Note 38 — Chapter IX
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The eighteenth century was not blind to the absurdities of its tragedies, but made fun of them without stint. The number of burlesque tragedies is large and includes: Gay's What d'ye Call It (1715); Carey's Chrononhotonthologos (1734); Fielding's Tom Thumb (1730); Foote's Tragedy a la Mode (1764); and Sheridan's Critic (1779).