The Mirror Of Taste, Volume 1, No. 6, May 1810

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Editor

Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen), -1820?

Title

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810

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Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.

Language

English

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AP: General Works: Periodicals

Subject

Drama -- Periodicals

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Text

eBook-No.

27138

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27138

Release Date

November 3, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MIRROR OF TASTE, — AND — DRAMATIC CENSOR.
2. 2.Vol. I. JUNE, 1810. No. 6.
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.HISTORY OF THE STAGE. — CHAPTER VI. — THE ROMAN DRAMA. — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.BIOGRAPHY. — ACCOUNT OF LE KAIN. — The celebrated French Actor. — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.LIFE OF WILLIAM GIFFORD, ESQ. AUTHOR OF THE BAEVIAD AND MAEVIAD, AND TRANSLATOR OF JUVENAL. — ( Continued from page 367. ) — FOOTNOTES: — FOR THE MIRROR.
7. 7.SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE MR. HODGKINSON. — ( Continued from page 380. ) — ( To be continued. )
8. 8.MISCELLANY. — QUIZZICAL CRITIQUE ON THE SONG OF "BILLY TAYLOR." — ON THE CHOICE OF A WIFE. — FRENCH DRAMATIC ANECDOTES. — The influence of Bacon and Cabbage. — THE LUCK OF EDENHALL. — The ancient seat of Sir William Musgrave, in Cumberland. — " Cooke's unparalled Excellence! " — Ambrose and his Dog. — BY W. HOLLOWAY. — By Henry Kirk White. — TO MUSIC. — Little things are Best. — A JEU D'ESPRIT. — Addressed to Miss C—— a little, short lady. — Satis parva res est. Amphitrion, Act 2, Sce. 2. — From Poetical Tales, founded on facts. — THE PARSON AND THE NOSE. — The advantages of solitude for Study. — Favourite divertissements in Spain. — Longevity. — A specimen of the antiquity of Irish Bulls!!! — Theatre, Ambleside, Winandermere. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. — THE SOLDIER TO HIS HORSE. — Allusive to a military order for the destruction of the British cavalry horses, during the late retreat in Spain. — Colonel O'Kelly's famous horse Dungannon.
10. 10.DRAMATICUS. — No. II. — Edward and Eleonora. — SOUTHERN. — OTWAY. — Candour and Modesty. — Charles Macklin. — Richard Fullerton. — A Dramatic Bull. — She would and she would not — or the kind Impostor. — High life below Stairs. — A hard fought theatrical battle. — What is it about? — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. — SHAW'S POEMS. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.THE FREE KNIGHTS, — OR — THE EDICT OF CHARLEMAGNE: — A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS, — INTERSPERSED WITH SONGS. — BY FREDERICK REYNOLDS.
13. 13.THE FREE KNIGHTS. — DRAMATIS PERSONAE. — Scene—Westphalia.
14. 14.ACT I. — SCENE I.— A spacious cavern, veined with ore, marking the remains of a sulphur mine. In the back a sheet of water, with a lamp hanging over it; and cells with iron grating before them. At the right wing a large brazen door, at the left wing another with steps leading up to it. Everard discovered—knocking and trumpets. — SCENE II.— An open country, Corbey Abbey in the distance. At the right wing the gates of the town of Corbey; at the left wing the chateau of baron Ravensburg. — RECITATIVE— Ulrica. — AIR. — SONG— Christopher. — SCENE III.— A splendid gothic hall in the baron's chateau. Large folding doors in the centre. Two state chairs are brought on by two of the baron's servants. — Enter Ravensburg. — End of Act I.
15. 15.ACT II. — SCENE I.— An apartment in the baron's chateau. A door in the back scene, leading to a chamber. — Enter Christopher, hastily, through the stage door. — DUET— Christopher , Ulrica. — SCENE II.— A vaulted cavern belonging to the free knights— nearly in the centre a large brazen door, in the archway a practicable parapet, and occasional apertures in the broken fragments of the rock. — Enter Everard, hastily through the doorway. — SCENE III.— A wood.—Enter Falconers, severally. — GLEE. — SCENE IV.— The garden of Corbey abbey, with practicable gates, over which is a projecting tablet, with an inscription nearly effaced. In the back, an ascending avenue through pine trees: in the centre a statue of Charlemagne; on the base of which is written, "Charlemagne grants the power of sanctuary and of pardon to the abbots of Corbey forever." — End of Act II.
16. 16.ACT III — SCENE I.— View of corbey abbey, open country and chateau. — Enter countess Roland and attendants. — SONG— Count. — QUINTETTO. — SCENE II.— The interior of the abbey. — Enter the abbot and Agnes. — SCENE III.— a road near Corbey. — Enter Christopher. — SONG— Ulrica. — SONG— Christopher. — SCENE IV.— The grand aisle of the abbey, in the upper part of the sanctuary. — Enter Bernardo, St. Clair, and two other monks. — SCENES THE LAST.— The installation, &c. All the characters discovered. — CHORUS. — FINALE.

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