BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF THE LITTLE THEATRE

FOREWORD

What is wanting in this list the reader will only too soon discover for himself. I do not, however, wish to offer a faltering apology for the incompleteness of the work. In truth, it needs none. Nevertheless, a brief word of explanation may not be amiss.

The duties of the bibliographer are more or less mechanical. He merely collects his data from the most available sources or from arcana known only to a few, arranges his material alphabetically and sends his copy to the printer.

The present list is an exception to the general practice. It will be noted that the bibliographer has broken his traces, forsaken his accustomed field and intruded, in some measure, upon the province of the critic. From the great mass of plays accessible in English I have sought to select only those which I hold best adapted to the little theater as it is to-day constituted. On the whole, they are plays which have encountered a certain measure of success or that I felt to be worthy of production. Rigid care has been taken to exclude such dramatic pieces which are fittingly described as "side-splitting farces." The latter contribute nothing to the art theater. Box and Cox, I doubt not, may be excruciatingly funny, but few would care to hear that Sam Hume, for instance, was about to produce it. Not that genuine laughter hasn't its place in the modern theater; but we cannot laugh to-day at the archaic drolleries of yesterday. We cannot abandon ourselves to papier-maché characterization in the theater. And this is what the art theater accomplished in its brief stay with us.

F. S.

THE BOOKS OF THE LITTLE THEATRE

ANTHONY, Luther B.
Dramatology. A Manual of Craftsmanship
APPIA, Adolphe
Die Musik und die Inscenierung
ARCHER, William
Play Making. A Manual of Craftsmanship
About the Theatre
ARCHER, William, and BARKER, Granville
A National Theatre. Schemes and Estimates
ARNOLD, Robert S.
Das Moderne Drama
AUSTIN, Stephen F.
The Principles of Drama-therapy
BAKER, George Pierce
The Technique of the Drama
Dramatic Technique
BAKSHY, Alexander
The Path of the Modern Russian Stage
BICKLEY, Francis
J. M. Synge and the Irish Dramatic Movement
BLEACKLEY, J. Arthur
The Art of Mimicry
BOOTH, William Stone
A Practical Guide for Authors and Playwrights
BOURGEOIS, Maurice
John Millington Synge and the Irish Theatre
BOYD, Ernest A.
The Contemporary Drama of Ireland
BROADBENT, R. J.
A History of Pantomime
BROWNE, Maurice
The Temple of a Living Art
BROWNE, Van Dyke
Secrets of Scene Painting and Stage Effects
BRUNETIERE, Ferdinand
The Law of the Drama, with an introduction by Henry Arthur Jones. Translated by P. M. Hayden
BURLEIGH, Louise
The Community Theatre
BURTON, Richard
How to See a Play
CALTHROP, Dion Clayton
English Costume. Four volumes
CALVERT, Louis
Problems of the Actor
CANNAN, Gilbert
The Joy of the Theatre
CANNON, Fanny
Writing and Selling a Play
CARTER, Huntley
The New Spirit in Drama and Art
The Theatre of Max Reinhardt
CHENEY, Sheldon
The Open Air Theatre
The Theatre Arts Magazine
The New Movement in the Theatre
The Art Theatre
CLARK, Barrett H.
How To Produce Amateur Plays
Continental Drama of To-day
British and American Drama of To-day
European Theories of the Drama
COLLES, W. M., and HARDY, H.
Playwright and Copyright in All Countries
COQUELIN, Constant
Art and the Actor. Translated by A. L. Alger
CRAIG, Gordon
The Art of the Theatre
On the Art of the Theatre
A Living Theatre
Towards a New Theatre
The Theatre—Advancing
DEAN, Basil
The Repertory Theatre, 1911
DICKINSON, Thomas H.
The Contemporary Drama of England
The Insurgent Theatre
EDWARDS, O.
Japanese Plays and Playfellows
FENELLOSA, Ernest, and POUND, Ezra
"No"; or Accomplishment
FRY, Emma Sheridan
Educational Dramatics
GILLETTE, William
The Illusion of the First Time in Acting
GOLDMAN, Emma
The Social Significance of the Modern Drama
GREGORY, Lady
Our Irish Theatre
HAMILTON, Clayton
Theory of the Theatre
Studies in Stagecraft
Problems of the Playwright
HASTINGS, Charles
The Theatre. Its Development in France and England and a History of Its Greek and Latin Origins
HENDERSON, Archibald
The Changing Drama
European Dramatists
HENNEQUIN, Alfred
The Art of Playwriting
HILLIARD, E., McCORMICK, T., and OGLEBAY, K.
Amateur and Educational Dramatics
HORNBLOW, Arthur
Training for the Stage. Some Hints for Those About to Choose the Player's Career
HORRWITZ, Ernest P.
The Indian Theatre. A Brief Survey of the Sanskrit Drama
HOWE, P. P.
The Repertory Theatre
HUBERT, Philip G.
The Stage As a Career
HUNT, Elizabeth R.
The Play of To-day
IZUMO, Takeda. Translated by M. C. Marcus
The Pine Tree. With an Introductory Causerie on the Japanese Theatre
JONES, Henry Arthur
Renascence of the English Drama
Foundations of a National Drama
The Theatre of Ideas
KROWS, Arthur Edwin
Play Production in America
LAWRENCE, W. J.
The Elizabethan Playhouse
LEWES, G. H.
On Actors and the Art of Acting
LEWIS, B. Roland
The Technique of the One-act Play: A Study in Dramatic Construction
LEWISOHN, Ludwig
The Modern Drama
MACCARTHY, Desmond
The Court Theatre
MACCLINTOCK, Lander
The Contemporary Drama of Italy
MACKAY, Constance D'Arcy
Costumes and Scenery for Amateurs; A Practical Working Handbook
The Little Theatre in the United States
MACKAY, F. F.
The Art of Acting
MACKAYE, Percy
Community Drama
The Civil Theatre
The Playhouse and the Play
Patriotic Drama in Your Town
MACKINNON, Alan
The Oxford Amateurs
MANTIZIUS, Karl
History of Theatrical Art in Ancient and Modern Times. Five volumes
McCLEOD, Addison
Plays and Players in Modern Italy
McEWEN, E. J.
Freytag's Technique of the Drama
MATTHEWS, Brander
On Acting
MODERWELL, Hiram Kelly
The Theatre of To-day
MONTAGUE, C. E.
Dramatic Values
MORSE, Elizabeth
Principles of Expression: A Guide for Developing Readers, Speakers and Dramatic Artists
NICHOLSON, Watson
The Struggle for a Free Stage in London
PALMER, John
The Future of the Theatre Comedy
The Censor and the Theatre
PHELPS, William Lyon
The Twentieth Century Theatre
POLLAK, Gustav
Franz Grillparzar and the Austrian Drama
POLTI, George. Translated by Lucille Ray
The Thirty-six Dramatic Situations
PRICE, W. T.
Technique of the Drama
Analysis of Play Construction and Dramatic Principle
The Philosophy of Dramatic Principle and Method
RENNERT, Hugo A.
The Spanish Stage
RILEY, Alice C. D.
The One-act Play. A Study Course in Three Parts
ROUCHE, Jacques
L'Art Theatral Moderne
SACHS, Edward O.
Stage Construction
SAYLER, Oliver M.
The Russian Theatre Under the Revolution
SEPET, Marius
Origines Catholiques de Theatre Moderne
SHAW, George Bernard
Dramatic Opinions and Essays
SHAY, Frank
The Plays and Books of the Little Theatre. A Listing of Over 1000 One-Act Plays Available in Printed Form
SMITH, Winifred
The Commedia Dell'arte. A Study of Italian Popular Comedy
STOPES, Marie C.
The Plays of Old Japan. The No.
TAYLOR, Emerson
Practical Stage Directing for Amateurs
THEATRICAL SCENE PAINTING: A Thorough and Complete Work on How to Sketch, Paint and Install Theatrical Scenery
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE THEATRE
TURRELL, Charles A.
Contemporary Spanish Dramatists
WAUGH, Frank A.
Outdoor Theatres
WITKOWSKI, George. Translated by L. E. Horning
The German Drama of the Nineteenth Century
WOODBRIDGE, Elizabeth
The Drama. Its Law and Technique