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Show DAVI 4 GARRICK hant, g, i - Berore the English Merchant was pré Mistance, Va sented to thepublic, Garrick told the authortha d, L'E:ossai e published he was going toestablish twonew rules. In th first place, to extinguish the custom'of ‘actin IECE Writtey b no farce, during the run of a new play, which Douglas, he said, was highly detrimental to the-author a Freron, a sy well as the manager. ipped his pen i enoug mity agunst th He introduce n, a wasp. B e air of8 man orth his notice by a foreig o f;~ela to ru If a play was stron its dourse without additiona aid, the weakest farce on the list might furnis thei hand othe th o and e the after-pie play wante support, the best two-act comeThis new rule he tol dies might be added Colman would on the presen occasion be himself, for the Englis of singula use t Merchart he believed would'b acceptable th o part othe i bu boxe an to the pi he intended . He e house was likely to fail ri hold t a s ged enla bein hous of th The second innova tion' proposed by Garricl‘% was; in consideration thre BeroR |
