The ancient system of tragedy . . . had the advantage of making its audiences see . . . it was equally insance to aspire to the state of royalty as to endure its existence.
-Jean Francois Marmontel quoted in Dukore, ed., Dramatic Theory and Criticism, p. 290. (Noted Jan. 17, 1994)
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