& Flor : Pra, = COLLECTION OF FARCES AND OTHER AFTERPIECES, WHICH ARE ACTED AT THE THEATRES ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, COVENT-GARDEN PRINTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE MANAGERS PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1809. ADVERTISEMENT. ZELIE, the French drama, from which the Child of Nature has been taken, was, with great taste, selected from the works of the Marchioness of Sillery, (late Countess of Genlis) by a Lady, who presented the Manager of Covent Garden Theatre with a literal translation. But however correct or elegant, a mere translation must have precluded all prospect of success. The Manager therefore sent the play of Zélie to the present translator, who, with much care and attention, prepared it for the Eng lish stage. That care has been amply recompensed by the reception the piece has received, and more especially in those scenes, which she has taken the liberty to add from her own invention. Second Peasant, Female Attendant, and other Domestics. SCENE-Spain, at the Country Seat of the Marquis ALMANZA. |