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Biographic Sketch Of The. Late. George Colman, Esq.
management of Covent-Garden Theatre , disposed of his property in that house to Messrs . COLMAN , HARRIS , POWELL , and iruTHERFORB . These gentlemen carried on the management together ; but in a short time Mr . COLMAN appearing to-aspire . to ; a .. greater authority than the other patentees , excepting Mr . POWELL , were disposed to grant , a severe literary contest ensued , Mess . HARRIS and RUTHERFORD , on
one side , and Mr . COLMAN on the other . POWELL silentl y acquiesced in the measures of COLMAN . At length in disgust Mr . ' . COLMAN sold his share and retired . : Soon after some shocking aspersions were cast upon the reputation of Mr . FOOTE , - then proprietor of the Haymarket Theatre , which , whether deserved or not , induced him to withdraw from : the stage . He disposed of his theatre to Mr .. COLMAN
for a very handsome annuity , and soon after died . —Mr . ' COLMAN made immediate application for the licence , and succeeded . From that period he conducted the Theatre with- great judgment and assiduity , occasionally supplying many dramas from his own fancy , as well as many pleasant translations from the : French . A few years ago : he was struck with a palsy , which nearly deprived him of the use of one side of his body , and in a short time thereafter , he gave evident
signs of mental derangement ; in consequence of which he was placedunder proper management at Paddington , - and the conductof the theatre was vested in his son , who ; besides many proofs of dramatic genius in deserved esteem with the p ' ublic , has deported himself as a manager , with judgment , liberality , and a spirit of industry , which is rarely to be found in men of his lively powers . This gentleman , we
understand , has obtained the patent since the death of his father ; and \ ve doubt not that he will continue to deserve the respect of the public by a proper discharge of his duties as a manager . The late Mr . COLMAN was one bf the chief writers in a very eleo-ant and entertaining periodical paper , called The Connoisseur , and has produced a variety of miscellaneous poems and papers , which he
collected in three volumes , a year or two . before what . may be termed his intellectual demise . As a scholar he holds a very respectable rank , as may be seen in his translation of HORACE ' Art of Poetry , as well as his translation bf the comedies of TERENCE . The following is a list of the several works for which the British Drama is indebted to this gentleman , with the dates of the times when they respectivel y appeared :
i Polly . Honeycomb - - 1700 3 The Jealous Wife ... 1761 3 The Musical Lady - - - 1762 4 Philaster ,. altered - - - 1763 5 The Deuce is in Him - - 1763 6 A Midsummer Night ' s Dream , altered - 176 3 : 7 A Fairy Tale - - 176 4
S The Clandestine Marriage 1766 9 The English Merchant - 1767 ' 10 King Lear , altered - - 1768 I-1 The Oxonian in Town - 176 9 12 Man and Wife - - 1769 13 The Portrait ... 1770 J 4 The Fairy Prince . - - - 1771
15 Comus , altered - - ^ 73 16 Achilles in Petticoats , altered 1774 17 The Man of Business - - 1774 1 S Epicene , or the Silent Woman , altered - - . ,- - - 17 , 76 19 The Spleen , or Islington Spa 1776 20 Occasional Prelude - - 1776 21 New Brooms - 1776 "
-22 The Spanish-Barber . - - 1777 23 The Female Chevalier , altered 1778 24 Bonduca , altered - - - 1773 25 The Suicide - 1778 26 The Separate Maintenance 1779 27 The Manager in Dis : ress Prelude - 1780
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Biographic Sketch Of The. Late. George Colman, Esq.
management of Covent-Garden Theatre , disposed of his property in that house to Messrs . COLMAN , HARRIS , POWELL , and iruTHERFORB . These gentlemen carried on the management together ; but in a short time Mr . COLMAN appearing to-aspire . to ; a .. greater authority than the other patentees , excepting Mr . POWELL , were disposed to grant , a severe literary contest ensued , Mess . HARRIS and RUTHERFORD , on
one side , and Mr . COLMAN on the other . POWELL silentl y acquiesced in the measures of COLMAN . At length in disgust Mr . ' . COLMAN sold his share and retired . : Soon after some shocking aspersions were cast upon the reputation of Mr . FOOTE , - then proprietor of the Haymarket Theatre , which , whether deserved or not , induced him to withdraw from : the stage . He disposed of his theatre to Mr .. COLMAN
for a very handsome annuity , and soon after died . —Mr . ' COLMAN made immediate application for the licence , and succeeded . From that period he conducted the Theatre with- great judgment and assiduity , occasionally supplying many dramas from his own fancy , as well as many pleasant translations from the : French . A few years ago : he was struck with a palsy , which nearly deprived him of the use of one side of his body , and in a short time thereafter , he gave evident
signs of mental derangement ; in consequence of which he was placedunder proper management at Paddington , - and the conductof the theatre was vested in his son , who ; besides many proofs of dramatic genius in deserved esteem with the p ' ublic , has deported himself as a manager , with judgment , liberality , and a spirit of industry , which is rarely to be found in men of his lively powers . This gentleman , we
understand , has obtained the patent since the death of his father ; and \ ve doubt not that he will continue to deserve the respect of the public by a proper discharge of his duties as a manager . The late Mr . COLMAN was one bf the chief writers in a very eleo-ant and entertaining periodical paper , called The Connoisseur , and has produced a variety of miscellaneous poems and papers , which he
collected in three volumes , a year or two . before what . may be termed his intellectual demise . As a scholar he holds a very respectable rank , as may be seen in his translation of HORACE ' Art of Poetry , as well as his translation bf the comedies of TERENCE . The following is a list of the several works for which the British Drama is indebted to this gentleman , with the dates of the times when they respectivel y appeared :
i Polly . Honeycomb - - 1700 3 The Jealous Wife ... 1761 3 The Musical Lady - - - 1762 4 Philaster ,. altered - - - 1763 5 The Deuce is in Him - - 1763 6 A Midsummer Night ' s Dream , altered - 176 3 : 7 A Fairy Tale - - 176 4
S The Clandestine Marriage 1766 9 The English Merchant - 1767 ' 10 King Lear , altered - - 1768 I-1 The Oxonian in Town - 176 9 12 Man and Wife - - 1769 13 The Portrait ... 1770 J 4 The Fairy Prince . - - - 1771
15 Comus , altered - - ^ 73 16 Achilles in Petticoats , altered 1774 17 The Man of Business - - 1774 1 S Epicene , or the Silent Woman , altered - - . ,- - - 17 , 76 19 The Spleen , or Islington Spa 1776 20 Occasional Prelude - - 1776 21 New Brooms - 1776 "
-22 The Spanish-Barber . - - 1777 23 The Female Chevalier , altered 1778 24 Bonduca , altered - - - 1773 25 The Suicide - 1778 26 The Separate Maintenance 1779 27 The Manager in Dis : ress Prelude - 1780