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 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS 

 

 EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS 

 "Mr. Presland appears to be following in the footsteps of Schiller.... Considered generally, Mr. Presland's drama is a fine piece of work. Excellent in its presentation of character, impressive in sentiment, and dignified in metre, it lacks none of the greater qualities of the historical drama...."—Scotsman. 

 "The author remains as simple and dignified in style as in his treatment of the tragedy of 'Joan of Arc.'  There is no painful straining after effect. Act V. is really powerful."—Evening Standard. 

 "Mr. Presland gives promise of becoming one of the most successful living writers of poetic drama. His 'Joan of Arc' we have reason to remember, his 'Queen Mary' is no less striking. There is no Swinburnian welter of poetry here, but a very dramatically presented study of a very baffling woman. It would be difficult for anyone to cavil at the poet's presentation of the time.... Nothing could be finer, from a dramatic point of view, than her acting after the murder of Rizzio.... The last act is a splendid bit of work; the savagery of the street song and the last speech of Mary before signing her abdication are equally dramatic and equally poetic on very diverse lines. The play is altogether noteworthy."—Glasgow Herald. 

 "... It would, in our estimation, be a decided acquisition to any actor-manager who could arrange with the author to allow him to produce it.... Space does not permit us to deal with it here as we would like to do, or as it deserves, but we with pleasure commend it to our readers in the most emphatic way...."—Road. 

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