 | The Knight of Rhodes |  |
TO THE READER.
Of the Dramas contained in these volumes, two, namely, Riches, and Tricks upon Travellers, have been acted, and only the former of these was published. The terms of Mr. Arnold's licence being restricted to the performance of Operas at the Lyceum Theatre, the author found himself under the necessity of introducing into his comedy of Tricks upon Travellers the prescribed number of songs; but as they did not please himself, he was apprehensive they might not, when stript of their musical accompaniments, prove more satisfactory to others: he therefore declined the immediate publication of the piece, and he now brings it forward as it was originally written.
The six remaining Dramas are entirely new, and as such are submitted to the indulgence of the Public.
| The Knight of Rhodes | |