Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of John O'keeffe, Esq., Vol. 3 of 4: Published Under the Gracious Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Who wrote this play fome might be glad to know. And why a fecret-i'll attempt to fhew A certain youth, his name-no matter what, Refolv'd to try if he could act or not, And to be feen by all, by none be known, Fixt on this project to deceive the town, Cautious, or voice, or feature to expofe, Poor Mungo was the part our Novice chofe. He locks his door, and fmears his face with cork, Looks in the glafs, laughs, and admires his works He dances, fings, and all (0 like a black, An elbow chair, the hamper on his back; Aiks of the manager to take a trial, And fpouting decent, meets with no denial. Up go the bills, the Padlock now the farce is, So careful, even in black face he rehearfes Curious to know who this fame firanger is, We fcan each tone and trace the footy phiz. It's Mr. This-lord that-conjecture, doubt, Not one of us can make the younker out. T he houfe is full, behind the culprit flands, Now fear appalls, now hope his breaft expands; Peeps thro' the curtain, trembling cons his part, The prompter's bell now {trikes upon his heart. OE plays the Overture; the piece begun Up goes his hamper, Mungo marches on He bows-confus'd, the loud applaufe he hears, A generous public difiipates his fears, Encouragement draws forth his latent powers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.