Oxford Amateurs A Short Hist O

Excerpt from The Oxford Amateurs; A Short History of Theatricals at the University: With a Foreword by James Adderley Like all great institutions, the has come out of great tribulation, and has evolved from hard times and difficult circumstances. I am one of those who tried to flourish in the hard times. In 1870, when I first went up to Oxford, there was not only no amateur society, but there was not even a respectable professional drama at the university. The Vic was the only place of amusement: a low music-hall. 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.