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VGW(HU.773.164
2 Dec 1773:22 (1166 Supplement)
London, September 25. Several strictures having lately
appeared in the papers, upon the impropriety of performing
The Beggars-Opera (which Sir John Fielding says was never
represented without creating an additional number of real
thieves) produced the following sarcastical retort: "Lord
Sandwich has hinted, that the revival of The Libertine will
be highly disagreeable to him. Charles Fox insists on it,
that The Gamester, or Gamesters, shall not be exhibited
again. A Princely personage, who is lately set out on his
travels, has left positive orders that neither Duke or no
Duke, nor The Irish Widow, shall make their appearance any
more. And several Scotch physicians have concurred to beg
the entire dismission of the Mock Doctor from the stage.
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