Doggett, whom Cibber calls the most natural actor of the day, and whose name is associated with the coat and badge rowed for annually, on the 1st of August, by London watermen's apprentices, was here this year, with a theatrical booth, erected at the end of Hosier Lane, where was presented, as the advertisements tell us, "A New DROLL call'd THE DISTRESSED VIRGIN or _the Unnatural Parents_. Being a True History of the _Fair Maid of the West_, or THE LOVING SISTERS. With the Comical Travels of _Poor Trusty_, in Search of his _Master's Daughter_, and his Encounter with _Three Witches_. _Also variety of Comick Dances and Songs, with Scenes and Machines never seen before. Vivat Regina._" Doggett was at this time manager of Drury Lane. Miller, the actor, also had a theatrical booth in the fair, and made the following announcement:-- "Never acted before. At _Miller's Booth_, over against _the Cross Daggers_, near the _Crown Tavern_, during the time of _Bartholomew Fair_, will be presented an Excellent New Droll, call'd THE TEMPEST, or _the Distressed Lovers_. With the _English Hero_ and the _Island Princess_, and the Comical Humours of the Inchanted _Scotchman_; or _Jockey_ and the _Three Witches_. Showing how a Nobleman of England was cast away upon the Indian Shore, and in his Travel found the Princess of the Country, with whom he fell in Love, and after many Dangers and Perils, was married to her; and his faithful Scotchman, who was saved with him, travelling through Woods, fell in among Witches, when between 'em is abundance of comical Diversions. There in the Tempest is Neptune, with his Triton in his Chariot drawn with Sea Horses and Mair Maids singing. With variety of Entertainment, performed by the best Masters; the Particulars would be too tedious to be inserted here. _Vivat Regina._" The similarity of the chief incidents in the dramas presented by Doggett and Miller is striking. In both we have the troubles of the lovers, the comical adventures of a man-servant, and the encounter with witches. We shall find these incidents reproduced again and again, with variations, and under different titles, in the plays set before Bartholomew audiences of the eighteenth century.