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Excerpt from The Best Plays of 1919-20: And the Year Book of the Drama in AmericaBells and the American Too Many Husbands we should have taken the latter play.We have included The Jest, which, technically, belongs with the productions of 1918 - 19, having been produced in the late spring of 1919, first, because it represents one of the outstanding dramatic successes of the last decade, and, second, because though it was first produced a year a...
For any theatre enthusiast surely the greatest pleasure in performing arts fandom is taking in a production for the first time. Whether it is a story you have seen presented before, or something brand new that you have only just heard about, there is nothing like attending a live performance. Louis Kronenberger's The Best Plays of 1921-22 endeavours to capture the excitement of a theatre season that passed nearly one hundred years ago.It must ...
Excerpt from The Best Plays of 1920-21, and the Year Book of the Drama in AmericaIn? Us. If we are to select the best plays for a arm a: it of average playgoers we must, obviously, 5, plays as best represent the taste and anus L those who support the theater by their s: agon it. Rather than by writing essays therefore. While personally we believe the.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. ...
Louis Kronenberger was an American author and dramatic critic. He was both a biographer and a novelist. The primary topics he liked to cover in his writing were the 18th century and drama, however he was also known for writing on various other topics and his opinion was well-respected and sought-after. His education on drama began when he studied at the University of Cincinnati, after which he moved to New York and worked at the New York Times...
Excerpt from Contemporary American PlaywrightsThe theatre of today IS a theatre m which a poetic drama of high quality IS being developed, a theatre m which even the conventional prose drama is being definitely in¿uenced by the inspiration of poets newly attracted to the stage. The winning of one prize this season (1938) by a drama expressing the acute realism of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is balanced by the winning of another prize by t...
Excerpt from Contemporary American PlaywrightsThe theatre of today IS a theatre m which a poetic drama of high quality IS being developed, a theatre m which even the conventional prose drama is being definitely in¿uenced by the inspiration of poets newly attracted to the stage. The winning of one prize this season (1938) by a drama expressing the acute realism of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is balanced by the winning of another prize by t...
Excerpt from The Best Plays of 1920-21, and the Year Book of the Drama in America
In? Us. If we are to select the best plays for a arm a: it of average playgoers we must, obviously, 5, plays as best represent the taste and anus L those who support the theater by their s: agon it. Rather than by writing essays therefore. While personally we believe the.
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Burns Mantle (1873-1948) was a drama critic and annalist, best know for the Best Plays series, which he edited from 1920 until 1947. In addition to declaring the past year's best plays, these volumes forecast the next season's likely best plays around the U.S., gives biographical data on prominent theater figures, and reviews the London and Paris seasons.
Burns Mantle (1873-1948) was a drama critic and annalist, best know for the Best Plays series, which he edited from 1920 until 1947. In addition to declaring the past year's best plays, these volumes forecast the next season's likely best plays around the U.S., gives biographical data on prominent theater figures, and reviews the London and Paris seasons.
Louis Kronenberger was an American author and dramatic critic. He was both a biographer and a novelist. The primary topics he liked to cover in his writing were the 18th century and drama, however he was also known for writing on various other topics and his opinion was well-respected and sought-after. His education on drama began when he studied at the University of Cincinnati, after which he moved to New York and worked at the New York Times...
For any theatre enthusiast surely the greatest pleasure in performing arts fandom is taking in a production for the first time. Whether it is a story you have seen presented before, or something brand new that you have only just heard about, there is nothing like attending a live performance. Louis Kronenberger's The Best Plays of 1921-22 endeavours to capture the excitement of a theatre season that passed nearly one hundred years ago.
It mus...
