But for the first part of the program, when the performer appears in ordinary evening-dress, and when he is presenting himself as a gentleman in a drawing-room, amusing other gentlemen, by means of experiments in magic, every one of which may be likened to a little play, why should not the stage-set be that of a drawing-room, or of a bachelor's study, as accurately reproduced as similar rooms are reproduced in the modern comedies of Mr. Henry Arthur Jones and Mr. augustus Thomas?
"A Book About the Theater"
Brander Matthews
The Poem opens with a just and poetical description of the security of Virtue; from which the Poet takes occasion to introduce an artful compliment to augustus, whom he ranks with Bacchus and Romulus; on the ascent of which last to heaven, Juno expresseth her aversion to the repeopling of Troy.
"An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients"
John Ogilvie Commentator: Wallace Jackson
"Richard of England has never been on the best of terms with Philip augustus," said Sir Gaeton.
"...After a Few Words..."
Gordon Randall Garrett