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Among other things, the licensing act of 1737 stipulated that Covent Garden and Drury Lane exclusively were the patented and licensed theaters (respectively) in London, a fact directly related to the revolt of prestigious players six years later. Although there were sporadic performances of "legitimate" drama in unlicensed playhouses between 1737 and 1743, full-time professional actors and actresses were in effect locked into the approved theaters during the regular theatrical season. Suspecting a cartel directed against them personally and professionally by the "Bashas" Rich at Covent Garden and Fleetwood at Drury Lane,[1] the players from Drury Lane in the summer of 1743 banded together and refused. | The Case of Mrs. Clive 1 The Case of Mrs. Clive i The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Case of Mrs. Clive by Catherine Clive This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title The Case of Mrs. Clive Author Catherine Clive Release Date October 27 2004 EBook 13881 Language English Character set encoding UTF-8 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CASE OF MRS. CLIVE Produced by David Starner Susan Skinner and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. ĩ 4 THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY CATHERINE CLIVE THE CASE OF Mrs. CLIVE 1744 Introduction by RICHARD C. FRUSHELL To H.T. Swedenberg Junior -founder protector friend_ He that delights to Plant and Set Makes After-Ages in his Debt. Where could they find another formed so fit To poise with solid sense a sprightly wit Were these both wanting as they both abound Where could so firm integrity be found The verse and emblem are from George Wither _A Collection of Emblems Ancient and Modern_ London 1635 illustration xxxv page 35. The lines of poetry 123-126 are from To My Honoured Kinsman John Driden in John Dryden The Works of John Dryden ed. Sir Walter Scott rev. and corr. George Saintsbury Edinburgh William Patterson 1885 xi 78. GENERAL EDITORS The Case of Mrs. Clive 2 William E. Conway William Andrews Clark Memorial Library George Robert Guffey University of California Los Angeles Maximillian E. Novak University of California Los Angeles David S. Rodes University of California Los Angeles ADVISORY EDITORS Richard C. Boys University of Michigan James L. Clifford Columbia University Ralph Cohen University of Virginia Vinton A. Dearing University of California Los Angeles Arthur Friedman University of Chicago Louis A. Landa Princeton University Earl Miner Princeton University Samuel H. Monk University of Minnesota Everett T. .
