THEGRECIAN DAUGHTER;

THE

A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS; By ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq. AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.

A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS;

By ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

AS PERFORMED AT THE

PRINTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE MANAGERS FROM THE PROMPT BOOK.

WITH REMARKS BY MRS. INCHBALD.

BY MRS. INCHBALD.

LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER ROW. WILLIAM SAVAGE, PRINTER, BEDFORD BURY, LONDON.

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER ROW.

WILLIAM SAVAGE, PRINTER, BEDFORD BURY, LONDON.

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REMARKS.

This tragedy has been so rapturously applauded on the stage, and so severely criticised in the closet, that it is a task of peculiar difficulty to speak either of its beauties or its defects, with any degree of certainty. To conciliate both the auditor and the reader, both the favourable and the unfavourable critic, the "Grecian Daughter" demands a set of Remarks for each side of the question—and the good-natured side shall have precedence.

This play had, on its first appearance, the most brilliant success, and still holds a place in the list of dramas performed during every season. There is a splendour of decoration, a glow of martial action, 

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