Excerpt from Dryden's Dramatic Theory and PracticeWorking thus unwillingly and with divided aim, he achieved in the drama success out of proportion to his merit. Ilis audiences were not sensitive to lack of vitality in the plays they went to see. Only great periods have produced great drama tists. And Dryden re¿ects his age. Operatic fea tures, incantation scenes. Torture scenes, gorgeous spectacular effects were offered in Dryden's plavs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.