...American Theatre is a subject'of importance as connected with the history of our literature and manners. Dramatic poetry is one of the first of the fine arts....heard the name of Shakspeare ; but who, by his aid, arc familiar with the most sublime, moral, and beautiful sentiments that ever adorned a language. That...

...American Theatre is a subject of importance as connected with the history of our literature and manners. Dramatic poetry is one of the first of the fine arts....in any country. Without the aid of the actor there arc thousands who would never have heard the name of Shakspeare ; but who, by his aid, are familiar...

...or degree of civilization they had attained at any one period. Page 2: It's [the histrionic art's] history, as a part of the history of any country,...state of manners at any given period in any country. To elucidate this let us cast a glance at the English Theatre. When the nation was emerging from darkness,...

...history, as a part of the history of any country, is positively necessary to the understanding of it« literature and its manners. The rise, progress, and...state of manners at any given period in any country. To elucidate i his let us cast a glance at the English Theatre. When the nation was emerging from darkness,...

...together." Consequently, progress of American civilization might be gauged by the quality of its drama: "The rise, progress, and cultivation of the drama...of refinement and the state of manners at any given time and in any country." But drama tends to be the most universal of the forms of literature, and...

...imbodied in themselves the spirits of Eschylus and Sophocles, Shakespeare and Jonson, Racine and Moliere, and the hundreds who have delighted and will continue...state of manners at any given period in any country. the name of Shakespeare; but who, by his aid, are familiar with the most sublime, moral, and beautiful...