Event Comment: Benefit for
Lowe. [See following "puff" from the
Public Advertiser. "Sir: Perhaps there never was a period when the members of the
stage were more respected than at present; and this favour consequently proceeds from the decency of their behaviour, and an emulative pride to please that public, whose generosity is an ample reward for their assiduity and perseverance; and when we consider the many qualifications, as well natural as acquired, requisite to con
stitute a player, surely the mo
st rigid judge will be of opinion that the encouragement is not more than equal to the excellence. An actor mu
st feel, that is, have the mo
st refined idea of his part, to make an audience feel likewise; and adequate to the pleasures he enjoys in the applause of his approvers, will rise his degree of unhappiness, if by accident or sickness he is ob
structed in the execution of his Genius; and should this happen at the era of his benefit, it mu
st then be his misfortune to supplicate that intere
st which otherwise his merit would have commanded. "I was led to these reflections by accidentally perusing an advertisement prefix'd to a bill for the benefit of
Mr Lowe; a performer too well known to need encomiums here; from whom the Town receive no inconsiderable Satisfaction at the
theatre, and whose harmonious performance at our deservedly frequented summer scene of pleasure, has long obtained their highe
st approbation. We are told that a severe cold and Hoarseness have hindered his performing for some weeks pa
st, and that he is now incapable of going abroad." Follows an elaborate plea for Lowe's friends to excuse his not calling on them, and for them to support his Benefit Night. Signed
Veritas.