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HISTORY OF THE THEATRE.* % 4 -JANUARY, FEBRUARY, 179*.EARLY in the firft of thefe months,a new opera, written by Mr. Cobb, called THE SlEGE OF BELGRADE, was reprefented at Drury Lane. It was ulhered in with great fpendour of fcenes, d refits, and other decorations : and the mufic—m whichall the merit confifts—is by lignor*Storaee.The principal performers were, MefT. Kelly, Palmer, young Banniller, Dig-num, and Cook j Mrs. Crouch, andfignora Starace.This opera, is at prefcnt, the onlynovelty which the managers of Drury Lane play-houfe have yet thought proper to introduce.♦ ____ . — . ■ J* A mm •*quits the convent to accompany her t# England to 1 elide with her as companion and friend. CountConolly Villar^, who had been fupported in great pro-fulion by liis father, arrives in England, with letters of recommendation to fir Paul Peckham, with whole daughter Lucy, a very fcnfible lively girl, be falls •in love. The count, a man pofieffed of an excellent heart, is io intolerablyproud and arrogant, that even the fa? miliar falutations of Lucy’s father andbrother are repelled with the utmoftfupercilioufnefs. This produces fome very laughable fcenes between him and lady Peckham, a veiy' ignorant woman, the daughter of a wax-chandler,- ^ ^ • - - ' m •
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Historical Magazine
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Jan 01, 1791
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