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8* SOUTHWARK FAIR.
and losses came so heavy upon Mr. Highmori,
that he was under the necessity of giving up the
contest, and sold his property to Mr. Charles
Fleetwood.
Upon this dispute is built the print from which
the show-cloth was copied, and probably an-
nounces the performance of a farce entitled " The
" Stage Mutineers, a tragi-comic, farcical bal-
'* lad-opera, acted at Couent Garden, in 1733;"
which is a burlesque on this contest. Tfieopbitrfs
Gibber-., who was leader of the malecontents, is in
this farce characterized by the name of Ancient
Pistol % all his speeches being in that high-flown,
mock-heroic style with which Shakspeare has
marked that boasting coward. The scene is sup-
posed to be in the playhouse, and the time during
a rehearsal.
In 1740 a pamphlet was published for J. Me-
chell, at the King's-Arms, Fleet-street, entitled,
" An Apology for the life of T-------C------, Co-
" median; being a proper sequel to the Apology
" for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber; with an histo-
" rical view of the stage to the present year. Sup-
" posed to be written by himself, in the style and
" manner of the poet laureat:" but in reality the
work of Harry Fielding. The following passage,
relative to this subject, occurs in page 16, etc,
" In that year, when the stage fell into great com-
" motions, and the Drury-lane company, assert-
" ing the glorious cause of liberty and property,
and losses came so heavy upon Mr. Highmori,
that he was under the necessity of giving up the
contest, and sold his property to Mr. Charles
Fleetwood.
Upon this dispute is built the print from which
the show-cloth was copied, and probably an-
nounces the performance of a farce entitled " The
" Stage Mutineers, a tragi-comic, farcical bal-
'* lad-opera, acted at Couent Garden, in 1733;"
which is a burlesque on this contest. Tfieopbitrfs
Gibber-., who was leader of the malecontents, is in
this farce characterized by the name of Ancient
Pistol % all his speeches being in that high-flown,
mock-heroic style with which Shakspeare has
marked that boasting coward. The scene is sup-
posed to be in the playhouse, and the time during
a rehearsal.
In 1740 a pamphlet was published for J. Me-
chell, at the King's-Arms, Fleet-street, entitled,
" An Apology for the life of T-------C------, Co-
" median; being a proper sequel to the Apology
" for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber; with an histo-
" rical view of the stage to the present year. Sup-
" posed to be written by himself, in the style and
" manner of the poet laureat:" but in reality the
work of Harry Fielding. The following passage,
relative to this subject, occurs in page 16, etc,
" In that year, when the stage fell into great com-
" motions, and the Drury-lane company, assert-
" ing the glorious cause of liberty and property,