Payne S Tragedy Of Brutus Or The Fall Of Tarquin

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Excerpt from Payne's Tragedy of Brutus: Or the Fall of Tarquin This Tragedy is submitted to the publick with the most grateful sense of the kindness with which it has been honoured. It was originally intended to be published as sent to the Theatre; but the omissions and changes consequent on its being performed, were numerous. The reader will now find it in every respect a copy from the prompt book. The imperfect lines which sometimes occur in the verso have arisen from the determination to make the conformity complete. Seven plays upon the subject of Brutus are before the publick. Only two have been thought capable of representation, and those two did not long retain possession of the stage. In the present play I have bad no hesitation in adopting the conceptions and language of my predecessors wherever they seemed likely to strengthen the plan which I bad prescribed. This has been so done as to allow of no injury to personal feelings or private property. Such obligations to be culpable must be secret; but it may be observed that no assistance of other writers can be available without an effort almost, if not altogether, as laborious as original composition. I am reluctant to select peculiar objects of praise, when I found zeal and politeness so universal. - But I muse be permitted to add my gratitude to the publick admiration of Mr. Kkan'r most masterly and splendid performance of the principal character. - Mrs. Glover, too, has claims on me which must not be forgotten. - The play was Introduced by her to the Theatre, and its share of publick favour must be largely attributed to the critical taste of this very amiable and intelligent woman. To tho Sub-Committee and the Manager, I also beg to return my grateful thanks. 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.