ABSTRACT
First published in The News, II, 25 May 1806, pp. 430–1. It was reprinted in Critical Essays, ‘Appendix’, pp. 17–21. This parody of theatre reviewing practices takes up the main part of the week’s Theatricals section. For Hunt’s related critiques of theatre reviewing and expressions of his own new standards, see above, p. 4; and below, pp. 17–20, 21–23. Short notices of the previous week’s productions at Drury Lane and Covent Garden complete this week’s Theatricals section.
