Excerpt from The British Theatre, or a Collection of Plays, Vol. 11 of 25: Which Are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket; Busy Body; Wonder; Bold Stroke for a Wife; George Barnwell; Fatal Curiosity When a man follows the occupation of a woman, or a woman the employment of a man, they are both unpleasing characters, if they are guided in their pur suits by choice. But, if necessity has ruled their desti nies, they are surely objects of compassion and mercy should be granted to their want of skill in their irre gular departments. The female author of The Busy Body, was driven to a poet's calling, by the hardships of her fate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.