Author: Thomas Noon Talfourd

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-05-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780484368179

Excerpt from Tragedies to Which Are Added a Few Sonnets and Verses Mr. Stephens, are conscious of power which has not oh tained the fair opportunity of trial before living audiences, to console themselves by the expression of their belief that, with the exception of a few modern tragedies which cannot get represented, the hundred and eighty years since the adoption of the odious monopoly has not pro duced a single Play that will live at the present cen tury but it would ill become one whose dramatic efforts have obtained their full measure of attention, to sit thus in judgment on those of his contemporaries who have not only attained splendid theatrical success, but high and lasting renown. I may be allowed to add that, while I am not only content but happy to attribute much of the success of the two first Dramas to personal regards, I feel that it was an honest success; for, believing that the liberal issue of orders has conduced greatly to impair the love for the Drama, and to impoverish the managers of theatres, Ihave always declined to solicit or use them and have never obtained, or written, or given one on any representation of either of my Plays. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.