greatness, who demand
worship from men of genius, and yet can suffer them to live miserably,
and die neglected?

The dramatic works of Mr. Otway are,

1. Alcibiades, a Tragedy, acted at the Duke of York's Theatre, 1675,
dedicated to Charles, Earl of Middlesex. The story of this play is
taken from Cor. Nepos, and Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades.

2. Titus and Berenice, a Tragedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre, 1677,
dedicated to John, Earl of Rochester. This play consists of but three
Acts, and is a translation from M. Racine into heroic verse; for the
story see Suetonius, Dionysius, Josephus; to which is added the Cheats
of Scapin, a Farce, acted the same year. This is a translation from
Moliere, and is originally Terence's Phormio.

3. Friendship in Fashion, a Comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre, 1678,
dedicated to the Earl of Dorset and Middlesex. This play was revived
at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, 1749, and was damned by the
audience, on account of the immorality of the design, and the
obscenity of the dialogue.

4. Don Carlos, Prince of Spain, a Tragedy, acted at the Duke of York's
Theatre, 1679. This play, which was the second production of our
author, written in heroic verse, was acted with very great applause,
and had a run of thirty nights; the plot from the Novel called Don
Carlos.

5. The Orphan, or the Unhappy Marriage, a Tragedy, acted at the Duke
of York's Theatre, 1680, dedicated to her Royal Highness the Duchess.
It is founded on the History of Brandon, and a Novel called the
English Adventurer. Scene Bohemia.

6. The History and Fall of Caius Marius, a Tragedy, acted at the
Duke's Theatre, 1680, dedicated to Lord Viscount Falkland. The
characters of Marius Junior and Lavinia, are borrowed literally from
Shakespear's Romeo and Juliet, which Otway has acknowledged in his
Prologue.

7. The Soldier's Fortune, a Comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre, 1681.
This play is dedicated to Mr. Bentley his Bookseller; for the copy
money, as he tells us himself, see Boccace's Novels, Scarron's
Romances.

8. The Atheist, or the Second Part of the Soldier's Fortune, a Comedy,
acted at the Duke of York's Theatre, 1684, dedicated to Lord Eland,
the eldest son to the Marquis of Hallifax.

9. Venice Preserved, or a Plot Discovered, a Tragedy, acted at the
Duke's Theatre, 1685, dedicated to the Duchess of Portsmouth. Of this
we have already given some account, and it is so frequently acted,
that any enlargement