Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 82 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 82: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running prose from the body text of a Victorian penny dreadful titled "A Month's Tour" (page 82). The narrative describes the narrator's return from a countryside excursion to the city, where they dined at a tavern and attended a theatrical performance of the tragedy *Cato*. The text comments critically on the play's performance, praising actor Rider's portrayal of Marcus while suggesting the work is better suited for private study than public theatrical presentation. The page uses period typography including the long 's' character.
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$2 A MONTH’s TOWR. After this pleafing excurfion, we’ re- turned to. the.noife and tumult of the city, and dined at C s tavern, where the civility ‘of the landlord compenfated for the indifference of the accommodations. ‘In the evening we reforted.to the Thea- tre, where was performed the trageay of ‘Cato. Our expectation being <a little raifed before, we were never lefs entertain’d -with adramatic performance. : Rider, who a€ted the part of Marcus, was a decent character. “This excellent.tragedy, which is replete with the moft fublime and admirable fen- timents, is.more adapted for the retirement of the ftudy, than to be heard upon the pub- comicbooks.com