| Description | Sending him parts of his version of Shakespeare's Timon of Athens, revised as "fit for a polite stage" for his consideration and for it to be introduced to Mr Kemble; he sends the 1st Act and part of the 5th, altering Timon to die an idiot rather than a misanthrope, suitable for the acting style of a Mr Taylor,a comedian in London; he has thrown out all obscenities and vulgarisms and the characters of Phrynia and Tinandra [prostitutes]; he hopes that "these papers" are taken out of the Attic Chest before their presentation to Mr Kemble, taken out by the "dear Thalia of Berners Street" [Eleanor Porden] |
| Recipient Location | 59 Berners Street, London |