Singerman Entry
Singerman ID#supp0033
Macklin, Charles. The Man of the World; A Comedy, in Five Acts. As performed at the Boston Theatre, and at the Theatre-Royal Dublin. Boston: John West, 1808. 72 p.
Notes
Act II, Scene I, relates a conversation between a bishop ("Beeshop") and a Jew; the bishop tries to convert the Jew while the overly clever Jew picks the bishop’s brain in the hope of "making a stroke in the stocks" (p. 30). Later editions exist. S & S 15473.