Excerpt from The Humour of Italy The comedy of the present day has not quite the same disadvantage. The stereotyped characters are done away with, and there is more play of individuality. But it will be noticed that the specimens given consist of one or more whole scenes, sometimes of considerable length there is the same deficiency, or nearly so, of quotable speeches. This, of course, is not a fault from the dramatic point of View; but it is embarrassing for the maker of selections. About the Publisher Forgotten Books ...
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Excerpt from The Humour of Italy The comedy of the present day has not quite the same disadvantage. The stereotyped characters are done away with, and there is more play of individuality. But it will be noticed that the specimens given consist of one or more whole scenes, sometimes of considerable length there is the same deficiency, or nearly so, of quotable speeches. This, of course, is not a fault from the dramatic point of View; but it is embarrassing for the maker of selections. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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