*p1757 03 12 cg The Refusal. ^As17570110^, but <i>Minuet</i>-_.*a1757 03 12 cg Harlequin Sorcerer. ^As17570207^.*c1757 03 12 cg On Monday Next <i>Douglas</i> a Tragedy. [The <i>Public Advertiser</i> includes a full column extract from $David Hume='s Letter to $Rev John? Home= concerning <i>Douglas</i>: "I have the Ambition to be the first who shall in public express his Admiration of your Noble tragedy of <i>Douglas</i>; one of the most interesting and pathetic Pieces, that was ever exhibited upon any theatre. Should I give it preference to the <i>Merope</i> of $Maffei=, and to that of $Voltaire= which it resembles in its subject; should I affirm that it contained more Fire and Spirit than the former and more Tenderness and Simplicity that the latter; I might be accused of partiality....But the unfeighned tears which flowed from every eye, in the numerous representations which were made of it on this theatre; the unparalleled command which you appeared to have over every affection of the human breast; these are incontestable proofs that you possess the true Theatric Genius of $Shakespear= and $Otway=, refined from the unhappy Brabarism of the one, and Licentiousness of the other." The reference was to earlier performances in $Edinburg=.]