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HELENA’S which
pleased me infinitely. The dresses
very fine; much pleased with the wigs,
all of wool, a new and strange device.
Stevenson as the Ethiopian slave vast-
HUSBAND,
ly diverting. Grant, as Helena,
seemed a mighty pretty creature.
Hart, who played Paris, a gallant,
hath the motions and carriage of a
spark the most that ever I saw.
November 17, 1932. To the Red
Bull, and there did see SAINT’S
DAY, which they do say was to have
been called THE SAINT’S MIS-
TRESS, but that Her Majesty liked
not that title, and indeed the play is
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as full of bawdy as a single act could
well be, but diverting enough for all
that. Many young players not long
up from the Nursery did play very
well, among them Jones, Schwab,
Hannan, Nelson and Coxe.
December 10, 1932. Yo the Cock-
pit, to se THE ROYAL FAMILY, a
play about the people of the stage—
vastly amusing to such as do have
some acquaintance with the Theatres.
Daniels and Trowbridge excellent in
small parts.
March 17, 1933. Yo the Court,
where we were very merry over LE
BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME, in
French, an old play, but which tikes
me better every time I see it. Jarrett
gives us fresh reason never to think
enough of her, for none can out-do her
in these Gallic roles. Fouilhoux also
mighty pleasing.
March 20, 1933. In Covent Gar-
den tonight, and stopped at the great
Coffee House there, under the man-
agement of Greeks. There, I per-
ceive, is very witty and pleasant dis-
course, for the playwrights and all the
wits of the town were gathered to
felicitate Nelson and Hannan on the
success of their new plays. Met many
of these writers for our stage, includ-
ing Daniels, Nichols, Schwab, Steven-
son and Coxe, and was delighted to
also among them,
find Jones
who,
