Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Introduction and Bibliography

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL WORKS

A large bibliography of standard works on the American Theatre was given in Volume I of the present collection. A very few of the titles have been repeated here, with the additional inclusion of books which will present the essential spirit of modern American playwriting. Some of these works mentioned contain further bibliographies, and these will enable the student to go as far in the field as desired. There are still unblazed trails for the research worker, but these trails are becoming fewer and fewer, as interest in the study of American Drama as a social and artistic force progresses.

ATKINSON, F.W. American Plays. Private Catalogue. Brooklyn, N.Y.

BAKER, GEORGE PIERCE. Dramatic Technique. Boston: Houghton. 1919.

BURTON, RICHARD. The New American Drama. New York: Crowell. 1913.

CHANDLER, FRANK W. Aspects of Modern Drama. New York: Macmillan.

CHENEY, SHELDON. The Art Theatre. New York: Knopf. 1917.

CHENEY, SHELDON. The New Movement in the Theatre. New York: Kennerley. 1914.

CHENEY, SHELDON. The Out-of-door Theatre. New York: Kennerley. 1918.

CRAWFORD, MARY C. The Romance of the American Theatre. Boston:
Little, Brown. 1913.

DALY, JOSEPH FRANCIS. Life of Augustin Daly. New York: Macmillan. 1917.

DICKINSON, THOMAS H. The Case of the American Drama. Boston: Houghton. 1915.

DICKINSON, THOMAS H. Chief Contemporary Dramatists. Boston: Houghton. 1915.

HAMILTON, CLAYTON. Problems of the Playwright. New York: Holt. 1917.

HAMILTON, CLAYTON. Studies in Stagecraft. New York: Holt. 1914.

HAMILTON, CLAYTON. The Theory of the Theatre. New York: Holt. 1910.

HENDERSON, ARCHIBALD. The Changing Drama. New York: Holt. 1914.

HORNBLOW, ARTHUR. A History of the Theatre in America. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1919. (The files of the Theatre Magazine are invaluable as a record of current stage events. Mr. Hornblow has been the editor of this magazine for many years, from its beginning.)

HUTTON, LAURENCE. Curiosities of the American Stage. New York: Harper. 1891.

IRELAND, JOSEPH N. Records of the New York Stage from 1750-1860. 2 vols. 1866.

KROWS, ARTHUR E. Play Production in America. New York: Holt. 1916.

MACKAY, CONSTANCE D. The Little Theatre in the United States. New York:
Holt. 1917. (See also Thomas H. Dickinson's book on the same subject.)

MACKAYE, PERCY. The Civic Theatre. New York: Kennerley. 1912.

MACKAYE, PERCY. The Playhouse and the Play. New York: Macmillan. 1909.

MODERWELL, HIRAM K. The Theatre of To-day. New York: Lane. 1914.

MOSES, MONTROSE J. The American Dramatist. Boston: Little, Brown. 1917.

MOSES, MONTROSE J. Famous Actor-Families in America. New York:
Crowell. (o.p.)

MOSES, MONTROSE J. The Drama (1860-1918). See The Cambridge History of American Literature. Volume III, Chapter XVIII. Also comprehensive bibliography.

NATHAN, GEORGE JEAN. Another Book of the Theatre. New York: Huebsch. 1915.

NATHAN, GEORGE JEAN. The Popular Theatre. New York: Knopf. 1918.

PENCE, JAMES HARRY. The Magazine and the Drama. New York: Dunlap
Society. 1896.

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