Note 163 — BOOK THE THIRD 1812-1815
Reading edition
[When the Committee was formed in 1810 to rebuild the theatre, it was arranged that Sheridan and his family should be bought out. It was then stipulated that he should “have no concern or connection of any kind with the new undertaking.” This Sheridan looked on as a matter of form, and was greatly enraged when Whitbread, as Chairman of the Committee, rigidly enforced the clause.]