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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THEATRE ROYAL , DRURY-LANE .
OB . ai . TV / TR . Reynolds is the acknowledged Author of the new Comedy JLVJL which was brought forward this evening , under the title of CHEAP LIVING . _ Old Woodland is a banker in the neighbourhood of a seaport town . His niece is married to Scatter , a man who has dissipated what fortune he possessed , in gaming and fashionable excess . Scatter and his wife find an asylum in the house of Old Woodlandwho loys the former as his
, emp steward . In hopes of being admitted as a partner in the bank , Scatter , with the assistance of" his wife , endeavours to blacken the charafter of Young Woodland , and extinguish the affections of his father . Young Woodland , on his travels , had rescued Elinor Bloomly , sister of Sir Edward Bloomly , from robbers . —Mfss Bloomly having an attachment towards the man who had saved her from imminent danger , in a moment of fondness had surrendered her virtue , but in the anguish of contrition had quitted
the man who had been the cause of her dishonour . During this amour , she had passed under the name of Campbell , and had not revealed fier rea ! appellation to Young Woodland . It appears that Young Woodland had not meditated any seduction of Elinor , but that they had been both betrayed by the influence of momentary passion . Young Woodland _ therefore is in as deep affliction as his mistress , and anxiousl y endeavouring to discover her retreat . The onl y clew he has by which there is chance of
a finding her , is a picture which she left at Marseilles , when she suddenly abandoned her lover . This pifture lie brings with him to England , and hangs tip in his father ' s house . Elinor arrives in England about the same time with Young Woodland , and takes a lodeine at the
house of Farmer Cole , a nei ghbour of Old Woodland , thinking to remain in rural privacy till the arrival of her brother , Sir Edward . In this situation she is seen by Scatter , who is a libertine wretch , and who bribes the Far , mer for an opportunity of carrying her of . Spunge is one of those easy characters who contrive , without pretensions , to thrust themselves upon all who will lend them money , or treat them with a dinner . Spunge had made his way into the Farmer ' s house the summer
before , and re-visiting the neighbouring bathing-place , had invited himself to sup with the Fanner . Scatter having been entrusted by Old Woodland with the deposit-money for the purchase of an estate , gets drunk with Spunge at a tavern , and in this condition visits the Farmer , to put his libertine scheme in execution . Elinor , and Stella , the ward of Scatter , overhear the latter impart his plan to the Fai mer , and are in the utmost dread , when Spunge enters the house . He tells Elinor that Sir Edward Blooml
y is arrived , and is induced to conduct : her to him , hoping he shall , find a new patron in the youthful Baronet . _ After the congratulations on the meeting between Sir Edward and his Sister , the former asks what is become of the picture of their Father ? Elinor is extremely embarrassed at the question , and owns she has lost it , but says nothing about her acquaintance with Young Woodland , with whom the Baronet is upon the most intimate terms . Sir Edward Blooml y is a ward in chancery , of only sixteen years of age , but of uncommon talents and Knowledge of tlie worlij . lie visits his friend Yoking Woodland , and is struck
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
THEATRE ROYAL , DRURY-LANE .
OB . ai . TV / TR . Reynolds is the acknowledged Author of the new Comedy JLVJL which was brought forward this evening , under the title of CHEAP LIVING . _ Old Woodland is a banker in the neighbourhood of a seaport town . His niece is married to Scatter , a man who has dissipated what fortune he possessed , in gaming and fashionable excess . Scatter and his wife find an asylum in the house of Old Woodlandwho loys the former as his
, emp steward . In hopes of being admitted as a partner in the bank , Scatter , with the assistance of" his wife , endeavours to blacken the charafter of Young Woodland , and extinguish the affections of his father . Young Woodland , on his travels , had rescued Elinor Bloomly , sister of Sir Edward Bloomly , from robbers . —Mfss Bloomly having an attachment towards the man who had saved her from imminent danger , in a moment of fondness had surrendered her virtue , but in the anguish of contrition had quitted
the man who had been the cause of her dishonour . During this amour , she had passed under the name of Campbell , and had not revealed fier rea ! appellation to Young Woodland . It appears that Young Woodland had not meditated any seduction of Elinor , but that they had been both betrayed by the influence of momentary passion . Young Woodland _ therefore is in as deep affliction as his mistress , and anxiousl y endeavouring to discover her retreat . The onl y clew he has by which there is chance of
a finding her , is a picture which she left at Marseilles , when she suddenly abandoned her lover . This pifture lie brings with him to England , and hangs tip in his father ' s house . Elinor arrives in England about the same time with Young Woodland , and takes a lodeine at the
house of Farmer Cole , a nei ghbour of Old Woodland , thinking to remain in rural privacy till the arrival of her brother , Sir Edward . In this situation she is seen by Scatter , who is a libertine wretch , and who bribes the Far , mer for an opportunity of carrying her of . Spunge is one of those easy characters who contrive , without pretensions , to thrust themselves upon all who will lend them money , or treat them with a dinner . Spunge had made his way into the Farmer ' s house the summer
before , and re-visiting the neighbouring bathing-place , had invited himself to sup with the Fanner . Scatter having been entrusted by Old Woodland with the deposit-money for the purchase of an estate , gets drunk with Spunge at a tavern , and in this condition visits the Farmer , to put his libertine scheme in execution . Elinor , and Stella , the ward of Scatter , overhear the latter impart his plan to the Fai mer , and are in the utmost dread , when Spunge enters the house . He tells Elinor that Sir Edward Blooml
y is arrived , and is induced to conduct : her to him , hoping he shall , find a new patron in the youthful Baronet . _ After the congratulations on the meeting between Sir Edward and his Sister , the former asks what is become of the picture of their Father ? Elinor is extremely embarrassed at the question , and owns she has lost it , but says nothing about her acquaintance with Young Woodland , with whom the Baronet is upon the most intimate terms . Sir Edward Blooml y is a ward in chancery , of only sixteen years of age , but of uncommon talents and Knowledge of tlie worlij . lie visits his friend Yoking Woodland , and is struck