Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-08-12
RECIPE FOR BREWING A TRAGrDy

Guns, trumpcts, blunderbusses, drums, and thumb.
tR.p.
Find a rascal, (no difficult thing in this pw,
life agr) give him a blood stained dagger, sr!
a ,o'erabls h~ead-piece, and throw him into t.
company OF a discreet young gentleman, up
admires his romantic quali les. Hatch a 60.
sized inquiry, and spin a page or so Of ari
ment to salvc it over. Pick cut an accomn,
dating friend, who will second the will snls5
the hero from a principle of the purest sf.cia
Introduce him on the stage with his eyes rix.
TO heaven, and his hands in his breechts ir
cts, intimaring thereby his scorn for pecuriu
sacrifices. Get a pair Of scales aud weigh uu
principal inter, Jews in them viz: between ir.
and friend, and friend and his mistress Il
them balance well, and shorten whcheH
weighs heaviest in The scale. The first the
acts may be taken up in 'igmarOle speeta
spiced morality, and serlimen, cut AID d@
for the occasion, but in act the fifth, |cils
scence be a prison, no matter where-.U,"
ma1er wnar,, WIN the mocnngn, peeDinp ,n
tie dungeon CRATE.
n. d. Nothing can be done without I,
moon, Notwithstanding the statute against b.
macy.
10 proceed: let the hero be shewn pa,i;
with a Iragical pace across the paved Aoor 4
his prison, but for heavens sake do not fOrgg
TO let the chains clank now and then, or The q,
dlence will not understand the plot. Then h.
a sheer OF orthodox sentiment gently curve bis
nose, and his spnit pour forth dpcen, mod,
cum of signs. But, bark! the clock SOUNDS
twelve. N. B. Let it be a very SILKY, dod
and it will afford food for mental ~a2os,ryD2 |
Dungeon door opens on its rusty hinges q. I
hinges must always be rusty) and The JIor.
mistress Of the hero !urns in to him just .G
Coleridge's ChrisiabeIla, "with three pace,s@
a stride," Let her by all means faint in bis
arms, as IL will save a great Zeal OF ,aiUsyh
conversation, which may be transferred 10 yN
next farce. Let her gradually recover, and .:
quaint the audience Cat least all those who az
awake that she has come TO die with Srr To-"
er, Don Manuel Griffgruffno. LIE, them both
have a snug touch at The moon. so thou 'Wrt'
moon" or at each other-"O thou SWEET
When they have finished, i; would be aGra'
bic hat the clock should strike, with Ill tH
decorum, and The turnkey enter with The sg'
Lady screams, gentleman storms; turrki
swears; hinges c:eak, and the orchestra saSe
up a chorus. Let the next scene change 10
gallows; going, bell sounds, mulrd drums 10"
Enter Jack Ketch with a song; this will h."
an electrical effect. Let the hero move mar"
tically through the ihrons, followed by "
mistress, wi h dishevelled hair, or wig, "hita
ever is most convenient. Another paiLoa'
farewell; hero stations himself on the scaHo@
lady shrieks; Jack Ketch approaches win }
night cap. The Don nobly repels the "'.L'
tips the executionrr abIack eye, and then VI.
true dramatic observation-disclosures, leaves hin "'
as a legacy. Ereunt omnes. CUF'a"
and Don Manuel GriHgrufino come
like a resurrection. maE to announce the Tr'
ofthe piece.
These are the requisites Of a true tr'geaI
and by a strict adherence to these rig.
with dignifed contempt for all snf,
nature and precedent, immortality, or VIVA"
synonymous with it, a few hundred gum"
will be obtained; and the author will take 0u',
oa'ent for a monster, and be shown as sntD"
he west end Of the town, until Ramo oa".i
'r The musical clubs, rival him in genus