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18. Never acted there, Hit or Miss. Dick Cypher Mathews: Janus Jumble Hamerton: Adam Sterling Blanchard: Jerry Blossom Emery: O'Rourke O'Daisy = Taylor: Mrs. Honeymouth Mrs. Davenport: Dolly O'Daisy Mrs. Liston.

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Danvers (in love with Laura) = Broadhurst: Mrs. Hilary Mrs. Gibbs : Laura (niece to Dr. Camphor -in love with Danvers) Miss E. Bolton :-acted 44 times-Lubin Log and Dr. Camphor had agreed that Lubin should marry Laura-Lubin had just come into an estate by the death of his uncle-Mrs. Hilary, by the desire of Flexible, pretends to be the uncle's daughter, and to claim the estate-Flexible suggests that the best way to settle the dispute would be for Lubin to marry his cousin Lubin approves of the expedient, and resigns his pretensions to Laura-Dr. Camphor consents to her union with Danvers--Mrs. Hilary discovers herself to Lubin, as being the actress with whom he had come to York in the coach-this is a tolerably good F. by Kenney-Mathews, and more especially Liston, made it very laughable in representation-printed at Dublin in 1821.

26. Tancred and Sigismunda. Tancred Betty: Siffredi = Egerton: Osmond Barrymore: Sigismunda Mrs. H. Johnston.

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Dec. 2. Never acted, Renegade. Don Sebastian (King of Portugal) = C. Kemble: Dorax (the Renegade) = Young: Muley Moluch (Emperor of Barbary) Barrymore: Benducar (his minister) = Egerton: Alvarez (Sebastian's Admiral) = Chapman: Antonio (a young Portuguese) = Jones: Pedro (a painter) = Blanchard: Jaquez (his servant) = Liston : Octavio Sinclair : the Mufti-Cresswell: the Dowan = Simmons: Almeyda (the deposed Empress) = Mrs. H. Johnston: Olivia (ward to Pedro) Miss Bolton-acted 18 times-this play, in 3 acts and with songs, was written by Reynolds-it is professedly founded on Dryden's Don Sebastian-the scene lies at Alcazar in Barbary-Don Sebastian and Almeyda are mutually in love--at the opening of the piece Almeyda is in prison-Muley Moluch makes love to her she rejects his addresses--Don Sebastian lands, and is taken prisoner-in the 2d act, Muley Moluch prepares to marry Almeyda by force -Sebastian enters with Portuguese soldiers -Sebastian and Muley Moluch begin to fight-Dorax enters with a great number of Moorish troops-they disarm Sebastian - Muley Moluch quarrels with Dorax the Moors, at the instigation of Dorax, proclaim Almeyda as their Empress-in the 3d act the grand scene between Sebastian and Dorax takes place-Muley Moluch is on the point of recovering his throne-Alvarez arrives from Portugal with fresh troops-the Moors are defeated-and Muley Moluch (or Moloch as Reynolds calls him) is killed by Dorax

-Reynolds has altered Dryden considerably for the worse, but the Renegade is not a bad piece on the whole, as the best parts of Dryden's play are inserted in it--the chief merit Reynolds can claim, is that of having left out the incest between Don Sebastian and Almeyda, which, tho' committed in ignorance, was a disgusting circumstance—the comic parts are chiefly his own, and they are very inferiour to those in the original play-the scene before the Dowan is stolen from the Spanish Fryar-a most insignificant character is introduced for the sake of Sinclair, and to make the piece still more palatable, the 1st act is concluded with the bursting of a water spout.

Dryden says that his plot was pure fiction, and that he begins where history ends-as Don Sebastian's body was not found in the field of battle, many took occasion to believe that he was still aliveDryden therefore considered himself at liberty to dispose of Don Sebastian as he pleased, provided he did not make him return to Portugal, which it is certain he never did this however Reynolds has made him do, and Almeyda with him-the characters of Benducar and Antonio are greatly altered-the latter vastly for the worse-Dryden's blank verse is reduced to prose - for Don Sebastian see T. R. 1690. 12. Earl of Warwick. Warwick Betty: King Edward Abbott: Margaret of Anjou = Mrs. Powell.

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30. Much ado. Claudio Abbott: Dogberry =

Emery.

Jan. 4. Mountaineers.

1st time.

Octavian C. Kemble,

5. Rivals. Faulkland Abbott: Sir Lucius =

Jones: Acres Liston: Julia Miss Cooke.

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11. A grand serious Opera called Haroun Alraschid-altered from the Ethiop-the alteration was for the worse, the comic scenes, which were the best in the original piece, being omitted-acted but once. 14. Comedy of Errors. Antipholis of Ephesus = Abbott.

Don

Mathews: Don

23. Never acted, Students of Salamanca. Christoval Jones: Don Alonzo = Abbott: Don Gaspar (father to Angelica) = Blanchard: Miguel (servant to Don Christoval) Daphnis Fawcett Geronimo (servant to Don Gaspar, and father to Pertilla) = Simmons: Pertilla (maid to Angelica) Mrs. C. Kemble: Aminta = Mrs. H. Johnston: Angelica (her cousin) = Miss Cooke :-acted 6 times-the Students of Salamanca are Don Alonzo, Don Christoval, and Don Daphnis -Don Alonzo had been 3 months privately married to Angelica-Don Christoval is a gay young man, who falls in love with Aminta, and who supposes her name to be Angelica-this mistake occasions much confusion in the course of the play-Don Daphnis is an old man, who, with many of the infirmities of age, affects to be a rake--that such a person should

enter himself as a Student at an University is unnatural to the last degree-in the 2d act, Pertilla lowers a rope-ladder from Angelica's chamber, meaning it for Alonzo-Christoval gets into the window by the ladder-Miguel tells Alonzo what Christoval had done-Alonzo concludes that Angelica is false to him-Pertilla endeavours to undeceive him, but he persists in his errour-circumstances happen to confirm his suspicions-at the conclusion, Alonzo is convinced of Angelica's innocence-Don Gaspar is reconciled to their union-Christoval marries Aminta

-this is a moderate C. by Jameson-on the 4th of March it was cut down to 3 acts, which was an improvement the character of Don Daphnis was omitted.

Feb. 8. Jane Shore, with, not acted for many years, Poor Vulcan-(acted for Knight's bt. May 7 1799)-Vulcan Fawcett : Grace Mrs. C. Kemble. 9. Iron Chest. Wilford Abbott.

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13. Soldier's Daughter. Widow Cheerly Mrs. Jordan.

17. Mrs. Jordan acted Miss Prue, and Nell.

19. Country Girl Mrs. Jordan Moody = Fawcett.

20. Isabella. Biron = Young: Isabella Mrs. Campbell (formerly Miss Wallis)-she acted Isabella a 2d time but without success-she could not get the better of her fears-and from want of practice she did not act so well as she had formerly done. 22. As you like it. Jaques Young, 1st time: Rosalind Mrs. Jordan.

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