A BOOK OF THE PLAY, Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character

Dutton Cook, during his day more than a century ago, was known in London as the dramatic critic of one of the ablest daily journals, and there is consequently some fitness in his detailing the history of the play.

There are some very minor errors in this volume—and with so many facts it is only to be expected that an occasional error would creep in—but, notwithstanding this, the study is a most interesting one to the general reader.

For some of the inaccuracies—notably the repeti…