Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day . for thechoaking of singing birds ^ which his enemies representas his chief occupation at Drury Lane. There is extant anagreement signed by Gibber, Wilks, and Booth and datedJanuary 17, 1718, which provides that no play shall bereceived into the house . . but by an order under thehands of three of the managers. ^ Even so. Gibber waswell aware of the difficulties of his position. A Men-ager, he writes, ought to be at the Reading of everynew Play when it is first offerd to the Stage, though thereare seldom one of those Play
Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day . for thechoaking of singing birds ^ which his enemies representas his chief occupation at Drury Lane. There is extant anagreement signed by Gibber, Wilks, and Booth and datedJanuary 17, 1718, which provides that no play shall bereceived into the house . . but by an order under thehands of three of the managers. ^ Even so. Gibber waswell aware of the difficulties of his position. A Men-ager, he writes, ought to be at the Reading of everynew Play when it is first offerd to the Stage, though thereare seldom one of those Plays in twenty which, uponhearing, proves to be fit for it; and upon such Occasionthe Attendance must be allowd to be as painfully te-dious as the getting rid of the Authors of such plays mustbe disagreeable and difficult. Obviously the extreme * Cf. Davies, Life of Garrick, I, 247. ^ Printed by Fitzgerald, I, 417, from R. J. Smitlis Collection of Materieltowards an History of the English Stage, vol. Ill (British Museum). IriL ^171/^;^ 0^ ^^ f^ rcH ^ /f[p/< ^ Y^V/.
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