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The Drama.
to create the most intense interest . After rejecting dishonourable proposals from Augustus , she becomes instrumental in savins ; the life of her protector , Sir Roger , who consents to her marriage with Henn , ¦ and the Spectator , who m the denouement proves to be her father joins their hands The old English cushion dance and Sir Roger de CWley were introduced with great eclat . The scenery was welf executed and a tableau vi yantfrom Leslie s icture with all
, p , was pourtrayed the effect in which this company so peculiarl y excel . Criticall y speaking , there is a want of one absorbing passion , and of a singleness of sentiment in this drama ; while the character of Sir Roger is too muc hreduced in importance ; yet the language is humorous and forcible , and we look to the future efforts of the author with an assurance that he will most triumphantl y refute the splenetic bitterness in which some portion of the r > JP «
nas indulged , wnue pretending to report the representation of what we honestly believe they did not in reality witness . We congratulate Mr John Smith , the author , on the success of his drama , and regret he was not present to enjoy the enthusiastic plaudits which attended the fall of the curtain . The Adelphi , since the engagement of a Mr . Rice the notorious offender m Jim Crow , has been well filled . The Jim Crow is said to be a correct portrait of some poor animal in New York—the pic ture of an is not to mind attractive
ape our more , from the painful fidelity with which its hideousness is delineated . However , Mr . Rice makes thousands of Jim Crow , and may laugh at our seriousness . Mr Yates however might raise the Adelphi a little above its present condition . ' 1 HE OLYMPIC THEATRE flourishes , and deserves to flourish . At no other theatre do we see such exquisite stage pictures—at no other theatre nave we a Liston .
The Resource.
THE RESOURCE .
BY BROTHER LEE STEVENS , OP THE BRITISH LODGE NO , 8 . WOULB that I loved thee less , for then I should unmoved behold Thy coquetries with oth er men ; And leave the tale untold That I do loveto
, any . Would thou wert wedded ; for therein Were less of risk to me : If loving one man ' s wife be sin , How wicked it must be To love the loved of many .
Would that I had no cause to doubt Thy feigned fidelity ; Would I could shut th y graces out From doting memory—As from love ' s shrine a sinner ; Would that my suit thou wouldst dismiss—My protestations spurn ;
That , undeceived by smile or kiss , Despairing , I might turn , Rush home—and eat my dinner .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Drama.
to create the most intense interest . After rejecting dishonourable proposals from Augustus , she becomes instrumental in savins ; the life of her protector , Sir Roger , who consents to her marriage with Henn , ¦ and the Spectator , who m the denouement proves to be her father joins their hands The old English cushion dance and Sir Roger de CWley were introduced with great eclat . The scenery was welf executed and a tableau vi yantfrom Leslie s icture with all
, p , was pourtrayed the effect in which this company so peculiarl y excel . Criticall y speaking , there is a want of one absorbing passion , and of a singleness of sentiment in this drama ; while the character of Sir Roger is too muc hreduced in importance ; yet the language is humorous and forcible , and we look to the future efforts of the author with an assurance that he will most triumphantl y refute the splenetic bitterness in which some portion of the r > JP «
nas indulged , wnue pretending to report the representation of what we honestly believe they did not in reality witness . We congratulate Mr John Smith , the author , on the success of his drama , and regret he was not present to enjoy the enthusiastic plaudits which attended the fall of the curtain . The Adelphi , since the engagement of a Mr . Rice the notorious offender m Jim Crow , has been well filled . The Jim Crow is said to be a correct portrait of some poor animal in New York—the pic ture of an is not to mind attractive
ape our more , from the painful fidelity with which its hideousness is delineated . However , Mr . Rice makes thousands of Jim Crow , and may laugh at our seriousness . Mr Yates however might raise the Adelphi a little above its present condition . ' 1 HE OLYMPIC THEATRE flourishes , and deserves to flourish . At no other theatre do we see such exquisite stage pictures—at no other theatre nave we a Liston .
The Resource.
THE RESOURCE .
BY BROTHER LEE STEVENS , OP THE BRITISH LODGE NO , 8 . WOULB that I loved thee less , for then I should unmoved behold Thy coquetries with oth er men ; And leave the tale untold That I do loveto
, any . Would thou wert wedded ; for therein Were less of risk to me : If loving one man ' s wife be sin , How wicked it must be To love the loved of many .
Would that I had no cause to doubt Thy feigned fidelity ; Would I could shut th y graces out From doting memory—As from love ' s shrine a sinner ; Would that my suit thou wouldst dismiss—My protestations spurn ;
That , undeceived by smile or kiss , Despairing , I might turn , Rush home—and eat my dinner .