THE TRAGEDY OF POMPEY THE GREAT
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Second Impression
"Fine, nervous, dramatic English. Words which eat into the soul, which have a meaning, which are revelatory of character. A fine virility about the whole play and its conception. An altogether admirable piece of writing which fully justifies Mr Masefield's real literary distinction."--Observer.
"In this Roman tragedy, while we admire its closely knit structure, dramatic effectiveness, and atmosphere of reality ... the warmth and colour of the diction are the most notable things.... He knows the art of phrasing; he has the instinct for and by them."--Athenaeum.
"The talk of Pompey, of Domitius, of Acilius, is not that of great lords, but rather of men like Hawkins and Drake. This is the result of Mr Masefield's imaginative handling. He sees them so, and so they live. They live indeed. Their characters are clear and bold; they say nothing but what reveals them and helps to make the tragedy a rich as well as a moving thing. It is poetry. It is almost music, and on the first few pages there are notes that linger with us to the end, haunting us like the blowing of horns in an old and silent forest."--Mr EDWARD THOMAS in The Daily Chronicle.
"He has written a great tragedy.... The dialogue is written in strong, simple, and nervous prose, flashing with poetic insight, significance, and suggestion. The characters are intensely alive, the situations are handled by a master hand, and the whole play is pregnant with that high and solemn pathos which is the gift of the born writer of tragedies."--Morning Post.
SIDGWICK & JACKSON'S MODERN DRAMA
"Messrs Sidgwick & Jackson are choosing their plays excellently."--Saturday Review.
"The distinction, which is quite appreciable, of being included in the series of modern plays published by Messrs Sidgwick & Jackson, in which there is nothing bad."--Manchester Guardian.
THREE PLAYS BY GRANVILLE BARKER: