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Why English and American Plays Do Best at
Home.—The Intelligent Londoner Takes the Theatre
Seriously.—Play-going as a Duty.—The High-class
English Theatre a Costly Luxury.—American Comedies
too Rapid of Action to Please the English.—Bronson
Howard’s “Henrietta,” not Understood in London.—The
Late Clement Scott’s Influence and Personality.