[ [179] Wilks played Constant; Booth, Heartfree; and Cibber, Sir John Brute.
[ [180] Cibber begins the seventh chapter of this work with an account of Betterton's troubles as a manager. See vol. i. p. 227. See also vol. i. p. 315.
"Ye Gods, what Havock does Ambition make
Among your Works!"—"Cato," act i. sc. 1.
"And, in despair their empty pit to fill,
Set up some Foreign monster in a bill.
Thus they jog on, still tricking, never thriving,
And murdering plays, which they miscall reviving."