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Com. by Mr. Odingfells.
Adted at Lincoln's-Inn-
Fields Theatre, 1726, 8vo.
The Capricious Lo-vers.
Comic Opera, by Robert
Lloyd. Acled at Drury-
Lane, 8vo. 1764. •
The Capricious Lady. A
Comedy, altered with great
judgment from Beaumont
and Fletcher, and acled at
Covent- Garden, 1783.
The Captain. Com. by
Beaumont and Fletcher,
fol. 1647. This is far from
one of the moil capital pieces
of thefe united authors.
Captain 0' Blunder ; or,
T'he brave Irijhman. Farce,
by Tho. Sheridan. Dub-
lin, 1 2mo. about 1748. It
was written by Mr. Sheri-
dan when a mere boy at
College ; but the original
copy being loft, it was fup-
plied from the memory of
the aftors, who added and
altered it in fuch a manner,
that hardly any part of the
original compofition now
remains.
The Capti-ve, Com. Op.
by Ifaac BickerftafFe. A&-
ed at the Haymarket, 8vo.
1769. This is taken from
the comic fcenes of Don Se-
bajiian. It was fet to mufic
by C. Dibdin, and was but
coolly received.
The ^Captives. Trag. by
by John Gay. A&ed at
Drury-Lane, 8vo. 1723.
Mr.. Victor gives tiae follow
ing anecdote relative to this
play: Mr. Gay "hadin-
terefl enough with the late
queen Caroline, then Prin-
cefs of Wales, to excite her
royal highnefs's curiofity to
hear the author read his
play to her at Leicefter-
Houfe. The day was fixed,
and Mr. Gay was com-
manded to attend. He wait-
ed fome time in a prefence-
chamber with his play in his
hand ; but being a very
modeft man, and unequal to
the trial he was going to,
when the door of the draw-
ing-room, where the prin-
cefs fat with her ladies, was
opened for his entrance, h«
was fo much confuied and
concerned about making his
proper obeifance, that he
did not fee a low footftoci
that happened to be near
him, and Humbling over it,
he fell again ft a large fkreen,
which he overfet, and threw
the ladies into no fmall dif-
order.
The Captives. A Trag.
by Mr. Delap. Aded at
Drury-Lane, 1786, and.
very indifferently received.
The Capuchin. Com. by
Samuel Foote. Acted at
the Haymarket, 8vo. 1778.
very indifferently received.
This was an alteration of
The Trip to Calais and was
a&ed in 1776.
Caratlacus. A Dramatic
Poem, by Mr. Mafon, 410;
and 8vo. 1759. This piece is
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