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Ripe squabbles over Colman and theatrical hubbub
A reader defends Colman against charges of pedantry in verse attacks and debates the theater press. The letter targets Theatrical Monitor, Covent Garden managers, and a printer’s mock wisdom as it questions who controls critique and what makes a Shakespearean rewrite worthy.
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Langhorne
Colman
Rhime
Howe
St. James’s
St. James’s Chronicle
Covent Garden Theatre
King Lear
Harry Baldwin
Mr. Colman