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A Cure for the Heartache.

Old Rapid. Why don't you finish the job ;-why don't you?

Act III. Scene 1.

A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE:

A COMEDY,

En Five Acts.

BY THOMAS MORTON, ESQ

Author of The Way to get Married, Town and Country, School of Reform,
Education, Knight of Snowdoun, Zorinski, Columbus, School of Reform,
Speed the Plough, The Slave, &c.

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PRINTED FROM THE ACTING COPY, WITH REMARKS,
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL,

To which are added,

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUME,-CAST OF THE CHARACTERS,
ENTRANCES AND EXITS,-RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PER-
FORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OF THE STAGE

BUSINESS.

As now performed at the

THEATRES ROYAL, LONDON.

EMBELLISHED WITH A FINE WOOD ENGRAVING

By Mr. BONNER, from a Drawing taken in the Theatre, by
Mr. R. CRUIKSHANK.

LONDON:

JOHN CUMBERLAND, 19, LUDGATE HILL.

REMARKS.

THE balm that applies to the mind is, of all others, the most rare and subtle. Bodily suffering yields to human skill; but mental anguish is beyond the physician's art. Macbeth anxiously inquires,

"Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased;
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow;
Raze out the written troubles of the brain,
And, with some sweet oblivious antidote,
Cleanse the foul bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart ph

To which question he receives this comprehensive reply, "Therein the patient

Must minister to himself."

"A Cure for the Heartache" is a pleasing illustration of this principle. Certain characters are introduced, who, having more or less offended against justice and virtue, are baffled in their pursuit of happiness by a disturbed and reproaching conscience. For it is not in scenes of wealth and grandeur, that happiness consists

"The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy?"

It is in acts of kindness and benevolence to our fellow

men

"Would ye be blest, the proper means pursue;
Make others happy, and be happy too!"

In conscious rectitude and integrity

"The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy
That conscience gives, and nothing can destroy"

It is not to be found abroad, but at home. Not in riot aud gaiety; but in reflexion and contentment

"With these, celestial wisdom calms the mind,
And makes the happiness she does not find."

The plot of this comedy is interesting; the incidents possess sufficient bustle and whim, without descending to

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