The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-03 00:00:00

DRURY•LANE TWEATItg.

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A new Comedy, or tether ti piece purporting id
he of this description, under the title of Due Cased
if Glendower, e Welsh story. was produced for thei
tirst, and we suppose for the last, time at this 'rheatro
test night. It was, in the dramatic phrase, completely
damned. The scene a as laid atSwansea. The chat artful
were, Llewellin Glendower, in old man (DowzoN).
whose grief for the death of his wife has turned tete
frenzy, and his frenzy into die conception thsi be
is a Welsh monarch. Ilia dilapidated house ii thence.
forth his castle of palace, his rustic daueliter, Glen-
dora (Mrs. Rostesoe), a Pi Iticess, and liii two d.a.
ouistics into, we believe, i first Lady of- the bed.
chamber, and a Lord in waitiog. As if the Author
had felt the monie of his Welshinatt, he had created,
for contrast, several touter ',table pet Seem.; ; ,BEN.
GOUGH was a real Duke, Mrs. !)acme a Duchess,
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and Pesteez. and WALLACK noteittg short of Peers
of the realm. Besides the mad Welsh King, there
' ass only another character clesettiug the name, and
that was an ill.contriveti liter‘Alu Lady, MISS Ifairloll
i (Mrs. Amor), who hail a rhyme either of leer own or
of some other person's, Neon every occasiou. This
! Lady strays into the castle. and is taken for a ghost,
whileva young Gentleman is truac:•ine another young
I Lady, Glendora, to draw, and such sentimental wit
las the following is passing between them. Glendora,
I after rece:ving a few lessons from her tutor, feels in.
I clitted to impart to bins the story of her misfortunes ;
she tells a few incidents, sod stops." Alt 1" Bare
she, " I can't go on ; my tears, I perceive, blot the
picture I was employed upon. i ',An you dram tears E"
The Gentleman answers—" Ne., but you can"—and
i he puts his handkerchief to his face. Disapprobation
began to he manifested at the close of the ?..l act.. fit
the middle of the 3d act the discontent was loud and
general. Mrs. Awn, was absolutely blotto! off the
I +out.; anti the whole Gaups, witen they finally appear-
ed to give and take in marriage, weir put to the rout
with boundless' dismay, perplexity, and precipita.
lion. A dance by tiguratits and Miss Toile, was
gone through in the third art, stud to make that ob.
eteeious too, a burlesque of all dancing was played
off in the person of a Mr. MAY, who contrived to
get the dance hissed as heartily as the play. In tea
fourth act the pit stood ep, stud ist,isiod on the fall
of the curtain. Mr. 11. JOHNSTwI came out to eh-
treat that the Play might he suffered to proceed, for
the sake of the performers—a consideration not eery
itutellieible to the audience, as the performers could
scarcely feel any peculiar interest in its liviug or
dying. The hisses were accordiu4ly continued. Se.
feral voices cried out, " It is Ws butt—too bail—
withdrew it now." The Manager retired—the re.
milting two acts were hurried over in a few Minutes,
and at the fail of the curtain, the Aleasger came for.
ward, awl announced another Play fur this even.
fal, which was as much as to say, that the piece/
was withdrawn. The prologue and epilogue were
not altogether contemptible. What kind of peeten•
sious can the Management of Drury-line set up tra
common sense, not to talk of taste (for that is out
of the question), after presenting to a London awn.
I eiice sects a Carstedy as The Castle of Glendower?
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rORTHNOUTH, MARCH 2 —Arrived the Thrtlphitt.
Proofing, from St. Thomas's; sailed JAIL 23, and
Cilia for orders. She encountered very severe
weather, and has greatly damaged her bulwarks, and
recrived other datnagea—spoke,• off Scilly, the Amp.
rican ship Jane, from attalia for Cowes.—A beg dis-
masted, peastld rateougb for Cowesi name unknown.—
!Heiman, Norini (a Swedish brig), from boodon to
Bsitreia, has put hack with both her watt and bow.
sprit one and other &maim hating experienced a
heavy gale of wind on the 23l Feb. off Cape Finis-
ferre—is note off the late of Wight, on her way to
Cell% eq.
LIVERPOOL, M Atti,Pll 1111' 54011901,
Gascoyne, Etat intlisman, from Calcutta, with the
toss of mizen.mast, hoatt, sails, ante other damages,
.—she gaited Aug. 19;• froth Ceylon, Sept. 30; from
the Cape, Dec. 23;• from St. Helena, Jan. 15.---Thst
Active, from Philadelphia for Limerick, is stranded
neer Dingle Bay. The vettel will be I total tom
Crew laved.
The Sarah, Most, got on the Mare Mick on Si-
nudity lan, near Esnrootb, and it is reeved Will go to
places, ea tire wind bas btoAU very herd stet sines
him W.S.W.