In the late 1800s, novelist and poet William Dean Howells began to write a series of short comic plays he called farces, often dealing with episodes drawn from day-to-day life. In The Register, zany heroines Henrietta Spaulding and Ethel Reed spruce up their newly rented apartment.
In the late 1800s, novelist and poet William Dean Howells began to write a series of short comic plays he called farces, often dealing with episodes drawn from day-to-day life. In The Register, zany heroines Henrietta Spaulding and Ethel Reed spruce up their newly rented apartment.