Excerpt from Plays and Players: Leaves From a Critic's ScrapbookIf it becomes known that any production that is made in one of our theaters is sure to be condemned by one of the leading papers in this city, that pro duoer will not bring his production to our theater unless we exclude the dramatic critic of that news paper from the attraction. I have been threatened that unless I get fair commented [l] criticism for a production made in my theaters, that the produc tion will be taken elsewhere.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.