Bion Boucicault Explains Dramatist Craft and Study
The piece outlines how a dramatist must maintain action and avoid prolonging scenes, stressing continuity, subject choice, and the sculptor’s mindset. It compares Shakespeare and Sheridan, notes the evolution of characters, and describes the painterly shaping of a play before and during rehearsals.
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Bion Boucicault
Sheridan
Angie Elarning
Jodin
Oliver Surface
Charles
Joseph
School For Scandal
Peter
Lady Teazle
Shylock
Shakespeare
Portia
Ainstend
Learry
Garelle
Detroit Lawyer and County Judge Spare Jack in Light Case
A Detroit lawyer sent his client to a county justice for an assault case near Detroit. On route, locals warned the attorney, then the constable offered a revolver and escape help. In court the lawyer advised leaving the matter to the judge, who discharged the prisoner remarking on temporary insanity and divided costs.
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Detroit
Jack
Office of the Justice
Somnambulism tale linked to missing papers
A famed lawyer visiting Minto misplaced a bundle of case papers before a key court hearing. Years later he found the bundle on his dressing table after dreaming, prompting Miss Cobbe to speculate he hid and later found the papers in sleep. Crater Lake in Oregon is over two thousand feet deep, the deepest in America.
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Minto
Miss Cobbe
St. James' Gazelle
Crater Lake
Oregon
America
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