. Anne Seymour Damer. A woman of art and fashion, 1748-1828 . onways play was produced there. Hewrites to Hannah More on April 22, 1789: Iam sure, my good friend, you partake of my joyat the great success of the comedy. The addi-tional character of the Abbe pleased much, it wasadded by the advice of the players to enliven it,that is to stretch the jaws of the pit and gallery,I sighed silently; for it was originally sogenteel a piece, that I was sorry to have it 105 ANNE SEYMOUR DAMER tumbled by coarse applauses. But this is asecret. The following is the caste of False Appear-ances when produce
. Anne Seymour Damer. A woman of art and fashion, 1748-1828 . onways play was produced there. Hewrites to Hannah More on April 22, 1789: Iam sure, my good friend, you partake of my joyat the great success of the comedy. The addi-tional character of the Abbe pleased much, it wasadded by the advice of the players to enliven it,that is to stretch the jaws of the pit and gallery,I sighed silently; for it was originally sogenteel a piece, that I was sorry to have it 105 ANNE SEYMOUR DAMER tumbled by coarse applauses. But this is asecret. The following is the caste of False Appear-ances when produced at Drury Lane, April 20,1789 :— Baron,Marquis,Governour de ForlisAbbe,Robert, .Countess,Lisette, .Lucile,Celia, Wroughton. Kemble. Parsons. Bannister, Kemble. Taken from the French, said to have beenadapted to the English stage by General is on the whole a pretty good play, but theunderplot which concerns the Abbe is bad. TheCountess is a pleasant character. Acted six times. (Genest.) 106. MISS MARY BERRY From a bust by Anne Seymour Darner FRIENDSHIP WITH THE MISSES BERRY CHAPTER XI FRIENDSHIP WITH THE MISSES BERRY It was in the year 1789 that Mrs. Darner firstmade the acquaintance of the Misses Berry andtheir father. This acquaintance soon ripenedinto a strong friendship, which lasted till death. Mary Berry, the elder of the two sisters, keptthe very interesting diary, in which she mentionsamongst the events of the year 1789 the intro-duction of herself and her sister to Lady Ailesburyand Mrs. Darner, and their visit to Park this introduction of his friends to his rela-tions, Horace Walpole made an appointment; hehad become so intimate with the Misses Berry,that he wished, as he said, his friends to be theirfriends. He writes to Miss Mary Berry on March20, 1789: £l hope you are not engaged thisday senight, but will allow me to wait upon youand Lady Ailesbury, which I will settle with h
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