THE BLACK CAT. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS BY JOHN TODHUNTER. FIRST ACTED AT THE INDEPENDENT THEATRE IN LONDON. Mr. Grein has asked me to write a preface to THE BLACK CAT. I cannot myself see much occasion for this. Why should an author be called upon to make a speech before the curtain? Because, I presume, people want to have something to talk about besides the play itself, and an author must surely have "views." Well, it is a day of views--and of talk.…
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