Excerpt from The Stage in America 1897-1900 Besides these general problems, there are a hundred lesser difficulties for the critic. What has seemed genius appears as only cleverness, and talent comes to be seen as merely personal Charm. How tell the actor's contribution from the play wright's; the interest of the subject from its treat ment? A prominent American manager, visiting London, looking for plays, after a bad dinner poorly served, was crowded into the middle of a back row. He refused the comedy. A few nights later he dined with the dramatist, went again to see his play, and sat near the stage. He then bought the comedy, which turned out to be one of his greatest successes. 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.