Original Plays [First Series]

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W. S. GILBERT.
New York : SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG, & CO. 1876.
Stereotyped and printed by Rand, Avery, and Company, 117 Franklin Street, Boston.

The Story upon which ‘The Palace of Truth’ is founded is probably as old as the ‘Arabian Nights.’ ‘The Princess’ is a respectful parody of Mr. Tennyson’s exquisite poem. It has been generally held, I believe, that if a dramatist uses the mere outline of an existing story for dramatic purposes, he is at liberty to describe his play as “original.”
W. S. GILBERT.
London, Nov. 18, 1875.


An Original Fairy Comedy ,
IN THREE ACTS.