Charles Shadwell His Comedy the Fair Quaker of Deal
Charles Shadwell His Comedy the Fair Quaker of Deal
Theodor Schenk
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. Likewise the surprisinjj and diverting I\ntertainm' Diet, of Nat. Liio^r. * (icnest II, |). 6^;. }. — 66 — which arose upon one another alternately at both houses, outvying in expense, like contending bribes on both sides at an election, to secure a majority of the multitude. " Originally consisting of action without speech the English pantomime, ^ as created by Rich, and in which he invariably figured as Harlequin - in patc...hwork costume with double- bladed magic bat and mask, was a species of dramatic composition hitherto unknown. It consisted of two parts, one serious and the other comic. By the help of ga}' scenes, fine habits, grand dances, appropriate music, and other decorations, he exhibited a story from Ovid's Metamorphosis, or some other fabulous writer. Between the pauses or acts of this serious representation he interwove a comic fable consisting chiefly of the courtship of Harlequin and Colum- bine, with a variety of surprising adventures and tricks which were produced by the magic wand of Harlequin ; such as the sudden transformation of palaces and temples to huts and cottages, of men and women into wheel-barrows and joint-stools, of trees turned to houses, colonnades to beds of tulips and mechanics' shops into serpents and ostriches.
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