The Vault at Pfaff's

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

My First Comedy

Pastel, Don. "My First Comedy." New York Saturday Press, June 18, 1859, 1.
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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.