Event Comment: At
Shuter's Booth,
George Yard. At
Shuter's Warehouse [in advance notices]; At
Shuter's Theatrical Microcosm. [
The English Mirror is not the name of a play.]
Mr Shuter begs leave to acquaint the Public that his
English Mirror is highly polished,
and he hopes it will give the greatest Satisfaction, especially as it is the true
English Manufacture reflecting the most striking Views of Modern Times
and National Glory. He would be very far from imposing upon the Inhabitants of this great Metropolis,
and, unconscious of a Puff, he takes upon him to say that the Gay
and Learned will find his Piece ornamented with a Festoon of Flowers gathered by an admitted Genius on the Banks of
Avon and enriched with Wreaths twined by the Fingers of the Muses. Here it may be said
Pomona has given the Apple Wit, in which every agreeable Flavour is combined,
and Bacchusr has sent a Store of genuine Falernian from a Receipt which anciently belonged to
Homer,
and has lately been discovered with the Ruins of
Herculaneum. In fact we shall give a new Exhiliration to Mirth,
and dilate the Sides of Laughter, make Vice bleed under the corrective Lash,
and give a Lecture that shall stimulate Virtue to pursue the Road of Happiness. [Repeated.
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The English Mirror; Or, Fun At The Fair