THE EARL OF WARWICK ; A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS; BY DR. FRANKLIN. AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. PRINTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE MANAGERS FROM THE PROMPT BOOK. WITH REMARKS BY MRS. INCHBALD. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER ROW. REMARKS. THIS is the dramatic history of the Earl of Warwick, whose exploits as a soldier, and intrigues as a politician, obtained him a second title from the populace a title, at this time, recognised by all Christendom, in the person of another warrior. Warwick was called "The Setter-up and Puller-down of Kings." By some, this appellation was meant as an honour; by others, as a reproach to Warwick; but as, in the distribution of thrones, he never showed a wish to secure one for himself, it may fairly be supposed that he conscientiously gave the royal sceptre into that hand, which he hoped and believed best could wield it; his latent self-love pointing out to him, alternately, that candidate as most worthy of the crown, who most revered his power and dignity. In this tragedy, the youthful, gay, and gallant Edward the Fourth, is, for the first and the last time, brought upon the stage in person, though a wellknown character, by description, in some of our best English dramas. Edward is excellently described in the play of "Jane Shore" as her betrayer and doting lover. In |