Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of Edwin Atherstone The character of the last Philip of Macedon was by them as also by other great tragedians - considered to afford scope for the exercise of an actor's best abilities. It was suggested - I fancy from Covent Garden - that the comedy would be more likely to succeed were the scene laid in England. Therefore, under my father's direction, I (who from child hood had been his copyist - his 'secretary according to our most valued friends of those old days had to fairly tran scribe the whole, - changing names and scenery: but ere the task was completed, the Manager - at whose suggestion it was undertaken - seems to have left the Stage. I much prefer - for many reasons - the comedy in its original form. 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.