American Playwright (Volume 2) - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... The American Playwright WILLIAM THOMPSON PRICE, Editor MAY 15, 1913. CONTENTS Some Plays Of The Month Technically Considered. .147 Liberty Hall And Plays That Date 147 Rosedale And Revivals 150 A School Revision Of An Exercise Play 153 A Word To The Wise And A Hint To The Fool 156 The Philosophy Of Dramatic Principle And Method. .157 Chapter XII. Business (Continued) 157 Chapter XIII. Words: Their Use And Useless Ness 157 Chapter XIV. Indirection 166 The Magazines And Special Articles 173 New Books On The Drama 176 The Record Of Plays 178 The Course In Playwriting 183 SUBSCRIPTIONS THE AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT ia published monthly. The subscription price is $1.60 per year. Single copies 16 cents. New subscriptions may begin at any time. Please remit by postoffice or express money order. When neither of these can be secured, send money in a registered letter. Personal checks are acceptable. On each out-of-town check there is a collection fee of 10c additional. Address all letters or remittances to William Thompson Price, 1440 Broadway, New York City. Telephone Bryant 6028. (Copyright, May, 1918, by William Thompson Price) Vol. II. MAY 15, 1913 No. 5 THE AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT is devoted to the technical discussion of plays and playwriting. It gives such full information as is desired and needed by students of the drama. It is a complete record of plays produced in New York and of all published plays and books and articles worth the while relating to the technical side of the stage. Its reviews of current plays are analytical, directed at their causes of failure or success. Its various departments are designed to help, in a practical way, those who accept playwriting as an art. It aims to gain the confidence, respect and co-operation of all who love truth, who re...