The Italians; or, the Fatal Accusation
, and it was accepted. In February, 1819, he withdrew the play, in consequence of a quarrel with Edmund Kean, and published it with extracts from the correspondence and a Preface, which sent it through numerous editions. The play itself was, after being withdrawn, played at Drury Lane, April 3, 1819. Bucke and his Preface were answered in
The Assailant Assailed
, and in
A Defence of Edmund Kean, Esq
. (both in 1819), and the opinion of the town condemned both him and his tragedy.