Download or read book The Little Theatre in the United States Classic Reprint written by Constance D'Arcy Mackay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Little Theatre in the United States A description of every Little Theatre in the United States that the author could find is given, including the achievements, special significance, policy, repertory, and scenic contribution of each one. Since the Little Theatre movement is a growing thing, changes in its history are constantly taking place. It is in a state of transition and can only be written of in terms of transition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Plays and Books of the Little Theatre Classic Reprint written by Frank Shay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Plays and Books of the Little Theatre What is wanting in this volume the reader will only too soon discover for himself. I do not, however, wish to offer a faltering apology for the incompleteness of the book. In truth, it needs none. Nevertheless, a brief word of explanation may not be amiss. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Little Theater Classics Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Samuel A. Eliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Little Theater Classics, Vol. 1 HE Little Theater Movement is a fact. It is, in the minds of many farsighted lovers of the theater, the most important fact in the theatrical situa tion in America to-day. It promises in the end to replace, in all our larger cities west of the Atlantic seaboard, the wasteful road-company method and the equally wasteful stock-company method of providing serious drama and theatric art to that part of our people which will not rest content with cheap shows or moving pictures. NO doubt, plays that are ex traordinarily well liked in New York will always later seek the West, and the stock managers will continue to present, in routine, inadequate fashion, at popular prices, the out-dated attractions of the commercial stage. But the primarily artistic theater, growing up in the community because the community needs, nourishes, and uses it, will more and more meet and satisfy the demand of drama-loving, art-loving theater goers for new, experimental, and beautiful things. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Little Theater Classics Vol 3 Classic Reprint written by Samuel Atkins Eliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Little Theater Classics, Vol. 3 The New York Draina League's Community Theatre Exchange has listed more than a hundred non-pro fessional producing groups now active the country over, and receives from them innumerable appeals for plays; so we may hope that these four, heavy as the volume may appear, will fill a real breach. SO far as We know, only the concluding farces of the first two volumes have been produced since this series began. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Little Theater Classics Vol 4 Classic Reprint written by Samuel Atkins Eliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Little Theater Classics, Vol. 4 His fourth volume of Little Theater Classics reaches out to less familiar fields than have the others. Only one of its four plays is English, and that represents a period, the Restoration, heretofore neg lected in this series. In a way it represents also the French classical tragedy of 1630 - 1830 its unities, its sentiment and decorum which governed all the stages of Europe in the time of Louis XIV and Louis XV. Hardly anything of that school could be made to live again on our present stage: let All For Love with its strong Shakespearian coloring stand for it and hint at what it would be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Plays of the University of California Little Theatre Workshop Classic Reprint written by University of California Littl Workshop and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Plays of the University of California Little Theatre Workshop About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book FANNYS 1ST PLAY written by Bernard Shaw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fanny's First Play: An Easy Play for a Little Theatre The count. I am not. I wear this costume because well, perhaps I had better explain the position, if it interests you. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Little Theatre In The United States written by Constance D'Arcy MacKay and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the history of the little theatre movement in the United States, as well as its influence on American theatre. Learn about the development of regional theatres, the impact of little theatres on playwrights, and the contributions of notable figures in the movement such as Winthrop Ames and Brock Pemberton. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Download or read book Little Theater Classics Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Samuel Atkins Eliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Little Theater Classics, Vol. 2 Our other, earlier French farce, Patelin,1 through the sheer force of its comic situations, has Often proved delightful in amateurish hands, though it would Of course profit greatly from trained, resourceful acting. The present version, preserving more closely than either of its predecessors the style and flavor Of the original and arranged for easy and novel staging, should find a ready public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the American Theatre Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by William Dunlap and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the American Theatre, Vol. 2 of 2 Of the most important personages in this list we have already spoken, except Mrs. S. Powell. This lady's early history is unknown to us. She came to this country as Miss Harrison in the first company that played in the Federal Street theatre, Boston. She was an elegant woman, and a good actress. She was exemplary in her social duties, and, if now living, enjoys competency and all the fruits of prudence 'and virtue. She filled respect ably the highest lines of tragedy and comedy, and will long live in the memories of the public of Boston, as well as in the affections of those who knew her private worth. Mr. Villiers was the low comedian of the com pany, and an actor of force and merit. He of course could only expect to play such charac ters as the manager thought unworthy of his attention; as must have been the case in respect to every portion of the drama where Hodgkin son was the director, and in the greater part of every branch he had no competitor in this country at that time. Moreton was dead. Cooper, far his superior in tragedy, was yet negligent, and his great excellence confined to a few characters. Fennell's walk was very confined, and his pursuits irregular. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Little Country Theater Classic Reprint written by Alfred G. Arvold and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Little Country Theater New Year's Eve the last stroke of the brush was made. The quaint cottage, the snow white-capped mountain, the tumbling waterfall and the steep ascending cliffs were painted in a manner which brought many favorable com ments from competent art critics. The blend ing Of the colors was magnificent. It was genuine art. The beauty Of it all was that these two young men found that they could express themselves even on canvas. Just as they had painted their scenery on the stage Of the theater, so did they write their play, acting out each line before they put it in final form for presentation. Often they worked all night until four O'clock in the morning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the American Theatre Vol 1 of 2 Classic Reprint written by William Dunlap and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the American Theatre, Vol. 1 of 2 Colley cibber, in his Apology, the best book ever written on the subject of the Theatre, thus speaks of the increase of Playhouses in London, and the effect on the actors and the public Their extraordinary number, of course, reduced them to live upon the gratification of such hearers as they knew would be best pleased with public offence; and public offence, of what kind soever, will always be a good reason for making laws to restrain it. We have seen acted over and over again, in America, that which Cibber describes and laments as occurring in his time They were reduced to have recourse to foreign novelties; l'abbe, Balon, and Mademoiselle Subligny, three of the most famous dancers of the French Opera at that period, were at several times brought over, at extraordinary rates, to revive that sickly appetite which plain sense and nature had satiated. But, alas! There was no recovering to a sound constitution by those merely costly cordials; the novelty of a dance was but of a short duration, and perhaps hurtful in its consequence; for it made a play without a dance less eu dured than it had been before, when such dancing was not to be had and the same may be said of every deviation from plain sense and nature. Colley Gibber's Apology is one of those books in which a man finds all that he wants to know or say on the subject he is considering. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Plays and the Theatre Classic Reprint written by Kai Jurgensen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Plays and the Theatre This is how Clayton Hamilton ends his chapter, What is a Play? It is a neat statement and extremely correct, but for us who are not necessarily familiar with the meaning Of such phrases as struggle between human Wills, motivated by emotion rather than by intellect, and expressed in terms Of Objective action, it may seem a little too pat. Let us, therefore, take this statement apart and examine the meaning of each phrase. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Neighborhood Playhouse written by Alice Lewisohn Crowley and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Neighborhood Playhouse: Leaves From a Theatre Scrapbook The renaissance of the American theatre dawned in the years just before World War I and came into full flower during the twenties. This renaissance involved a sharp break with the rather shabby tradition of its past and there has been no such break since. Whatever in our theatre is admirable today has grown out of the achievements of the teens and the twenties. Until then there had been no major American playwright and very few who so much as aspired to anything which could be called serious writing. Neither was there any art of the theatre which was more than an imitation of the rather elementary pseudo-realistic methods of the nineteenth century English and French stages. The American ambition to produce plays which might challenge comparison with the best contemporary literature in other forms and a determination to explore the possibilities of stage craft as an independent art were born so short a time ago that not a few of those who first inspired them are still living and active. The designs and costumes of Aline Bernstein exercised a profound influence on subsequent leaders in these fields. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Representative One Act Plays by American Authors written by Margaret Gardner Mayorga and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Representative One-Act Plays by American Authors: Selected, With Biographical Notes This collection contains twenty-four of the most significant one-act plays of the Little Theatre movement in America. Some of them have not been previously printed; others have been out of print for some time or are inaccessible. I have made the collection in the hope that by bringing them to gether in one volume they will not be immediately lost. Although the war has for a moment scattered many of the Little Theatres and stunted the growth of the new play form, it is because the art is now at a pause that it may be more easily surveyed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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