Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1958. Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-558).
Contents:
A Florentine tragedy / Oscar Wilde. The Browning version / Terence Rattigan -- 27 wagons full of cotton / Tennessee Williams -- Sorry, wrong number / Lucille Fletcher -- Glory in the flower / William Inge -- Hands across the sea / Noel Coward -- The Devil and Daniel Webster / Stephen Vincent Benét -- The happy journey / Thornton Wilder -- Here we are / Dorothy Parker -- The traveler / Marc Connelly -- The still alarm / George S. Kaufman -- The moon of the Caribbees / Eugene O'Neill -- The maker of dreams / Oliphant Down -- The flattering word / George Kelly -- The tridget of Greva / Ring Lardner -- The Apollo of Bellac / Jean Giraudoux -- Trifles / Susan Glaspell -- The ugly duckling / A.A. Milne -- The jest of Hahalaba / Lord Dunsany -- In the shadow of the glen / J.M. Synge -- Cathleen ni Houlihan / William Butler Yeats -- A marriage proposal / Anton Chekhov -- Spreading the news / Lady Gregory -- A Florentine tragedy / Oscar Wilde.
Summary:
Collection of twenty-four one-act plays, most in the public domain, that can be staged by groups with limited funds, with biographical notes on each of the playwrights represented.
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