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how very unequal to thefe
is the epifode of the loves of
Marcian and Pulcheria,
which is in itfelf fo trifling,
and fo unconnected and un-
necessary to the main plot
of the play, that, with a
very little alteration, thofe
two characters, and every
thing that relates to them,
might be entirely omitted,
and the piece rendered the
better- for the want of them.
Marcian's behaviour to
Theodoiius is not only in-
confiflent with probability,
but fuch as renders the
latter too contemptible for
the fufFerance of an audi-
ence after it, to admit him
again on the ftage ; and
Pulcheria's banifhing the
general only to have an op-
portunity of recalling him,
tjfurprizehimbymakinghim
her huiband, has fcmething
in it Co truly ludicrous and
puerile, that one mould
imagine it rather the treat-
ment oAa Ikittifh boarding-
fchool mifs to fome pretty
mailer juft come home to a
holiday breaking-up, than
that of a princefs, to whom
the empire of the world was
to devolve, towards a hardy
foldier, vvhofe arms that
world had trembled at the
found of. It were therefore
to be wifhed, that this flight
hint might induce fome per-
fon equal to the tafk, to
undertake an alteration of
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it, by curtailing thefe fuper-
fluous excrefcences, and ril-
ling up the hiatus they
would leave, with fome in-
cidents that might have
more uniformity and con-
nection with the general de-
fign of the play.
TherfyteSy his Humours and
Conceits. An Interlude.
Anon. 1598.
Thomas and Sally. A
Mufical Entertaiment, 8vo.
1 76 1. This little piece was
performed at Covent- Gar-
den 1 heatre with great fire-
cefs. It was written by Mr.
Ifaac Bickerftafre. The plot
is very fimple, being no
more than a country ' (quire's
attempting the virtue of a
young girl in the neighbour-
hood, who, after refilling
all the perfuaiions of an old
woman who pleads in th»
'fquire's favour, is at lail
reicued from intended vio-
lence by the timely ap-
proach of a youth, for whom
fne had long maintained a
pure and unaltered pafhon*
The fongs are pleaiing, and
the mulic well adapted to
the prefent taile.
Thomajb ; or, The Wan-
derer. Com. in two parts,
by Thomas Killigrew, fol.
1664.
Thomyris, Queen of Scy-
thia. An Opera, by P.
Motteux, Ato. 1707. This
was performed at the Thea-
tre Royal in Drury-Lane,
and