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Possession, by Laurence Housman
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Title: Possession A Peep-Show in Paradise
Author: Laurence Housman
Release Date: March 1, 2009 [EBook #28232]
Language: English
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Angels & Ministers: Three Plays of Victorian Shade & Character by Laurence Housman
Possession
A Peep-Show in Paradise
by Laurence Housman
Jonathan Cape
Eleven Gower Street, London
First published in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies only for sale Oct. 1921. Popular Edition, Jan. 1922
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Introduction
THIS play--originally intended to form part of Angels and Ministers--was separated on an after-thought as a concession to those who do not like to have their politics and their religion mixed. And, as the Victorian age was eminently successful in keeping the two apart, it is 'in keeping,' in another sense, with the Victorianism of the religion here portrayed that it should make its appearance under a separate cover.
As some of my critics seem anxious to trace the inspiration of these Victorian plays to an outside source, and