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by John Gassner
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ISBN: 0486410986 Dover Publications Price: $19.95 |
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Representative rather than comprehensive, this highly readable volume charts the progress of American theater between 1787–1911, with a chronological selection of 16 of the best works from that period. Included are: Charles the Second (1824); Fashion (1845); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852); The Count of Monte Cristo (1883); The Mouse-Trap (1889); more. Background essay.
Table of Contents for Best Plays of the Early American Theater
| Preface: 1714-1916 | |||||||
| Introduction: Before O'Neill | |||||||
| The Plays and Their Authors | |||||||
| A Selective Bibliography | |||||||
| 1. The Contrast (1787) by Royall Tyler | |||||||
| 2. Superstition (1824) by James N. Barker | |||||||
| 3. Charles the Second (1824) by John Howard Payne and Washington Irving | |||||||
| 4. Fashion (1845) by Anna Cora Mowatt | |||||||
| 5. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by George L. Aiken | |||||||
| 6. The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault | |||||||
| 7. The Count of Monte Cristo (1883) by Charles Fechter | |||||||
| 8. The Mouse-Trap (1889) by William Dean Howells | |||||||
| 9. Secret Service (1896) by William Gillette | |||||||
| 10. The Great Divide (1906) by William Vaughn Moody | |||||||
| 11. The New York Idea (1906) by Langdon Mitchell | |||||||
| 12. The Truth (1907) by Clyde Fitch | |||||||
| 13. The Witching Hour (1907) by Augustus Thomas | |||||||
| 14. Salvation Nell (1908) by Edward Sheldon | |||||||
| 15. The Easiest Way (1909) by Eugene Walter | |||||||
| 16. The Scarecrow (1911) Percy MacKaye |