Playwrights on playmaking

by Brander Matthews

CONTENTS

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I	Playwrights on Playmaking	[1]
II	Undramatic Criticism	[17]
III	Old Plays and New Playgoers	[37]
IV	Tragedies with Happy Endings	[57]
V	On the Advantage of Having a Pattern	[79]
VI	Did Shakspere Write Plays to Fit His Actors?	[97]
VII	Strange Shaksperian Performances	[119]
VIII	Thackeray and the Theater	[137]
IX	Mark Twain and the Theater	[159]
X	Henry James and the Theater	[185]
XI	Stage Humor	[205]
XII	The “Old Comedies”	[227]
XIII	The Organization of the Theater	[245]
XIV	Memories of Actors	[281]

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PLAYWRIGHTS ON PLAYMAKING

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PLAYWRIGHTS ON PLAYMAKING