THE LAST STRAW BY BOSWORTH CROCKER
Reading edition
The Last Straw is reprinted by special permission of Bosworth Crocker. All rights reserved. For permission to perform, address the author, care Society of American Dramatists and Composers, 148 West 45th Street, New York City.
BOSWORTH CROCKER
Bosworth Crocker was born March 2, 1882, in Surrey, England. While still a child he was brought to the United States. He lives in New York City and may be reached in care of the Society of American Dramatists and Composers, 148 West 45th Street.
In addition to Pawns of War and Stone Walls, he has written a number of one-act plays, The Dog, The First Time, The Cost of a Hat, The Hour Before, The Baby Carriage, and The Last Straw.
The Last Straw, produced by the Washington Square Players in New York City, is an excellent one-act tragedy, based upon the psychological law of suggestion.
CAST
Friedrich Bauer, janitor of the Bryn Mawr
Miene, his wife
Karl, elder son, aged ten
Fritzi, younger son, aged seven
Jim Lane, a grocer boy