Excerpt from The Meccas of the World: The Play of Modern Life in New York, Paris, Vienna, Madrid and London A play is in so much as it furnishes a fragment of actual life. Being only a fragment, and thus literally torn out of the mass of life, it is bound to be sketchy; to a certain extent even superficial. Particularly is this the case where the scene shifts between five places radically different in elements and ideals. The author can only present the (to him) most impressive aspects of the several pictures, trusting to ...
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Excerpt from The Meccas of the World: The Play of Modern Life in New York, Paris, Vienna, Madrid and London A play is in so much as it furnishes a fragment of actual life. Being only a fragment, and thus literally torn out of the mass of life, it is bound to be sketchy; to a certain extent even superficial. Particularly is this the case where the scene shifts between five places radically different in elements and ideals. The author can only present the (to him) most impressive aspects of the several pictures, trusting to his sincerity to bridge the gaps his enforced brevity must create. And first he invites you to look at the piece in rehearsal. 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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Good. 259 pages in decorated blue cloth. Gilt titling on front cover and spine. EX-Library with all expected additions and markings. 19 photo plates. Binding is slightly shaken but holding well. Stain in margin of frontis. No underlining, notations or foxing. Good working copy.
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