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MARCH, An Account of the new Tragedy, intitled, The Tragedy of THE BROTHERS is found- following manner. 1753. against Greece, the greatest part of which fhe has taken under her protection: In derifion of royalty, the has (cattered kingdoms away like acres, by investing the brows of their regal flaves with diadems, or the gewgaws of majesty; and now in the vigour of her ftrength, fends ambafA fadors to Philip to curb his ambition, and to infift upon the restoration of Thrace to Erixene, the daughter of their injured ally. B C Philip is reprefented to have formerly invaded Thrace, taken its capital, malfacred its king, murdered his two fons, feized his kingdom, and taken Erixene, his young daughter, captive to Macedon, where he treats her like his own child, intending her for one of his fons, both of whom are enamoured with her, par. E icularly Demetrius, who is alfo favour'd by the princefs. Philip is the inveterate foe of Rome, which held the king of Thrace as its ally; and having at this time fobdued the Carthaginians, he has turned her arms March, 1753 Philip, in the first act, declares his hatred to Rome, and his affection for his two fons, in these words: Two paffions only take up all my foul, Hatred to Rome and tendernefs forthem. But he obferves, that "they two are not brothers," and endeavours to bring them to a fraternal reconciliation, which after a beautiful foene between Perfeus and Demetrius, is effected; when Philip concludes the act with thefe elegant lines: -If leagu'd worlds fuperior forces bring, I'd rather die a father, than a king. Perfeus is of a bold, rough, ambitious difpofition; a mortal foe to the name of Rome, e ious of his brother's fuperior power over the affections of their father, and a fuitor to Erixene only for the fake of accumulated dominion. But Demetrius is of an amiable temper, with a delicate form and a generous mind; inclinable to maintain a friendship with the Romans, and greatly in love with Erixene. In the fecond act, Pericles lays before Perfeus the inconvenience of supporting that friendship he has promifed to main tain with Demetrius, by infinuating it must deprive him of Erixene; which induces Perfeus to declare his renunciation of that N 2 amity -100 Account of the Tragedy of THE BROTHERS. March amity he had plighted before his father. B In the third act, we understand that Perieus has not fucceeded in his defign against Demetrius, tho' he had alfo prepared a poifoned bowl, which is difcovered by Philip, when Perfeus has the addrefs to charge Demetrius with a defign on his life; which fo inflames the king, that he orders both in chains, refolves to punish the guilty, and brings them to an immediate trial before himfelf and his fenate. This is a noble scene, between the father as judge, and the two the three fons as fufpected delinquents; performers are all excellent; Mr. Moffop carries a noble air of confidence; Mr. Garrick ftrongly depictures the very foul of injured innocence; and Mr. Berry, D in a very beautiful manner, fupports the character of the father and the king, the rigid judge and the tender parent. It is impoffible to give any particular specimens of the two beautiful fpeeches from Perfeus and Demetrius, the whole is fo fingularly great in both the actors; but I thought the fpeech of Perfeus fomewhat too long, both for the actor and the audience, who were all highly pleased, as well with the after as the poet, when Mr. Berry addreffes his fons before the trial in these lines: If I'm a monarch, where is your obe- If I'm a father, where's your duty to me? When the two princes have gone thro' their difference, the father is ftill doubtful, but feems to think Demetrius the offender, whom Perfeus charges with a friend hip for the Romans; on which account Philip propofes to Demetrius a marriage with the daughter of Dymas, one of his courtiers, and a foe to Rome, as a proof of his faith to Macedon: This Demetnes is going to reject, but is perfuaded by his friend to embrace it, as E F G the only means of preferving himself from immediate death; in confequence of which both are released. In the next fcene, Demetrius acquaints Dymas, that he cannot marry his daughter, and prevails upon him to let Philip know that he himself has an objection against marrying his daughter to Demetrius; after which Demetrius bas a foliloquy on his love, and concludes it with this charming line, The love of beauty is the love of heaven. In the 4th act, Erixene confiders her love for Demetrius, and difclaims him her affection on account of his engagement to the daughter of Dymas; after which Philip enters, and prevails upon her to wed Perfeus. Dymas then enters, and acquaints Philip how Demetrius has refufed to marry his daughter, which exafperates him. A beautiful fcene is then introduced betweem Erixene and Demetrius, who finds his love neglected by her; and, while he is fondly striving to regain her affection, he is interrupted by the appearance of Perfeus, who tells him that Erixene is to be his wife, and as fuch he leads her cff; which brings on a fine fcene between Perfeus and Demetrius, who falls at his feet to conjure him to relinquifh his right; but when Perfcus infults his paffion, he vehemently rifes, and feizes him by the throat; at which inftant Philip enters, and concludes His darling fon found criminal in all ; in confequence whereof, he orders his The fifth act opens with Philip giving audience to the Roman ambaffadors on his throne; when the ambaffadors clear Demetrius of a charge laid against him by Perfeus, of correfponding, and entering into difloyal engagements, with the Romans. The audience terminates in a declaration of war from the ambaf 66 next fadors; when Mr. Berry in a very ma- innocent, |