. Players and plays of the last quarter century; an historical summary of causes and a critical review of conditions as existing in the American theatre at the close of the nineteenth century. ?^^^?... __ —-;. GROUP OF OLD-TIME PLAYERS Thomas A. Cooper, John Drew, J. B. Booth, Charles Burke, Thomas Hamblin, Laura Keene, J. W. Wallack, Gustavus V. Brooke, Lucille Western,J. W. Wallack, Jr., Cliarlotte Cushman, Edwin Forrest, Julia Dean, Edwin Adams,W. R. Blake, Anna Cora Mowatt, E. L. Davenport, Mathilde Heron, D. Marble, Susan Denim, W. E. Burton, Tyrone Power, Eliza Hamblin,J. H. Hackett, Joh
. Players and plays of the last quarter century; an historical summary of causes and a critical review of conditions as existing in the American theatre at the close of the nineteenth century. ?^^^?... __ —-;. GROUP OF OLD-TIME PLAYERS Thomas A. Cooper, John Drew, J. B. Booth, Charles Burke, Thomas Hamblin, Laura Keene, J. W. Wallack, Gustavus V. Brooke, Lucille Western,J. W. Wallack, Jr., Cliarlotte Cushman, Edwin Forrest, Julia Dean, Edwin Adams,W. R. Blake, Anna Cora Mowatt, E. L. Davenport, Mathilde Heron, D. Marble, Susan Denim, W. E. Burton, Tyrone Power, Eliza Hamblin,J. H. Hackett, John Cothus, Ben DeBar, Barney Williams, John H. Scott. I The Development of Comedy 227 character, though their characters are exceed-ingly interesting. But incidents, manners,and characters all bear their necessary partin the action; all are essential, though none isparamount. Such comedies transcend classi-fications and mock at hmitations. Nothing is more fatal to creative art thanthe restrictions of formalism, and in no moreevident particular is the modern stage prepar-ing for a briUiant future than in the spon-taneous independence which causes it torefuse to recosfnise the trammels of scholasticcritic
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