The plays included have been selected with this need in mind. Accordingly, emphasis has been placed upon the wholesome and uplifting rather than upon the sordid and the ultra-realistic. The unduly sentimental, the strikingly melodramatic, and the play of questionable moral problems, has been consciously avoided. Comedies, tragedies, farces, and melodramas have been included; but the chief concern has been that each play should be good, dramatic art.
The Dramatic Analysis and Construction of the One-Act Play, which appears in the Introduction, also has been prepared for the student or teacher. This outline-analysis and the plays in this volume are sufficient material, if carefully studied, for an understanding and appreciation of the one-act play.
B. ROLAND LEWIS.
| CONTENTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| PAGE | ||
| Introduction | [3] | |
| LIST OF PLAYS | ||
| The Twelve-Pound Look | Sir James M. Barrie | [17] |
| Tradition | George Middleton | [43] |
| The Exchange | Althea Thurston | [61] |
| Sam Average | Percy Mackaye | [85] |
| Hyacinth Halvey | Lady Augusta Gregory | [103] |
| The Gazing Globe | Eugene Pillot | [139] |
| The Boor | Anton Tchekov | [155] |
| The Last Straw | Bosworth Crocker | [175] |
| Manikin and Minikin | Alfred Kreymborg | [197] |
| White Dresses | Paul Greene | [215] |
| Moonshine | Arthur Hopkins | [239] |
| Modesty | Paul Hervieu | [255] |
| The Deacon's Hat | Jeannette Marks | [273] |
| Where but in America | Oscar M. Wolff | [301] |
| A Dollar | David Pinski | [321] |
| The Diabolical Circle | Beulah Bornstead | [343] |
| The Far-Away Princess | Hermann Sudermann | [365] |
| The Stronger | August Strindberg | [393] |
| BIBLIOGRAPHIES | |
|---|---|
| PAGE | |
| Collections of One-Act Plays | [405] |
| Lists of One-Act Plays | [406] |
| Bibliography of Reference on the One-Act Play | [408] |
| Bibliography on How to Produce Plays | [409] |