A sharp criticism of theater director Niels Area Bredal's 1771 operetta Tronfølgen i Sidon egging this to open a polemic against the unwelcome a reviewer from the scene boards with by piece Den Dramatiske Journal, which gave rise to a tremendous scandal with fights and uproar in the theater house. It was this "dramatic war" which spawned Ewald's De brutale Klappere. Another theater historical work of Rosenstand-Goiske, Kritiske Efterretninger om den danske Skueplads (Critical news of the Danish Theater) (1778–80) remained in manuscript until it was published by Christian Molbech in 1839.
