Players And Plays Of The Last Quarter Century The Theatre Of Yesterday PDF Download

Excerpt from Players and Plays of the Last Quarter Century, Vol. 1: An Historical Summary of Causes and a Critical Review of Conditions as Existing in the American Theatre at the Close of the Nineteenth Century At first thought it may seem inconsistent to begin the tale of the theatre of the last quarter of the nineteenth century with an account of the life and work of Thomas Betterton, the first of the great actors and the especial pride of the theatre of the seventeenth century. When the writer first considered the present work, it was his purpose to stick closely to his text; but as his subject expanded and his own view broadened, he found that, if he were to present any conclusions that were really worth while, he would have to go back to the beginning for the premises from which to make his deductions. The theatre has developed with remarkable consistency. Certain conditions in the thought life of the people have invariably resulted in dramatic buoyancy; opposite conditions have brought dramatic depression. 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.