Excerpt from Essay on Shakspere's Henry V Every one who means to criticize a drama would do well, we think, to pay attention to a figure of the late R. Benedix. A drama, he says, is a sort of gothic dome; there is a ground chosen to build upon, a groundwork and basis, there are walls and pillars and, lastly, a roof The criticizing visitor has to examine the ground, if it is strong enough to bear a great building, the groundwork, if it is of solid structure, the walls and pillars, if they have been raised properly, and, lastly, if the work is crowned by a roof corresponding with the whole. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.