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Show 46 TH LIF O e three hundred and thirty-seven pounds; instea duni of tw gsid hundre an case in the forme twenty which was-th state of the theatre . The charge to authors on their benefit-nights, in con D sideration of two such material alterations, wa mak proposed, for:the future, to be seventy guineas M instead of sixty. = T and n Colman's assent this. schem but the author he desire flushed wit a high opinion of his play, refused to comply. H wen o upo the old system an had reason torepent Just as Garrick foresaw, the English Merchant did not make a good trad ing voyage The pit was rather thin, and th galleries presented a display of empty benche Mrs. Abingto gav new life an spirit t Lady Alton, and Mz. King, in the c aracte of Spatter, displayed a wonderful ariety o talents: and . yet, with their u ited powers they were not able to attrac a full house durin‘g gav bet Trau Linoo turns pleasa 0f the in Was | |