The Usurer, or the Departed Not Defunct
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Excerpt from The Usurer, or the Departed Not Defunct: A Comedy, in Five Acts Whether an author who prints a Play, without having first obtained, in the Theatre, the public approbation of that Play, does wisely, is very problematical; for, even let him be armed with this flattering sanction; still, publishing is a sorry speculation for a dramatic author - but, that is not the immediate question. No man, be he Poet, Playwright, or Peer (not even Lord Byron; though, he was too proud to confess it, and, moreover, has denied it) ever wrote a Play, without desiring from the very bottom of his heart, and without regard to what its reception might be, that the town should see, if it were only for one night, that Play acted; for, besides the natural vanity of an author, which will fully account for this desire, it is obvious, that it must be next to impossible for the mere reader of a Play to judge of more than its literary merits; which, however great - form only one out of the many necessary essentials for a good Drama; and consequently, every playwright wishes, and for a good reason withal, that his play should be seen as well as read - in other words, that it should be "performed;" and the reason is this: that the lights and shades of character, the feelings and manners, passions and foibles of the "Dramatis Personæ," being depicted and displayed by living representatives, and the action and plot gradually developed and unravelled by those agents - present the best means of putting the Play effectively before the Public. 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.
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