# A message from Mars

By Richard Ganthony.

"A Message from Mars: A Fantastic Comedy in Three Acts" by Richard Ganthony is a play first performed in 1899. When self-absorbed Horace Parker chooses an evening of reading over escorting his fiancée to a ball, he falls asleep and encounters a mysterious visitor from Mars. The Messenger arrives with one mission: to cure Horace of his selfishness through a series of transformative visions that ultimately reduce him to a beggar, forcing him to confront his flaws. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Man-woman relationships -- Drama; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama; Dreams -- Drama; Selfishness -- Drama

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