The Cenci A Tragedy, in Five Acts (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Cenci a Tragedy in Five Acts <p>It is almost needless to say that tragedies answering satisfactorily this severe test are of extreme rarity. Among dramas of the nineteenth century one looks in vain for an acted tragedy fulfilling the conditions; and the unacted drama yields but one example - that tragedy. Which Shelley wrote for the stage and greatly wished to have upon the stage, but which has been reserved during sixty-seven years for a Society of his special adherents to get acted. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This 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.