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Strictures On Public Amusements.

STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

THEATRE . ROYAL , HAYMARKET . . OCTOBER i , A NEW Musical Piece , in two Acts , was presented at the Haymarket Theatre , under the title of « THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD . "

Sir Oliver Alford , Mr . BARRYMORE ; Lord A / ford , - Mr . DIGNUM ; Apathy , ------ „ -Mr . SUETT ; Gabriel , - -Mr . BENSON ; Walter , - - Mr . BANNISTER , Jun . Lady Alford , - . - - . _ Miss DE CAMP ; Josephine , - Mrs . BLAND ; Walter ' s Mother , - - - - Mrs . BOOTH .

SKETCH OF THE FABLE . This Piece , as its title shews , is founded on the old familiar English story of " THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD , " with such deviations from the narrative as serve to render it dramatic and fit for the Stage . We believe the subject has already been given to the Theatre in Paris , but do not immediately remember the writer who it for

prepared representation , although we shrewdly suspect this petit piece , if not a version from the French , to be chiefly borrowed from our continental neighbours . Come it from whence it may , it was made as heartily welcome as any stranger could desire , the audience honouring it with repeated plaudits , many of which did infinite credit to their hearts and feelings .

The story is told upon our stage in an interesting way , and the serious and the comic are so happily blended , that he must be a dull and splenetic spectator and hearer , who does not find his humanity aroused , or his risibility excited , by the different incidents that make up the action of the Piece . The children are saved , which is a circumstance hi ghly gratifying to but it borders

sensibility ; on the improbable , and their discovery by their father and mother rather too violently shocks the feeling , the minds of the audience being led to believe that the infants are past hope of recovery . The Music does Dr . Arnold credit , particularly the Overture , in which the air of the old ballad of " Three Children sliding the

on Ice , " was very happily introduced . ° Mr . Rose , author of The Prisoner , Family Compact , and Caevwy ¦ pan Castle , is the author of the present Piece ,

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LONDON: Article 1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' 'MAGAZINE: OR, GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 3
THE LIGHT AND TRUTH OF MASONRY EXPLAINED, BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF A CHARGE Article 8
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 11
ANECDOTES OF DR. GOLDSMITH. Article 13
THOUGHTS ON THE FOUNDERING OF SHIPS. Article 19
SIR PETER PARKER, BART. D.G.M. Article 20
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THOMAS DUNCKERLEY, ESQ. P.G.M. Article 23
ANECDOTE OF M. DE MONTESQUIEU. Article 28
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 29
Untitled Article 29
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, Article 32
Untitled Article 33
FAITH. Article 34
MERMAIDS NOT FABULOUS, Article 35
ON THE DISCIPLINE OF THE UNIVERSITY. Article 41
INSTANCE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE PENAL LAWS Article 43
ON THE BENEFITS OF LITERATURE. Article 45
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 47
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA: Article 51
A PICTURE OF PIETY AND ŒCONOMY. Article 56
ANTIENT CHARTERS. Article 58
ON FRIENDSHIP. Article 60
Untitled Article 62
COMMENTS ON STERNE. Article 63
DR. JOHN HUNTER, THE LATE JUSTLY CELEBRATED ANATOMIST. Article 68
TRAITS IN THE LIFE OF THE LATE UNFORTUNATE QUEEN OF FRANCE. Article 70
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 73
POETRY. Article 76
THE FORSAKEN FAIR. Article 78
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 79
THE QUEEN OF FRANCE's LAMENTATION, BEFORE HER EXECUTION. Article 80
FOREIGN OCCURRENCES. Article 81
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 82
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Strictures On Public Amusements.

STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

THEATRE . ROYAL , HAYMARKET . . OCTOBER i , A NEW Musical Piece , in two Acts , was presented at the Haymarket Theatre , under the title of « THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD . "

Sir Oliver Alford , Mr . BARRYMORE ; Lord A / ford , - Mr . DIGNUM ; Apathy , ------ „ -Mr . SUETT ; Gabriel , - -Mr . BENSON ; Walter , - - Mr . BANNISTER , Jun . Lady Alford , - . - - . _ Miss DE CAMP ; Josephine , - Mrs . BLAND ; Walter ' s Mother , - - - - Mrs . BOOTH .

SKETCH OF THE FABLE . This Piece , as its title shews , is founded on the old familiar English story of " THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD , " with such deviations from the narrative as serve to render it dramatic and fit for the Stage . We believe the subject has already been given to the Theatre in Paris , but do not immediately remember the writer who it for

prepared representation , although we shrewdly suspect this petit piece , if not a version from the French , to be chiefly borrowed from our continental neighbours . Come it from whence it may , it was made as heartily welcome as any stranger could desire , the audience honouring it with repeated plaudits , many of which did infinite credit to their hearts and feelings .

The story is told upon our stage in an interesting way , and the serious and the comic are so happily blended , that he must be a dull and splenetic spectator and hearer , who does not find his humanity aroused , or his risibility excited , by the different incidents that make up the action of the Piece . The children are saved , which is a circumstance hi ghly gratifying to but it borders

sensibility ; on the improbable , and their discovery by their father and mother rather too violently shocks the feeling , the minds of the audience being led to believe that the infants are past hope of recovery . The Music does Dr . Arnold credit , particularly the Overture , in which the air of the old ballad of " Three Children sliding the

on Ice , " was very happily introduced . ° Mr . Rose , author of The Prisoner , Family Compact , and Caevwy ¦ pan Castle , is the author of the present Piece ,

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