The play's debut was disappointing. It closed after a single night, though it was remounted with greater success in Edinburgh the following April with Harriet Siddons
in a major role (having been recruited at Joanna Baillie
Travel
Fanny Kemble
FK
's stay in Edinburgh with her actress cousin Harriet Siddons
was among the happiest periods of her life.
Scullion, Adrienne, editor. Female Playwrights of the Nineteenth Century. J. M. Dent; C. E. Tuttle.
