Atlantic Book of Modern Plays
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Atlantic Book of Modern Plays

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  1. 373 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Atlantic Book of Modern Plays

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About this book

Fans of drama should spend some time with this top-quality collection of short plays and play excerpts from a staggering array of early-twentieth-century masters, including William Butler Yeats, Eugene O'Neill, Lord Dunsany, and many more. It's a valuable introduction to the remarkable innovations that were occurring on the world's stages during the period, as well as the rich diversity of voices and styles that characterized the era.

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Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. The Philosopher of Butterbiggens by Harold Chapin
  7. Spreading the News by Lady Gregory
  8. The Beggar and the King by Winthrop Parkhurst
  9. Tides by George Middleton
  10. Ile by Eugene O'Neill
  11. Campbell of Kilmhor by J.A. Ferguson
  12. The Sun by John Galsworthy
  13. The Knave of Hearts by Louise Saunders
  14. Fame and the Poet by Lord Dunsany
  15. The Captain of the Gate by Beulah Marie Dix
  16. Gettysburg by Percy Mackaye
  17. Lonesome-Like by Harold Brighouse
  18. Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge
  19. The Land of Heart's Desire by William Butler Yeats
  20. The Riding to Lithend by Gordon Bottomley
  21. Questions for Discussion in Reading the Plays
  22. Notes on the Dramas and the Dramatists
  23. Endnotes