Download or read book Representative American Plays Classic Reprint written by Arthur Hobson Quinn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Representative American Plays Before each play, a brief introduction explains its significance and gives a biographical sketch of the author, together with necessary information concem ing his plays. No pains have been spared to make these introductions accurate, and the editor has fortunately had at his disposal not only the usual histories of the theatre, but also manuscript sources such as the Bird and Boker Papers and the Diary of William Wood, the Manager of the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, as well as the printed sources that are included in the Clothier Collection of American Plays in the Library of the University of Pennsylvania. In the cases of the modern plays the information has been checked in nearly every case by the playwrights themselves. In each of the introductions a se lected bibliography has been given. It has seemed unnecessary to cumber these with long lists of magazine articles of a fugitive character but it is hoped that the references given will found helpful. A general bibliography of books relating to the American Drama has been placed at the end of the volume. In each introduction is given also the source of the text. Where it was possible to obtain acting versions of the older texts, the differences between these and the reading versions have been indicated. In general where emenda tions have been made, they have been included in square brackets. The spell ing has followed that of the original text, and the stage directions have been reprinted in the older plays as originally given. Several of the modern plays have been revised by the authors and their wishes have naturally been followed both as to text and stage directions. Some slight alterations have been made even here for the sake of uniformity, and where the preparation of the text has fallen on the editor alone, he has tried to present the stage directions in a read able form, according to modern standards of technique. 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 Plays by American Dramatists Classic Reprint written by Montrose Jonas Moses and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Representative Plays by American Dramatists When I came to a consideration of the modern section, there were many omissions which had to be made, due very largely to the fact that authors and owners of copyright were loath to forego their rights. A collection of this kind should undoubtedly have the name of James A. Herne represented in its contents, inasmuch as none of Mr. Herne's plays have heretofore been published, and two of his most distinctive dramas in original manuscript, Mar garet Fleming and Griffith Davenport, have been totally de stroyed by fire. But representatives of Mr. Herne's family have declined, at the present time, to allow his plays to be published. This is to be regretted, inasmuch as nearly all of the most prom inent American playwrights are represented, either in the publi cation of isolated plays or in definitive editions. I should have liked to end this collection with the inclusion of Mr. Eugene Walter's The Easiest Way; at the present time, that play, which was' once issued in an edition privately printed, is to be found in the Drama League Series of plays. 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 Plays by American Dramatists Vol 3 of 3 written by Montrose Jonas Moses and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Representative Plays by American Dramatists, Vol. 3 of 3: 1856-1911 But here are offered plays that will enrich the American dramatic library because of their rarity, and for that reason others have been excluded, which are easily procurable in print. 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.
Download or read book Representative American Plays written by Arthur Hobson Quinn (Ed) and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Plays written by Allan Gates Halline and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-14 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Plays: Selected and Edited With Critical Introductions and Bibliographies Acknowledgments to copyright owners appear with the individual plays. I should like to express particular gratitude to Clement E. F oust for h1s permission to use his version of The Gladiator as text for this collection. 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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Download or read book Representative American Plays Primary Source Edition written by Arthur Hobson Quinn and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02-23 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Download or read book Representative Plays by American Dramatists written by Langdon Elwyn Mitchell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-24 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea by Langdon Elwyn Mitchell The performance of "The New York Idea" at the Lyric Theatre, New York, on November 19, 1906, was one of the rare, distinguished events in the American Theatre. It revealed the fact that at last an American playwright had written a drama comparable with the very best European models, scintillating with clear, cold brilliancy, whose dialogue carried with it an exceptional literary style. It was a play that showed a vitality which will serve to keep it alive for many generations, which will make it welcome, however often it is revived; for there is a universal import to its satire which raises it above the local, social condition it purports to portray. And though there is nothing of an ideal character about its situations, though it seems to be all head, with a minimum of apparent heart, it none the less is universal in the sense that Restoration comedy is universal. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Representative One Act Plays written by Barrett Harper Clark and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-12 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Representative One-Act Plays: By British and Irish Authors One-act Plays by American Authors, edited by Margaret Gardner Mayorga and published in 1919. The book was originally undertaken by Mr. Clayton Hamilton who, finding himself unable to continue the work, turned it over to the present editor. It is the duty of the present editor to record as editors have before him recorded - that Barrie and Shaw must be excluded from collections of this sort, for reasons which others have euphemistically described as limitations of copyright. One-act plays of Barrie and Shaw would have been made an integral part of this collection had the authors and their publishers seen fit to cooperate on a basis similar to that accepted by other authors and publishers; they did not, and the reader is therefore asked to fill in the breach as best he can. 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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Download or read book Representative American Plays written by Arthur Hobson Quinn and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...those tilings and follow me. (Exit, left.) Barney. (Taking the things.) I will, sir; I will, sir; I will, sir. Bad luck to the game; they've got divil the chance now. (Exit.) Hazel. Now for your news! Green. I'm just from Blackburn Mill. Hazel. And you have letters for me? Green. No, not yet. Your father declares that the first who writes you shall leave his house. Hazel. (Sadly.) Is he still so angry with me, then? Green. Angry with you? That's putting it mild. I call him the pig-headedest old hard-heart I ever knew. He won't let them breathe your name. Hazel. How did you learn this? Green. Dolly told me. Hazel. (Puzzled.) Dolly, is that what you call her? Green. Oh, yes, if a person's name is Dolly, no harm to call her so, is there? Oh! I forgot, you don't know, do you? Hazel. Know what? Green. Why, about Dolly. She's done for! Hazel. Done for? Green. Yes, going to make a fool of herself. Hazel. How? Green. By becoming the better half of P. Green. Pity, is n't it? Hazel. (Amazed.) Do you mean to say you're going to marry my cousin? Green. Oh. no! She's going to marry me. Hazel. Oh, I am so glad! (Off ers her liand in congratulation.) Green. You may not believe it, but so am I. Will you permit me? (He kisses her hand.) Hazel. (Sitting on the couch.) Now sit right down here by me, and tell me all about it. Green. (Sitting.) Oh! it was just like Dolly herself, short and sweet. After you left Lancashire, tlie doors of the old mill were sternly closed, especially against me. But it did n't matter, you see. I always have an object in life, so I suddenly became interested ill dams--milldams. There was one near the mill: there always is a dam attached to a mill. I used to visit that dam and sketch that dam--the sight of anything damned was a...
Download or read book Representative English Dramas From Dryden to Sheridan Classic Reprint written by Frederick Tupper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Representative English Dramas From Dryden to Sheridan This book is designed for students rather than for scholars or specialists. It makes little or no contribution to the present knowledge of authors and their plays. It grapples with no difficult problems of origins and solves no riddles of dramatic evolution. It enters into no competition with histories of the English drama. Its mission is the humble one of presenting in a single volume representative plays of the century and more between the Restoration of the Stuarts and the American Revolution. The introductions to the dozen dramas and the notes and bibliographies at the end of the book contain only such information as the editors deem necessary for an understanding of the circumstances of this literary output, only such interpretative comment as they consider stimulating to the reader's own critical sense. With regard to the necessity and stimulus of this editorial matter, others may well be of a different mind. 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 Plays by American Dramatists written by Clyde Fitch and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame by Clyde Fitch Clyde Fitch brought a vivacity to the American stage that no other American playwright has thus far succeeded in emulating. The total impression of his work leads one to believe that he also brought to the American stage a style which was at the same time literary and distinctly his own. His personality was interesting and lovable, quickly responsive to a variety of human nature. No play of his was ever wholly worthless, because of that personal equation which lent youth and spontaneity to much of his dialogue. When he attained popular fame, he threw off his dramas-whether original or adapted from the French and German-with a rapidity and ease that did much to create a false impression as to his haste and casualness. But Fitch, though a nervously quick worker, was never careless. He pondered his dramas long, he carried his characters in mind for years, he almost memorized his dialogue before he set it down on paper. And if he wrote in his little note-books with the same staccato speed that an artist sketches, it was merely because he saw the picture vividly, and because the preliminaries had been done beforehand. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Representative American Plays written by Arthur Hobson Quinn and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
