OR, THE OLD STONE QUARRY. AN ORIGINAL DOMESTIC DRAMA. In Two Acts : BY JAMES P. HART, Esq., Author of "Esther; or the Royal Servant," "The Postillion," """ Mary le More," &c. As performed at the ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. To which are added ORIGINAL REMARKS-SKETCHES-MEMOIRS-COSTUME CHARACTERS-EXITS-ENTRANCES AND GENERAL DIRECTIONS. EMBELLISHED WITH AN ENGRAVING, From a Drawing, taken in the Theatre, during representation. LONDON: JAMES PATTIE, 4, BRYDGES STREET As performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre. Mr. Dwyer (a merchant retiring from business) Mr. Gann Luttrell, (a private soldier) Mr. Jones, .Mr. Archer, Colonel Flippant, (more beau than soldier) Mr. Griffith, Captain Moor, Ensign Luneborg, Mr. Mills, Mr. Brayne, Mr. Seward, Serjeant Cassill, Doctor Hartman, Mr. Julian, Maria, .... (daughter of Dwyer).... Miss Beresford, Mrs. Bustle, Mrs. Griffith, Waiting Maid, Miss Lewis. Costume. Mr. DWYER-Handsome dark suit-high boots. EUGENE-Blue frock coat-white waistcoat, &c. BARON WERNDORF-Judge's dress. COL. FLIPPANT-Splendid lace coat-white smalls -pink stockings, &c. in the extreme of military foppery. CAPT. MOOR-Same regiment with Luttrell. LUNEBORG-Do. do. do. SERJEANT-Do. do. do. JOHNNY-Half livery, with smock frock. MARIA-White muslin dress. Mrs. BUSTLE-Very gaudy and vulgarly fine. REMARKS. THE MURDER OF THE GLEN: UNANIMITY of sentiment when boldly uttered by the public voice has more power than all the desperate efforts of action or the tyranny of despots. Unanimous conviction fans with her broad wings the sparks of truth and reason till the bright flame dispels the gloom of ignorance -and even tyrant custom bends the knee of submission to its power. As we advance in refinement the useless and dangerous customs of our ancestors gently slide into obscurity. What act of barbarity or intimidation could bemore foolish than to see in our streets, our walks, nay all our public haunts, the men of blood, whose very coat is the colour of his trade, parading with a murderous appendage as an ornament to his side. "The Bayonet nuisance" has been reformed, but not before public execration demanded its abolition. The drama before us is founded on one of those frightful murders where the excited object had at command the horrid implement of his trade. The garrison town of Fermoy, in the county of Cork, actually witnessed the leading events introduced in the following scenes: A young and interesting soldier of the name of Macarthy, by his education and brilliant talents was engaged to educate the barrack master's son. The whole family admired his qualifications and he was received as one of their circle. The father had contracted with government as an army clothier, and had despatched his son with a considerable sum of money to purchase cloth for the purpose. His tutor, his friend, his companion followed, murdered and rifled his person. Justice however brought the wretch to the punishment he merited. On this ground-work Mr. Hart has founded his Domestic Drama, which in representation is highly effective. Mr. Hart is new to the public as an author. We think he possesses requisites of the first degree for the walk he has assumed. A good education (self taught we mean) sparkling imagination, and a thorough knowledge of the stage. Let him be industrious and indefatigable, elevation must follow. This piece with few execptions was execrably acted (although it was performed five or six weeks running) which cannot be wondered at, when it is known that the present manager of the Victoria Theatre would rather disgust the public, by having mere novices ata cheap rate than pay actors a living salary, who would ultimately draw ten times the sum to his treasury. THE MURDER OF THE GLEN. ACT I. SCENE 1.-The bar of an inn at Shrewsbury. Bells ringing. Three or four awkward servants running backwards and forwards with measures, dishes, trays, &c., as if in attendance to a variety of company. The LANDLORD enters apparently very busy, hurrying the servants, &c. Mr. Bus. Bless my heart! bless my heart! nothing is done, or can be done, unless I'm at the head and tail of it-up stairs, down stairs, in doors, out of doors, at home and abroad, every thing must be and is done by Mr. Bustle himself: the house is full, so I must be in the bar, the kitchen, the parlours, the dining-rooms, the bed-rooms, and the stable, all at one time-mixing punch and drawing stout at the bar, roating meat and boiling potatoes in the kitchen, laying cloth and talking to customers in the parlour and dining-rooms, making beds up stairs, and feeding horses in the stable, and all at once, all going together, hurry-skurry, worry-worry, furry flurry, morning, noon, and night, out of bed and in bed, always busy, asleep and awake, I'm always at it, pell.mell, ding-dong, hammer and tongs, helter-skelter, |