Dated February 18, 1792, the text was published in the essay by Pablo Cabañas, «Moratín y la reforma del teatro de su tiempo», in Revista de Bibliografía Nacional, 5, fascículos 1° y 2°, 1944, pp. 75-84.

The lack of education and professionality in comic actors is treated by the author as one of the main reasons for the degraded condition of contemporary theater.