Star.
London, England, 1807-02-20 00:00:00

THEATRE, DRURrLANt

Lan night a new Play, the avowed produeion of
the deceafed Mr. Toots, author of the liwaej Aro, •
intitled, The Curfew, was performed at this Theatre,
and very favourably received, It is to be lamented
the ingenious writer was rintAted to enjoy any Glare
of the well-earned reputation his literary labours hare
acquit ed.

DRAMATIS PERSON/E:

NORMAN!.

Hugh De Tracy
Robert -
Bertrand -
Walter .

Mr BARRTRORC
Mr BANNISTEL
- Mr H. Stoooms
Mr Pzscs.at
• Mr Exit
Mr Coo/cc
- Mrs Pow•ILL
Miff DUNCAN.

Matilda
Florence -

Fitzbardi -
Arnntroog
Conrad
Herman

DA Ntll.

Mr EL LI FT ON

.Banditti, &c.

Mr PALMER
Mr MAT II Ewa
Mr CAR LES

Like the Honty.l;loon, this Piece exhibits little no-
velty of plot. Hugh de ?racy, a Norman Baton, fet-
tled in England at the time of the conquelt, is found,
at the commencement of the play, a prey to tern ufe,
in confequence of his cruelty to a wile, wh m he
fuppofes drowned with her fon, after flying from his
vengeance, roufed by unfounded jealoufy, and
which was excited in his breatt by the villainy of
Fiizharyfing, a Base to revenge, who, having expe-
rienced from Le Tracy tome former difgrace, pur-
fires his diabolical purpofe with an unfated appetite,
even to the falling of the curtaiq ; to effesfi which,
he has made himfelf the Chief of a Banditti, and his
objeft is to extirpate the whole family of the Baron.
The wife of the latter, however, who is living,
and his fon, are made the inftruments of difcovering
and preventing this mifchief, affilled alfo by his
daughter, who is afterwards made happy in the
arms of a lover of humble birth, but of exalted fen-
timents and exemplary virtue. This bounds is
brought about by a fuccellion of incidents, extremely
familiar to every Novel-reader, and on which we
have no room or inclination to dilate.

The chief merit of this Play is in the language
which, like that of the Honey Moon, is in imitation of
the be} writings of the dole of the fixteenth and the
beginning of the fevcnteenth century. It is a mix-
ture of blank verfe and profef; in the former, much
beautiful metaphor is introduced; and in the latter,
feveral humourons (allies, which, in a few idtances,
are rather too extravagant.
At the end of the fourth aft the anxiety of the an-
dience is excited to a very high pitch, which, in the
fifth, is, perhaps, not gratified fo fully as might !Lae
been whited, though, altogether, the interett is we'll
kept up.
The aging of ELLIITON, BARILYWORIto and Mils
Dv wcax,,and Mrs. PowsLL, is admirable ;.but BAN-
-1113:s1 is not cutely tithed with a character which
difplays his talents to advantage ; the Tea have no
ream to complain, and for their exertions they de-
ferve much waifs.
A well-written Prologue, apologizing for the
ruclenefs of the age from which the kene has been
drawn, was delivered in a very refpeßable manner
by BARTLEY, as was a fprightly Epilogue by Mfg
DuiscAN.
DUNCAN. The honk was extremtly crowded, and
the applaufe on the piece being given out for a future
reprefentation, was loud and general.

CARE MARKET, MARK LANE, FIR. so —The late
blowing weather coaftwife, prevents further imports
of grain in general today ; waiting fupplies, caufes
the trade for wheat to be extremely heavy of fate,
and nearly at lall prices—Barley is a bilk lower—
but few buyers of Malt, and there are few arrivals
of Oats, prime (ample. fetch rather better price—
Flour fuppnrts the currency—Good American about
481. per barrel, and other articles are almnft at prices
nuvaried.

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