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2. Relapse. Young Fashion is still omitted: Coupler Johnson: Syringe Norris: Berinthia= Mrs. Oldfield Miss Hoyden Mrs. Bignall :-rest as D. L. Oct. 26 1708.

3. Indian Emperour. Cortez = Powell.

5. Pilgrim. Mad Taylor Pinkethman: Alinda - Miss Willis :-rest as at Hay. April 30 1707. 6. Henry 4th part 1st. Douglas Mills: Kate, Hotspur's wife-Mrs. Bradshaw :-rest as Dec. 2 1710. 7. Confederacy. Clarissa Mrs. Knight.

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8. Funeral. Lord Brumpton = Keen: Puzzle= Estcourt Lady Brumpton = Mrs. Rogers: Lady Harriet Mrs. Oldfield: Lady Sharlot=Mrs. Porter: D'Epingle Mrs. Bignall: Tattleaid is omitted-rest as originally.

9. She wou'd if she cou'd-as before.

10. King Lear. Cordelia Miss Sherburn.

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12. Never acted, the Wife's Relief, or the Husband's Cure. Riot Cibber: Volatil (in love with Arabella) -Wilks: Sir Tristram Cash Dogget: Young Cash (his nephew) = Pack: Horatio (in love with Aurelia) = Booth: Spitfire = Norris: Slur = Elrington: Hazard Bullock Junior: Valentine (in love with Teraminta) = Ryan : Arabella = (ward to Riot) = Mrs. Oldfield Cynthia (his wife) = Mrs. Rogers: Teraminta (in love with Valentine) = Miss Willis: Aurelia (in love with Horatio)= Miss Sherburn:-acted about 7 times this C. is only an alteration of Shirley's Gamester by Charles Johnson- of this Johnson is so far from making any acknowledgment, that he tells us he bestowed the labour of 6 months on his play.

The Gamester was printed in 1637-it had been acted at D. L.-by the Gamester is meant Hazard Wilding however is also a Gamester-Wilding had married a widow, chiefly for her fortune-he makes love to Penelope, who had been left to the care of his wife-his wife promises obedience to him in all things he asks her to assist him in his design on Penelope-she resents the proposal-but on farther reflection she desires Penelope to give him some encouragement-in the 3d act, Penelope, according to a plan concerted between herself and Mrs. Wilding, promises to admit him to her chamber at night, provided he will come in the dark, and not speak-—he assents to the conditions-Wilding tells Hazard of his good fortune-Hazard is very lucky at the gaming table-Wilding loses all his money, but is so desirous of continuing to play, that he offers Hazard, for £100, to let him go to Penelope in his room-Hazard gives him the money-in the next act, Hazard boasts how happy he has been-Wilding is vext at his description, and vastly disconcerted when his wife tells him that she had supplied Penelope's place-Wilding concludes that the best way of hushing up the matter in silence, will be to get Hazard to marry Penelope-Hazard, who really likes Penelope, consents-they are marriedHazard then tells Wilding, that on the night of the assignation he found Mrs. Wilding and Penelope together--that they were prepared to give Wilding a moral lecture-and that he and Penelope had had no private meeting-there are two underplots-Barnacle offers Hazard, who is a man of known courage, a hundred pieces to let his nephew gain himself a reputation by beating him-Hazard takes the money

-Barnacle's nephew, at Hazard's suggestion, gives him a box on the ear-several persons are presentthe nephew becomes so quarrelsome, that Barnacle gives Hazard the same sum to tame him-Hazard does this effectually-the other underplot occupies a large portion of the play, but it is a very dull oneBeaumont and Delamore were friends but on a frivolous quarrel they fight, and Delamore is supposed to be killed-at the conclusion Delamore is said to be out of danger-Beaumont and Delamore are to marry Violante and Leonora on the whole this is a very good play-for Garrick's alteration of it see D. L. Dec. 22 1757.

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The Wife's Relief does not differ materially from the Gamester-C. Johnson retains the dull underplot -but has greatly improved it by curtailing it-Shirley had slurred the conclusion of his piece-Johnson has enlarged the last scene very happily, by making Riot suffer severely from the jokes of the company, before he is undeceived-Spitfire is a new character —he is maintained by Young Cash, and pretends to be valiant at the conclusion of the 3d act, Slur takes him by the middle, and hangs him by his belt against the side of the stage-Slur takes down Young Cash's courage instead of Volatil-in the Gamester, Sir Richard Hurry is very desirous that Beaumont should marry Leonora instead of Violante-Johnson has consolidated the characters of Sir Richard and Old Barnacle in that of Sir Tristram in the 5th act, Sir Tristram is in prison on a pretended charge of treason-this is a bad addition-on the whole the Wife's Relief is a good play-Johnson has written most of

the dialogue afresh-his language is very inferior to Shirley's except when he borrows from Shirley. 23. Squire of Alsatia. Lolpoop=Leigh.

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24. Aurenge-Zebe. Aurenge-Zebe Powell: Emperour Keen Morat Booth: Nourmahal Mrs. Knight: Indamora Mrs. Rogers: Melisinda Mrs. Porter. 26. Sir Courtly Nice. Surly Keen :-rest as at Hay. Oct. 6 1709.

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27. Othello Booth Iago Cibber: Cassio = Powell: Brabantio Keen: Roderigo Bowen: Desdemona Mrs. Bradshaw: Emilia- Mrs. Saunders. 29. Man of the Mode. Harriet Mrs. Santlow. Dec. 3. Not acted 5 years, Virtue Betrayed, or Anna Bullen. Piercy Wilks: Henry 8th Powell : Wolsey Cibber: Northumberland Keen: Rochford Mills: Anna Bullen Mrs. Oldfield: Lady Diana Talbot Mrs. Rogers: Lady Eliz. Blunt= Mrs. Porter.

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8. Alchemist. Dol Common Mrs. Saunders :rest as at D. L. Feb. 19 1709.

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10. Committee. Bookseller Norris: Ruth Mrs. Oldfield: Arbella Mrs. Porter:-rest as at D. L. Oct. 15 1708.

13. Not acted 5 years, Mithridates. Mithridates = Mills: Ziphares Wilks Pharnaces = Powell: Aquilius Booth: Archelaus Bowman: Semandra Mrs. Oldfield: Monima- Miss Sherburn.

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18. Tender Husband-for the entertainment of the new Toasts and several Ladies of QualityPounce Pack: Mrs. Clerimont Mrs. Bradshaw : Fainlove is omitted-the rest as originally.

21. Feigned Innocence. Sir Martin Marall=

Bullock: Warner = Powell :-the other parts to the best advantage-with School-boy. School-boy-Cibber: Major Rakish Pinkethman: Young Rakish= Mills.

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31. Northern Lass. Sir Philip Luckless Wilks: Sir Paul Squelch Johnson: Tridewell Mills: Bulfinch = Estcourt: Widgin = Bullock: Spiller: Nonsense = Norris: Howdee = Bullock Jun.: Northern Lass

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Cibber: Pate Mrs. Bignall:

Widow Fitchew Mrs. Knight :-in the edition of 1717 Powell's name stands to Capt. Anvil.

Jan. 7. Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, revived --no performers' names.

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19. Never acted, Perplexed Lovers. Timothy (servant to Col. Bastion)= Pack: Col. Bastion = Wilks: Belvill Booth: Lord Richlove Mills: Le Front (his valet) Bowen: Sir Roger Merryman (father to Belvill and Constantia)= Leigh: Col. Merryman (father to Camilla) = Bullock: Constantia = Mrs. Santlow: Camilla - Mrs. Oldfield: Florella= Mrs. Saunders-acted 3 times-Sir Roger Merryman wants Constantia to marry Lord RichloveBelvill wants her to marry a friend of his, who is not one of the D. P.—she is in love with Col. Bastion -he is in love with her-Belvill and Camilla have a similar attachment-Camilla assists Constantia in her amour with Bastion-they have a private door between the two houses-Florella is a mercenary chambermaid in the interest of Lord Richlove-in the 1st act, she furnishes him with a key to Constantia's garden-Constantia in the dusk runs into Lord Richlove's arms, mistaking him for the Colonel -the Colonel fights with Lord Richlove and disarms