adele and Theodore , and is translated from the I- rcnch entertainment of ' Camille , ou le Soutcrrain , ' by Mr . I-Ioare . The following are the principal persons of the drama : Koroxcitz , Mr . Barrymore ; Canzemar , Mr . Kelly ; Kaurakin , Mr . Bannister Jun . Mirhofj ] Mr . Suett ; Eugenia , Mrs . Crouch ; Mooiina , Mrs . Bland . Canzemar , nephew to the Baron Isorowitz , rescues a lady from the hands of robbers . This lady is Eugenia-privately married to
, the Baron . Canzemar , ignorant of this , conceives a passion for her , and by force conveys her to his own habitation . Eugenia , well schooled in the precepts of virtue , resists his various threats and artifices , and still conceals her rank and title . Finding his endeavours vain . fi .-mzemar offers , conditionally , to restore her her liberty . She
swears never to reveal the name of him who had attempted her honour . Her husband Korowitz , tortured by jealousy , on her return confines her ' to the ancient castle of Spiiburg , in Bohemia . This castle has been long celebrious for traditional horrors . Various , attempts aremadeto extort the secret through herafFection to her infant . Korowitz ' s absence from court excites suspicion ; he is accused , and
ordered to be arrested for the murder of Eugenia and her son . _ The r . rrest is performed , and Eugenia and Her child are left in solitude . By singular interposition they are preserved , and restored to the Baron by his nephew Canzemar . His confession clearsher suspected virtue , and the piece concludes with a general reconciliation . The loves of Kaurakin and Mooiina , domestics of the castle , form an underplot , and excite much comic interest . The piece throughout is much in the style of Lodoiska : the scenery is beautiful , and the music every thing that can be wished .
A drunken scene on the first evening caused some disapprobationthis has been altered . We should have noticed the performance of the Merchant of Venice on the nig ht preceding , when Mr . Archer , who played S by lock last season , came forward in the character of Antonio . His discriminative talents and execution procured him a deservedly favourable reception . November 17— CASTLE S PECTIIE . Mr . Coreya gentleman of
con-, siderable theatrical powers , made his debut this evening in the character of Reginald . His figure is good and his voice extensive and flexible . Many passages were delivered with much judgment and feeling , but in others bis manner was uncharacteristically forcible . The lamentations of an old man , having suffered a severe confinement of sixteen should not be delivered in loud and boisterous tonesbut in
years , , plaintive , deep , and feeble accents . By proper attention , we doubt not of his attaining a respectable influence in the theatrical world . Drury-Lane has announced another drama from the German of Kotzebue ; and Covent-Garden has a Comedy , a Farce , an heroic Romance , and a musical entertainment , in preparation . We certainly shall not sleep for want of novelty . P UILODRAMATICUS .
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The Mirror Of Thespis.
Adele and Theodore , and is translated from the I- rcnch entertainment of ' Camille , ou le Soutcrrain , ' by Mr . I-Ioare . The following are the principal persons of the drama : Koroxcitz , Mr . Barrymore ; Canzemar , Mr . Kelly ; Kaurakin , Mr . Bannister Jun . Mirhofj ] Mr . Suett ; Eugenia , Mrs . Crouch ; Mooiina , Mrs . Bland . Canzemar , nephew to the Baron Isorowitz , rescues a lady from the hands of robbers . This lady is Eugenia-privately married to
, the Baron . Canzemar , ignorant of this , conceives a passion for her , and by force conveys her to his own habitation . Eugenia , well schooled in the precepts of virtue , resists his various threats and artifices , and still conceals her rank and title . Finding his endeavours vain . fi .-mzemar offers , conditionally , to restore her her liberty . She
swears never to reveal the name of him who had attempted her honour . Her husband Korowitz , tortured by jealousy , on her return confines her ' to the ancient castle of Spiiburg , in Bohemia . This castle has been long celebrious for traditional horrors . Various , attempts aremadeto extort the secret through herafFection to her infant . Korowitz ' s absence from court excites suspicion ; he is accused , and
ordered to be arrested for the murder of Eugenia and her son . _ The r . rrest is performed , and Eugenia and Her child are left in solitude . By singular interposition they are preserved , and restored to the Baron by his nephew Canzemar . His confession clearsher suspected virtue , and the piece concludes with a general reconciliation . The loves of Kaurakin and Mooiina , domestics of the castle , form an underplot , and excite much comic interest . The piece throughout is much in the style of Lodoiska : the scenery is beautiful , and the music every thing that can be wished .
A drunken scene on the first evening caused some disapprobationthis has been altered . We should have noticed the performance of the Merchant of Venice on the nig ht preceding , when Mr . Archer , who played S by lock last season , came forward in the character of Antonio . His discriminative talents and execution procured him a deservedly favourable reception . November 17— CASTLE S PECTIIE . Mr . Coreya gentleman of
con-, siderable theatrical powers , made his debut this evening in the character of Reginald . His figure is good and his voice extensive and flexible . Many passages were delivered with much judgment and feeling , but in others bis manner was uncharacteristically forcible . The lamentations of an old man , having suffered a severe confinement of sixteen should not be delivered in loud and boisterous tonesbut in
years , , plaintive , deep , and feeble accents . By proper attention , we doubt not of his attaining a respectable influence in the theatrical world . Drury-Lane has announced another drama from the German of Kotzebue ; and Covent-Garden has a Comedy , a Farce , an heroic Romance , and a musical entertainment , in preparation . We certainly shall not sleep for want of novelty . P UILODRAMATICUS .