After reaping a golden harvest, in the fields of Thespis, we took leave of 
Scotland, and agreed, on our way to London, to play two nights at Newcastle. 
Stephen Kemble was the manager, who received us kindly, and we had two 
overflowing audiences. It was at Newcastle, I first had the pleasure of meeting 
that genuine child of Momus, Liston; and, on my return to London, strongly 
recommended Messrs. Sheridan and Richardson to engage him for Drury Lane : but 
procrastination was their motto ; and it is to George (Dolman's discernment, that 
the public are indebted for the invaluable acquisition of Listen's unrivalled 
talents to the London stage: he made his first appearance in Zekiel Homespun, in 
the "Heir at Law," at the Haymarket Theatre (14th June, 1805).