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Mr. Ducrow, we hear, is preparing Turpin’s celebrated ride to York, so vividly described in the new romance of Rookwood, for immediate representation at Astley’s. No better subject could have been selected, and we predict that the piece will have an equal success with Mazeppa. To ride is to be given entire.--The chance through Tottenham and Edmonton, and Turpin’s adventures at those towns,--The pleasant Pipe-lighting scene--The stoppage of the York stage--The scene in the stable near Stamford, where Turpin puts the raw steak upon his horse’s bridle—The subsequent perilous escape of the highwayman from his pursuers--The rencontre with the Gipsy Queen beneath the gibbet on Gonesby-hill--The spectral meeting with Sir Luke Rookwood on the misty banks of the Dove--The passage of the Ouse at Cawwood Ferry, near York; and, finally, the death of Black Bess, after the completion of her wondrous tasks, are all to be represented in as many tableaux.
