Note 137 — JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH LADY HOLLAND (continued 2)

Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809), the dramatist and novelist. His best play, The Road to Ruin, was first performed at Covent Garden in 1792. He was indicted of high treason in 1794, but was acquitted. He left England in 1799, owing to want of money, but only stayed in Hamburg a short time. He then went to Paris for two years, and died in England.