Exile
In 1772, Bickerstaffe fled to France, suspected of homosexuality. The actor-producer David Garrick was implicated in the scandal by the lampoon Love in the Suds by William Kenrick. The remainder of his life seems to have been passed in penury and misery, and little is known about his death.
Long after Bickerstaffe's disappearance, his colleague Charles Dibdin was frequently accused of plagiarizing his songs.
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“The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one’s country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.”
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