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More Dramatic Novelty

Punch (?). "More Dramatic Novelty." New York Saturday Press. 19 Nov. 1859: 4.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
theater criticism
Abstract: 

This column deals with the constant search for "novelty" in the theater and the practice of co-authorship with increasing numbers of writers contributing to a piece and being mentioned in a play's opening speech. Punch illustrates the comic potential of this situation with a sample opening speech.