PLAYS FOR SMALL STAGES _UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME_ =MERINGTON, Marguerite= =FESTIVAL PLAYS.= One-act pieces for New Year’s, St. Valentines Day, Labor Day, All Hallowe’en, Christmas and a Child’s Birthday. Cover inlay and illustrations net $1.25 =PICTURE PLAYS.= With cover inlay and illustrations net $1.25 =HOLIDAY PLAYS.= Cover inlay and frontispiece in color by John Rae net $1.25 =CRANFORD: A PLAY.= A comedy in three acts from Mrs. Gaskell’s novel. Cover design and frontispiece by Edwin Wallick 12mo, net $1.25 =THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD: A PLAY.= Cover inlay and frontispiece in colors by John Rae net $1.25 =MacKAYE, Mrs. Steele= =PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: A PLAY.= A comedy in four acts, founded on Jane Austen’s novel. With frontispiece in color by Edwin Wallack 12mo, net $1.25 [Illustration: HUGH: MY BELOVED! GLADYS: DO YOU CALL THAT MUSIC?] PLAYS FOR SMALL STAGES BY MARY ALDIS _Mrs. Pat and the Law_—_The Drama Class_ _Extreme Unction_—_The Letter_ _Temperament_ [Illustration] NEW YORK DUFFIELD & COMPANY 1915 Copyright, 1915, by MARY ALDIS _All Rights Reserved_ TO MY BOYS NOTE The author desires to express gratitude for assistance in the preparation and presentation of these plays to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Atkinson, Mr. Benjamin Carpenter, Mr. Arthur Davison Ficke, Mr. Hobart Chatneld-Taylor, and many others of that sympathetic group of players, authors, and audiences who have together made The Playhouse possible. [Illustration: THE PLAY-HOUSE LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS] CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE xiii MRS. PAT AND THE LAW 1 THE DRAMA CLASS OF TANKAHA, NEVADA 29 EXTREME UNCTION 47 THE LETTER 67 TEMPERAMENT 85 ILLUSTRATIONS HUGH: MY BELOVED! } _Frontispiece_ GLADYS: DO YOU CALL THAT MUSIC? } PAT: WHAT DID THEY DO THEN? WELL, THEY LOOKED AND LOOKED FER A YEAR AN’ A DAY, IVERY MAN O’ THIM IN A DIFFERENT COUNTHREE _Facing p._ 14 MRS. STEDMAN: THERE IS A FAR MORE IMPORTANT REASON FOR BREVITY THAN CONSTRUCTION. EVEN A ONE-ACT PLAY MAY BE ONE ACT TOO LONG ” 32