Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays

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Editor

Loving, Pierre, 1893-

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Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Drama -- Collections

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eBook-No.

36984

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36984

Release Date

August 6, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays — Selected and Edited
2. 2.FRANK SHAY
3. 3.PIERRE LOVING — CINCINNATI STEWART & KIDD COMPANY PUBLISHERS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.MADONNA DIANORA — A Play in Verse By Hugo Von Hofmannsthal Translated from the German by Harriet Betty Boas.
7. 7.MADONNA DIANORA
8. 8.LITERATURE — A Comedy By Arthur Schnitzler Translated by Pierre Loving.
9. 9.LITERATURE
10. 10.THE INTRUDER — A Play By Maurice Maeterlinck
11. 11.THE INTRUDER
12. 12.INTERLUDE — By Federico More Translated from the Spanish by Audrey Alden.
13. 13.INTERLUDE
14. 14.MONSIEUR LAMBLIN — A Comedy By George Ancey Translated from the French by Barrett H. Clark.
15. 15.MONSIEUR LAMBLIN
16. 16.FRANÇOISE' LUCK — A Comedy By Georges de Porto-Riche (La Chance de Françoise.) Translated by Barrett H. Clark.
17. 17.FRANÇOISE' LUCK
18. 18.ALTRUISM — A Satire By Karl Ettlinger Translated by Benjamin F. Glazer.
19. 19.ALTRUISM
20. 20.THE TENOR — A Comedy By Frank Wedekind Translated by André Tridon. — CHARACTERS
21. 21.THE TENOR
22. 22.A GOOD WOMAN — A Farce By Arnold Bennett — CHARACTERS
23. 23.A GOOD WOMAN
24. 24.THE LITTLE STONE HOUSE — A Play By George Calderon
25. 25.THE LITTLE STONE HOUSE
26. 26.MARY'S WEDDING — A Play By Gilbert Cannan
27. 27.MARY'S WEDDING
28. 28.THE BABY CARRIAGE — A Play By Bosworth Crocker
29. 29.THE BABY CARRIAGE
30. 30.THE PIERROT OF THE MINUTE — A Dramatic Fantasy By Ernest Dowson
31. 31.THE PIERROT OF THE MINUTE — EPILOGUE
32. 32.THE SUBJECTION OF KEZIA — A Play By Mrs. Havelock Ellis
33. 33.THE SUBJECTION OF KEZIA
34. 34.THE CONSTANT LOVER — A Comedy of Youth By St. John Hankin
35. 35.THE CONSTANT LOVER
36. 36.THE JUDGMENT OF INDRA — A Play By Dhan Gopal Mukerji
37. 37.THE JUDGMENT OF INDRA
38. 38.THE WORKHOUSE WARD — A Play By Lady Gregory
39. 39.THE WORKHOUSE WARD
40. 40.LOUISE — A Play By J. H. Speenhoff Translated from the Dutch by A. V. C. P. Huizinga and Pierre Loving.
41. 41.LOUISE
42. 42.THE GRANDMOTHER — A Play By Lajos Biro
43. 43.THE GRANDMOTHER
44. 44.THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUL — A Play By Giuseppe Giacosa Translated by Theodora Marcone.
45. 45.THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUL
46. 46.LOVE OF ONE'S NEIGHBOR — A Comedy By Leonid Andreyev Translated by Thomas Seltzer.
47. 47.LOVE OF ONE'S NEIGHBOR
48. 48.THE BOOR — A Comedy By Anton Tchekoff Translated by Hilmar Baukage.
49. 49.THE BOOR
50. 50.HIS WIDOW'S HUSBAND — A Comedy By Jacinto Benevente Translated by John Garrett Underhill.
51. 51.HIS WIDOW'S HUSBAND
52. 52.A SUNNY MORNING — A Comedy By Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero Translated from the Spanish by Lucretia Xavier Floyd.
53. 53.A SUNNY MORNING
54. 54.THE CREDITOR — A Play By August Strindberg
55. 55.THE CREDITOR
56. 56.AUTUMN FIRES — A Comedy By Gustav Wied Translated by Benjamin F. Glazer.
57. 57.AUTUMN FIRES
58. 58.BROTHERS — A Sardonic Comedy By Lewis Beach
59. 59.BROTHERS
60. 60.IN THE MORGUE — A Play By Sada Cowan
61. 61.IN THE MORGUE
62. 62.A DEATH IN FEVER FLAT — A Play By George W. Cronyn
63. 63.A DEATH IN FEVER FLAT
64. 64.THE SLAVE WITH TWO FACES — An Allegory By Mary Carolyn Davies
65. 65.THE SLAVE WITH TWO FACES
66. 66.THE SLUMP — A Play By Frederic L. Day
67. 67.THE SLUMP
68. 68.MANSIONS — A Play By Hildegarde Flanner
69. 69.MANSIONS
70. 70.TRIFLES — A Play By Susan Glaspell
71. 71.TRIFLES
72. 72.THE POT BOILER — A Satire By Alice Gerstenberg
73. 73.THE POT BOILER
74. 74.ENTER THE HERO — A Comedy By Theresa Helburn
75. 75.ENTER THE HERO
76. 76.THE SHEPHERD IN THE DISTANCE — A Pantomime By Holland Hudson — PROGRAM — THE ACTION: — THE STORY. [1] — CONCERNING THE SCENERY. — IMPORTANT PROPERTIES. — COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP. — A FEW STAGE DIRECTIONS.
77. 77.THE SHEPHERD IN THE DISTANCE — PROLOGUE. — SCENE I. — SCENE II. — SCENE III. — SCENE IV. — SCENE V. — SCENE VI. — SCENE VII.
78. 78.BOCCACCIO'S UNTOLD TALE — A Play By Harry Kemp
79. 79.BOCCACCIO'S UNTOLD TALE
80. 80.ANOTHER WAY OUT — A Comedy By Lawrence Langner
81. 81.ANOTHER WAY OUT
82. 82.ARIA DA CAPO — A Play By Edna St. Vincent Millay
83. 83.ARIA DA CAPO
84. 84.HELENA'S HUSBAND — An Historical Comedy By Philip Moeller
85. 85.HELENA'S HUSBAND
86. 86.THE SHADOWED STAR — By Mary MacMillan
87. 87.THE SHADOWED STAR
88. 88.ILE — A Play By Eugene G. O'Neill
89. 89.ILE
90. 90.THE NURSERY MAID OF HEAVEN — A Miracle Play By Thomas Wood Stevens
91. 91.THE NURSERY MAID OF HEAVEN
92. 92.THREE TRAVELERS WATCH A SUNRISE — A Play By Wallace Stevens
93. 93.THREE TRAVELERS WATCH A SUNRISE
94. 94.SHAM — A Social Satire By Frank G. Tompkins
95. 95.SHAM
96. 96.THE MEDICINE SHOW — A Comedy By Stuart Walker
97. 97.THE MEDICINE SHOW
98. 98.FOR ALL TIME — A Play By Rita Wellman
99. 99.FOR ALL TIME
100. 100.THE FINGER OF GOD — A Play By Percival Wilde
101. 101.THE FINGER OF GOD
102. 102.NIGHT — A Play By Sholom Asch
103. 103.NIGHT
104. 104.FORGOTTEN SOULS — A Play By David Pinski Translated and Edited by Isaac Goldberg, Ph.D.
105. 105.FORGOTTEN SOULS
106. 106.BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LITTLE THEATRE — FOREWORD — THE BOOKS OF THE LITTLE THEATRE — THE PLAYS OF THE LITTLE THEATRE
107. 107.A SELECTED LIST OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE — PUBLISHED BY STEWART & KIDD COMPANY CINCINNATI — Plays and Players — Leaves From a Critic's Scrapbook — BY WALTER PRICHARD EATON PREFACE BY BARRETT H. CLARK — Four Plays of the Free Theater — Contemporary French Dramatists — By BARRETT H. CLARK — "European Dramatists" — By ARCHIBALD HENDERSON — Author of "George Bernard Shaw: His Life and Works." — The Changing Drama — By ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, M.A. Ph.D. — Author of "European Dramatists," "George Bernard Shaw—His Life and Work." Etc. — GEORGE BERNARD SHAW HIS LIFE AND WORKS — A Critical Biography (Authorized) BY ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, M.A., Ph.D. — Short Plays — By MARY MAC MILLAN — More Short Plays — BY MARY MacMILLAN — Comedies of Words and Other Plays — BY ARTHUR SCHNITZLER TRANSLATED BY PIERRE LOVING — The Provincetown Plays — Edited by GEORGE CRAM COOK AND FRANK SHAY — Portmanteau Plays — BY STUART WALKER Edited and with an Introduction by EDWARD HALE BIERSTADT — More Portmanteau Plays — BY STUART WALKER Edited and with an Introduction by EDWARD HALE BIERSTADT — TO BE PUBLISHED IN 1920 — Portmanteau Adaptations — BY STUART WALKER Edited and with an Introduction by EDWARD HALE BIERSTADT — TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

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