Secondly, of those unfortunate authors who have been successful, there
be--
1.--He whose piece, albeit successful, is withdrawn to make room
for the Christmas pantomine, Easter piece, or other
entertainment equally cherished by the manager, who thereupon
groundeth a plea of non-payment.
2.--He who being a creditor of the manager, and the same being
unable to meet his obligations, by an ingenious contrivance of
the law becometh cleansed thereof, an operation which hath been
conceitedly termed "whitewashing."
3.--He that writeth a piece with a friend, and the same claimeth
the entire authorship thereof and emolument therefrom.
And there be divers other calamities which we have neither space nor time
to enumerate, but which be all incentives to abstain from dramatic
writing.
PERDITUS.
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PUNCH'S THEATRE.
JACK KETCH; OR, A LEAF FROM TYBURN TREE.
Modern legislation is chiefly remarkable for its oppressive interference
with the elegant amusements of the mob.
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