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The Clandestine Marriage and Stage Wit at Covent Garden
A fragment from a London Evening Post column reviews a performance with witty verse and satirical notes on politics. It describes actors in a crowded scene of mistaken rank, marriage plots, and a comic clash between Lovewell, Sir John Melville, and Lord Ogleby, ending with reconciliations and a nod to Hogarth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hese House
Sterling
London
Fanny
Lovewell
Lord Ogleby
Mr. Sterling
Betty
Miss Fanny
Sir John Melville
Sir John
Miss Sterling
Candlewick
Grosvenerquare
Heidelberg
Lord Qgleby
Brush
Lord
Lord Orleby
Salle
Melville
Flower
Traverse
Trueman
S. John
Mrs. Heidelberg
Holland
Vanderspracken
Fanny’s Chamber, and That the Door Was Locked. Mrs. Heidelberg and Miss Sterling
Turblington
Cee Rowsenr
Turgine Ray
Birchin-Lane
Royal Exchange
Robert Turlington