Excerpt from Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay: An Acting Version The sponsors for the present production of Frier Bacon have endeavored to follow certain principles which may need a word of defense. Revivals of old English plays are common, and the purpose of each - historical, literary, linguistic, or what not is a mere matter of circumstance. But the spirit of the production ought always to be the same; not the academic afiiatus of history or literature or language, but the true theatrical spirit of the drama. If we are to have a play, let us agree that the play's the thing. 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.