The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, in the county of Surrey / [John Nichols].
- John Nichols
- Date:
- 1786
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, in the county of Surrey / [John Nichols]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![every advantage from the fcience, fade, and execution of Mr. Parke; Mr. Hooke, as ufual, pcefided at the organ. Mrs. Wright- en, Mrs. Martyr, Mifs Barnet, Mif's OLeary, and Mr. Incledon, took the lead in the vocal part of the performance. The ovchelha in the Rotunda, of which we have already fpoken, was occupied by Catch Singers only. The party acquitted therrr- felves with infinite credit. In each of the ball faloons were ftationed a band of coun- try-dance players, and- two bands of horns and clarinets paraded the gardens. ] he company, which were fuppofed fo confitf of between five and fix thoufand, were of the firft ton, and, m general, in their own proper dreffes, which' were for the moft part, particularly the Ladies, gen- teed and elegant. Account of the New Farce, entitled. The Widow’s Vow, written by Mrs. Inch bald, andperformed, for the firf Time, at the Theatre-Royal in the Haymarket, WedneJ day June 21. The Characters were as follow, and were thus reprefented : The Marqui s, Mr. Bamufter, jun. ; Don Antonio, Mr. Farfons ; Jeiom, Mr. « Edwin; Marquis’s Valet, Mr. R. Palmer; the Countefs, Mrs. Bates; Donna Ifabella, Mrs. Riley; Flora,. Mrs. Wells ; Urfula, Mrs. Edwin. The ftory is briefly this : — A Spanrfh Countefs having wedded a handfome young man of fafliion, who treated her cruelly, but from whofe inhumanity fhe is luck>!y releafed by his early death, makes a vow to abjure mankind, and retires to a caftle in a reclufe part of the kingdom : fhe is accom- panied in this retreat by her uncle, an amo- rous old fpark, who loves to be meddling with eveiy woman he fees, Tlieir only neighbours are a young Marquis and his fiffer : the former, from a view of the Coun- tefs from the lop of his hcule, by the means of his telelirope, falls in love with her, but aim oil clef pairs of ever procunng acceis to her perfon. Donna Ilabella (the filler) hits on a fcheme for removing the obftacie. She lends her maid to the callle, and infirucls her to acquamt the Countefs, as a profound fecret, that her miftrefs means to pay her a viiit in a man’s difguife, in order to make tender of a pad ion for her, and, if luccefs- ful (as fne lias little doubt Hie lhall prove), to turn her rafh vow into ridicule. The pride of the Countefs takes alarm at hear- ing the project; Hie determines to receive the mock fuitor, to encourage the fcheme, and to turn the tables upon her. Donna Ifabella does not impart the fcheme to h#r brother, from a knowledge of his nice fenle of honour, and his extreme Ibnhbdity, as to any thing that appears like holding him in ridicule, but gives him letters of recom- mendation to the uncle of the Countefs, as a means of introduction. On his arrival at the callle, we find that the Lady has tokl the fuppoled fecret to all her fervants, who are upon the twitter the moment the Marquis enters. He is alfoniHied at the oddnefs of their behaviour, but ftill more lb at the fin- gulanty of his reception by the Countefs, who (imagining him to be a woman) makes downright love to him. At length the old man can hold no longer, but broadly hints that the Marqui s is of the feminine gender; the feverity of the equivoques that enfue, excite the latter to great md'gnation, which is heightened to fuch a degree by the imper- tinence of Jerom (the Valet), that he cuffs the old man, and kicks the fervant; till at lafi, after the Countefs had folemnly pro- mised him her hand, if he dare many her, the whole confiilion is cleared upon the ar- rival or Donna Ifabella, who explains her plot, and the piece concludes with the union of the Marquis and the Countefs. A Prologue, written by Mr. Holcroft, and replete with pointed allufions to the po- litics, drefs, and conversation of the day, was delivered by Mr. j. Bannhter in a ftyle of‘ability, that few Comedians, if any, could equal. TO O.UR CORRESPONDENTS. The Poem by Carol us fall be infer ted in our Supplement. We fall be glad fo receive Hs Efj'ays; and if be will favour us with his Ad drefs, Juch as are mi approved ojjhall be immediately returned. ‘The Pamphlet on Baptifm, does not properly come under cur Cognizance. Philanthropes is inadtnijfible. B. Ilk hijloncal Ex trail has been infer led before. 1 5 Pro-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28769430_0350.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
