Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth centuryAshton, John
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Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth century
Ashton, John
Great Britain -- Social life and customs
"The very pleasant Comedy of _Notoriety_ was, yesterday evening,
performed before _their Majesties_, the three elder Princesses,
and a very brilliant house. Some well-timed songs introduced into
the pantomime of _Harlequin's Museum_, gave the audience an
opportunity of testifying their loyalty to the King, and
attachment to both her Majesty, and her family, who joined
heartily in the choruses. We never saw them better entertained.
But surely the Slang dance which is introduced might be very
properly omitted:--it is too vulgar for so elegant, and well
conducted, a theatre."--(_Times, Feb. 5, 1793._)
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"The _private boxes_ at the Haymarket Theatre are so _thinly
partitioned_, that we are surprised any person should deem them
proper places to recapitulate _domestic bickerings_."--(_Times,
Feb. 6, 1793._)
The following is _apropos_ of Mrs. Jordan:--
"Performers at the Theatres are now paid more liberally than
heretofore. We are sorry when their public conduct gives reason
for complaint. As the frequenters of them are their support, it
will ever be necessary, in the public, to bring them to a proper
sense of their situation. It is only by this means the conductors
of our entertainments can have any sway over them."--(_Times,
Mar. 10, 1793._)
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"Brandenburgh House Theatricals.
"The opening of the New Theatre, belonging to the Margrave of
Anspach's Villa, at Hammersmith, took place on Thursday evening,
with an entertainment the most costly, and at the same time, the
most tasty, and elegant, we ever remember to have witnessed. The
Prince of Wales, who was present, declared he had never seen
anything more splendid, and handsomely conducted. The Theatre is
built at a short distance from the house, between which there is
a communication by means of a colonnade. The outside appearance
rather resembles an old Gothic building, than a Temple devoted to
the Muses. The inside is prettily fitted up, but the ceiling is
too low for the size of it.
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