“I hope this hurts.” The game begins with text setting the time and place of this tragic play, and then that phrase, so crude and direct: “I hope this hurts.” Who is saying this? It’s ...

Among the dramatic works of George Henry Boker,Nydiais the best play not previously published, and it must take its place as one of the finest of his dramas, nearly equalingFrancesco da Riminiin power ...