Fourth Earl of Orford in Haymarket Theatre, London - in the middle of 1782
from Letter from Horace Walpole to the Countess of Upper Ossory, 4 August 1782, pages 307–308:
I was indeed, Madam, excessively diverted with The Agreeable Surprise: it is excellent nonsense, and very original. Whatever is so, has great merit in my eyes: I would not give sixpence a ream for what Mr. Hayley and such copyists write.
cite as
Fourth Earl of Orford, Letter from Horace Walpole to the Countess of Upper Ossory, 4 August 1782. In Mrs. Paget Toynbee (ed.), The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, volume 12 (Oxford, 1904), p. 307–308. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1534783862703 accessed: 19 December, 2024
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The Agreeable Surprise
written by John O'Keeffe |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | in the middle of 1782 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:51:03 +0100
Approved on Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:55:57 +0100