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Mr Sheridan can write in any style, and to any degree of perfection he pleases, but his public writing, like his public speaking is more catching than captivating; it dazzles, but does not impress—it charms but does not convince. In short, as that gentleman’s aim is popularity, he does everything for the moment, and it is a question, after he has sunk into ease and independence, from his natural indolence of mind, whether he will ever again be known but by a few eminent trifles.… Mr Sheridan having most probably done with the stage, as an author, it is but fair to examine how far, in that capacity, he has been an acquisition to the public; and when we consider that he has deprived the world of the best singer,1 beyond all comparison, that we have ever heard, it is very doubtful whether what he has given be adequate to what he has taken away…
From The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin (London: Henry Colburn, 1827). Editor’s title.
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Dibdin, C. (1989). Done with the Stage. In: Mikhail, E.H. (eds) Sheridan. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20441-0_28
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