Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . the gentlemen ofthe cloth werefairly expelled ,and servantsfrom this timewere dejsrived ofthe freedom of thetheatre. About 1752 purchasedthe Canongate Theatre from the original proprietors for ^648 and^100 per annum during the lives of the lessees ;but he failed in his engagement, and James Calien-der, a merchant of the city, undertook to conductthe business, with Mr. Digges as stage soon after resigned his charge to Beatt, another citizen, who had ventured inthe past time to read Princ
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . the gentlemen ofthe cloth werefairly expelled ,and servantsfrom this timewere dejsrived ofthe freedom of thetheatre. About 1752 purchasedthe Canongate Theatre from the original proprietors for ^648 and^100 per annum during the lives of the lessees ;but he failed in his engagement, and James Calien-der, a merchant of the city, undertook to conductthe business, with Mr. Digges as stage soon after resigned his charge to Beatt, another citizen, who had ventured inthe past time to read Prince Charless proclamations at the Cross. Mr. Love also withdrew from thecharge, and was succeeded by Mr. John Dawsonof Newcastle ; but dissensions arose among thejierformcrs themselves. Two parties were formed inthe theatre, which, during a performance of Ham-let, they utterly wrecked and demolished, and seton fire in a riot, to the supreme delight of allopponents of the drama. Legal actions and counter-actions ensued; thehouse was again fitted up, and nothing of interest. occurred till the night of the 14th December, 1756, when, to the dismay of all Scotland, there was brought out the tragedy of Douglas, written by the pen of a minister of the kirk ! The original cast was thus :—Douglas, Mr. Digges; Lord Randolph, Mr. Younger; Glenalvon. Mr. Love; Norval, Mr. Hayman; Lady Randolph, Mrs. Ward; Anna, Mrs. Hopkins. With redoubled zeal the clergy returned to the assault, and though they could no more crush the players, they compelled John Home, the author of the obnoxious ~ tragedy, to re-nounce the ordersthat had beentarnished by acomposition sounwonted and un-clerical. Ulti-mately he becamecaptain in the Buc-cleuch Fencibles,and lived longenough to see the THE WATER GATE. prejudices of manyof his countrjmenpass away; but hewas long viewedwith account forthis extraordlnar)-phen omen on,sa)s Dr. Carlisle,so far down inthe eighteenth cen-I:?;..?, ? : ? :?.puHishe,/ifi ii
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