Arthur Murphy
Three Weeks After Marriage: A Comedy in Two Acts, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden
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(Forgotten Books Jan. 25, 2018)
Excerpt from Three Weeks After Marriage: A Comedy in Two Acts, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden
HE following farce was ofl'ered to the I public in January 1764; but the quarrel about a trifle, and the renewal of that quarrel, after the difpute had fubfided, being thought unnatural, the piece was damned. Mr. Lewis. Of covent-ga'rden Theatre,,had the courage to revive it for his benefit in March lafi, with an alteration of the title, and it has been fince: repeated with fuccefs. A fimilar incident hap pened to V0 LT aire at paris. That writer, in the year 1734, produced a tragedy, intitled adelaide Du guesclin, Wth was hifl'ed through every 36jc. In 1765, LE k'ain, an actor of eminence, revived the play, which had lain for years under condemnation. Every fcene was applauded. Vilhat can Ithink, fays vol taire, of thefe oppofitejudgments? He tells the following anecdote. A banker at 'paris had orders to get a new march compofed for one of the regiments of Charles XII. He employed a man of talents for the purpofe. The march was prepared and a praétice of it had at the banker's houfe before a numerous aitembly. The mu fic was found deteftable. Mouret (that was the compofer's name) retired with his perfor mance, and foon after inferted it in one of his operas. The banker and his friends went to'the opera; the march was applauded. Ah, fays the banker, tfiat': wfiat we wanted: wfiy did you not give u; fametlzing in t/zir tafle Sir, replied mouret, the march which you now applaud, is the very fame that you condemned before.
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HE following farce was ofl'ered to the I public in January 1764; but the quarrel about a trifle, and the renewal of that quarrel, after the difpute had fubfided, being thought unnatural, the piece was damned. Mr. Lewis. Of covent-ga'rden Theatre,,had the courage to revive it for his benefit in March lafi, with an alteration of the title, and it has been fince: repeated with fuccefs. A fimilar incident hap pened to V0 LT aire at paris. That writer, in the year 1734, produced a tragedy, intitled adelaide Du guesclin, Wth was hifl'ed through every 36jc. In 1765, LE k'ain, an actor of eminence, revived the play, which had lain for years under condemnation. Every fcene was applauded. Vilhat can Ithink, fays vol taire, of thefe oppofitejudgments? He tells the following anecdote. A banker at 'paris had orders to get a new march compofed for one of the regiments of Charles XII. He employed a man of talents for the purpofe. The march was prepared and a praétice of it had at the banker's houfe before a numerous aitembly. The mu fic was found deteftable. Mouret (that was the compofer's name) retired with his perfor mance, and foon after inferted it in one of his operas. The banker and his friends went to'the opera; the march was applauded. Ah, fays the banker, tfiat': wfiat we wanted: wfiy did you not give u; fametlzing in t/zir tafle Sir, replied mouret, the march which you now applaud, is the very fame that you condemned before.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- ISBN
- 1333119186 / 9781333119188
- Pages
- 48
- Weight
- 2.72 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.1 in.