# Philip Massinger

Author: Cruickshank, Alfred Hamilton, 1862-1927

Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35365

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Philip+Massinger+Cruickshank&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

into the action without in the least confusing the construction. In making an actor the hero of the play, and in giving him so many opportunities of showing his art, Massinger no doubt felt every confidence in the genius of J. Taylor, but perhaps the chief charm of the play is due to the reflection which it inspires in the mind of the reader, that it expresses with fire and conviction the struggling author’s high ideal for the theatre as a social institution, and his esteem for actors. On the other hand, there is little comic relief, and little female interest beyond the infatuation of the Empress. Indeed, the women who take part in the play are one and all unattractive, and though it mig...

## Chapters

- [Act II., 1, line 224, that “it has beauties of so very high an order, that](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/philip-massinger-35365/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Act V., in the dexterity with which three smaller plays are introduced](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/philip-massinger-35365/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Act V., 3. The trial scene (Act III, 3), though on slighter lines than he](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/philip-massinger-35365/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Act I. At Venice he was persecuted by the “embassadour of Castile,” whose](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/philip-massinger-35365/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/philip-massinger-35365/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Act IV.—Stage-manager’s note in left-hand margin of 186, “Long.” _Cf._ Act](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/philip-massinger-35365/chapters/7/index.md)
- [letter C, small and capital, in _The Parliament of Love_ is constantly](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/philip-massinger-35365/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Act II. to him, must have been guided solely by metrical considerations.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/philip-massinger-35365/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Act V., 1 has some sentences cast in the parenthetic form, the expressions](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/philip-massinger-35365/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Act I., 2; Act IV., 2.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/philip-massinger-35365/chapters/2/index.md)