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Updated: July 29, 2025
There is ground to believe that the famous Factory Acts owed some of their suggestions to Past and Present. Carlyle always speaks respectfully of the future Lord Shaftesbury. "I heard Milnes saying," notes the Lady Sneerwell of real life, "at the Shuttleworths that Lord Ashley was the greatest man alive: he was the only man that Carlyle praised in his book.
Enemies abuse him, Friends give him up, the Play is damn'd, and the Author goes to the Devil, so ends the Farce." To which Sneerwell replies, with much promptitude: "The Tragedy rather, I think, Mr. Fustian." But whatever may have been its preliminary difficulties, Fielding's first play was not exposed to so untoward a fate. It was well received.
"Sir B. Never fear, he does not love well enough to be quick sighted; for just now he taxed me with eloping with his sister. "Mar. Well, we had now best join the company. "Cler. So, now who can ever have faith in woman! D d deceitful wanton! why did she not fairly tell me that she was weary of my addresses? that, woman-like, her mind was changed, and another fool succeeded. "Enter LADY SNEERWELL.
He might also, possibly, have been influenced by the consideration, that the chief movement of this plot must depend upon the jealousy of the lover, a spring of interest which he had already brought sufficiently into play in the Rivals. "Lady Sneerwell. Well, my love, have you seen Clerimont to-day? "Maria. I have not, nor does he come as often as he used.
Henley the part of Joseph evidently presented no serious difficulties. In his opinion, Joseph is a whining hypocrite who rolls his eyes when he wishes to look natural. Obviously he is a slavish admirer of Mr. Irving. If Joseph had taken his snuff as this one does, Lady Sneerwell would have sent him to the kitchen.
In Fielding, too, we find numerous hints or germs, that have come to their full growth of wit in The Critic. "Sneerwell. Yes, faith, I think I would cut that last speech. "Trapwit. Sir, I'll sooner cut off an ear or two; Sir, that's the very best thing in the whole play.... "Trapwit. Now, Mr.
In the end, Firebrand stabs Common-Sense, but her Ghost frightens Ignorance off the Stage, upon which Sneerwell says "I am glad you make Common-Sense get the better at last; I was under terrible Apprehensions for your Moral." "Faith, Sir," says Fustian, "this is almost the only Play where she has got the better lately." And so the piece closes.
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