Excerpt from Richelieu, or the Conspiracy: Drama, in Five Acts ON Oct. 24, 1838, William Charles Macready, at this time man ager as well as leading actor at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, wrote in his diary Letter from Bulwer, informing me that he had made out the rough sketch of a play, an historical comedy on the subject of Richelieu. I answered him, Delighted at the news. The famous novelist's Duchesse de la Valliere had already failed, but The Lady of Lyons, anonymously produced, had succeeded; and Macready, suffering all the annoyances of an actor manager in sad need of a new play, was prepared to welcome with enthusiasm another attempt by Sir Edward George Bulwer, of whose ability, patience, and industry the diary of the player has preserved abundant proof. 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.