BOOK LIST
Reading edition
Plays by Individual Men
Clyde Fitch. The Plays of Clyde Fitch, Memorial Edition, edited by M. J. Moses and Virginia Gerson, 1915.
Richard Hovey. Plays, uniform edition, 1907–1908.
Charles Rann Kennedy. The plays have been published in succession by Harper’s.
Percy Mackaye. Poems and Plays. 1916. 2 vols.
William Vaughn Moody. Poems and Plays. 1912. 2 vols.
Augustus Thomas. Arizona, Alabama. Dramatic Publishing Co. As a Man Thinks. Duffield. The Witching Hour, Oliver Goldsmith, The Harvest Moon, In Mizzoura, Mrs. Leffingwell’s Boots, The Other Girl, The Capitol, and The Earl of Pawtucket. Samuel French.
Collections
Dickinson, Thomas H. Chief Contemporary Dramatists. Boston, 1915. (Contains four American plays.)
Moses, Montrose J. Representative Plays by American Dramatists. 3 vols. Vol. I, 1918 (contains ten plays, 1759–1824); Vols. II and III announced.
Pierce, John Alexander. The Masterpieces of Modern Drama. Abridged in Narrative with Dialogue of the Great Scenes. Preface with a critical essay by Brander Matthews. (Vol. II contains selections from twelve American plays.)
Quinn, A. H. Representative American Plays. 1917. Twenty-five plays, 1769–1911.
Criticism
Andrews, Charlton. The Drama To-day. 1913.
Burton, Richard. The New American Drama. 1913.
Cheney, Sheldon. The New Movement in the Theatre. 1914.
Clark, Barrett H. The British and American Drama of To-day. 1915.
Dickinson, Thomas H. The Case of American Drama. 1915.
Eaton, W. P. The American Stage of To-day. 1908.
Eaton, W. P. At the New Theatre and Others. 1910.
Hapgood, Norman. The Stage in America, 1897–1900. 1901.
Henderson, Archibald. The Changing Drama. 1914.
Mackaye, Percy. The Playhouse and the Play. 1909.
Mackaye, Percy. The Civic Theatre. 1912.
Matthews, Brander. Inquiries and Opinions. 1907.
Matthews, Brander. The Historical Novel and Other Essays. 1901.
Moses, M. J. The American Dramatist. 1911.
Ruhl, Arthur. Second Nights. 1914.
Magazine Articles
The magazine articles on the drama cited in the “Reader’s Guide” are extremely numerous. From among those since 1900 the following are of special interest:
1900–1904. Development of the drama. B. Matthews. Nation, Vol. LXXVII, pp. 346–347. Oct. 29, 1903.
Poetry and the stage. H. W. Boynton. Atlantic, Vol. XCII, pp. 120–126. July, 1903.
Theater and the critics. Nation, Vol. LXXIII, p. 106. August 8. Outlook, Vol. LXIX, pp. 528–529. Nov. 2, 1901.
Future of drama. B. Matthews. Bookman, Vol. XVII, pp. 31–36. March, 1903.
Makers of the drama of to-day. B. Matthews. Atlantic, Vol. XCI, pp. 504–512. April, 1903.
1905–1909. Literature and the modern drama. H. A. Jones. Atlantic, Vol. XCVIII, pp. 796–807. December, 1906.
Playwright and the playgoers. B. Matthews. Atlantic, Vol. CII, pp. 421–426. September, 1908.
Elevation of the stage. Atlantic, Vol. XCIX, pp. 721–723. May, 1907.
New theatre. M. Merington. Bookman, Vol. XXVII, pp. 561–566. August, 1908.
Theatrical conditions. Nation, Vol. LXXXIV, pp. 182–183. Feb. 21, 1907.
1910–1914. What is wrong with the American drama? C. Hamilton. Bookman, Vol. XXXIX, pp. 314–319. May, 1914.
Exotic plays. Nation, Vol. XCIV, pp. 142–143. Feb. 8, 1912.
1915. Decay of respectability. F. Hackett. New Republic, Vol. II, p. 51. Feb. 13, 1915.
Work of the Drama League of America. R. Burton. Nation, Vol. XCIX, pp. 668–669. Dec. 3, 1914.
1916. Realism of the American stage. H. de W. Fuller. Nation, Vol. CII, pp. 307–310. March 16, 1916.
The Public and the theater. C. Hamilton. Bookman, Vol. XLIV, pp. 252–257. November, 1916.
The Public and the theater. Reply to Mr. Hamilton. G. R. Robinson. Bookman, Vol. XLIV, p. 401. December, 1916.
1917. Belasco and the independent theater. C. Hamilton. Bookman, Vol. XLV, pp. 8–12. March, 1917.
East and West on the stage. Nation, Vol. CIV, p. 321. March 15, 1917.