SHERWOOD: A poetical play of Robin Hood and his band.
Stokes.
+Eugene O'Neill+
BEYOND THE HORIZON: The Pulitzer Prize Play, 1920. A tragic story
of a young man who longed to seek romance "beyond the horizon,"
and could find neither that nor any happiness, but only defeat
and misery, in his everyday surroundings.
Boni and Liveright.
BOUND EAST FOR CARDIFF: The injury and death of a forecastle
hand, illuminating the varying natures of his shipmates.
In Moon of the Caribbees, Boni and Liveright.
IN THE ZONE: Suspicion of treachery in the submarine zone,
directed against a sailor who is different from the rest in the
forecastle.
_Ibid._
WHERE THE CROSS IS MADE: An old sailor goes mad waiting futilely
for the return of a treasure expedition he has sent out, and the
madness of his idea spreads like panic.
_Ibid._
+Hubert Osborne+
THE GOOD MEN DO: AN INDECOROUS EPILOGUE: Shakespeare's family
carefully burn his surviving plays in the effort to cast oblivion
upon his low occupation.
In Plays of the 47 Workshop, First Series, 1918.
+Monica Barrie O'Shea+
THE RUSHLIGHT: A mother, whose son may be saved if he will betray
his comrades, has only to send him a paper containing the
information the authorities want. Her attitude should be compared
with that of the women in Campbell of Kilmhor and Lady Gregory's
The Gaol Gate.
Drama, November, 1917, 28:602.
+Louis N. Parker+
DISRAELI: Play of intrigue centring about the character of Lord
Beaconsfield and his manoeuvres to obtain control of the Suez
Canal.
Lane.
MINUET: A brief play of courage and loyalty in face of Madame
Guillotine.
In Century Magazine, January, 1915.
+Josephine Preston Peabody+
MARLOWE: A tragedy introducing several of the Elizabethan
playwrights in tavern scenes, and making a fine and romantic
character of Kit Marlowe.
Houghton Mifflin.
THE PIPER: A pleasant dramatization of the legend of Hamelin
Town.
Houghton Mifflin.
THE WOLF OF GUBBIO: A play about Saint Francis and some of his
brothers, both animals and villagers.
Houghton Mifflin.
+Louise Saunders (Perkins)+
THE WOODLAND PRINCESS: Very attractive children's operetta with
music by Alice Terhune.
Schirmer; French.
+Stephen Phillips+
ULYSSES: A drama or masque of Ulysses' adventures, from his
farewell to Calypso through a vigorous combat with the wooers.
Macmillan.
+Eden Phillpotts+
THE SHADOW: A most affecting and tragic play of the influence of
a crime upon two people who love most sincerely, and upon their
very loyal friend.
In _Three Plays_, Duckworth, London.
THE MOTHER: A moving presentation of the force of a mother's
sense and love; she refuses to shield her son when he has done
wrong, but works in every way to set him straight and to continue
her influence after her death.
_Ibid._
THE POINT OF VIEW: A domestic altercation is arbitrated by a
friend of the family, and then the arbiter is given new light on
the situation.
_Curtain Raisers_, Duckworth, London.
+Arthur Wing Pinero+
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