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produced, by marrying a
woman in a mafk.
Old City Manners. Com.
by C. Lennox. Acted at
Drury-Lane, 8vo. 1773.
The Old Couple. Com.
by Thomas May, 4to. 1658.
This is a very good play,
and the principal defign is
to point out the folly, ab-
furdity, and deteftablenefs
of avarice.
Old Fovtunatus. Com.
by T. Decker, 4-to. 1600.
This play is printed in the
black letter. The plan of
it is founded on the ancient
ilory of Fortunatus, and his
inexhauftible purie and wiuh-
ing hat.
The Old Law ; or, A New
Way to plea/eye. Com. by
P. Maffinger, Tho. Mid-
dleton, and William Row-
ley. A&ed at Salifbury-
houfe, 4to. 1656.
The Old Maid. A Com.
of two atts, by A. Murphy,
1 761. This Petite Piece was
performed feveral times
with great approbation at
the Theatre Royal in Drury-
Lane, during the fummer
theatrical partnerlhip of the
author and Mr. Foote. It
has certainly great merit.
The fubjedt of it, and part
of the fable, were taken
from UEtonrderie of Monf.
Fagan. The ambiguity and
perplexity produced by Cle-
rimont's fir ft miftake of the
wife for the maiden is na«
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tural and well fupported,
and the conduct, and beha-
viour of that gentleman and
the other characters in con-
fequence of this circum-
ftance, which, though kept
unknown to them till the
abfolute period of the de-
nouement, is fufficiently dis-
covered to the audience to
give them the full enjoyment
of their mutual energy,
does honour to the fkill and
judgment of the author.
The Old Maid's character is
admirably kept up, and in-
deed, to fpeak of it on the
whole, we know not any
farce at prefent extant
which feems to lay a jufter
claim to a countenuance of
that public favour which
which was at fir it paid it,
and which feemed to grow
upon the audience in every
fubfequent reprefentation,
than the piece before us.
An Ola Man's Lejjln, and
a Toung Man s Lo-ue, ^.to.
1605. It is only an Inter-
lude, or indeed, a bare dia-
logue between a father and
fon, the former of whom is
a widower, and the latter a
traveller, who, after a long
abfence, is returned to his
father's houfe.
TL Old Man taught Wtf-
dom ; or, The Virgin Un-
mdjk'd. A Farce, by Henry
Fielding, 8vo. 1734. This
farce was acted with grod
fuccels at Drury-Lane The-
atre,