_Lycomedes_ ... ... ... ... ... MR. QUIN _Diphilus_ ... ... ... ... ... MR. ASTON _Achilles_ ... ... ... ... ... MR. SALWAY _Ulysses_ ... ... ... ... ... MR. CHAPMAN _Diomedes_ ... ... ... ... ... MR. LAGUERRE _Ajax_ ... ... ... ... ... ... MR. HALL _Periphas_ ... ... ... ... ... MR. WALKER _Agyrtes_ ... ... ... ... ... MR. LEVERIDGE _Thetis_ ... ... ... ... ... MR. BUCHANAN _Theaspe_ ... ... ... ... ... MRS. CANTREL _Deïdamia_ ... ... ... ... ... MISS NORSA _Lesbia_ ... ... ... ... ... MISS BINKS _Philoe_ ... ... ... ... ... MISS OATES _Antemona_ ... ... ... ... ... MRS. EGLETON "The Distrest Wife," another of the posthumous plays, was a poor thing, and Swift was much annoyed that it was staged. "As to our poor friend, I think the Duke of Queensberry has acted a very noble and generous part," Swift wrote to Pope, March 31st, 1734. "But before he did it, I wish there had been so much cunning used as to have let the sisters know that he expected they would let him dispose of Mr. Gay's writings as himself and other friends should advise. And I heartily wish his Grace had entirely stifled that comedy, if it were possible, than do an injury to our friend's reputation, only to get a hundred or two pounds to a couple of, perhaps, insignificant women. It has been printed here, and I am grieved to say it is a very poor performance. I have often chid Mr. Gay for not varying his schemes, but still adhering to those he had exhausted; and I much doubt whether the posthumous Fables will prove equal to the first. I think it is incumbent upon you to see that nothing more be published of his that will lessen his reputation for the sake of adding a few pounds to his sisters, who have already got so much by his death." "The Distrest Wife" was produced at Covent Garden Theatre on March 5th, 1734,[17] and the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry were present at the performance. "To-morrow will be acted a new play of our friend Mr. Gay's; we stay on purpose now for that," the Duchess wrote to Swift on the previous day.[18] The play was published in 1743, and a second edition was issued in 1750. It was revived at Covent Garden, in 1772, with some alteration.[19] In a humorous piece, "The Rehearsal at Goatham," published in 1754, which was written probably about 1729, Gay ventilated his grievance against Walpole and the rest, _à propos_ of the suppression of "Polly." This was Gay's King Charles's Head, and he never forgave the Minister for this, or for not finding him a place. He made an attack on him, obvious to all, in "The Vulture, the Sparrow, and Other Birds," which was included in his second series of "Fables"[20] that appeared posthumously in 1738. * * * * *