course she told her story as much to her own advantage as she could-it was briefly as follows-She took up her abode at the Exchange Tavern in March 1663 --she gradually intimated, that she was a person of greater rank and fortune than she appeared to be— the woman of the house, at last believing her to be a German Princess, introduced her brother, John Carleton, to her he was a lawyer's clerk, but he afterwards pretended to be a Lord, and that he had made his first appearance to her in disguise-on Easter Monday they were married.

T. P. has dramatized the story, adding some few characters of no importance-Madam Moders, alias Mary Carleton, concludes the play with an address to the audience this is after her trial-the author evidently considered her as a swindler. A second edition of her life was published without a date, but doubtless soon after her execution on Jan. 22 1678 --an Appendix is added-the writer of which says "She was so famous, that, I believe, had she been exposed to public view for profit, she might have "raised £500 of those that would have given sixpence and a shilling a piece to see her; it was the only talk for all the places of public resort in and "near London."

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Pepys says " To the Duke's house, and there saw "the German Princess, acted by the woman herself; "but never was any thing so well done in earnest, "worse performed in jest upon the stage."

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Aug. 13. Henry 5th-this play was written by the Earl of Orrery-it was printed in 1668 with the following cast--King Henry-Harris: Owen Tudor= Betterton: Duke of Burgundy-Smith: Duke of Bedford-Underhill : Count of Blamount=Medbourne Dauphin-Young: Constable of France= James Noke: Queen of France=Mrs. Long: Princess Katherine=Mrs. Betterton: Anne of Burgundy Mrs. Davis:-Downes by mistake states this play as not coming out till 1667, when the theatre was reopened after the plague-at which time it was only revived he represents Medbourne as acting Clermont-and says, the play was excellently performed, and acted 10 days successively-Lord Orrery's piece is written in rhyme-it has not the least resemblance to Shakspeare's Henry the 5th, except in the historical part of it—the King and Owen Tudor are sworn friends they are both in love with the Princess Katherine-the love scenes, so far as the King is concerned, are absurd to the last degree.

Nov. 5. Macbeth-Betterton acted Macbeth. (Dates from Pepys.)

Love's Kingdom-this Pastoral Tragi-Comedy was written by Flecknoe-Downes says it was acted 3 times-Flecknoe printed it in 1664-he has annexed to it a short discourse on the English Stage-Fleck noe's observations were published before Dryden

began his Essay on Dramatic Poesie, and they perhaps suggested to him the thought of writing more fully on the same subject-if we may judge of Flecknoe's abilities from his Short Discourse and from Love's Kingdom, he was not so dull a writer as Dryden has represented him to be.

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Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub. Sir Frederick Frolic Harris : Dufoy-Price: Lord Beaufort = Betterton Col. Bruce Smith: Sir Nicholas Cully (one of Oliver's Knights) = Nokes: Palmer Underhill Wheadle Sandford: Louis-Norris: Widow Rich Mrs. Long: Graciana-Mrs. Betterton: Aurelia Mrs. Davis :-this play brought £1000 to the house in the course of a month, and gained the company more reputation than any preceding Comedy(Downes)-it was written by Etheredge, and licensed for printing July 8 1664-the serious scenes are in rhyme and dull-the comic characters are good.

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The Rivals was acted about this time, but not printed till 1668--this play is the Two Noble Kinsmen materially altered by Davenant-Theocles (Arcite) = Harris: Philander (Palamon) = Betterton: Arcon the Prince of Arcadia (Theseus) = Young: Provost Sandford: Polynices Smith: Cunopes the Jailor Underhill: Celania Mrs. Davis: He

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The Two Noble Kinsmen was written by Fletcher -there are many beautiful scenes in it, but there is a most absurd mixture of Gothic manners with a Grecian story-the plot is taken from Chaucer, but that part of it which concerns the Three Queens comes originally from the Supplicants of Euripides.

Davenant's alteration is on the whole a bad one he has judiciously omitted the worst parts of Fletcher's play-but his language is very inferiour to that of Fletcher, and the character of Celania is less interesting than that of the Jailor's Daughter in the original-the Rivals was excellently performed, and acted for 9 days without interruption-Price introduced the Morris dance by a short comical Prologue, which gained him the universal applause of the town -Mrs. Davis sang several songs, particularly "My lodging it is on the cold ground:"-Downes says “She performed that song so charmingly, that not long after, it raised her from her bed on the cold ground, to a bed royal."-Downes is not correct Charles the 2d did not take Mrs. Davis into keep. ing till 1668.

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Malfy, Rome, and other places in Italy-in the edition of 1678 Mrs. Shadwell's name stands to the part of Julia.

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In 1665 Sir Robert Howard published 4 of his plays they had all of them been acted at this theatre, but none of them have the names of the performers to the characters.

1. Surprisal as two ladies are going to a nunnery, they are surprised, and placed in confinement -hence the title of the play-it is on the whole a moderate piece-the scene lies at Sienna-the Surprisal was revived at D. L. Aug. 19, 1715.

2. Committee. Teague-Lacy :-this is very superiour to the rest of Howard's plays the political part of it, which no doubt contributed to its popularity originally, now hangs as a dead weight upon it, as the greater part of an audience is not acquainted with the history and manners of the time a little preceding the Restoration—the characters of Teague and Obediah have singular merit, and this C. kept