Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ... case of conscience A play, in five acts. preliminary. This was intended for representation at Drury-Lane Theatre, and written expressly for her friends the Kemble family. But, in 1800 and 1801, the irregularities of the Proprietor compelled Mr. Siddons to withdraw his accomplished wife from the house; and Sheridan patched up a short truce with Mr. Kemble. But the prospect held out by him of his selling his share being delusive, Kemble paid a year's visit to France and Spain, leaving full powers to Mr. Morris, the Master in Chancery, and Mrs. Inchbald, to arrange with Mr. Harris for the purchase of Mr. Lewis's sixth share of Covent-Garden Patent, which that gentleman was inclined to dispose of. In his travels, Mrs. Kemble kept alive her husband's personal interest among the nobility, and communicated, through Mrs. Inchbald, to Mr. Harris, the observations received from Mr.Kemble as to the concern. When he arrived, in 1803, every thing was ready, and the parties signed and sealed. But the "Case of Conscience" fell to the ground in this change of scene and contention, and was never acted. We have preserved the cast of the characters, as Mrs. Inchbald had planned it, for either theatre. dramatis persons. men. romono (Marquis of Romono) Count Oviedo Salvador. Manuel Glrone Mr. Kemble Mr. C. Kemble Mr. Barrymore Mr. Wroughton Mr. Bannister Cooke Siddons Murray Cory Munden women. Mrs. Siddons Litchfield Adrian A (Marchioness of Romono) I Eudora....' Miss Decamp Murray Beatrix.... Mrs. Sparks Davenport Soldiers, Servants, And Other Attendants. Scene--The Castle of Romono, and the adjacent country, all within a few m
