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 her have hung heavy on the ears of a theatrical audience. And in speaking the Epilogue, a composition which (I fear) my hurry will hardly excuse, and which, as unworthy of her name, is here omitted, she made a sacrifice, which only her established character with all judges of tragic action, could have rendered compatible with her duty to herself. To Mr. judgment and full conception of Isidore; to Mr. accurate representation of the partial, yet honourable Father; to Mr. energy in the character of Alvar, and who in more than ono instance gave it beauties and striking points, which not only delighted but surprised me; and to Mr., to whose zeal and unwearied study of his part I am not less indebted as a man, than to his impassioned realization of , as an author;to these, and to all concerned with the bringing out of the Play, I can address but one word—!—but that word is uttered sincerely! and to persons constantly before the eye of the public, a public acknowledgment becomes appropriate, and a duty.