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This guidebook is a must-have for any aspiring playwright looking to make it big in the theatre world. Philip Beaufoy Barry offers invaluable tips and advice on everything from character development to script formatting, as well as insights into the inner workings of the industry. With this book in hand, you'll be well on your way to becoming the next Tennessee Williams or Neil Simon.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.

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Nero, emperor of Rome from 54-68 AD, was infamous for his cruelty. After ordering the murder of his own mother, Agrippina, he behaved like an animal that has tasted blood. The slightest suspicion, however ungrounded, against anyone was the sure forerunner of speedy death. The emperor plunged, also, into every kind of vice and profligacy, and yet he demanded the adulation of his people for his achievements as poet, athlete, musician and philosopher. During the Great Fire of Rome (61 AD), in which two-thirds of the city was destroyed, he showed himself unmoved by the disaster, playing upon his fiddle and reciting verses about the burning of Troy while he gazed at the blazing ruins. He rebuilt the city on a far more magnificent scale than before, constructing for himself a wonderful home called the Golden House, in which his orgies took place. Originally published in 1927 in the author's larger "Twelve Monstrous Criminals," this paperback edition explores the emperor's youth, his reign, the uprisings that led to his flight from Rome, and his death.

Rasputin (1871-1916), a disreputable Russian peasant, had a magnetic personality before which many women of high and low station succumbed-and of this power he took every advantage. He became an itinerant monk, preying on the superstitious credulity of women to whom he presented himself as a holy man and healer. Gradually he sought higher game among the more prosperous classes and eventually made his way to the inner circle of the Russian Court. Originally published in 1927 in the author's larger "Twelve Monstrous Criminals," this paperback edition explores the miscreant's cunning, the miracles he allegedly performed, and his hypnotic hold over Nicholas II and Alexandra, the Czar and Czarina of Russia.

1929. From Cleopatra to Cora Pearl and from Ovid to Edmund Kean, 69 BC-AD 1886. Contents: Cleopatra; Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid); Abelard and Heloise; Francois Villon; Ninon de Lenclos; Aphra Behn; John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; Francis Charters; Giacomo Casanova; Jeanne du Barry; Christian VII of Denmark and his Queen; Edmund Kean; Cora Pearl.

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.

Caligula, emperor of Rome from AD 37-41, was perhaps the most wicked and tyrannical Roman emperor. In the beginning of his reign he made himself very popular by his mildness and his lavish expenditures, but at the end of eight months he was seized with a disorder that permanently affected his brain, and after his recovery a series of heinous crimes marked his career. Though he degraded the imperial dignity by fighting as a gladiator in the arena, he considered himself a god and caused sacrifices to be offered in his own honor. At last a band of conspirators assassinated him. Originally published in 1922 in the author's larger "Twenty Human Monsters," this paperback edition explores the emperor's reign, including his tyrannical excesses, his insanity, and his sadism.