Author: Burns MantlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
The Best Plays of 1920-1921
Author: Burns MantlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
The Best Plays of 1920-1921
Author: The Best Plays of 1920-1921 (Classic Reprint)
Author: John Arthur ChapmanPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331956528
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The second volume in a series on the best plays in America, The Best Plays of 1920-1921 showcases the ten best plays of that year. While edited by Burns Mantle, the content of the book is written by the infamous John Arthur Chapman who was nicknamed "Old Frostface" by the press and given the term of endearment: "the curmudgeon" by his peers. Even though his career began in Denver, Colorado; Chapman joined the New York Daily News in 1920 and spent most of his career working as a theater critic. The Best Plays of 1920-1921 begins by exploring both New York and Chicago as the epicenters for locating the best plays in America. Determining which ten would be awarded the status of best plays is no simple task, but with much exposition and no small power of elimination, Chapman narrows the list to "Debrau" by Sacha Guitry; "The First Year" by Frank Craven; "Enter Madame" by Gilda Varesi and Dolly Byrne; "The Green Goddess" by William Archer; "Liliom" by Franz Molnar; "Mary Rose" by James M. Barrie; "Nice People" by Rachel Crothers; "The Bad Man" by Porter Emerson Browne; "The Emperor Jones" by Eugene G. O'Neill; and "The Skin Game" by John Galsworthy. In addition to exploring these plays, the volume also explores those timeless shows that have played over five hundred performances in New York, and the birth dates and birth places of prominent players in the theater. This comprehensive list of plays from the years 1920-1921 gives a glimpse into the world of entertainment during this period and a society that enjoyed theater as the highlight of entertainment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Best Plays of ...
Author: The Best Plays and the Year Book of the Drama in America
Author: Burns MantlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The Best Plays of 1921-1922
Author: Burns MantlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Burns Mantle Best Plays and the Year Book of the Drama in America
Author: Burns MantleContemporary One-Act Plays of 1921
Author: Frank ShayPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330450246
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Excerpt from Contemporary One-Act Plays of 1921: American The present collection of short plays must be considered as a supplementary volume to Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays issued early in 1921. The same conditions surrounded its development and completion. The lot of the anthologist is not a happy one. He must either select his plays because of the fame of the authors, or, he must use a trace of critical judgment and include only those plays, regardless of the literary standing of their authors, which he feels are the best that have come to his attention. Whatever his course may be, it is always open to criticism. The editor has read several hundred one-act plays since the previous volume was completed. Indeed he has become so inured to meeting persons who have plays they want published that he is inclined to fly every time a person appears with a manuscript under his arm. So many merely good one-act plays are being written and acted these days the editor early concluded that selecting the best was not so much of a task as eliminating the almost good. In this collection I have ignored individual fame and have selected the best plays I could find. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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