Falk notes that he is sending Goethe his play, Amphitruon, before writing in depth about the nature of drama, comedy, and tragedy. He discusses ways to produce dramatic material that is rich and productive enough to fill five acts, saying that the English use the trick of the double plot, whilst the French (such as Voltaire) use verbiage and rhetoric. The Greeks, he adds, use images, metaphors, and lyrical chants. He concludes by comparing modern and acient theatre.