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Newspaper

London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 19, 1771

Page

3

Garrick alters Romeo and Juliet at Drury Lane

A critical notice of Garrick’s version at Drury Lane with discussion of Shakespeare’s original, the alterations to heighten catastrophe, and Judgments on Juliet and Romeo performance. The review notes Mrs Barry as Juliet, Cautherly as Romeo, and mentions the stage pageantry including Juliet’s funeral procession.

Drury-Lane Theatre Mr. Garrick Bandelio Painter Palace of Pleasure Girolamo Corte Verona Mantua Shakespeare Dryden Merdutio Ham Ganius Mercutio Juliet Romeo

Barbarossa Tragedy at Covent Garden Receives Mixed Praise

Critic notes the Barbarossa tragedy by Dr Browne at Covent Garden shows well managed plot and strong character work but language lacks elegance and the piece is not original. Savigny shines as Selim, Beniley miscast, Clarke elevates Osman, Yates supports, Miller misreads Irene. The Intriguing Chambermaid a ballad farce by Henry Fielding follows with modest reception.

Covent-Garden Theatre Browne Barbarossa Clarke Othman

Deserters and troop movements across the Danube report

News from Smyrna to Berlin details desertions of 5000 men, local unrest, robberies on routes, and Turkish-Russian skirmishes. Lithuania and Poland report fresh victories and arms mobilizations as generals march toward Warsaw and regional nobility take up arms. A beheading in Trebizonde and a Moscow fire are noted, with Brunswick court rejoicing at a royal birth.

Yefferdhy Holland Smyrna Danube Neig Intoa Hellespont Warsaw Oginkki Lithuania Col. During Koffakowski Col Fabricius Samogitia Poland Oginiei Vicach Palatinate of Podlaquia Bauer Pienna Ous Constantinople Abaffa Pacha Crimea Trebizonde Tenedos Dardanelles Berlin Russia Porte Peter the Great Black Sea Pruth Hamburgh Hague Brunswick Prince of William Frederick

Argyle restored by Lisbon court amid sea dangers

From London journals: Lisbon orders restoration of the ship Argyle seized by a Portuguese governor with full lading and stores. the captain released. Various maritime losses and wrecks are noted, including a French frigate St Denis, the Nancy voyage, and other ships driven ashore in storms. market reports and promotions follow.

Lisbon John Calcraft Ingress Dartford Kent Survile Lima Spain St. Denis Denia Rochfort Nancy Parkgate Dublin Coalition Salisbury London Vera Cruz Cadis Florida Catharine Mason Witbich Hariich

Portmouth Arrival News From Chesburgh and Halifax

Yesterday the Le Mademoiselle brought the people from Chesburgh aboard the Elizabeth captained by Easton of London and a cargo of tobacco left behind over several years. The Salisbury god Sentpet inca of war from Halifax arrived with a ship laden with masts recently at the Isle of Wight.

Portmouth le Mademoiselle Louis Poilvin Chesburgh Elizabeth Easton London Salisbury Halifax Isle of Wight

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