 It was rejected, like "Agis", but on his return to Edinburgh his friends resolved that it should be produced there.It was performed on 14 December 1756 with overwhelming success, in spite of the opposition of the presbytery, who summoned Alexander Carlyle to answer for having attended its representation.Home wisely resigned his charge in 1757, after a visit to London, where "Douglas" was brought out at Covent Garden on 14 March.