Representative American plays, 1767-1923; edited with introductions and notes / by Arthur Hobson Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Arthur Hobson, 1875-1960, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama.

Penn Provenance:

Gates, T. S., Jr. (autograph)

Gates, Mrs. Thomas S. (donor)

Physical Description:

ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1052 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition, revised and enlarged.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Century co., 1925.

Contents:

The prince of Parthia, by T. Godfrey (1767)

The contrast, by R. Tyler (1787)

André, by W. Dunlap (1798)

Superstition, by J. N. Barker (1824)

Charles the Second, by J. H. Payne and W. Irving (1824)

The triumph at Plattsburg, by R. P. Smith (1830)

Pocahontas; or, The settlers of Virginia, by G. W. P. Curtis (1830)

The broker of Bogota, by R. M. Bird (1834)

Tortesa the usurer, by N. P. Willis (1839)

Fashion, by Anna C. M. Ritchie (1845)

Francesca da Rimini, by G. H. Boker (1855)

Leonora; or, The world's own, by Julis W. Howe (1857)

The octoroom; or, Life in Louisiana, by D. Rouclcault (1859)

Rip Van Winkle, as played by Joseph Jefferson (1865)

Hazel Kirke, by S. MacKaye (1880)

Shenandoah, by B. Howard (1889)

Secret service, by W. Gillette (1896)

Madame Butterfly, by D. Belasco and J. L. Long (1900)

Her great match, by C. Fitch (1905)

The New York idea, by L. Mitchell (1906)

The witching hour, by A. Thomas (1907)

The faith healer, by W. V. Moody (1909)

The scarecrow, by P. Mackaye (1910)

The boss, by E. Sheridon (1911)

He and she, by Rachel Crothers (1911)

Beyond the horizon, by E. O'Neill! (1920)

Sun-up, by Luiu Vollmer (1923)

Notes:

Contains reproductions of original title-pages of some of the plays.

"General bibliography of the American drana": pages 1045-1052.

OCLC:

2475388