1773
ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830: SPENSER AND THE TRADITION
George Colman
Anonymous, "On Mr. Colman's Management, and Dr. Goldsmith's Comedy" St. James's Chronicle (25 March 1773).
Commentary for
George Colman:
1756: Robert Lloyd
1758: George Colman
1760: Thomas Gray
1760: William Shenstone
1760: Thomas Gray
1764: T. D.
1765: Rev. John Langhorne
1765: Simon Satisfied
1765: Moderation
1765: A Friend
1766: J. Singleton
1767: Oxon
1767: Anonymous
1767: George Philip Tousy
1767: Oxon
1768: Anonymous
1769: T. M.
1769: Philambo
1770: Anonymous
1771: Philo-Shakespear
1773: A Templar
1773: Anonymous
1773: Anonymous
1773: Anonymous
1774: Anonymous
1774: Thaliater
1776: G.
1778: J. O—y
1778: Philo-Musa
1778: Vindex
1780: Horace Walpole
1780: Anonymous
1781: Rev. William Tasker
1783: P. S. Edinensis
1784: Dorinda
1786: William Cowper
1786: Ambo-Dexter
1787: Nimrod
1787: Anti-Nimrod
1787: Toby
1788: William Hayley
1789: John Williams
1794: F. R. S.
1801: Arthur Murphy
1804: Rev. William Tooke
1824: Bryan Waller Procter
1835: Robert Southey
1843: John Holland
While Garrick drives, with Shakespeare's Scenes,
To court th' assembled Town,
His Rival Colman only means
To make his own go down.
On Fletcher's Wing, with borrow'd Life,
Barsanti soar'd to Fame;
Then perch'd upon the Jealous Wife,
And down again she came.
The Eagle, tow'ring to his Height,
May shew the Wren the Skies,
Who soon must fall — to bear her Weight
When some Cock-Sparrow tries.
The Tragic Muse, with Powell dead,
Saw Colman's Hopes Decay,
And whisper'd Yates, who quickly fled
"O'er Hill and far away."
Her Comic Sister stay'd a While,
For Goldsmith's Sake she stay'd;
And Scandal, in her usual Stile,
Cries out, he keeps the Maid.
And (as 'tis true she's brought to Bed)
We hope he ne'er will drop her;
We can't be griev'd as Shakespeare said,
"The Issue is so proper."