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PJ.770.007
18 Jan 1770:32 (1415)
Theatrical Intelligence. The Tempest is to be acted to-
morrow, written by Shakespeare, and alter'd by Dryden: It
is one of those plays, in which the poet of nature has given
an unbounded scope to his creative imagination; he has not
only form'd beings of a different species to mankind, but
endow'd them with faculties adapted to their characters-----
-The scenery, machinery, and decorations for this
representation, we are inform'd, have been prepared at a
very great expence, and from the general impatience among
all ranks of people for its performance, it is imagined
there will be a crowded audience: A splendid appearance at
the theatre to-morrow, will not only reflect honour on our
taste, by patronizing one of the chef d'ouvres of that
immortal genius, but be some compensation to the players,
for their bad success this season.
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