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louis vuitton outlet aabbdhrthaacjjo the veto of the Censorwhich put the supporters of the play
on their mettle. Secondthe chivalry of the Stage Societywhichin spite
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of my urgent advice to the contraryand my demonstration of the
difficultiesdangersand expenses the enterprise would costput my
discouragements to shame and resolved to give battle at all costs to the
attempt of the Censorship to suppress the play. Thirdthe artistic spirit of
the actorswho made the play their own and carried it through
triumphantly in spite of a series of disappointments and annoyances much
more trying to the dramatic temperament than mere difficulties.
The actingtoorequired courage and character as well as skill and
intelligence. The veto of the Censor introduced quite a novel element of
moral responsibility into the undertaking. And the characters were very
unusual on the English stage. The younger heroine islike her motheran
Englishwoman to the backboneand notlike the heroines of our
fashionable dramaa prima donna of Italian origin. Consequently she was
sure to be denounced as unnatural and undramatic by the critics. The most
vicious man in the play is not in the least a stage villain; indeedhe regards
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