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Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
Nov . 23 . An alteration from " THE COOUET" of Molioy , first performed in 1718 , was presented , at the Hay market , under the title of " WIVES IN PLENTY ; OR , THE MORE THE MERRIER . " Its success was by no means such as to promise a frequent repetition . Dec . 2 . The beauties of Mitchell and Aaron Llill were brought forward , under the title of" THE PRODIGAL . "
CHARACTERS . Belbxour , ' - Mr . BARRYMORE ; Courtney , - - Mr . AICKIN ; Bargrave , - Mr . BENSON ; and * Mrs . Bellmour , - - Mrs . POWELL . All that the Gamester has so finely done in five acts is here attempted
in one ; and surely the fatal effects resulting from the dice cannot be too often or too forcibly impressed on the public . The fable of this tragic p iece is evidentl y taken from a traged y in real life , where it appears on record , that an unfortunate pair of Prodigals took the horrid resolution to destroy their children and themselves , which they too fatall y effected . This piece ( of which the ori g inal may be seen in the Yorkshire Tragedy ,
one of the seven p lays falsely attributed to Shakespeare ) has considerable merit , and has been many times repeated since its appearance , with ' much applause . Mr . Waldron is reported to be the author of the alterations . Dec . 6 . 'Mrs . Henley , lately one of Astley ' s performers , made her entree at Covent Garden . Theatre , in the character of Di Clackil in The Woodman , hitherto performed by Mrs . Webb , and met with great approbation .
Dec . 18 . In the Dramatist , a Mrs . Chambers performed the character of Lady Waitfor ' t . She has a full , and so far suitable person ; deportment exceedingly genteel ; and indeed is the best adapted of the numerous Candidates to the Malaprop cast—vacated b y Mrs . Webb , lately deceased . This Lady is a daughter of Thespis ; her father was the late G . Dyer , long a performer at this Theatre . She will deserve herself a " station in the file , and in the best rank of Actresses . "
. Dec . ig . At Covent Garden , agreeable to annual custom , a new Pantomime was produced , under the title of Harlequin and Faustns ; or , The Devil will Have His Own ; which well deserved the great applause it received , for few p ieces have come forward with stronger claims to approbation . The new music is by Shields , and in his happiest manner ; and the Selections are p leasing and appropriate ,
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
Nov . 23 . An alteration from " THE COOUET" of Molioy , first performed in 1718 , was presented , at the Hay market , under the title of " WIVES IN PLENTY ; OR , THE MORE THE MERRIER . " Its success was by no means such as to promise a frequent repetition . Dec . 2 . The beauties of Mitchell and Aaron Llill were brought forward , under the title of" THE PRODIGAL . "
CHARACTERS . Belbxour , ' - Mr . BARRYMORE ; Courtney , - - Mr . AICKIN ; Bargrave , - Mr . BENSON ; and * Mrs . Bellmour , - - Mrs . POWELL . All that the Gamester has so finely done in five acts is here attempted
in one ; and surely the fatal effects resulting from the dice cannot be too often or too forcibly impressed on the public . The fable of this tragic p iece is evidentl y taken from a traged y in real life , where it appears on record , that an unfortunate pair of Prodigals took the horrid resolution to destroy their children and themselves , which they too fatall y effected . This piece ( of which the ori g inal may be seen in the Yorkshire Tragedy ,
one of the seven p lays falsely attributed to Shakespeare ) has considerable merit , and has been many times repeated since its appearance , with ' much applause . Mr . Waldron is reported to be the author of the alterations . Dec . 6 . 'Mrs . Henley , lately one of Astley ' s performers , made her entree at Covent Garden . Theatre , in the character of Di Clackil in The Woodman , hitherto performed by Mrs . Webb , and met with great approbation .
Dec . 18 . In the Dramatist , a Mrs . Chambers performed the character of Lady Waitfor ' t . She has a full , and so far suitable person ; deportment exceedingly genteel ; and indeed is the best adapted of the numerous Candidates to the Malaprop cast—vacated b y Mrs . Webb , lately deceased . This Lady is a daughter of Thespis ; her father was the late G . Dyer , long a performer at this Theatre . She will deserve herself a " station in the file , and in the best rank of Actresses . "
. Dec . ig . At Covent Garden , agreeable to annual custom , a new Pantomime was produced , under the title of Harlequin and Faustns ; or , The Devil will Have His Own ; which well deserved the great applause it received , for few p ieces have come forward with stronger claims to approbation . The new music is by Shields , and in his happiest manner ; and the Selections are p leasing and appropriate ,