Excerpt from The Demon and the Darling of the Gods: A Drama Heading for the programs that are to be distributed to the audience: act I is a Farce. The conclusion of the Farce illus trates figuratively the present condition of the public. Acts II and III form a Comedy. The conclusion of the Comedy illustrates figuratively the hoped-for condi tion of the. Public. Acts IV and V form a Social Problem Play, for which the Farce and the Comedy are an introduction and a preparation. At first the devil and afterwards the devil-lawyer is the evil genius of the play. In the play as a whole, the devil represents the evil, grafting spirit that animates the trusts and all those who bleed the public. In the farce and the comedy, the Dutchman represents the public. In the Social Problem Play, the clerk and his family are representatives of the public. The goat is the people's goat. 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.