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prefer a bad play in which he has a good acting character, to a good one, in which there is no character that suits his abilities-but still the above attack is unwarrantable to the last degree; nor did Pope ever say any thing more severe against the Players, after he became their professed enemy-Sir Tremendous was evidently meant for Dennis-the Editor of the B. D. supposes with much probability, that Pope introduced this character, and that Dr. Arbuthnot supplied the terms of art which occur in the characters of the physicians-one speech does the Triumvirate very little credit-Sir Tremendous says "O what "felony from the Ancients! What petty larceny from "the Moderns! There is the famous Iphigenia of "Racine, he stole his Agamemnon from Seneca, who "stole it from Euripides," &c.-Racine could not steal his Iphigenia from Seneca, as the French play represents the intended sacrifice of Iphigenia by Agamemnon, and the Latin play the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and Ægysthus-Dennis himself would not have made such a mistakeThe scene,

in which the Mummy and Crocodile are concerned, seems to have given much offence to the audience, but without sufficient reason; as Fossile is represented as a collector of curiosities, there was no absurdity in supposing him to have bought a Mummy and a Crocodile.

The Rehearsal was revived on the 7th of Feb. by the Command of the Prince of Wales-Cibber acted Bayes-when the two Kings of Brentford came from the clouds into the throne again, Cibber instead of what his part directed him to say, made use of these words, Now, Sir, this Revolution I had some

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"thoughts of introducing by a quite different con"trivance; but my design taking air, some of your

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sharp wits, I found, had made use of it before me; t otherwise I intended to have stolen one of them in "the shape of a Mummy, and the other in that of a "Crocodile "—this produced a roar of applausewhen the play was over, Pope came behind the scenes in a violent passion and attacked Cibber very sharply: Cibber irritated at this replied, "since you have at"tacked me in such a manner, you may depend upon "it, that as long as the play continues to be acted, I "will never fail to repeat the same words over and "over again”-Cibber did as he had threatened for several times when the Rehearsal was acted, and to this he attributes Pope's animosity to him-( Cibber's letter to Pope)- -Pope was not irritated without reason; Cibber's cut on Three Hours after Marriage was in every point of view improper: as Manager it was injudicious, as Actor it was insolent, and as the Author of two plays damned for their dullness, it was unpardonable- -Three Hours after Marriage was

revived at D. L. March 15 1746.

The Confederates (1717) was written in ridicule of Three Hours after Marriage-the real author of this Farce is said to be Capt. Breval, but he calls himself Joseph Gay, kinsman of John Gay-the frontispiece represents Dr. Arbuthnot in a Highland dress, Pope as a very little man, and Gay with a fool's cap in his hand-under it are 4 lines from the Prologue to the Sultaness-(see Feb. 25)-the 1st scene is at the Rose Tavern-Pope enters solus, Dr. Arbuthnot joins him, and then Gay; the latter relates the ill success of their piece-the 2d scene is in the

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Green-room-Mrs. Oldfield protests she will leave the stage, as having been hissed-Mrs. Bicknell replies

"Avert, ye Gods! such fate from Drury Lane : "For to keep Wilks we then shall strive in vain ; "Malicious Rich would in our loss delight,

"And 'twould be nuts to Rogers and to Knight."

-after Mrs. Oldfield has made her exit, Gay enters, Mrs. Bicknell flatly tells him that they will not be hissed for nothing, and that if he wishes them to act in his play again, he must make them a handsome present the 3d and last scene is at the house of Bernard Lintott the bookseller-Cibber declares he will not be a Mummy any more-Pope pacifies him. by promising to bring his Heroick Daughter to perfection-Gay repeats what Mrs. Bicknell had saidthis throws Pope and Arbuthnot into a dilemmaLintott refuses to advance the money-the Confederates are relieved from their difficulties by a purse of gold which Three Ladies send to Pope--this Farce is in verse-it is well written, but the Satire is too personal; Pope revenged himself on Breval by putting him into the Dunciad.

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Jan. 24. Cato. Portius Walker:―rest as originally.

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28. Old Batchelor. Heartwell Bickerstaffe. 29. Timon of Athens. Timon Booth: Evandra Mrs. Porter.

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31. Volpone. Volpone Mills: Mosca Wilks : Corbaccio Johnson: Corvino-Cibber: Bonario= Ryan: Lady Would-be Mrs. Saunders: Celia = Mrs. Santlow:-rest omitted.

Feb. 2. Orphan. Acasto Boman: Page = Mrs. Younger.

5. Emperour of the Moon.

7. Rehearsal. Bayes - Cibber.

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13. Amphitryon-16. Rule a Wife.

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25. Never acted, Sultaness. Bajazet (brother to the Sultan) = Booth: Acomat (Grand Vizier) Mills: Osmyn = Ryan: Roxana (the Sultaness) = Mrs. Porter: Atalida (a daughter of the house of Ottoman) Mrs. Oldfield :-acted 3 times-Bajazet and Atalida are mutually in love-Roxana is in love with Bajazet-the Sultan is absent from Constantinople—he had invested the Sultaness with his authority—at the conclusion Bajazet is killed by Roxana's Mutes-Roxana is stabbed by a black slave of the Sultan-Atalida stabs herself—this T. is professedly taken from Racine-it was adapted to the English stage by Charles Johnson-it is a dull play-the first 4 acts are mere conversation without incident-the Prologue says

"Some Wags have been, who boldly durst
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"To club a Farce by Tripartite-Indenture:
"But let them share their dividend of praise,
"And their own Fools-cap wear, instead of
Bays."

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the last line alludes to the Prologue to Three Hours after Marriage, in which a Fools-cap was flung down on the stage-this wanton attack on that Comedy procured C. Johnson a place in the Dunciad.

This play is printed in 8vo.-before this time plays had generally been printed in small or large 4to.

the Apparition and some other plays had been printed

in 12mo.

March 1. Sir Courtly Nice.

Surly Thurmond.

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9. Mithridates-13. Careless Husband. 18. Before their Royal Highnesses-for Mrs. Porter's bt. Amorous Widow. Barnaby Brittle= Dogget-Pit and Boxes laid together -Cibber thinks, with much probability, that Mrs. Porter would not have requested this favour of Dogget, if she had not had a hint given her that it would be granted-and that Dogget's motive was an expectation that the Managers would make him some proposals, or that the Court or Town might express a desire for his return to the stage-he adds, be this as it may, this was his last time of actingCibber's mistake is the more inexcusable, as there can scarcely be a doubt, but that he played Lord Foppington on the night that Dogget acted Hob.

25. By his Majesty's command. For Mrs. Santlow's bt. Love for Love. Ben-Dogget.

April 1. By his Majesty's command. Relapse and Country Wake. Hob Dogget:-this was his last appearance.

2. Humorous Lieutenant, with a new Entertainment, called the Shipwreck, or Perseus and Andromeda. Andromeda = Mrs. Bignall :-acted with Grotesque characters. (B. M.)

4. Pinkethman acted Young Reveller in the Gamester for his bt. and spoke an Epilogue on an Ass. 11. Mrs. Mountfort's bt. Marriage a-la-Mode. Florimel Mrs. Mountfort.

22. Tempest at common prices.

25. Miller acted Sir Joseph Wittol for his bt.

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