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Excerpt from French Maxims of the Stage
I quitted the playhouse at once with the thought that I knew the secret of the drama, and I do not hesitate to reveal this secret be cause I know very well that nobody will believe it to be the true secret. There is no other magic in plays that are great than the magic of words. 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.
