Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Trial Marriage: A Satiric Comedy, in Three Acts
Various well-known persons have given forth epigrams on the subject of the stage, ranging all the way from Euripides to Brander Matthews. These are chiefly concerned with the theater and the actor. Few have mentioned the dramatist, yet back of all the author stands, armed with his or her own beliefs and standards. Personally I believe with Mazzini that the drama is the meeting place of art and life. Among the several forms Of drama the satiric is the least understood. Just Why this is so I know Of no one who has vouchsafed an opinion. It must be because human beings hate ridicule directed against themselves. According to the laws which should govern true satire the satirist must be well grounded in his subject before he presumes to ridicule. Then, wherever they will, even into his own soul, his satiric darts will fly, carrying inevitable truth on their wings. 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.
