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a&s, 8vo. No date, about
1760.
The Humours of Purgatory,
Farce, by Benjamin Griffin.
A&ed at Lincoln's - Inn -
Fields, i2ino. 17 16.
The Rumours of Wkift, A
Dramatic Satire, as it is
acled every day at White's
and ether Coffee-houfes and
AfTemblies, 8vo. 1743.
Anonym. This piece was
never intended for the ftage,
but only defigned as a re-
prefentaion of the various
characters found among the
frequenters of the gaming
tables.
The Humours of the Age,
Com. by Thomas Barker.
Aded at Drury-Lane, 4*0.
1 701 . This piay was writ-
, ten in two months, and that
when the author was but
barely of age.
7 'he Humours of the Army,
Com. by Charles Shadwell.
Adled ac Drury-Lane, 4to.
17 1 3, This play met with
very good fuccefs.
The Hinnours of 'the Road ;
or, A Ramble to Oxford.
j Com. Anonym. 8vo. 1738.
Humphry Duke of Glou-
I cejler. Trag. by Ambrofe
Phillips. Adted at Drury-
Lane, 8vo. 1722. The plot
of this play is founded on
hiftory ; and the piece met
with applaufe.
The Huntington Di<ver~
i tifement ; or, An interlude
far the general Entertainment
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at the County Feajl, held at
Merchant -'Taylors' - Hall,
June 20, 1678, 4to.
Hurl'o Thumbo. Comedy,
by Sam. Johnfon,8vo. 1729.
This piece was performed at
the Little Theatre in the
Hay-market, and had a run
of above thirty nights.
The oddity, whimficalnefs,
and originality of it was
what occafioned this amaz-
ing luccels, the play itfelf
being one of the moil ab-
furd compages of wild ex-
travagant incidents, inco-
herent ientiments, and un-
connected dialogues. The
author himfelf performed
the principal part, viz. that
of Lord Flame, fometimes
in one key, fometimes in
another ; fometimes fidling,
fometimes dancing, and
fometimes walking in very
high ftilts. The celebrated
Dr. Byronr, the inventor of
a peculiar kind of fhort-
hand, wrote a prologue to
it, in which his intention
was to point out, by a
friendly hint to the author,
the abfurdity of his play.
Mr. Johnfon however, fo
far from perceiving the ri-
dicule, looked on it as a
compliment, and had it
both fpoken and printed to
the piece Yet, notwith-
Itanding all that has here
been faid, it contains in
fome places certain ftrokes
both of fentiment and ima-
gination