ABSTRACT
Godwin was disconsolate at the fate of Antonio but his determination to persist with writing plays is evident from the letter he wrote to Kemble announcing his new play Abbas, King of Persia:
e opinion of no individual, however respected, could have produced so essential a revolution in my judgment as the experiment of a crowded theatre. Whatever prejudice I may still retain in favour of Antonio as a literary composition, I am fully convinced that it was ill- tted to become the favourite of a theatre audience playhouse. My ideas of a tragedy to please our present audiences are changed, and that change will exhibit a strong operation in anything I since have, or herea er may, meditate of that kind.1
