"All In the "Foreword" the Editor points out the fact that "play-publications," and especially the one-act drama, are usurping the place of the short story in the esteem of the reading public The result is that a large amount of good and bad dramas are appearing and naturally we find the high school classes and others reacting to them, and should have some carefully chosen bases for our judgments of this class of productions. This volume furnishes exceptionally helpful guidance along this line. There is a thoughtful and ...
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"All In the "Foreword" the Editor points out the fact that "play-publications," and especially the one-act drama, are usurping the place of the short story in the esteem of the reading public The result is that a large amount of good and bad dramas are appearing and naturally we find the high school classes and others reacting to them, and should have some carefully chosen bases for our judgments of this class of productions. This volume furnishes exceptionally helpful guidance along this line. There is a thoughtful and discriminating "Introduction" on the reading of plays, followed by more than a dozen of the best ones for amateur use; also Questions for Discussion, Notes on the Dramas and Dramatists, and the Bibliography above referred to. This is a volume with a mission. - Education , Vol. 42 [1922] The List of Plays: The Philosopher of Butterbiggens by Harold Chapin Spreading the News by Lady Gregory The Beggar and the King by Winthrop Parkhurst Tides by George Middleton Ile by Eugene O'Neill Campbell of Kilmhor by J. A. Ferguson The Sun by John Galsworthy The Knave of Hearts by Louise Saunders Fame and the Poet by Lord Dunsany The Captain of the Gate by Beulah Marie Dix Gettysburg by Percy Mackaye Lonesome-Like by Harold Brighottse Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge The Land of Heart's Desire by William Butler Yeats The Riding to Lithend by Gordon Bottomley
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