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on 23 February 1754, and expired on the fourth night. Genest styles it âa cold and uninteresting play, the plot avowedly taken in part from a French piece.â Both pieces were printed, the former being dedicated to the
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Chesterfield attributed its failure to the fact that pit and gallery did not like a tragedy without bloodshed. A similar failure attended his play of âConstantine,â which was produced at
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