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Contemporary One-Act Plays
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, B. Roland (Benjamin Roland), 1884-
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : multiple file formats
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,
- Summary:
- "Contemporary One-Act Plays" by B. Roland Lewis et al. is a collection of one-act plays written in the early 20th century. This compilation serves both educational and entertainment purposes, aiming to highlight the one-act play as a specific, significant dramatic form. The collection includes a variety of plays that range across genres like comedy and tragedy while intentionally focusing on uplifting themes. The opening of the collection introduces the concept of the one-act play and its importance within contemporary theatre. In the introduction, Lewis emphasizes the artistic and technical distinctions of the one-act play, asserting that it should convey a singular dramatic effect within a shorter timeframe. He notes that well-crafted one-act plays condense significant human experiences, allowing for an intense emotional impact. The introduction sets the stage for the plays that follow, promising a powerful exploration of life's complexities through concise storytelling and character development. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The twelve-pound look / Sir James M. Barrie
- Tradition / George Middleton
- The exchange / Althea Thurston
- Sam Average / Percy Mackaye
- Hyacinth Halvey / Lady Augusta Gregory
- The gazing globe / Eugene Pillot
- The boor / Anton Tchekov
- The last straw / Bosworth Crocker
- Manikin and Minikin / Alfred Kreymborg
- White dresses / Paul Greene
- Moonshine / Arthur Hopkins
- Modesty / Paul Hervieu
- The deacon's hat / Jeannette Marks
- Where but in America / Oscar M. Wolff
- A dollar / David Pinski
- The diabolical circle / Beulah Bornstead
- The far-away princess / Hermann Sudermann
- The stronger / August Strindberg.
- Credits:
- Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
- Notes:
- Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.
- Release date is 2011-11-10
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