him in the 3d act, Florella admits Lord Richlove into Constantia's bedchamber-he attempts to ravish her-Col. Bastion rescues her-Constantia determines to elope with Bastion-in the dark she first mistakes Le Front for Bastion, and then Belvill Belvill mistakes Constantia for Camilla, as she comes out of Camilla's house-in the 5th act, Timothy enters as a Scotch pedlar-Constantia proposes to buy some muslin of him-Colonel Bastion comes out of the pack-at the conclusion, Bastion and Belvill marry Constantia and Camilla-in the course of the play other perplexities occur-the Time is from five in the evening till eight in the morning-this is a tolerably good C.--but not so good as the generality of Mrs. Centlivre's plays-it should be observed to her credit, that, contrary to the usual practice of authors, she speaks of it in the preface less favourably than it deserves-she tells us that most of the plot was taken from a Spanish play-the Epilogue, designed to have been spoken on the first night, contained a compliment on the military talents of Prince Eugene (who was then in England) and the Duke of Marlborough-party matters were at this time carried to such a height, that the Managers thought it advisable not to let it be spoken without a license, which could not be procured till the second night— and even after the Vice Chamberlain's license was obtained, Mrs. Oldfield was recommended, by letters sent to her, not to speak it-this fuss about the Epilogue was detrimental to the play.

Jan. 25. Royal Merchant-there are no characters to this, and several other of the plays.

Feb. 5. Fatal Marriage.

6. Taming of the Shrew with Walking Statue.

11. Not acted 3 years, Humorous Lieutenant. Demetrius Wilks: Lieutenant=Pinkethman: Leon

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March 8. Mourning Bride-there are no characters in this bill-but from the bill for May 7th, it appears that Booth, Keen and Mrs. Bradshaw acted Osmyn, the King and Almeria.

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17. Never acted, Distressed Mother. Orestes= Powell: Pyrrhus Booth: Pylades Mills: Phoenix - Bowman: Andromache Mrs. Oldfield: Hermione =Mrs. Porter: Cephisa Mrs. Knight: Cleone= Mrs. Cox-acted about 9 times-this T. is taken from Racine-it was adapted to the English stage by Philips-it is a dull play, for what can be more dull than four principal characters with their four confidants, who come on and go off, talk a great deal and do nothing till the last act?-Philips has deviated from history-he has not given the characters Grecian manners, nor does his language make up by any means for other deficiencies-in short this T. has no one circumstance to recommend it, except that it affords scope for good acting-the word Madam occurs 54 times-the Epilogue, supposed to be written by Addison, was wonderfully successful-tho' it does not appear to have any extraordinary merit, and completely turns the distress of Andromache into ridicule.

April 5. Julius Cæsar revived-no characters. 7. Powell's bt. Henry 4th part 1st. Falstaff-Powell: -the Spectator says-" The haughty George Powell

hopes all the good natured part of the town will "favour him, whom they applauded in Alexander, Timon, Lear and Orestes, with their company "this night, when he hazards all his heroick glory in "the humbler condition of honest Jack Falstaff."

12. Committee. Teague - Griffith from Ireland: -for Griffith see Irish Stage 1731.

22. Estcourt's bt. Love for Love.

25. Booth's bt. Hamlet.

28: For bt. of Mrs. Porter, who is on her recovery

May 1. Rival Queens, with Death of Alexander, revived.

3. Rover. Ned Blunt-Griffith: Hellena Mrs. Bradshaw.

5. Pinkethman's bt. Love makes a Man-with a new Epilogue by Pinkethman riding upon an Ass. 6. Mrs. Bignall's bt. Constant Couple. Sir Harry Wildair Wilks: Lady Lurewell Mrs. Oldfield :Dancing by Mrs. Bignall.

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12. For Mrs. Bradshaw's bt. will be revived, the History and Fall of Caius Marius written by Shakspeare and altered by Otway. Old Marius Powell: Young Marius Booth: Lavinia = Mrs. Bradshaw.

13. Bullock's bt. Old Batchelor. Capt. Bluff= Johnson :—rest as before-with Stage Coach. Nicodemus Somebody Pack: Capt. Basil Booth: Jolt the Coachman Bullock: Macahone = Bullock

Jun.

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19. Leigh's bt. Love for Love. Sir Sampsor

Leigh Angelica Mrs. Bradshaw: Mrs. Frail= Mrs. Knight-rest as before.

22. Pack's bt. Othello. Iago-Keen: Roderigo -Pack:-the rest as before.

27. For bt. of Husband and Elrington-not acted 5 years, Don Sebastian-no characters.

29. Mrs. Saunders' bt. Unhappy Favourite.

Rutland Mrs. Bradshaw :-rest as before.

June 2. Mrs. Powell's bt. Edipus revived. Edipus = Powell: Adrastus = Booth: Creon = Keen: Tiresias Boman: Jocasta Mrs. Knight: Eurydice Mrs. Bradshaw.

5. For bt. of Mrs. Mills.

Macbeth with a Farce

called the Petticoat-Plotter. Plotwell (servant to True-love) Pack: Thrifty Bullock: True-love= = Elrington Sir Simon Scrape-all Norris: Nicompoop (servant to Thrifty) Leigh: Ananias Spiller: Isabella (daughter to Thrifty) Miss Sherborn: Mopsa (her maid) Miss Willis :-to begin exactly at six, this being the last time of acting till WhitMonday.

The Petticoat-Plotter is a tolerably good Farce by Hamilton-it was not printed till 1720-but it was then printed with the original cast-Thrifty refuses his daughter to True-love, and promises her to Sir Simon, who is an old fellow-the Petticoat-Plotter is Plotwell-he gets into Thrifty's house in the disguise of a Spanish woman-Thrifty believes him to be Theodosia, who had lived with his late brother

True-love disguises himself as Ananias Scribe-the true Ananias makes his appearance-and True-love is obliged to take himself off-True-love and a Parson are conveyed into Thrifty's house in two chests -Plotwell ties Sir Simon and Nicompoop together, and turns them into the street-True-love marries Isabella and Thrifty is reconciled to his daughter

-Mrs. Centlivre, in her Bold Stroke for a Wife, seems to have borrowed the hint of " another Simon "Pure" from this Farce, she has however greatly improved what she has borrowed.

9. Thurmond's bt. not acted 3 years, Don Quixote. Don Quixote Bowen: Sancho = Leigh: Marcella Mrs. Bradshaw: Mary the Buxom = Mrs. Bignall: -with Dancing by Thurmond.

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Sylvia Mrs. Bignall: Rose Mrs. Sherburn :-Miss Sherburn seems to have taken the name of Mrs.

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12. Comical Revenge. Sir Frederick Frolick= Wilks Sir Nicholas Cully Dogget: Palmer = Estcourt: this was his last time of acting. (B.M.) 17. For bt. of Box keepers. Jovial Crew.

19. For bt. of Bickerstaff and Newman. Indian Emperour. Orbellan Bullock Jun. Alibech = Mrs. Rogers: Cydaria Mrs. Sherburn :-being positively the last time of the Company's acting this

season.

Summer Company.

July 1. Not acted 15 years, Destruction of Jerusalem 2d part. Titus Vespasian = Booth. Phraartes Powell: Tiberius Keen: Beren

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