How to Write a Play by Various Authors
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How to Write a Play
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Title: How to Write a Play Letters from Augier, Banville, Dennery, Dumas, Gondinet, Labiche, Legouvé, Pailleron, Sardou, Zola
Author: Various
Editor: James Brander Matthews
Release Date: April 22, 2006 [EBook #18230]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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How to Write a Play
CONTENTS
Introduction by William Gillette Letter from Émile Augier Letter from Théodore de Banville Letter from Adolphe Dennery Letter from Alexandre Dumas Fils Letter from Edmond Gondinet Letter by Eugène Labiche Letter by Ernest Legouvé Letter from Édouard Pailleron Letter from Victorien Sardou Letter from Émile Zola Notes by B.M.
1916 By Dramatic Museum of Columbia University
INTRODUCTION
The impression has always prevailed with me that one who might properly be classed as a genius is not precisely the person best fitted to expound rules and methods for the carrying on of his particular branch of endeavor. I have rather avoided looking the matter up for fear it might not turn out to be so after all. But doesn't it sound as if it ought to be? And isn't a super