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nor are thofe of Old Maflc
and even the Laundrefs lefs
delicately finifhed, than the
more important ones of
Young Mafk and Sophy.
The language is lively and
fenfible,and the plot, though
iimple, fufficiently dramatic.
In a word, we cannot avoid
giving it as our opinion,
that, notwithstanding the
fuccefs of the Jealous Wife,
the Mufical Lady ftill flands
foremofl: in the point of me-
rit among all Mr. Colman's
writings. Yet, though that
merit might fully entitle it
to the approbation it met
with, it would fcarcely be
juft to omit taking notice,
that its fuccefs was greatly
contributed to by the admi-
rable performance of perhaps
the moll promifing young
aclrefs that has appeared on
this flage for many years
pail, viz. Mifs Pope, who
iupported the character of
Sophia with a fprightlinefs
tempered with judgment,
and an elegance heightened
by eafe, that might have
done honour to a performer
of three times the experi-
ence in life that her years
then afforded her an oppor-
tunity of acquiring.
Muflapha, the Son of So-
Iyiuan the Magnificent. T.
by Roger, earl of Orrery,
fel. 1672 and 1690. It is
eileemed a good play, and
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was adled at the Duke of
York's Theatre.
Mufiapha. Tragedy, by
Fulk Greville, Lord Brooke,
fol. 1633.
Mutual Deception. Com.
Ac"lcd at the Haymarket,
1786, for the benefit of
Mr. Palmer, and very well
received.
My das. Com. by John
Lyly, 410. 1592.
The Myjierious Hujband.
Trag. written in profe by
Mr. Cumberland. A&ed
at Coven t-Garden, 1783.
The fituations in this piece
are produced with great
contrivance, and the pro-
greffion of the plot is very
artful, all the incidents
tending in fucceflive order
to the grand myilery.
Myrtillo. A Paftoral In-
terlude, by Colley Cibber,
8vo. 17 16. Performed at
Drury - Lane, with no very
The Myjhrious Mother.
Trag. by Horace Walpole,
8vo. 1768. This dramatic
piece was printed by our
author at Strawberry Hill,
and diftributed among his
particular friends, but with
fuch ilrict injunctions of fe-
crecy, that, knowing its
merit, we cannot but exprefs
our furprize that its author
ihould wilh to withhold it
from the public. Mr. Wal-
pole has given the flory of
it