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The Mirror Of Thespis.
THE MIRROR OF THESPIS .
NO . III . " To shew The very age and body of the time its form And pressure . '
COVENT GARDEN , NOVEMBSR 33-f \ N the present evening , after the opera of RAMAH DROOG , we wefa KJ presented with a farce from the pen of the Junior Dibdin , entitled the JEW AND THE DOCTOR . The plot of this piece is extremely simple yet highly interesting . In the tender age of infancy , the Doctor had entrusted to a faithless servant the care of his daughter , hi a helpless unprotected state she is found at the door of thejiw
, and by him adopted and educated , till , by means of a ring which had been left with her , she is unexpectedly restored to her father ; Mr . and Mrs . Changeable , a couple who are tired of each other , are , agreeabl y to an existing law of Switzerland , to be parted , by being locked up together in a room for three days , with only one thing of a sort : tin ' s gives rise to a most ludicrous mistakeand produces a scene
, full of theatrical equivoque . The young lady is detained on suspicion ofthe ring , and the Jew , whocomesin search of Her , is shut up with Mrs . Changeable instead of her husband . At length an ecciaircissement takes place , and the fair foundling is united to the choice of her lieart , the son of her father ' s friend . Thus ends the piece .
We nave repeatedly admired the chasteness of Murray ' s actino- — it is always characteristic . His Doctor Specific , a character which successfully lashes the folly of the age , is an interesting performance . Fawcett ' s j «© was an excellent delineation of histrionic skill . Kni ght still improves , - and Mrs . Mattocks continues inimit . ible . . Had we ahvays such writing and such acting the amateurs of the . drama wouli li .-tve less reason to complain . ' . ' LecemberS . A new Comedy , from the pen of Mr ., Reynolds , called LAUGH WHEN you CAN , was produced this evening . - Tfia characters are as follow :
Lieut .. Mortimer , Mr . Holman ; Gossamer , Mr . Lewis ; Delville , Mr . Whitfield ; Bonus , Mr . Munden ; Sambo , Mr . Fawcetr ; Costly , Mr . Townshend ; Charles Mortimer , ( a child ) Miss Gilbert ; Mrs . Mortimer , Mrs . Pope ; Miss Gloomily , Mrs . Mattocks ; Emily , Miss Mansell ; and Dorothy , Mrs . Gibbs . Mortimerhaving married against his friends' consentis bthem
, , y discarded , compelled to leave his wife and child , and attend the duties ot his profession at Gibraltar . Delville , one of Mortimer ' s ; relations , who has afforded pecuniary supplies to his family during his absence , suddenl y conceives a violent passion for his wife , and determines to s - ack her honour . Miss Gloondy , a melancholy authoress , ' , piwi
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The Mirror Of Thespis.
THE MIRROR OF THESPIS .
NO . III . " To shew The very age and body of the time its form And pressure . '
COVENT GARDEN , NOVEMBSR 33-f \ N the present evening , after the opera of RAMAH DROOG , we wefa KJ presented with a farce from the pen of the Junior Dibdin , entitled the JEW AND THE DOCTOR . The plot of this piece is extremely simple yet highly interesting . In the tender age of infancy , the Doctor had entrusted to a faithless servant the care of his daughter , hi a helpless unprotected state she is found at the door of thejiw
, and by him adopted and educated , till , by means of a ring which had been left with her , she is unexpectedly restored to her father ; Mr . and Mrs . Changeable , a couple who are tired of each other , are , agreeabl y to an existing law of Switzerland , to be parted , by being locked up together in a room for three days , with only one thing of a sort : tin ' s gives rise to a most ludicrous mistakeand produces a scene
, full of theatrical equivoque . The young lady is detained on suspicion ofthe ring , and the Jew , whocomesin search of Her , is shut up with Mrs . Changeable instead of her husband . At length an ecciaircissement takes place , and the fair foundling is united to the choice of her lieart , the son of her father ' s friend . Thus ends the piece .
We nave repeatedly admired the chasteness of Murray ' s actino- — it is always characteristic . His Doctor Specific , a character which successfully lashes the folly of the age , is an interesting performance . Fawcett ' s j «© was an excellent delineation of histrionic skill . Kni ght still improves , - and Mrs . Mattocks continues inimit . ible . . Had we ahvays such writing and such acting the amateurs of the . drama wouli li .-tve less reason to complain . ' . ' LecemberS . A new Comedy , from the pen of Mr ., Reynolds , called LAUGH WHEN you CAN , was produced this evening . - Tfia characters are as follow :
Lieut .. Mortimer , Mr . Holman ; Gossamer , Mr . Lewis ; Delville , Mr . Whitfield ; Bonus , Mr . Munden ; Sambo , Mr . Fawcetr ; Costly , Mr . Townshend ; Charles Mortimer , ( a child ) Miss Gilbert ; Mrs . Mortimer , Mrs . Pope ; Miss Gloomily , Mrs . Mattocks ; Emily , Miss Mansell ; and Dorothy , Mrs . Gibbs . Mortimerhaving married against his friends' consentis bthem
, , y discarded , compelled to leave his wife and child , and attend the duties ot his profession at Gibraltar . Delville , one of Mortimer ' s ; relations , who has afforded pecuniary supplies to his family during his absence , suddenl y conceives a violent passion for his wife , and determines to s - ack her honour . Miss Gloondy , a melancholy authoress , ' , piwi