Love and Freindship on Jane Shore: “One of Edward's Mistresses was Jane Shore, who has had a play written about her, but it is a tragedy and therefore not worth reading.”
Aurora Floyd on Jane Shore: “when 'George Barnwell' and 'Jane Shore' were amongst the favourite works of art of a play-going public”
The Vicar of Wakefield on The Fair Penitent: “I mentioned before, who was come to dispose of tickets for the Fair Penitent, which was to be acted that evening, the part of Horatio by a young gentleman who had never appeared on any stage.”