Excerpt from The Creighton Chronicle, Vol. 8: May 20, 1917 As the drama is an artificial product of Man's ingenuity, it is susceptible of change and improvement. Its laws, therefore, are not fixed and unalterable like those of nature, but vary with the changes and improvements of the drama. These laws cannot be formulated a priori butmust be deduced from the most perfect specimens of the drama we possess. In comparing the laws of the ancient and modern drama, it will be found that some of them are identical in both. Laws of this kind, that have stood the test of over twenty centuries, may fairly be regarded as essential to the drama and hence any violation of them is justly regarded as a defect. A departure from the changeable laws of the drama must be judged on its own merits and to be held as a defect or as an improvement according as it enhances or detracts from the generaleffectiveness of the play. 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.