The battle of the poets, or, The contention for the laurel
Subtitle: as it is now acting at the New Theatre in the Haymarket, introduced as an entire new act to the comical tragedy of Tom Thumb
By: written by Scriblerus Tertius
Publisher: Printed; Reprinted and sold by George Faulkner ...
Published: 1731
Place of publication: London; Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Drama; Poets laureate
Other titles: Contention for the laurel.
Notes: NCBEL describes this as "A stage version, attributed to Cooke" of his 1725 poem of the same title; but it is a satire on the poetic succession after the death of Laurence Eusden, not (like Thomas Cooke's poem) on the rivalry of Pope and Ambrose Philips.