Wou'd raise a Fund, so they alone might act.
With them 'tis ne'er Vacation, tho' we lose,
The Courts shut up, they Chamber Practice use.

Since therefore without Plays, tho' call'd a Curse,
The Good grow bad, the Bad grow worse and worse,
Show misled Zeal what Ills infest the Age,
And truly to reform, support the_ British _Stage_.



Dramatis Personæ.

MEN.

Sir _Harry Sprightly_. Mr._Mills_.

Brigadier _Blenheim_, just return'd from the Army. Mr._Wilks_

Mr. _Nicknack_, a Beau-Merchant. Mr._Cibber_.

_Major Bramble_, a factious old Fellow. Mr._Johnson._

Master _Totty_, a great Boy. Mr._Bullock_.

_Knapsack_, an Attendant on the _Collonel_. Mr._Pinkethman_.

_Shrimp_, Sir Harry's Valet. Mr._Norris_.