A new volume of criticisms of plays and papers on acting, playmaking, and
other dramatic problems, by Walter Prichard Eaton, dramatic critic, and
author of "The American Stage of Today," "At the New Theater and Others,"
"Idyl of the Twin Fires," etc. The new volume begins with plays produced as
far back as 1910, and brings the record down to the current year. One
section is devoted to American plays, one to foreign plays acted on our
stage, one to various revivals of Shakespeare. These sections form a record
of the important activities of the American theater for the past six years,
and constitute about half of the volume. The remainder of the book is given
over to various discussions of the actor's art, of play construction, of
the new stage craft, of new movements in our theater, such as the
Washington Square Players, and several lighter essays in the satiric vein
which characterized the author's work when he was the dramatic critic of
the _New York Sun_. Unlike most volumes of criticisms, this one is
illustrated, the pictures of the productions described in the text
furnishing an additional historical record. At a time when the drama is
regaining its lost position of literary dignity it is particularly fitting
that dignified and intelligent criticism and discussion should also find
accompanying publication.
_Toronto Saturday Night_:
Mr. Eaton writes well and with dignity and
independence. His book should find favor with the more
serious students of the Drama of the Day.
_Detroit Free Press_:
This is one of the most interesting and also valuable
books on the modern drama that we have encountered in
that period popularly referred to as "a dog's age." Mr.
Eaton is a competent and well-esteemed critic. The book
is a record of the activities of the American stage
since 1910, down to the present. Mr. Eaton succinctly
restores the play to the memory, revisualizes the
actors, and puts the kernel of it into a nutshell for
us to ponder over and by which to correct our
impressions.
_Large 12mo. About 420 pages, 10 full-page illustrations on Cameo Paper and
End Papers Net $2.00_
_Gilt top. 3/4 Maroon Turkey Morocco Net 6.50_
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_Four Plays of the Free Theater_
Francois de Curel's _The Fossils_
Jean Jullien's _The Serenade_
Georges de Porto-Riche's _Francoise' Luck_
Georges Ancey's _The Dupe_
_Translated with an introduction on Antoine and Theatre Libre by BARRETT H.
CLARK. Preface by BRIEUX, of the French Academy, and a Sonnet by EDMOND
ROSTAND._
_The Review of Reviews says_:
"A lengthy introduction, which is a gem of condensed
information."
_H. L. Mencken (in the Smart Set) says_:
"Here we have, not only skilful playwriting, but also
sound literature."
_Brander Matthews says_:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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