Puslapio vaizdai
PDF
„ePub“
[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][merged small]

The copyright plays in this book are reprinted for students
through the courtesy of the authors or their representatives.
The acting rights are in every case reserved; and possession
of the book conveys no license to either amateurs or profes-
sionals to produce any of these plays. Individual arrange-
ments for performances, however, may be made upon appli-
cation to the authors or their representatives.

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.
Library

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

[ocr errors]

"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
HANSON HART WEBSTER

1 Published in 1923 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
2 Henrietta Gee, in The Forecast.

133

« AnkstesnisTęsti »