Bibliograph

Best plays of the early American theatre, from the beginning to 1916, Edited, with introductions, by John Gassner in association with Mollie Gassner. --

Type

Label

Best plays of the early American theatre, from the beginning to 1916, Edited, with introductions, by John Gassner in association with Mollie Gassner. --

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. xlvii-xlviii

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Best plays of the early American theatre

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Edited, with introductions, by John Gassner in association with Mollie Gassner. --

Sub title

from the beginning to 1916

Table Of Contents

The contrast / Royall Tyler -- Superstition / James N. Barker -- Charles the second / John Howard Payne and Washington Irving -- Fashion / Anna Cora Mowatt -- Uncle Tom's cabin / George L. Aiken -- The octoroon / Dion Boucicault -- The count of Monte Cristo / Charles Fechter -- The mouse-trap / William Dean Howells -- Secret service / William Gillette -- The great divide / William Vaughn Moody -- The New York idea / Langdon Mitchell -- The truth / Clyde Fitch -- The witching hour / Augustus Thomas -- Salvation Nell / Edward Sheldon -- The easiest way / Eugene Walter -- The scarecrow / Percy MacKaye

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