Hearts to mend: A fantasy in one actOverstreet, H. A. (Harry Allen)
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Hearts to mend: A fantasy in one act
Overstreet, H. A. (Harry Allen)
American drama -- 20th century
_The Dupe_, by Georges Ancey, a comedy in five short acts; first
produced in 1891. Characters: Albert, Madame Viot, Adele, Marie.
_Handsomely bound and uniform with S. & K. Dramatic Series, Net, $2.50.
¾ Turkey Morocco, Net, $8.50._
STEWART & KIDD COMPANY
Publishers Cincinnati, U. S. A.
SHORT PLAYS
BY MARY MACMILLAN
To fill a long-felt want. All have been successfully presented.
Suitable for Women’s Clubs, Girls’ Schools, etc. While elaborate enough
for big presentation, they may be given very simply.
This volume contains ten Plays:
_The Shadowed Star_ has six women, one boy; may all be taken by women.
Time, present. Scene, in a tenement Christmas Eve. One act, 45 minutes.
_The Ring._ Costume play. Time, days of Shakespeare. Three women, seven
men. Scene, interior. One act, 45 minutes.
_The Rose._ One woman, two men. Time, Elizabethan. Scene, castle
interior. One act, 30 minutes. Song introduced.
_Luck._ Four short acts. Time, present. Interior scene. Seven women,
six men. Comedy.
_Entre’ Acte._ Costume play. Time, present. Scene, interior. Two women,
one man. Contains a song. One act.
_A Woman’s a Woman for A’ That._ Time, present. Interior scene. One
act, 45 minutes. Three women, two men. Comedy.
_A Fan and Two Candlesticks._ Costume play, Colonial times. Scene,
interior. Two men, one woman. One act, 20 to 30 minutes. Written in
rhymed couplets.
_A Modern Masque._ Time, present. Scene, outdoors. Fantastic, written
in prose and verse. Costume play in one act, 30 minutes or more. Four
women, three men.
_The Futurists._ One-act farce, of the first woman’s club of the early
eighties. Interior. Forty-five minutes. Eight women.
_The Gate of Wishes._ One-act fantasy. Outdoors. Half hour. One girl,
one man. Singing voices of fairies.
_Handsomely bound and uniform with S. & K. Dramatic Series. 12mo.
Cloth, Net, $2.50; ¾ Turkey Morocco, Net, $8.50._
STEWART & KIDD COMPANY
Publishers Cincinnati, U. S. A.
MORE SHORT PLAYS
BY MARY MACMILLAN
Plays that act well may read well. Miss MacMillan’s Plays are good
reading. Nor is literary excellence a detriment to dramatic performance.
This volume contains eight Plays:
_His Second Girl_. One-act comedy, just before the Civil War. Interior,
45 minutes. Three women, three men.
_At the Church Door_. Fantastic farce, one act, 20 to 30 minutes.
Interior. Present. Two women, two men.
_Honey_. Four short acts. Present, in the southern mountains. Same
interior cabin scene throughout. Three women, one man, two girls.
_The Dress Rehearsal of Hamlet_. One-act costume farce. Present.
Interior. Forty-five minutes. Ten women taking men’s parts.
_The Pioneers_. Five very short acts. 1791 in Middle-West. Interior.
Four men, five women, five children, five Indians.
_In Mendelesia, Part I_. Costume play, Middle Ages. Interior. Thirty
minutes or more. Four women, one man-servant.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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