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horrid ; but the piece itfelf
has little merit.
The Italian Hufband ; or,
The violated Bed avenged.
A moral drama. By Ed-
ward Lewis, M. A. 8vo.
1754. This performance
was never acted ; for no
theatre pail or prefent would
have received it.
The Jubilee. Dramatic
Entertainment, by David
Garrick, Efq. Acted at
Drury-Lane, 1769. Not
printed. A fpectacle ren-
dered interefting by mute
reprefentations of a princi-
pal fcene in each of the
plays of Shakfp ear e. Thefe
groups were originally de-
figned to form a part of the
real Jubilee at Stratford.
That attempt, however,
having failed ridiculouily,
leaving Mr. Garrick, the
fteward and inventor of it,
feveral hundred pounds out
of pocket, by means of the
prefent exhibition (which
. was Mr. Wilfon the por-
trait-painter's contrivance)
he at once reimburfed him-
felf, and more fuccefsfully
entertained the public for
upwards of ninety evenings
in the fir ft feafon of the
piece.
The Judgment of Paris,
A Mafque, by Wm. Con-
greve> 4to. 1 70 1. This is
a very pretty piece of poe-
5ry, and is now frequently
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performed to mufic, by way
of an Oratorio.
The Judgment of Paris.
An Entertainment of five'
Interludes, by Abraham
Langford, 8vo. 1730.
The Judgment of Paris ;
or, The Triumph of Beauty.
Paftoral Ballad Opera "of
one act, performed at Lin-
coln's - Inn - Fields, 8vo.
The Judgment of Paris,
An Englifn Burletta in two
afts, by Dr. Ralph Schom-
berg. Performed at the
Haymarket with that de-
gree of fuccefs that com-
monly attends our author's
literary undertakings, 8vo.
1768.
Julia ; or, The Italian
Lover. Tra. by Mr. Jeph-
ibn. Acted at Drury-Lane,
1787. The language and
fentimenls of this play are
elevated, and often fub-
lime.
Juliana, Princefs of Po"
land. Tragi- Com. by John
Crowne, 4to. 1671. Acted
at the Duke of York's The-
atre.
Julius G<-efar. Trag. by
Alexander, earl of Sterling,
4'o. 1604. This is much
the moll regular dramatic
piece of this noble author,
at leaft in refpect to the
unity of action ; he has run
into the very fame fault
which Shakfpeare had done
before

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