PREFACE

INTRODUCTION THE ONE-ACT PLAY AS A SPECIFIC DRAMATIC TYPE

THE PROPER APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF THE ONE-ACT PLAY

DRAMATIC ANALYSIS AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ONE-ACT PLAY

I. The Theme of the One-Act Play

II. The Technic of the One-Act Play

THE TWELVE-POUND LOOK BY SIR JAMES M. BARRIE

THE TWELVE-POUND LOOK[A]

TRADITION BY GEORGE MIDDLETON

TRADITION[B]

THE EXCHANGE BY ALTHEA THURSTON

THE EXCHANGE[C]

SCENE I

SCENE II

SAM AVERAGE BY PERCY MACKAYE

SAM AVERAGE[D]

HYACINTH HALVEY BY LADY AUGUSTA GREGORY

HYACINTH HALVEY

THE GAZING GLOBE BY EUGENE PILLOT

THE GAZING GLOBE[F]

THE BOOR BY ANTON TCHEKOV

THE BOOR

THE LAST STRAW BY BOSWORTH CROCKER

THE LAST STRAW[G]

MANIKIN AND MINIKIN (A Bisque-Play) BY ALFRED KREYMBORG

MANIKIN AND MINIKIN (A BISQUE-PLAY)

WHITE DRESSES (A Tragedy of Negro Life) BY PAUL GREENE

WHITE DRESSES

MOONSHINE BY ARTHUR HOPKINS

MOONSHINE

MODESTY BY PAUL HERVIEU

MODESTY

THE DEACON'S HAT BY JEANNETTE MARKS

THE DEACON'S HAT[I]

WHERE BUT IN AMERICA BY OSCAR M. WOLFF

WHERE BUT IN AMERICA[J]

A DOLLAR BY DAVID PINSKI

A DOLLAR

THE DIABOLICAL CIRCLE BY BEULAH BORNSTEAD

THE DIABOLICAL CIRCLE

THE FAR-AWAY PRINCESS BY HERMANN SUDERMANN

THE FAR-AWAY PRINCESS[L]

THE STRONGER BY AUGUST STRINDBERG

THE STRONGER[M]

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