has his Fault, has borrowed the outlines of Sir Robert Ramble-Miss Wooburn-Placid and his wife, from this piece the very judicious use she has made of a play which could never be revived, would have done her great credit, if she had not attempted to conceal her plagiarism. = = Lovewell = Town-Shifts, or the Suburb-Justice. Cademan: Leftwell Angel: Justice Frump Sandford: Goody Fells Mrs. Norris: Leticia Mrs. Lee: Fickle Mrs. Long: Betty Mrs. Dixon :--this C. is attributed to Revet-it has no particular fault, but the plot is slight, and the dialogue insipid-it was licensed May 2 1671-and had perhaps been acted at the Nursery in the preceding Lent. Amorous Prince, or the Curious Husband-this is a pretty good C. by Mrs. Behn-it is printed without the names of the performers-one part of the plot is borrowed from the novel of the Curious Impertinent in Don Quixote-in the other part of the plot, Frederick, the Amorous Prince, debauches Cloris under a promise of marriage-the scene lies at Florence. = = = Juliana, or the Princess of Poland. Ladislaus = Betterton: Demetrius = Young: Cardinal = Harris : Sharnofsky Smith: Cassonofsky Sandford: Landlord Angel: Juliana Mrs. Betterton: Paulina = Mrs. Long-this T. C. was written by Crown-the scene lies at Warsaw at the time of the election of a King-it is on the whole a poor play-the plot is confused, and the language frequently bad-the Landlord is a good comic character-Crown says his piece came out just before the Dog days—it was licensed Sep. 8 1671. Downes says "The Man's the Master was the "last new play acted at L. I. F., yet there were "sundry others done there, from 1662 till the time 66 66 66 they left that house: as Love's Kingdom by Fleck noe, the Royal Shepherdess by Shadwell, Two "Fools well met by Lodwick Carlile, the Coffee-House by Sincerf, All Plot or the Disguises by Stroude : "all which expired the third day, save the Royal Shepherdess, which lived six." 66 The Fortune Hunters, or Two Fools well met by James Carlile was printed in 1689, and does not seem to have been acted before that time-the Editor of the lives of the English Poets in 1698 says it was written by Carlile the actor-but Carlile the actor could not possibly have written a play acted at L. I. F. The Man's the Master was probably the last play acted at L. I. F.-but it certainly was not the last new play brought out at that theatre. All Plot seems not to have been printed. DORSET GARDEN 1671. A new Theatre for the Duke's company was finished this year it was situated in Salisbury Court Fleet Street, and was perhaps built on the site of the old one which stood there before the civil wars-this spot, Chetwood says, had been part of the Earl of Dorset's Garden in Queen Elizabeth's time-the new Theatre appears to have been built near the place which is now called Salisbury Square-the situation of it is alluded to in the Prologue to the Gentleman Dancing Master "Our author (like us) finding 'twou'd scarce do, "Where Punk in visor dare not rant and tear, The new Theatre in Dorset Garden seems to have been built by subscription, and at an unusual expense -the subscribers were called Adventurers-it appears to have been larger not only than L. I. F., but than the new Theatre built for the King's company in 1674-it was opened with an occasional Prologue by Sir George Etheredge the Adventurers are said to be in a greater fright about the success of the theatre than ever poet was about the success of his play. Settle's Empress of Morocco was published in 1673 with prints, one of which represented the outside, and another the inside of this Theatre-these prints were re-published in 1809, but the inside print was at that time said to represent L. I. F.-this is evidently a mistake of the modern publisher-Settle doubtless meant to give a representation of the Theatre in which his play was acted-besides the Proscenium, or Frontispiece, is so handsome, that it must have been that of Dorset Garden. After the union of the two companies in 1682, they still performed occasionally at D. G.-operas, and other plays which required a good deal of stage-room, were usually brought out at that theatre-this continued to be the case after the secession of Betterton and his friends in 1695-but in 1699 D. G. was let to the strong Kentish man-see Tom Brown's letter in 1699-Joe Haines in the Prologue to the Constant Couple says "Ah, friends! poor Dorset Garden house is gone; "Our merry meetings there are all undone : 66 Quite lost to us, sure for some strange misdeeds, "That strong dog Sampson's pull'd it o'er our heads." Dorset Garden was again in the possession of the actors on April 30 1703—on the 13th of May in the same year, it is said in the bills (see D. L.) that Dorset Garden is fitting up for an opera, and will be ready in June-at the bottom of the bill for Nov. 27 1704, D. G. is said to be repaired from the damage done by the late great winds-on the 6th of Dec., the Company intended to have acted at D. G., but deferred the performance on account of the bad weather -they acted at D. G. from the 23d of Oct. 1706 to the 28th-this seems to be the last mention of Dorset Garden theatre. In 1671 the Duke's company were under the management of Lady Davenant, (her son Mr. Charles Davenant acting for her) Betterton, and Harristhey removed from L. I. F. and opened their new Theatre Nov. 9th with Sir Martin Marrall, which was repeated 3 days together, with a full audience each day, notwithstanding it had been acted 30 times before at L. I. F., and above 4 times at Court. The Comical Revenge was next acted for 2 days together to a full audience. (Downes.) = Charles the 8th, or the Invasion of Naples by the French-this was the first new play brought out at this theatre-Charles, King of France Batterton : Ferdinand Harris: Prince of Salerne = Smith: Alphonso Metbourne: Trivultio Sandford: Ascanio Young: Ghost Cademan: Isabella = Mrs. Batterton Julia Mrs. Dixon: Cornelia = Mrs. Slaughter: Irene Mrs. Shadwell :-Downes says, this T. was acted 6 days together, and now and then afterwards—it is founded on history, but most of the incidents have the appearance of being fiction-the play is written in rhyme-the language is frequently unnatural—and the conduct of the principal characters romantic-one of them says "Whilst sporting waves smil'd on the rising sun." Lord Rochester observed "Waves smiling on the Sun! I'm sure that's new, “And 'twas well thought on, give the Devil his due." (Langbaine.) In this T. Crown begins his career of loyalty. "But make him know it is a safer thing, ** Subjects or kingdoms are but trifling things, "When laid together in the scale with Kings." This play is dedicated to John Earl of Rochester, one of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's bedchamber— Gibbon observes-" Augustus, or Trajan, would have |