The copyright plays in this book are reprinted for students COPYRIGHT, 1925 BY JAMES PLAISTED WEBBER AND HANSON HART WEBSTER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED EDUC.- PSYCH. LIBRARY GIFT The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. PREFACE A 4W4 Educ. Psych. THIS book offers a score of short plays which, in our judgment, are well suited both to reading and to acting by young people. As in our earlier compilation - One-Act Plays our aim has been to assemble plays that are not elsewhere readily obtainable. 1 "Good plays," to quote a recent writer,2 "have a definite cultural influence on young people. They provide wholesome entertainment, stimulate appreciation of the stage, develop a sense of what is and what is not worth while in the theater, and incite greater familiarity with literature." Authors and publishers have permitted the reprinting of copyrighted material with the stipulation that if any public performance is contemplated, there will be secured in advance written permission from the holders of the acting rights, whose names and addresses are printed in footnotes on the first page of each play. JAMES PLAISTED WEBBER 1 Published in 1923 by Houghton Mifflin Company. 133 |