PADLOCK. BY ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, ESQ. CORRECTLY GIVEN, FROM COPIES USED IN THE THEATRES, BY THOMAS DIBDIN, Author of several Dramatic Pieces: and Printed at the Chiswick Press, BY C. WHITTINGHAM; THE PADLOCK OPENED the doors of Drury Lane Theatre to many an overflowing audience in the year 1768. Its success, on the comparative scale of farce with opera, was quite equal to that of Gay's BEGGAR'S OPERA: and it is no small addition to its well deserved credit, that it was the vehicle which first introduced the extraordinary talents of the late Mr. Charles Dibdin, who composed the music, in a conspicuous point of view. Don Diego Leander. Mungo Scholars. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. Leonora Ursula. As originally acted at Mr. Vernon. Mr. Dibdin. Mrs. Arne. Covent Garden, Mr. Bellamy. Miss Bolton. Mrs. Dorman. Mrs. Davenport. SCENE-SALAMANCA. THOUGHTS AIR. DIEGO. HOUGHTS to council-let me see Hum- -to be, or not to be A husband, is the question. A cuckold! must that follow? Say what men will, Wedlock's a pill, Bitter to swallow, And hard of digestion. But fear makes the danger seem double, Then horns, horus, I defy you. |