Download or read book Early Dramas and Romances Classic Reprint written by Friedrich Schiller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early Dramas and Romances Speaking of this drama, a distinguished critic says, As a. Tragedy 02 common life we know of few rivals to it, certainly of no superior. 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.
Download or read book The Early Romantic Drama at the English Court written by Lee Monroe Ellison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Early Romantic Drama at the English Court: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Perhaps it would not be out of place to add a word in explana tion of the reasons that led me to include a discussion of the play Common Conditions in a dissertation which purports to deal with the survival of mediaeval literary conventions in the sixteenth century court drama. If my conjecture be correct, the story upon which that play is based reached the dramatist not through mediaeval channels, but in the form of an Italian novella. Never theless, the story is characteristically mediaeval. The affiliation with the legend of St. Eustace and its analogues is sufficient proof of this. Furthermore, there could be no more striking indication of the strength of the heroic tradition in Elizabethan drama at this period than the care of the dramatist to supply whatever conventions were lacking in the narrative version. There is, to be sure, no direct evidence that Common Conditions was ever presented at Court; but in view of the extraordinary demand for acceptable drama, the assumption that so good a play was not over looked by the Master Of the Revels can hardly seem wholly unwar ranted. Besides, I should like to repeat that I make no claim for the court play as a distinct genre. It is the character of the drama during an important period in its history that we are interested in tracing; and, since Common Conditions is one of the few surviving representatives of the kind of dramatic activity with which this dissertation is concerned, its exclusion could hardly be demanded on strictly logical grounds. 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.
Download or read book Queenhoo Hall a Romance And Ancient Times a Drama Vol 1 of 4 Classic Reprint written by Joseph Strutt and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Queenhoo-Hall a Romance; And Ancient Times, a Drama, Vol. 1 of 4 The late Mr Joseph Strutt was well known to Connoisseurs by his "History of Engravers," and by his own performances as an artist. Among the last are many that evince his talents of design, as well as his skill in engraving. To literary men he was distinguished by his sedulous and honourable endeavours to illustrate the early history of his country. 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.
Download or read book The Two Lockets written by John F. Markey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Two Lockets: A Romantic Drama, in Three Acts Serib. Jeremiah Scribbler, Esq., city editor of the Morning News. Well, Kitty, my dear, you're an early bird I see. Kate. (r. C.) The early bird catches the worm, you know Serib. 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.
Download or read book Thousand Years Ago written by Percy Mackaye and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thousand Years Ago: A Romance of the Orient Considering the version as it stood to be in need of changes for their purposes, the owners of the American rights requested me to suggest and make the changes. To this I replied that to make altera tions or adaptations of the version did not appeal to me, but if the owners would like to give me entire freedom to write a new and original play on the theme of the Persian folk-tale used by Gozzi suit able to the scenic settings of Reinhardt's production, I should be glad to do so. This freedom was courteously given, and the present play was written in the late spring and early summer of this year, and placed in rehearsal in October. 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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Download or read book La Calprenede s Romances and the Restoration Drama Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Herbert Wynford Hill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from La Calprenede's Romances and the Restoration Drama, Vol. 2 It is at this point that the romance opens.1 In the pleas ing shade of leafy trees not more than two or three hundred paces distant from the house of Polemon, our hero is intro duced. Hardly has he tasted the first sweetness of slumber, when he is disturbed by the noise of neighboring conflict. Rushing to the scene of combat he intuitively joins the weaker side. One of the contestants flees, leaving Oroondates to continue the combat with the other. While thus engaged these two are set upon by a dozen followers of the fugitive. 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.
Download or read book Early Dramas and Romances written by Friedrich Schiller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early Dramas and Romances The present volume, which forms the fourth of the series, comprises the three earliest of Schiller's dramas, the Robbers, Fiesco, and Love and Intrigue, and his latest, Demetrius, which, unfortunately, is little more than a fragment, the author not having lived to finish it. To these is added the Ghost Seer, now for the first time given to the English public as Schiller wrote it. The Robbers is more strongly associated with the name and fame of Schiller than any other of his works, and is undoubtedly a very extraordinary production. "A strange, rugged, fiery melodrame, which seemed destined to announce and to animate the revolution of a world." "One sweeping, uncompromising defiance of the sober properties, in which the mature see decorum, and the young dissimulation." The germ of much of Schiller's after poetry may he traced in this early performance, and as an example of impassioned and rigorous diction, it is quite unsurpassed. "In perusing this olay," says Mr. Carlyle, "we are alternately shocked and inspired; there is a perpetual conflict between our understanding und our feelings. Yet the latter on the whole come off victorious. The Robbers is a tragedy that will long find readers to astonish, and, with all its faults, to move. It stands, in our r magination, like some ancient rugged pile of a barbarous age; rregular, fantastic, useless; but grand in its height and nassiveness, and black frowning strength. 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.
Download or read book A Collection of the Plays Romances Novels Poems and Histories Employed by Shakespeare in the Composition of His Works Vol 5 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Collection of the Plays, Romances, Novels, Poems, and Histories Employed by Shakespeare in the Composition of His Works, Vol. 5: With Introductions and Notes The Fifth and Sixth Volumes of Shakespeare's Library, forming the second and concluding division of the present publication, contain eleven dramas, from which Shakespeare is supposed, with good reason, to have derived assistance, in greater or smaller mea sure, in the preparation Of his own plays on the same subject. These foundation-dramas stand, however, on a very unequal footing for, as elsewhere explained, the poet, in some cases, merely revised the existing texts; in others, his obligation was scarcely more than nominal 5 and in the rest, with one exception, the original piece supplied nothing beyond the outline and general sug gestion. The Merry Wives of Windsor, as here reprinted from the 4to of 1602, exhibits, on the contrary, Shake speare's own first sketch, afterwards completed and matured by himself, as we find it in the folio of 1623, and in the modern editions. 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.
Download or read book Queenhoo Hall a Romance And Ancient Times a Drama Vol 3 of 4 Classic Reprint written by Joseph Strutt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Queenhoo-Hall, a Romance, And, Ancient Times, a Drama, Vol. 3 of 4 The Adventure achieved by the Knight qf the Bleeding Heart, whiclc produces an unex cedpim, oooooo 000000000000. 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.
Download or read book The Tempest Classic Reprint written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Tempest It was written probably towards the end of 1610 523 or at the beginning of 1611. The style, metre and general tone of the play prove, inde pendently of other evidence, that it belongs to the close of; Shakespeare's dramatic career and forms lat, in one of the group of plays to which the title m Romances is commonly given. Most modern critics accept the date 1610 (late) or 1611 (early), and associate T ize T empest with an incident which filled the thoughts of the nation at that time. 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.
Download or read book Essays on Chivalry Romance and the Drama Classic Reprint written by Walter Scott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on Chivalry, Romance, and the Drama Though Sir walter Scorr's chief fame depends on his immortal Novels, his Essays deservedly hold a high place in our national Literature. Of those here presented to the Reader, Chivalry, Romance, and the Drama, appeared first in the Encyclopedia Britannica that on Amadis de Gaul in an early number of the Edz'nburg/z Review the Foray Quarterly was indebted to him for the others; one of which, that on Masaniello, is reprinted here, we believe, for the first time. 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.
Download or read book The Spanish Pastoral Romances Classic Reprint written by Hugo A. Rennert and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Spanish Pastoral Romances The first edition of this work was accepted by the faculty of the University of Freiburg i. B. as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1891, and was published in Baltimore in the following year. In its day it was not unfavorably received, and as it has long since been out of print, it has seemed that a new edition might not be unwelcome. In the long period that has intervened the Pastoral Romance never entirely lost for me its old attraction, and as I gradually acquired many of the early editions of these works and re-read them, I determined to re-issue these "primicias de mi corto ingenio," adding such new facts as subsequent researches had brought to light. The result is the present work, which has been almost entirely rewritten, and now appears, as I hope, in a much improved form. I have not seen fit to change, in any material degree, the opinions originally expressed concerning the various romances; repeated reading has convinced me more than ever that the Diana of Montemayor, which was the first, is also the best of these pastorals, while it has increased my admiration for the poetical portions of the Arcadia of Lope de Vega. The Pastoral Romance was essayed by some of the greatest ingenios that Spain has produced, and while many of these poets "had no true vocation for the business," as Professor Fitzmaurice-Kelly says of Cervantes, and, as a consequence, their works are of widely varying degrees of merit, yet they cannot be entirely neglected by the student, for the pastoral is a product of the most flourishing period of Spanish literature, - a literature unsurpassed by any in the modern world. 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.
Download or read book Love s Labour s Lost Classic Reprint written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love's Labour's Lost Edited by H.C. Hart is one of the early romantic comedies crafted by the famous English playwright, William Shakespeare. For readers who are familiar with history, they will notice that the four main characters are loosely based on historical figures that were prominent during the time of Shakespeare. This play has been enjoyed by audiences for hundreds of years, and continues to gain momentum with modern reproductions and revivals in film, radio and television bringing this masterpiece to yet another generation of willing enthusiasts. The play follows the King of Navarre along with three companions who all attempt to swear off women during a period of fasting and study which is intended to last for three years. Unfortunately, that plan is derailed with the appearance of and subsequent group attraction to the Princess of Aquitaine and her ladies. The play explores many themes such as reality vs. fantasy, masculine desire and love, and the human penchant for rationalization. Like other works written by Shakespeare, this play utilizes pedantic humor, literary allusions, and sophisticated wordplay. Love's Labour's Lost Edited by H.C. Hart presents an interesting social commentary from the mind and pen of William Shakespeare. This play is a wonderful read for actors, teachers of drama and literature, and historians interested in the work of Shakespeare. This play is easy to read and presents a comical look at the world Shakespeare lived in with its many explorations of social constructs and interpersonal relationships. The layering of themes and social commentary make this a play worth reading over and over again as the reader looks for new meanings within the text. 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.
Download or read book Waverly Or Sixty Years Since written by Edward Ball and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Waverly, or Sixty Years Since: A Dramatic Romance, in Three Acts, Founded on the Popular Novel of the Same Name, as First Performed on Monday, March 8th, 1824, at the Adelphi Theatre, Strand Mog. 'tis na for the likes of auld men to be kissing the lassies like the lads 0' the village; sa keep your rosebuds and yer kisses intil the bargain Daddy. - Ha l ha ha l - (runs of.) 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.
Download or read book Mistress Penelope written by Thomas Littlefield Marble and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mistress Penelope: A Romantic Drama in One ActJohn (laughing). I should say not indeed. I had a teacher once (oh, but she was monstrous ugly l) and she taught me to write a little exercise. It went like this.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.
Download or read book Rockwood written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rockwood: A Romance A recent review in a leading journal of France bears testimony to the great popularity which has been obtained in that romance reading nation by the writer of whom we are now to Offer some account. The estimation in which he is held by his own country men is evinced by the large sale which each new production of his pen successively commands. In America his writings have been extensively read. They have all been translated into German, and some of them into Dutch. Dramas have been founded upon them; their more striking passages have become as familiar as household words; and their subjects, in some important instances at least, are associated with the most memorable features of Eng lish history. The biography of a. Writer who has secured so pro minent a position may be supposed calculated to awaken a more than ordinary curiosity; not merely with respect to those early dawnings of intellect, and those traits of personal character, to which a deep interest always attaches, but in relation to the family from which he has sprung. Happily, in the present instance, we are able to gratify the reader's curiosity. 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.
