American Stage

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    The novel is, or may be, among the mightiest instruments for swaying the heart and guiding the lives of men.
    P., U.S. women’s magazine contributor. American Ladies Magazine, pp. 357-9 (August 1828)

    Even the most incompetent English actor, coming on the stage briefly to announce the presence below of Lord and Lady Ditherege, gives forth a sound so soft and dulcet as almost to be a bar of music. But sometimes that is all there is. The words are lost in the graceful sweep of the notes.
    Robert Benchley (1889–1945)