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Gay who writes 'em for us'll have the worry and he's got it too, what with Rich's scraping and saving and his insisting upon Mr. Quin playing in the opera." Lavinia now saw why Gay had been depressed. But Mr. Quin the surly, who only played in tragedies, what had he to do with Gay's opera? She put the question to Mrs. Egleton. "Nothing at all. He hasn't any more idea of singing than an old crow.
Sam Hoole father of the translator of Tasso and Ariosto was Rich's chief machinist at this period, and the inventor of this famous serpent. He had, according to Cumberland, a shop where he sold mechanical toys. Having a large stock of serpent toys left on his hands he became a ruined and bankrupt man. "Orpheus and Eurydice" was revived by Rich in 1747, and again in 1755; when it ran 31 nights.
On one occasion Foote, being incensed at being so addressed, asked Rich why he did not call him by his name. "Don't be angry," says Rich, "I sometimes forget my own name." "I know," replied Foote, "that you can't write your own name, but I wonder you should forget it." The first of Rich's successes was "Harlequin Sorcerer." On its production Pope wrote:
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