The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-14 00:00:00

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As a set raw the novelty at Covent-Garth-7,, Old Drury ram.,
forward, on Thuridatv Lscnizig, with an Opera, in four Acts.
called, Kais, or Lore in a Descrf, in which. whether we regar,l
the perforrneri, or the numerous chorumws, w e may say the
whole ctreNgth of the House was engaced.

DIt.II4IATIS PERSON E.
Awl, an Emir, Father to Leila Mr. Raymond.
Ahmed, an.d rahian Llder, Father to kais Mr. Powell.
liaiv Mr. Braham.
,Thnan:nr, Page to liar Miss Lyon.
..41moran, a Circa.ision, belor,it lr,n 1107.e11a !I r. Bannister.
RaBlted, an old Stare of thel2:l;r.; Mr. Matthewi.
Salem, au Veer of the Etnir, in Lol
Mr. Kelly.
with Leif.;
Prince of Egypt `.l r. Putnam.
()solar, ) ( !qr. Smith.
Ilai.san,ir .Irab Chicfi .{ Mr. Dignum.
Bali, ) (Mr. Cooke.
Leila Nirs. Mountain.
Rozelln, a 6 reek , I; idnappcdt•nmeircassia . Signora Storace.
An Old Slave Miss Tidswell.

The story, for we cannot call it a plot, is evidently taken
froth a modern popular work of Eastern Tales ; and has so
' little in It, really interesting, that it is ai only by the introduc-
tion of pageants, processions, camels, and cotli,e-d!:..-. :s,
together with some long ballads, totally unconnected ••:' •
piece, that it could possibly be wiredrawn throagil -. • ~ •
Kais, the hero, is the son of .1 Mined, au A ra!),:1- '!• '•
Tribe is encamped near the city of Cairo, • • irz.e, Le-
comes enamoured of Leila, daughter of a or I,;r,.ptian
Emir, who, of roursr, intends his fair daughter fur Soler,,
old fellow, with a long heard, &r.
.Kais in the disgui,e of Dervise, as it is bat watch
might have passed very well as a Domino, at the :Vnastpierilde,
endeavours to obtain an interview with his belov;d, whet tiny
re diser-vered by :I furl, ;mil in tae contest ,17nri itrikes
['his, the latter would nave avenged witn tats pribiar.:, till re-
quested by Leiia not to kill iter :rather ; he then t•ols tier he can
no longer 0...5f winte with his military companl'ais, aim, • herefore,
-visa her L•md morning, and retire to tilt Desert, to lament
.:s dis;:onoar. All ti:is is &the with much warlike pomp, and
•.he gentle Leila is seized by a haal of stri;ping with
:ong pikes, as if, like the King of I.ltentf,,cd, she had .t an
u• my in her pocket.
As an assignation is nothing without a contiJant, Kais
assisted in his iutervii.w by nu:4.lla, a Circassian klave, stolen
from her father's cottage, and followed into Eg:,pt by A Into-
ran, under Inc name ~f lure rellusu, who, it appeal.:. keeps a
e !roe shed, where he retails out coffee and long stories, to a
number of light, airy, skipping, good humoured young Turks ;
all, of course, very natural anti very appropriate !
Rosella, to he oA a par w ith her mistress, tins not only a
young Lover, bait also an old one, flasched, w ith whom she
undergoes a very amorous tr. le, assisted by a spinning
wheel, whose evolutions and accideuts are a kind of accompa-
niment to her song. Those who have visited the countries of
the East, may perhaps enquire how long it is since the spinning
is heel has superseded the use of the distaff; whilst those not
conversant with Eastern customs, might naturally expect a se-
.cund edition of
" Somehow, my spindle I mislaid."—

Imoran, meeting with Jlnian:or, the Page of Kai', i, in-
formed of Rovella being a sh%e at Cairo, he therefore at-
tempts to gain an interview w ith her in the disguise of a peri-
patetic perfumer, and at last discovers her coming out of a
Mosque : a place, by the bye, where the .11ai►umetaus :►re not
very fund of admitting- the Ladies, as they imagine that those
who have no souls, have nothing to do with relit ion.
We are now presented w ith a iew of Leila and Rosetta en-
joying themselves by moon-light, when a distant voice, in a
soft warbling tone, tells them that knit is gone to the desart,
whither Miss Lull(' resolves to follow him, She sets oil on
foot, in a dress which, she was obliging enough to int Orin us,
is a pilgrim's habit, and on her way, meeting with Arlimct,
the father of her lover, intreats his as4istanee in her search.
The old man very kindly asks her into his hut, and walks in
himself, when Miss, though in a violent hurry to talk of her
loser, stops at the door to give us a song.
illitturgu and fitqclla having escaped together, join the Ca-

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