*p1752 01 24 dl The Suspicious Husband. ^As17511009^.*a1752 01 24 dl Taste. ^As17520111^.*s1752 01 24 dl III: <i>Haughty Strephon</i> by $Dr Arne=-Master Vernon.*c1752 01 24 dl A little hissing during the farce, & at the End ye Audience call'd, no more &c.--& insisted upon another farce being given out wch $Mr Blakes= did--farewell Taste (Cross). The Book of the Entertainment will be sold in the theatre, and at $R. Francklin='s in <i>Russel Street</i>, <i>Covent Garden</i> (playbill). [The publication of <i>Taste</i> was dedicated to $Francis Delaval=, and includes in prefatory remarks $Foote='s distinction between Comedy and Farce: As the follies and absurdities of men are the sole objects of Comedy, so the powers of Imagination (Plot and Incident expected) are in this kind of writing greatly restrainded. No unnatural assemblages, no creatures of the fancy can procure the protection of the Comic Muse; men and things must appear as they are. To Farce greater liberties are permitted. I look upon Farce to hold the same rank in drama that Burlesque does in other poetry. It is employed either in debasing lofty subjects, or in raising humble ones.'] Receipts: #180 ($Cross=).