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1、TheLadyofLyons;Or,LoveandPride.TheLadyofLyonsbyEdwardBulwerLytton1TheLadyofLyons;Or,LoveandPride.Totheauthorof"Ion."WhosegeniusandexamplehavealikecontributedtowardstheregenerationofTheNationalDrama,Thisplayisinscribed.2TheLadyofLyons;Or,LoveandPride.PREFACE.Anindistinctrecollectionoftheverypret
2、tylittletale,called"TheBellows-Mender,"suggestedtheplotofthisDrama.Theincidentsare,however,greatlyalteredfromthoseinthetale,andthecharactersentirelyre-cast.HavinglonghadawishtoillustratecertainperiodsoftheFrenchhistory,so,intheselectionofthedateinwhichthescenesofthisplayarelaid,Isawthattheeraof
3、theRepublicwasthatinwhichtheincidentswererenderedmostprobable,inwhichtheprobationarycareeroftheherocouldwellbemadesufficientlyrapidfordramaticeffect,andinwhichthecharacterofthetimeitselfwasdepictedbytheagenciesnecessarytotheconductofthenarrative.Forduringtheearlyyearsofthefirstandmostbrilliants
4、uccessesoftheFrenchRepublic,inthegeneralfermentofsociety,andthebriefequalizationofranks,Claude'shigh-placedlove;hisardentfeelings,hisunsettledprinciples(thestrugglebetweenwhichmakesthepassionofthisdrama),hisambition,andhiscareer,werephenomenathatcharacterizedtheage,andinwhichthespiritofthenatio
5、nwentalongwiththeextravaganceoftheindividual.Theplayitselfwascomposedwithatwofoldobject.Inthefirstplace,sympathizingwiththeenterpriseofMr.Macready,asManagerofCoventGarden,andbelievingthatmanyofthehigherinterestsoftheDramawereinvolvedinthesuccessorfailureofanenterpriseequallyhazardousanddisinter
6、ested,Ifelt,ifImaysopresumetoexpressmyself,somethingoftheBrotherhoodofArt;anditwasonlyforMr.MacreadytothinkitpossiblethatImightservehiminordertoinducemetomaketheattempt.Secondly,inthatattemptIwasmainlyanxioustoseewhetherornot,afterthecomparativefailureonthestageof"TheDuchessdelaValliere,"certai
7、ncriticshadtrulydeclaredthatitwasnotinmypowertoattaintheartofdramaticconstructionandtheatricaleffect.Ifelt,indeed,thatitwasinthisthatawriter,accustomedtothenarrativeclassofcomposition,wouldhavethemostbothtolearnandunlearn.Accordin
