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3 , CHAPTER XI. 
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THE loss of popularity which Drury-lane theatre experienced last year from 
_ the secession of Mrs., Siddons and her brother, was most amply retrieved by the ins 
vention of a thing in which a dog and a wooden doll were the most interesting 
characters. After such a proof of the public taste, we cease to be astonished at 
the miserable trash contained in the following articles. 
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Royal, Drury Lane. 
) THIS comedy acts extremely well: 
_ there is a good deal of bustle and plot in 
it, and the dialogue is supported with 
‘4 considerable degree of spirit. Sir Ralph 
Aspen, a valetudinary, both in body and 
mind, is a well-drawn character, and 
has something of originality in it. There 
_is an inconsistency in suffering Fairfax, 
_ whois represented as having so much real 
& Royal Covent Garden. 
“THE critics of bex, gallery, and pit, 
have passed judgment on this play; we 
_ Royal Haymarket. 
__ INthe third chapter of the first book 
of Kings is that celebrated judgment of 
olomon between the two harlots, which 
ade his wisdom renowred through- 
ont all Israel. 
aigniez, selected this as the subject of a 
slay, and Mr. Boaden’s “ Voice of Na- 
fite’” is avowedly imitated from the 
gement du Salomon. The story is simple 
md affecting, and NS. Boaden has cer- 
ainly confided its effect upon the audi- 
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he Haymarket. By James Boapen. 
Arr. Ill. The Voice of. Nature; a Play, in three Acts; as performed at the Theatre 
, By James Boapen. 
A French dramatist, M. - 
Hear Both Sides; a Comedy, in five? Acts 3 as it is performed at the Theatre 
By Tuomas Hotcrorr. 
Svo. pp. 90. 
disinterestedness and generosity about 
him, to behave with such unfeeling con- 
tumely, and inhumanity to the starvin 
Milford. Hisrestitution of Old Travis’s 
fortune, too, should have anticipated the 
personal reproaches of Headlong, Tran- 
sit, &c. It should not have been possi- 
ble to have attributed his conduct to a 
double motive. 
"Arr. ie Delays and Blunders 31a Comedy, in five Acts; as performed at the Theatre 
By Freperick Reynotps. 
Svo. pp. 74. 
submit in silence: if they have blundered 
upon applause, we shall delay censure. 
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ence entirely to its own intrinsic simpli- 
city and pathos. It has succeeded upon 
the stage without show or bustle, with- 
out the aid of elevated sentiment or spi- 
rited dialogue. ‘The voice of nature has 
prevailed; it must indeed find its way 
to every maternal bosom, and we consi- 
der it as honourable to the feelings of. 
‘an audience, that it should be stratified 
with such a plain unvarnished tale as ~ 
this. 
Ret. 1V. 4 Tale of Terror; a Dramatic Romance, in three Acts; as first acted at the 
Theatre Royal Covent Garden. By Henny Sippons. 
_WE are sorry to see the name of Siddons annexed to any thing so foolish. 
r.V. The Maid of Bristol; a Play in three Acts; as performed at the Theatre Royal 
With an Address to the Patriotism of the 
ritish People, as an Epileguz, written by George Colman the Younger. 8vo. pp. 48- 
MR. Boaden isan old stage; he knows gallery, and is not at a loss to throw out 
ry well what will draw a clap fromthe someihing every now and thento please 
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