Event Comment: A little hissing during
the farce, & at
the End ye Audience call'd, no more &c.--& insisted upon ano
ther farce being given out wch
Mr Blakes did--farewell Taste (Cross).
The Book of
the Entertainment will be sold in
the theatre, and at
R. Francklin's in
Russel Street,
Covent Garden (playbill). [
The publication of
Taste was dedicated to
Francis Delaval, and includes in prefatory remarks
Foote's distinction between Comedy and Farce: As
the follies and absurdities of men are
the sole objects of Comedy, so
the powers of Imagination (Plot and Incident expected) are in this kind of writing greatly restrainded. No unnatural assemblages, no creatures of
the fancy can procure
the protection of
the Comic Muse; men and things must appear as
they are. To Farce greater liberties are permitted. I look upon Farce to hold
the same rank in drama that Burlesque does in o
ther poetry. It is employed ei
ther in debasing lofty subjects, or in raising humble ones.'] Receipts: #180 (
Cross)