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My First Comedy

Pastel, Don. "My First Comedy." New York Saturday Press. 18 Jun. 1859: 1.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
short fiction
Abstract: 

Describing one of his failed pieces, a young playwright fears he shall become perpetual President of the New York "Unsuccessful Club," a club of which he has heard in another city. This club celebrates playwrights with continued failures, giving them lifelong membership.