The Autobiography of a Play
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In England and America, the death of a pure woman on the stage isnot "satisfactory, " except when the play rises to the dignity oftragedy. The death, in an ordinary play, of a woman who is not pure, asin the case of 'Frou-Frou, ' is perfectly satisfactory, for the reasonthat it is inevitable. Human nature always bows gracefully to theinevitable. The only griefs in our own lives to which we could neverreconcile ourselves are those which might have been averted. The wifewho has once taken the ste...p from purity to impurity can never reinstateherself in the world of art on this side of the grave; and so anaudience looks with complacent tears on the death of an erring woman. But Lilian had not taken the one fatal step which would have reconciledan audience to her death. She was still pure, and every one left thetheatre wishing she had lived. I yielded, therefore, to the sound logic, based on sound dramatic principle, of my New York manager, Mr. A. M. Palmer, and the piece was altered.
I have called the play, as produced in New York and afterward in London, the "same play" as the one produced in Chicago.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In England and America, the death of a pure woman on the stage isnot "satisfactory, " except when the play rises to the dignity oftragedy. The death, in an ordinary play, of a woman who is not pure, asin the case of 'Frou-Frou, ' is perfectly satisfactory, for the reasonthat it is inevitable. Human nature always bows gracefully to theinevitable. The only griefs in our own lives to which we could neverreconcile ourselves are those which might have been averted. The wifewho has once taken the ste...p from purity to impurity can never reinstateherself in the world of art on this side of the grave; and so anaudience looks with complacent tears on the death of an erring woman. But Lilian had not taken the one fatal step which would have reconciledan audience to her death. She was still pure, and every one left thetheatre wishing she had lived. I yielded, therefore, to the sound logic, based on sound dramatic principle, of my New York manager, Mr. A. M. Palmer, and the piece was altered.
I have called the play, as produced in New York and afterward in London, the "same play" as the one produced in Chicago.
What to read after The Autobiography of a Play?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Howard, Bronson, 1842-1908 to read onlineMoreLess
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