Augustus Harris

Augustus Harris
Augustus Harris was a British playwright, impresario, and theatre manager, born in 1852. He is best known for revitalizing London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where he introduced spectacular pantomimes and melodramas that became immensely popular. Harris wrote and co-wrote several plays, including "A Run of Luck" and "Youth," and was instrumental in the success of large-scale productions such as "The Prodigal Daughter." His influence on British theatre extended beyond writing, as he also helped shape modern pantomime and the staging of grand operas.

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CHAPTER I. There is a vast deal talked in the present day about Freewill. We like to feel that we are independent agents and are ready to overlook the fact that our surroundings and circumstances and the hundred and one subtle and mysterious workings of the fate we can none of us escape, control our actions and are responsible for our movements, and make us to a great extent what we are. A man is not... more...