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Representative American Plays

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Representative American Plays (1922)
by Arthur Hobson Quinn

A collection of 25 American plays, stretching from 1767 to then-recent 1911, Arthur Hobson Quinn's Representative American Plays provides an expansive, representative sample of American drama. Included before each play is an introduction by Quinn which provides commentary and historical context.

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REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN PLAYS

REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN PLAYS

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES

BY

ARTHUR HOBSON QUINN
University of Pennsylvania

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.

1922

Copyright, 1917, by
The Century Co.
Published January, 1917.
Reprinted 1917, 1919
Second Edition, Revised, 1920

Printed in U. S. A.

to
H. McK. Q.

But for whose eyes and whose heart
This book had never existed.

CONTENTS

Page
Preface vii
(1767)  The Prince of Parthia Thomas Godfrey 1
(1787)  The Contrast Royall Tyler 43
(1798)  André William Dunlap 79
(1824)  Superstition James Nelson Barker 109
(1824)  Charles the Second John Howard Payne &
Washington Irving
141
(1830)  The Triumph at Plattsburg Richard Penn Smith 165
(1830)  Pocahontas, or The Settlers of Virginia George Washington Parke Custis 181
(1834)  The Broker of Bogota Robert Montgomery Bird 209
(1839)  Tortesa the Usurer Nathaniel Parker Willis 253
(1845)  Fashion Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie 293
(1855)  Francesca da Rimini George Henry Boker 329
(1857)  Leonora, or The World's Own Julia Ward Howe 385
(1859)  The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana Dion Boucicault 429
(1865)  Rip Van Winkle As played by Joseph Jefferson 459
(1880)  Hazel Kirke Steele MacKaye 493
(1889)  Shenandoah Bronson Howard 533
(1896)  Secret Service William Gillette 573
(1900)  Madame Butterfly David Belasco &
John Luther Long
649
(1905)  Her Great Match Clyde Fitch 665
(1906)  The New York Idea Langdon Mitchell 709
(1907)  The Witching Hour Augustus Thomas 763
(1909)  The Faith Healer William Vaughn Moody 805
(1910)  The Scarecrow Percy MacKaye 841
(1911)  The Boss Edward Sheldon 879
(1911)  He and She Rachel Crothers 925
General Bibliography 963


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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