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THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE

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PATIENCE WORTH: A PSYCHIC MYSTERY

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PROBLEMS OF THE PLAYWRIGHT

Building a Play Backward; Surprise in the Drama; The Troublesome Last Act; High Comedy in America; The George M. Cohan School of Playrights; Middle Class Opinion; Criticism and Creation in the Drama; Dramatic Talent and Theatrical Talent; The Plays of Lord Dunsany; Romance and Realism in the Drama; Scenic Settings in America; The New Stagecraft; The Non-Commercial Drama; A Democratic Insurrection in the Theatre; A Scheme for a Stock Company; What's Wrong with the American Drama, etc., etc.

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The New Art of Making Plays, The Pictorial Stage, The Modern Art of Stage Direction, A Plea for a New Type of Play, The Undramatic Drama, The Supernatural Drama, The Irish National Theatre, Where to Begin a Play, A New Defense of Melodrama, The Art of the Moving-Picture Play, The One-Act Play in America, Organizing an Audience, etc., etc.

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THE THEORY OF THE THEATRE

What is a Play?—The Psychology of Theatre Audiences.—The Actor and the Dramatist.—Stage Conventions in Modern Times.—The Four Leading Types of Drama.—The Modern Social Drama, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism.—The Public and the Dramatist.—Dramatic Art and the Theatre Business.—Dramatic Literature and Theatric Journalism.—Pleasant and Unpleasant Plays.—Themes in the Theatre.—The Function of Imagination, etc., etc.

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