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atre, and continues on the
a fting lift to this day.
The Old Mode and the
ftlevu ; or, Country Mifs kaith
her Furbeke. Com. by T.
Durfey . Acted at the! heatre
Royal, 4-to. 1709. This is
a very indifferent play.
The Old Troop ; or, Mon-
Jteur Ragout. Com. by J,
Lacy. A died at the Thea-
tre Royal, 4*0. 1672.
Olindo and Sophronia. T.
by A. Portal, 8vo. 1758-
This play is a very indiffe-
rent one.
Oliver Cromwell. An
Hillorical Play, by George
Smith Green, 8vo. 1752.
Never acted, though proba-
bly intended for the ftage
by its author, and refufed
by the managers for reafons
not unobvious.
Olympia. Trag. trans-
lated from Voltaire, and
printed in Doctor Frank-
lin's edition of that author,
izmo.
The Olympiad. Opera,
tranflated from Metailafio,
by John Hoole, 8vo. 1768.
Omai ; or, A Trip Round
the World. Pantomime, act-
ed at Covent-Garden, 1785.
Once a Lover and airways
a Lover. Com. by Lord
Landfdowne. This is no
more than an alteration of
The She Gallants, which had
been written when his lord-
Ihip was very young, but
wfeich at a maturer time of
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life he revifed, and improv-
ed by the addition and
amendment of feveral
fcenes. It is to be found in.
the third volume of an edi-
tion of his Lordmip's works,
in i2mo. 1736.
The Opera of Operas ; or,
Tom Thumb the Great, by
Mr. Hacket and Mrs. Hey-
wood. Acted at the Hay-
market, 8vo. 1733. This
is no more than Fielding's
Tragedy of Tragedies trans-
formed into an opera, by
converting fome paffages of
it into fongs, and letting the
whole to mufic.
The Opportu/Titie. Com.
by J. Shirley. Aded at th«
private houfe in Drury-Lane
4to. 1640.
The Oracle. C. Anony.
8vo. 1741.
The Oracle. Com. of one
aa, by Mrs. Cibber. Act-
ed at Covent-Garden, 8vo.
1752. This little piece is
a tranflation from the
French, andwas,we believe,
only intended as a means of
affilting the authorefs in a
benefit. It is, however,
very prettily executed, and
not only gave great pleafure
at the firfl reprefentation,
but even continued, for a
con fider able time afterwards
a Handing theatrical colla-
tion. The character of Cyn-
thia is fimple and pleafing,
and although all thofe kind
of characters apparently owe
their