excerpt from 'Journal entry, 28 December 1808' pp. 5–6 (121 words)
excerpt from 'Journal entry, 28 December 1808' pp. 5–6 (121 words)
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Went to the play at Lisbon. The theatre is in every respect inferior to those of our own metropolis. The entertainments of the evening consisted of a comedy, which was performed with a great deal of low buffoonery, followed by a ballet. The dancers, both male and female, displayed great agility and strength of muscle; but of the materials required to captivate they were certainly not in possession; gracefulness was here very deficient. The scenery was wretched in the extreme. The most I can say in favour of the performance must he bestowed on the orchestra; as the few musicians who composed it played with more attention and expression than our London fidlers [sic], who emphatically call themselves professors of music. |
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