An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Mrs. Brown on Shakespeare

Sketchley, Arthur. "Mrs. Brown on Shakespeare." New York Saturday Press, August 19, 1865, 34.
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

Brown is shocked that his wife has never heard of Shakespeare. He takes her to see a production of "Hamlet," but it is not appreciated by Mrs. Brown, who calls Shakespeare a humbug.