[Picture: The New Theatre]
WHEN man is contemplated in the character of a being, who can be
successfully addressed by an appeal to the passions and the
understanding, the Drama, under proper restrictions, may be rendered
serviceable.
I have heard
That guilty creatures, sitting at a play,
Have, by the very cunning of the scene,
Been struck so to the soul, that presently
They have proclaim’d their malefactions.