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GAL AT HE A. C. by
JohnLyly, 4to. 1592.
Played before queen Eliza-
beth at Greenwich, on New-
Year's-Day at night.
Gallic Gratitude ; or, The
Tremhman in India. Com.
of two ads, by James Solas
Dodd, performed at Covent-
Garden, 8vo. 1779.
Galligantus. A Mufical
Entertainment, 8vo. 1758.
This piece was taken from
Mr. Brooke's Jack the Giant
Mueller. It was acted at
the Hay market, and once
at Drury-Lane, for Mrs.
Yates's benefit.
A Came at Cheje, by T.
Middleron, 4to. This play
was acted at the Globe, on
the Bank Side, and, though
it has no date, was publiihed
about 1625. It is a fort of
religious controverfy, the
game being played between
one of the church of Eng-
land and another of the
church of Rome, wherein
the former in the end gets
the victory, Ignatius hoyala
fitting by as a fpectator.
The fcene lies in London.
The. Gamefier. Com. by
James Shirley. Acted at
Drury-Lane, 4*0. 1 637.
This is very far from being
a bad play. The plot of it
is intricate, yet natural ; the
characters well drawn, and the
cataflrcphe juft and moral.
It has been twice altered,
and brought on the ilage un-
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der different titles ; fir ft by
Charles Johnfon, who took
his play of the Wife's Relief
aimoft entirely £ym it ; and
afterwards by Mr. Garrick.
The Gamcfter. Com. by
Mrs. Centiivre. Acted at
Lincoln's-lnn-Fields, 4to.
1705. This piece is formed
on models not her own, the
plot of it being- almoir. en-
tirely borrowed from a
French comedy, called Le
Dijfipateur.
The Ga?nejler. Trag. by
Edward Moore. Acted at
Drury-Lane, 8vo. 1753.
This tragedy is written in
profe, and is the moil capi-
tal piece Mr. Moore pro-
duced. The language is
nervous, and yet pathetic ;
the plot is artful, yet clearly
conducted ; the characters
are highly marked, yet not
unnatural ; and the cataf-
trophe is truly tragic, 1 yet
not unjuft. Still, with all
thefe merits, it met with but
mid] in g fuccefs, the general
cry againft it being that the
diilreis was too deep to be
borne ; yet we are rather apt
to imagine its want of per-
fect approbation arofe in one
part, and that no incon-
fiderable one, of the audi-
ence, from a tendernefs of
another kind than that of
compamon ; and that they
were lefs hurt by the diftreis
of Beverley, than by finding
vounte