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Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
FEBRUARY ZI . AT Covent-Garden Theatre " E NGLAND PRESERVED , " an Historical Play , was produced for the first time .
DRAMATIS PERSONS . . Earl of Pembroke " ( Lord Protector ) , - Mr . POPE . Earl of Surrey , - - . - - Mr . HOLMAN . Earl of Chester , - - Mr . PARKIN . Bishop of Winchester , - - - - Mr . HULL . French Prince , - - - ' - - Mr . H ARLKY . Earl William , ' - . - - - - Mr . MIDDLETON-. Lincoln ¦ -. - - - - - - Mr . DAVIES .. . .
, Robert Fitzwalter , - - - - Mr . R ICHARDSON . , Nevers ,. - -. ...- .. - - - Mr . HAYMES . _ . Beaumont , ,- . - . - - - Mv . CLAREMONT . F . nglish Squire , - - - - - Mr . MACREADY . French Guard , . - - ... -.- . - Mr . POWELL . Heralds , - - Messrs . THOMPSON and RICHARDSON . Lady Surrey , " - - - - Miss WALLIS .
" ' "' . ' . ' ' ' ' ; ' " ' THE STORY ' . . x . .. . ¦ Is taken from the history of this country at that melancholy period , the termifiafion of King John's , and the inauspicious commencement of his son's , young Kenry the Third ' s , reign . It opens at the time when the greater part of England was in possession of--the Prince of France , whom the rebel Barons had called over to protect them against the vengeance of John , but from whom they
experience the same tyranny which they had thrown themselves into his power to prevent .. . . . Tbe Earl of Pembroke , a wise , prudent , and . resolute nobleman , as Marescha ! of England ., had charge of young Henry , and with . a few steady friends made a stand for their native and lawful sovereign in the west , and maintained the island ' s independence against the superior force of the barons and France united . Many of the league finding their cause of war terminated by the death of their enemy John , and the oppression of a foreign yoke more severe than the one they and the rest
had struggled to throw off , went over to Pembroke's party , among his ' eldest son , the Earl William Mareschal , and his son-in-law , the Earl of Warsenne and Surrey . Gaining strength by the addition of these barons' troops , the Protector ventured to appear in the North , whither the French had marched from Dover Castle , the . siege of which they had relinquished , iii hopes of its falling when the rest . of the island-was subdued . The parties met at Lincoln , where the foreigners received a complete overthrow ; but the--joy of the conquerors was soon checkedby their hearing accounts of immense reinforcements . having
ar-, rived from France . Pressed by their critical situation , the Protector , Pembroke , resolved to follow up his victory , and try to strike a decisive blow , before the junction of these succours with the French Prince . While he was approaching London , with a close siege by land and water , the enemy received the unexpected intelligence of their fleet having been entirely destroyed by theEnglish vessels . Elated at which event , the Protector and his
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
FEBRUARY ZI . AT Covent-Garden Theatre " E NGLAND PRESERVED , " an Historical Play , was produced for the first time .
DRAMATIS PERSONS . . Earl of Pembroke " ( Lord Protector ) , - Mr . POPE . Earl of Surrey , - - . - - Mr . HOLMAN . Earl of Chester , - - Mr . PARKIN . Bishop of Winchester , - - - - Mr . HULL . French Prince , - - - ' - - Mr . H ARLKY . Earl William , ' - . - - - - Mr . MIDDLETON-. Lincoln ¦ -. - - - - - - Mr . DAVIES .. . .
, Robert Fitzwalter , - - - - Mr . R ICHARDSON . , Nevers ,. - -. ...- .. - - - Mr . HAYMES . _ . Beaumont , ,- . - . - - - Mv . CLAREMONT . F . nglish Squire , - - - - - Mr . MACREADY . French Guard , . - - ... -.- . - Mr . POWELL . Heralds , - - Messrs . THOMPSON and RICHARDSON . Lady Surrey , " - - - - Miss WALLIS .
" ' "' . ' . ' ' ' ' ; ' " ' THE STORY ' . . x . .. . ¦ Is taken from the history of this country at that melancholy period , the termifiafion of King John's , and the inauspicious commencement of his son's , young Kenry the Third ' s , reign . It opens at the time when the greater part of England was in possession of--the Prince of France , whom the rebel Barons had called over to protect them against the vengeance of John , but from whom they
experience the same tyranny which they had thrown themselves into his power to prevent .. . . . Tbe Earl of Pembroke , a wise , prudent , and . resolute nobleman , as Marescha ! of England ., had charge of young Henry , and with . a few steady friends made a stand for their native and lawful sovereign in the west , and maintained the island ' s independence against the superior force of the barons and France united . Many of the league finding their cause of war terminated by the death of their enemy John , and the oppression of a foreign yoke more severe than the one they and the rest
had struggled to throw off , went over to Pembroke's party , among his ' eldest son , the Earl William Mareschal , and his son-in-law , the Earl of Warsenne and Surrey . Gaining strength by the addition of these barons' troops , the Protector ventured to appear in the North , whither the French had marched from Dover Castle , the . siege of which they had relinquished , iii hopes of its falling when the rest . of the island-was subdued . The parties met at Lincoln , where the foreigners received a complete overthrow ; but the--joy of the conquerors was soon checkedby their hearing accounts of immense reinforcements . having
ar-, rived from France . Pressed by their critical situation , the Protector , Pembroke , resolved to follow up his victory , and try to strike a decisive blow , before the junction of these succours with the French Prince . While he was approaching London , with a close siege by land and water , the enemy received the unexpected intelligence of their fleet having been entirely destroyed by theEnglish vessels . Elated at which event , the Protector and his