DRAMA COLLECTION 
 
 SELECTED LIST 
 
 “Plays in themselves have neither hopes nor 
 fears. 
 
 Their fate is only in their hearers’ ears.’’ 
 
 BEN JONSON 
 
 “Each finding, like a friend 
 Something to blame, and something to 
 commend.” 
 
 POPE 
 
 “What masks, what dances, 
 
 To wear away this long age of three hours.” 
 
 SHARESPEARE 
 
 PUBLIC LIBRARY 
 
 SOUTH BEND • INDIANA 
 1915 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 Page 
 
 American drama. 3 
 
 “ “ in children’s department. 4 
 
 English drama. 4 
 
 Shakespeare. Works. 7 
 
 “ Bibliography. Biography. Criticism. 
 
 'Study . 8 
 
 German drama (including Dutch and Austrian). 9 
 
 Scandinavian drama. 10 
 
 French drama (including Belgian). 10 
 
 Italian drama. 12 
 
 Spanish drama. 12 
 
 Latin drama. 12 
 
 Greek drama. 12 
 
 Russian drama (including Bohemian, Polish and 
 
 Hungarian). 13 
 
 Oriental drama. 13 
 
 Actors and dramatists. Collective biography. 13 
 
 Actors and actresses. Individual biography. 14 
 
 Dramatists. Individual biography and criticism. 14 
 
 Literature of the drama and the stage. 16 
 
 Costume and dancing. 17 
 
American Drama. 
 
 Aldrich. Mercedes; Pauline Pavlovna; Judith of Bethulia. (In 
 his Poems, v. 1-2) 
 
 Austin. Arrow maker 
 
 Brown. Everywoman; her pilgrimage in quest of love. 
 
 Burke. *Rip van Winkle; adapted from Irving’s Sketch book. 
 (In Bates. Drama, v. 19) 
 
 Brougham. *Po-ca-bon-<tas; or, Gentle savage. (In Bates. 
 Drama, v. 20) 
 
 Dix. * Legend of St. Nicholas (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 Dunbar. Arthur Sonten 
 On the Wabash 
 
 Fillmore. *War (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 Finch. * Butterfly (In Poet-lore, v. 21, 1910) 
 
 Fitch. Captain Jinks of the Horse marines 
 Climbers 
 
 Gillette. * Electricity (In Drama, no. 12, Nov. 1913) 
 
 Gunnison. New dialogues and plays for young people, ages 15-25 
 Hanshew. * Forty-niners (In Bates. Drama, v. 20) 
 
 Harte. Two men of Sandy Bar (In his Poetical works, 1887) 
 Hazelton and Benrimo. Yellow jacket. 
 
 Howard, Homer. * Child in the house (In Poet-lore, v. 24, 1913) 
 Howard, Bronson. Young Mrs. Winthrop. 
 
 Howells. Counterfeit presentment 
 Evening dress 
 Garroters 
 
 Letters of introduction 
 Mouse trap and other farces 
 Out of the question 
 Sea-change 
 
 Sleeping-car and other farces 
 Unexpected guests 
 
 Hutchins. * Jeanne d'Arc at Vancouleurs (In Poet-lore, v. 21 
 1910) 
 
 Jones, J. S. * Solon Shingle (In Bates. Drama, v. 20) 
 
 Longfellow. Christus; a mystery in three parts: Divine tragedy; 
 Golden legend; New England tragedies. 
 
 Judas Maccabaeus; Michael Angelo; Translations. 
 
 Poems 6 v. (Including dramatic poems) 
 
 * Spanish student (In Bates. Drama, v. 19) 
 
 Mackaye. Anti-matrimony 
 Canterbury pilgrims 
 Sanctuary 
 Scarecrow 
 To-morrow 
 
 Macmillan. *Gate of wishes (In Poet-lore, v. 22, 1911) 
 
 Short plays 
 
4 
 
 AMERICAN DRAMA 
 
 Middleton. Embers; Failures; Gargoyle; In his house; Madonna; 
 Man masterful. 
 
 Tradition; On bail; Their wife; Waiting; Cheat of pity; 
 
 Mothers. 
 
 Nowadays 
 
 Mitchell. Francis Drake 
 
 Moody. Faith healer. 
 
 Great divide. 
 
 Musselman. *Mila Whendle (In Poet-lore, v. 13, 1901) 
 
 Payne. Brutus; or, Fall of Tarquin (In Great plays. Aldine ed.) 
 *Therese the orphan of Geneva; adapted from the French. 
 (In Bates. Drama, v. 19) 
 
 Peabody. Piper. 
 
 * Wings (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 Wolf of Gubbio 
 
 Raymond. Dante and collected verse 
 
 Sheldon. Nigger 
 
 Shields. Reformer of Geneva. 
 
 Schnittkind. * Shambles (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 Thomas. As a man thinks 
 
 Van Dyke. House of Rimmon 
 
 *Wept of the Wish-ton-wish; 
 (In Bates. Drama, v. 19) 
 
 dramatized from Cooper’s novel. 
 
 American Drama in Children’s Department. 
 
 Bullivant. Home plays for boys and girls. 
 
 Chapman. Four plays for children 
 Gould. Little men play 
 Little women play 
 Harper’s book of little plays 
 
 Mackay. House of the heart and other plays for children 
 Patriotic plays and pageants for young people 
 Silver thread and other folk plays for young people 
 
 Merington. Festival plays. 
 
 Parsons. Plays and games for indoors and out 
 Perry. When Mother lets us act 
 
 Skinner and Lawrence. Little dramas for primary grades 
 
 Stevenson. Children’s classics in dramatic form 
 Plays for the home 
 
 English Drama. 
 
 Addison. Plays (v. 1 of his Works) 
 
 Arden of Feversham. 
 
 Barker. Three plays:—Marrying of Anne Leete; Veysey inherit 
 ance; Waste. 
 
ENGLISH DRAMA 
 
 5 
 
 Barrie. Half-hours:—Pantaloon; Twelve-pound look; Rosalind; 
 Will, The. 
 
 Beaumont and Fletcher. * Knight of the burning pestle. (In 
 Bates. Drama, v. 14) 
 
 Philaster; or, Love lies a-bleeding 
 
 Bennett. Honeymoon 
 
 What the public wants 
 
 Bennett and Knoblauch. Milestones 
 
 Boucicault. *London assurance. (In Bates. Drama, v. 22) 
 
 s Browning. Blot in the ’scutcheon (In Great plays. Aldine ed.) 
 Complete poetic and dramatic works 
 Poetic and dramatic works, 6 v. 
 
 Byron. Manfred; Marino Faliero (In his Poetical works, v. 3). 
 
 * 'Sardanapalus; Two Foscari; Cain; Heaven and earth; De¬ 
 
 formed transformed; Werner. (Poetical works, v. 4) 
 
 Chesterton. Magic. 
 
 Coleridge. Remorse; Zapolya. (In his Poetical works, v. 1) 
 
 Colman and Garrick. * Clandestine marriage (In Bates. Drama, 
 v. 15) 
 
 Cowley. * Belle’s strategem (In Bates. Drama, v. 15) 
 
 Dryden. Dramatic works 2 v. 
 
 Dunsany. Five plays:—God of the mountain; Golden doom; King 
 Argimenes; Glittering gate; Lost silk hat. 
 
 Edward the third 
 
 Eliot. Agatha; Armgart (In her Poems) 
 
 Spanish gypsy. 
 
 Everyman; a moral play. 
 
 Everyman; with other interludes, including miracle plays 
 
 Fagan. “Earth,” The 
 
 Farquhar. *Beaux-strategem (In Bates. Drama, v. 22) 
 
 Fletcher. Faithful Shepherdess 
 Two noble kinsmen 
 
 Galsworthy. Eldest son 
 Fugitive 
 Justice 
 Mob 
 Pigeon 
 
 > Plays:—Silver box; Joy; Strife 
 
 Gayley, comp. Star of Bethlehem; miracle play 
 
 Gilbert. * Sweethearts (In Bates. Drama, v. 16) 
 
 Goldsmith. She stoops to conquer 
 
 I Gregory. New comedies:—Bogie men; Full moon; Coats; Da¬ 
 rner’s gold; McDonough’s wife 
 
 Seven short plays:—Spreading the news; Hyacinth Halvey; 
 Rising of the moon; Jackdaw; Workhouse ward; Gaol 
 gate; Travelling man 
 
 Gregory and Yeats. Unicorn from the stars 
 
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 ENGLISH DRAMA 
 
 Hamilton. Blindness of virtue 
 
 Hardy. Dynasts; a drama of the Napoleonic wars. 3 v. 
 Hewlett. Agonists 
 
 Heywood. Woman killed with kindness 
 Home. ^Douglas (In Bates. Drama, v. 14) 
 
 Houghton. Hindle wakes 
 
 Hyde. Twisting of the rope; Marriage; Lost saint; Nativity. (In 
 Gregory. Poets and dreamers) 
 
 In the Lyons den. (In Bates. Drama, v. 22) 
 
 Ireland. *Vortigern (In Bates. Drama, v. 22) 
 
 Jones, H. A. Manoeuvres of Jane 
 Michael and his lost angel 
 
 Jonson. Alchemist (In Great plays. Aldine ed.) 
 
 Kennedy. Idol-breaker. 
 
 Servant in the house 
 Terrible meek 
 Win terf east 
 
 Knoblauch. Kismet 
 
 Kohut. Hebrew anthology, v. 2. Selections from the drama . . . 
 inspired by the Old Testament and post-biblical tradition. 
 
 Kyd. Spanish tragedy. 
 
 Lamb. Poems, plays and miscellaneous essays 
 Specimens of English dramatic poets, 2 v. 
 
 Lytton. * Money (In Bates. Drama, v. 16) 
 
 Richelieu 
 
 Marlowe. Doctor Faust us 
 
 Edward the second (In Great plays. (Aldine ed.) 
 
 Masefield. Tragedy of Nan 
 
 Tragedy of Pompey the Great 
 
 Merry devil of Edmonton. 
 
 Modern British drama. 5 v. 1811. 
 
 *New wing at Elsinore. (In Bates. Drama, v. 22) 
 
 Noyes. Sherwood; or, Robin Hood and the three kings 
 
 O’Connor, ed. Great plays by Marlowe, Jonson, Fletcher, Sheri¬ 
 dan, Payne and Browning (Aldine ed.) 
 
 Parker. Disraeli 
 
 Joseph and his brethren 
 Phillips. Herod 
 Nero 
 
 Paolo and Francesca 
 
 Pinero. Mid-channel 
 
 Second Mrs. Tanqueray 
 
 Pollard. English miracle plays, moralities and interludes: speci¬ 
 mens of pre-Elizabethan drama 
 
 Robertson. * Society (In Bates. Drama, v. 16) 
 
SHAKESPEARE. WORKS 
 
 7 
 
 Sawyer. *Sidhe of Ben-Mor (In Poet-lore, v. 21, 1910) 
 
 Shadwell. ^Lancashire witches (In Bates. Drama, v. 22) 
 
 Shaw. Doctor’s dilemma; Getting married; Shewing up of 
 Blanco Posnet 
 
 John Bull’s other island; Major Barbara; How he lied to her 
 husband 
 
 Man and superman 
 
 Misalliance; Dark lady of the Sonnets; Fanny’s first play 
 Plays: pleasant and unpleasant. 2 v. 
 
 v. 1—Widowers’ houses; Philanderer; Mrs. Warren’s pro¬ 
 fession. 
 
 y. 2—You never camtell; Arms and the man; Candida; Man 
 of destiny. 
 
 Three plays for Puritans:—Devil’s disciple; Caesar and 
 Cleopatra; Captain Brassbound’s conversion. 
 
 Shelley. Prometheus unbound; Cenci; Hellas. (In his Poetical 
 works, v. 1) 
 
 Sheridan. Dramatic works 
 Rivals 
 
 School for scandal 
 
 Swinburne. Dramas; ed. by Arthur Beatty 
 
 Synge. Playboy of the western world 
 Riders to the sea 
 
 Tennyson. Becket 
 
 Poetic and dramatic works, 6 v. 
 
 Tobin. ^Honeymoon (In Bates. Drama, v. 16) 
 
 Townley. *High life below stairs (In Bates. Drama, v. 16) 
 
 Van Brugh and Cibber. * Provoked husband (In Bates. Drama, 
 v. 15) 
 
 Wilde. Duchess of Padua; Ideal husband. 
 
 Lady Windermere’s fan; Woman of no importance. 
 Salome; Importance of being earnest; Florentine tragedy; 
 Vera. 
 
 Yeats. Dramatic poems 
 
 Hour-glass; Cathleen-ni-Houlihan; Pot of broth. 
 
 Land of heart’s desire 
 
 Zangwill. Melting-pot 
 
 Shakespeare. Works. 
 
 Shakespeare. Comedies, histories, tragedies and poems; ed. by 
 R. G. White. 6 v. 
 
 Plays; ed. by Henry M or ley. 18 v. 
 
 Works (Booklovers’ ed.) 40 v. 
 
 Works: complete, from the text of Clark and Wright 1 v. 
 Works; ed. by W. A. Wright. 9 v. 
 
 For burlesque sequel to Hamlet see *New wing at Elsinore. 
 
8 
 
 SHAKESPEARE. BIBLIOGRAPHY. BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Shakespeare. Bibliography. Biography. Criticism. 
 
 Study. 
 
 Bartlett. *New and complete concordance to works of Shakespeare 
 Braudes. William Shakespeare; a critical study 
 Bucknill. Mad folk of Shakespeare 
 Burgess. Bible in Shakspeare 
 
 Coleridge. Lectures and notes on Shakspere and other English 
 poets 
 
 Dowden. Shakspere; a critical study of his mind and art 
 Dyer. Folk-lore of Shakespeare 
 
 Egan. Ghost in Hamlet and other essays in comparative litera¬ 
 ture. 
 
 Fleming. How to study Shakespeare. 3 v. 
 
 Gollancz. Life of Shakespeare (Booklovers’ ed.) 
 
 Griggs. Shakespeare; a hand-book of twelve lectures 
 
 Guizot. Shakespeare and his times 
 
 Harris. Man Shakespeare and his tragic life-story 
 
 Hazlitt. Lectures on the literature of the age of Elizabeth, and 
 Characters of Shakespear’s plays. 
 
 Holmes. Authorship of Shakespeare 2 v. 
 
 Hudson. Shakespeare: his life, art and characters 2 v. 
 
 Hugo. William Shakespeare 
 Jameson. Characteristics of women 
 Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare 
 Lawrence. Bacon is Shakespeare 
 Lee. Shakespeare and the modern stage 
 Mabie. William Shakespeare, poet, dramatist and man 
 Moulton. Shakespeare as a dramatic artist 
 Shakespeare as a dramatic thinker 
 O’Connor. Index to the works of Shakespeare (Booklovers’ ed.) 
 Rolfe. .Shakespeare the boy 
 
 Saxo Grammaticus. *Amleth (Hamlet) (In his Danish history. 
 Norroena, v. 1-2) 
 
 *Shakespeariana (monthly) v. 6-9, 1889-93 
 Sharp. Shakspeare’s portrayal of the moral life 
 Snider. Shakespearian drama; a commentary 3 v. 
 
 Swinburne. Age of Shakespeare 
 
 Symonds. Shakspere’s predecessors in the English drama 
 Warner. People for whom Shakespeare wrote 
 White. Studies in Shakespeare 
 Winter. Old shrines and ivy. 
 
 Shadows of the stage 
 Shakespeare’s England 
 
GERMAN DRAMA 
 
 9 
 
 German Drama (Including Dutch and Austrian). 
 
 Babo. *Dagobert, King of the Franks (In Bates. Drama, v. 12) 
 Benedix. * Obstinacy (In Batets. Drama, v. 11) 
 
 Bernstein, E. P. (Ernst Rosmer) *TwiligM (In Poet-lore, 
 y. 23, 1912) 
 
 ♦John Herkner (In Poet-lore, v. 22, 1911) 
 
 Blades. * Ceremony of the printer’s apprentice; a German moral¬ 
 ity play (In Bates. Drama, v. 4) 
 
 Ebner-Eschenbach. *Man of the world (In Poet-lore, v. 22, 1911) 
 Freytag. * Journalists (In Garnett. Universal anthology, v. 28) 
 Fulda. *By ourselves (In Poet-lore, v. 2 3, 1912) 
 
 Goethe. Dramas:—Iphigenia in Tauris; Torquato Tasso; Goetz 
 von Berlichingen; Fellow culprits. 
 
 Faust 
 
 * Stella (In Bates. Drama, v. 12) 
 
 Goetze. * Heights (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 Grillparzer. * Sappho (In Garnett. Universal anthology, v. 28) 
 Halbe. *Rosenhagens (In Poet-lore, v. 21, 1910) 
 
 Hartleben. * Hanna Jagert (In Poet-lore, v. 24, 1913) 
 Hauptmann, C. ♦Ephraim’s Breite (In Poet-lore, v. 4, 1900) 
 
 Hauptmann, G. Dramatic works v. 1-4 
 
 v. 1—Before dawn; Weavers; Beaver coat; Conflagration, 
 v. 2—Drayman Henschel; Rose Berndt; Rat. 
 v. 3—Reconciliation; Lonely lives; Colleague Crampton; 
 Michael Kramer. 
 
 v. 4—Assumption of Hannele; Sunken bell; Henry of Aue. 
 
 * Assumption of Hannele; Before dawn. (In Poet-lore, v. 20, 
 
 1909) 
 
 * Reconciliation (Coming of peace) (In Poet-lore, v. 21, 1910) 
 Sunken bell 
 
 Weavers 
 
 Hebbel. * Agnes Bernauer (In Poet-lore, v. 20, 1909) 
 
 * Herod and Mariamne (In Drama, no. 6, May 1812) 
 
 ♦Judith (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 ♦Maria Magdalena (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 Heijermans. ♦Good Hope (In Drama, no. 8, Nov. 1912) 
 Hofmannstahl. ♦Death and the fool (In Poet-lore, v. 24, 1913) 
 Iffland. *Conscience (In Bates. Drama, v. 11) 
 
 Kotzebue. *Lovers’ vows (In Bates. Drama, v. 22) 
 
 Lessing. Dramatic works, 2 v. 
 
 Ludwig. * Forest warden (In Poet-lore, v. 24, 1913) 
 Oberammergau passion-play; tr. from original text by M. J. Moses 
 Roelvink. *Stormbird (In Poet-lore, v. 24, 1913) 
 
 Sachs. *Raising the devil (In Bates. Drama, v. 10) 
 
 Schiller. Early dramats and romances 
 Historical dramas 
 Wallenstein; Wilhelm Tell 
 William Tell 
 
10 
 
 SCANDINAVIAN DRAMA 
 
 Schnitzler. *Duke and the actress (In Poet-lore, v. 21, 1910) 
 Green cockatoo; Mate; Paracelsus. 
 
 * Legacy (In Poet-lore, v. 22, 1911) 
 
 * Light o’love (In Drama, no. 7, Aug. 1912) 
 
 * Questioning the irrevocable (In Bates. Drama, v. 12) 
 
 Stamm. * Bride of the moor (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 *Sancta Susanna (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 Sudermann. Joy of living 
 Magda 
 
 Roses:—Streaks of light; Last visit; Margot; Faraway 
 princess 
 
 Werner. * Twenty-fourth of February (In Bates. Drama, v. 10) 
 Wilbrandt. *Meister von Palmyra (In Poet-lore, v. 13, 19 01) 
 
 Scandinavian Drama. 
 
 Benzon. *It just happened so. (In Garnett. Universal an¬ 
 thology, v. 27) 
 
 Bjornson. *Leonarda (In Drama, no. 3, Aug. 1911) 
 
 Plays:—Gauntlet; Beyond our power; New system. 
 
 Plays: 2d series:—Love and geography; Beyond the human 
 might; Laboremus. 
 
 *When the new wine blooms (In Poet-lore, v. 22, 1911) 
 Einarsson. * Sword and crozier (In Poet-lore, v. 23, 1912) 
 
 Hertz. *King Rene’s daughter (In Garnett. Universal anthology, 
 v. 27) 
 
 Holberg. * Loquacious barber (In Bates, Drama, v. 8) 
 
 Ibsen. Brand 
 
 Doll’s house; Ghosts. 
 
 Emperor and Galilean. 
 
 Hedda Gabler; Master builder. 
 
 John Gabriel Borkman; When we dead awaken; Little Eyolf. 
 Lady Inger Ostrat; Feast at Solhoug; Love’s comedy. 
 League of youth; Pillar of society. 
 
 Lyrics and poems, including songs from the dramas. 
 
 Peer Gynt 
 
 Rosmersholm; Lady from the sea; Hedda Gabler. 
 
 Vikings at Helgoland; Pretenders; Lady Inger of Ostrat. 
 
 Prydz. *He is coming (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 Strindberg. * Creditors; Julie (In Poet-lore, v. 22, 1911) 
 
 Dream play; Link; Dance of Death. 
 
 Miss Julia; Stronger, The. 
 
 Plays. Third series:—Swanwhite; Simoom; Debit and 
 credit; Advent; Thunderstorm; After the fire. 
 
 French Drama (Including Belgian). 
 
 Augier. *Giboyer’s son (In Drama, no. 4, Nov. 1911) 
 
 Becque. * Crows ('In Drama, no. 5, Feb. 1912) 
 
 Vultures; Woman of Paris; Merry-go-round 
 
FRENCH DRAMA 
 
 11 
 
 Brieux. Three plays:—Maternity; Three daughters of Monsieur 
 Dupont; Damaged goods 
 
 Capus. * Adventurers (In Drama, no. 16, Nov. 1914) 
 
 Corneille. Cid, Le; tr. by Roscoe Mongan 
 
 Curel, de. *Beat of the wing (In Poet-lore, v. 20, 1909) 
 
 Dancourt. * Woman’s craze for titles (In Bates. Drama, v. 7) 
 
 Duhamel. *In the shadow of the statues (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 
 1914) 
 
 ♦Light, The (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 Dumas, fils. * Wedding call (In Garnett. Universal anthology, 
 v. 27) 
 
 Hennique. *Death of the Due d’Enghien (In Poet-lore, v. 20, 
 1909) 
 
 Hervieu. *In chains (In Poet-lore, v. 20, 1909) 
 
 Hugo. Poems; Dramas. 
 
 Kock, de. * Happy day (In Bates. Drama, v. 9) 
 
 Le Sage. ^Crispin, rival of his master (In Bates. Drama, v. 8) 
 Lemaitre. * Forgiveness (In Poet-lore, v. 24, 1913) 
 
 Loti and Gautier. Daughter of Heaven 
 
 Maeterlinck. Aglavaine and Selysette 
 Bluebird 
 
 Intruder; Blind; Seven princesses; Death of Tintagiles 
 Joyzelle; Monna Vanna 
 Mary Magdalene 
 
 Pelleas and Melisande; Sightless, The 
 Princess Maleine 
 
 Sister Beatrice; Ardiane and Barbe Bleue 
 Maupassant, de.. .^Household peace (In Bates. Drama, v. 9) 
 Moliere. Dramatic works 3 v. 
 
 Musset, de. Comedies 3 v. 
 
 Complete writings 
 
 v. 10—Dream of Augustus; Donkey and the stream; Faus- 
 tine; King’s servant, etc. 
 
 Ohnet. *Iron manufacturer (In Bates. Drama, v. 9) 
 
 Pailleron. * Society where they are bored. (In Garnett. Universal 
 anthology, v. 27) 
 
 Racine. Dramatic works 2 v. 
 
 * Suitors (In Bates. Drama, v. 7) 
 
 Rostand. L’Aiglon 
 
 Cyrano de Bergerac 
 
 Sand (Mme. Dudevant). *Victorine’s marriage (In Garnett. Uni¬ 
 versal anthology, v. 27) 
 
 Veuillot. ^Essence of Giboyer (In Garnett. Universal anthol¬ 
 ogy, v. 27) 
 
 Voltaire. Dramas 5 v. 
 
12 
 
 ITALIAN, SPANISH, LATIN, GREEK DRAMA 
 
 Italian Drama. 
 
 Alfieri. *Myrrha (In Bates. Drama, v. 5) 
 
 Annunzio, de. Francesca da Rimini 
 
 Giacosa. *As the leaves (In Drama, no. 1, Feb. 1911) 
 
 Stronger, The; Like falling leaves; Sacred ground 
 
 Goldoni. II ventaglio (the fan) tr. by Kenneth Mackenzie 
 
 * Post-inn (In Bates. Drama, v. 5) 
 
 * Squabbles of Ohioggia (In Drama, no. 15, Aug. 1914) 
 Metastasio. *Dream of Scipio (In Bates. Drama, v. 5) 
 
 Scala. * Faithful friend (In Bates. Drama, v. 5) 
 
 Spanish Drama. 
 
 Calderon de la Barca. * Belshazzar’s feast (In Bates. Drama, v. 4) 
 
 Echegaray. Great Galeoto 
 
 * Madman or saint? (In Poet-lore, v. 23, 1912) 
 
 *Man in black (In Garnett. Universal anthology, v. 27) 
 
 Galdos. Electra (In Drama, no. 2, May, 1911) 
 
 * Grandfather (In Poet-lore, v. 21, 1911) 
 
 Naharro. * Hymen (In Bates. Drama, v. 6) 
 
 Rueda, de. ^Seventh farce (In Bates. Drama, v. 6) 
 
 Vega Carpio. *Dog in the manger (In Bates. Drama, v. 6) 
 
 Latin Drama. 
 
 Miller, ed. *Latin classics, v. 1:—Drama. Ethics 
 Plautus. Comedies. 
 
 Seneca. Tragedies 
 
 Terence. *Eunuch (In Bates. Drama, v. 2) 
 
 * Self-tormentor; Brothers. (In Miller. Latin classics, v. 1) 
 
 Greek Drama. 
 
 Aeschylus. Dramas 
 Tragedies 
 
 Aristophanes. Comedies 2 v. 
 
 Euripides. Elect r a 
 Plays 2 v. 
 
 v. 1—Rheseus; Medea; Hippolytus; Alcestis; Heraoleidae; 
 
 Suppliants; Trojan women; Ion; Helen 
 v. 2:—Andromache; Electra; Bacchantes; Hecuba; Heracles 
 mad; Phoenician maidens; Orestes; Iphigenia 
 among the Tauri; Iphigenia at Aulis; Cyclops 
 
 Miller, ed. *Greek classics, v. 7:—Drama. Romance 
 
 Perrin, ed. Greek drama of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and 
 Aristophanes (Aldine ed.) 
 
RUSSIAN AND ORIENTAL DRAMA 
 
 13 
 
 Russian Drama (Including Bohemian, Polish, 
 and Hungarian). 
 
 Andreieff. *King-diunger (In Poet-lore, v. 22, 1911) 
 
 * Pretty Sabine women (In Drama, no. 13, Feb. 1914) 
 
 Gogol. * Inspector (In Bates. Drama, v. 18) 
 
 Gorky. *In the depths (In Bates. Drama, v. 18) 
 
 Krasinski. *Undivine comedy (In Garnett. Universal anthology, 
 v. 29) 
 
 I Kvapil. *Clouds (In Poet-lore, v. 21, 1910) 
 
 Madach. Tragedy of man; dramatic poem 
 Narodny. * Fortune favors fools (In Poet-lore, v. 23, 1912) 
 Ostrovsky. *Storm (In Garnett. Universal anthology, v. 29) 
 Pshibishevsky. *For happiness (In Poet-lore, v. 23, 1912) 
 
 Tchekof. * Marriage proposal (In Bates. Drama, v. 18) 
 
 * Sea-gull (In Poet-lore, v. 24, 1913) 
 
 Plays:—Uncle Vanya; Ivanoff; Sea-gull; Swan song 
 Tolstoi. Light that shines in the darkness; Man who was dead; 
 Cause of it all. 
 
 Power of darkness; Fruits of enlightenment (In his Ivan 
 Ilich) 
 
 Vrchlicky. * At the chasm (In Poet-lore, v. 24, 1913) 
 
 *Vengeance (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 *Witness (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 Oriental Drama. 
 
 Bates, ed. *■ Oriental drama (Victorian ed. v. 3) 
 
 Contents:—Deathstone (Japanese); Necklace (Hindoo), by 
 Sri Hershea Deva; Martyrdom of Ali (Persian passion- 
 play) ; Alchemist (Persian) by Mirza Fath-Ali and Mirza 
 Ja’afar 
 
 Ghose. *Chintamini (In Poet-lore, v. 25, 1914) 
 
 *Han Koong Tsew; the sorrows of Han; a Chinese tragedy (In 
 Garnett. Universal anthology, v. 29) 
 
 Motokiyo. Kanawa (Crown of iron spikes) (In Poet-lore, v. 
 23, 1912) 
 
 Ravindrantha Thakura. *King of the dark chamber (In Drama, 
 no. 14, 1914) 
 
 Post-office 
 
 t 
 
 *Za-zen; or, Abstraction; a Japanese comedy. (In Garnett. Uni¬ 
 versal anthology, v. 29) 
 
 1 Actors and Dramatists — Collective Biography. 
 
 Graii. Forty years’ observation of music and the drama 
 Henry. Hours with famous Parisians 
 
 Matthews. Life and art of Edwin Booth and his contemporaries 
 * Stage and its stars, past and present 7 v. 
 
14 
 
 ACTORS AND DRAMATISTS 
 
 Strang. Famous actors of the day 
 Famous actresses of the day 
 Thackeray. English humorists of the 18th century 
 
 * Who’s who in the theatre, 1912 
 
 * Who’s who on the stage, 19 08 
 
 Actors and Actresses — Individual Biography. 
 
 Booth. 
 
 Edwin Booth; by E. B. Groosman 
 Life and art of Edwin Booth; by William Winter 
 Cushman. 
 
 Charlotte Cushman; her letters and memoirs of her life; 
 by Emma Stebbins 
 
 Gwyn. 
 
 Story of Nell Gwyn; by Peter Cunningham 
 Jefferson. 
 
 Autobiography 
 
 Joseph Jefferson; by Francis Wilson 
 Navarro. Mary Anderson de. 
 
 Few memories 
 Rachel. 
 
 Rachel; by N. H. Kennard 
 Ristori. 
 
 Adelaide Ristori; studies and memoirs: an autobiography 
 Siddons. 
 
 Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons; by James Boaden 
 Mrs. Siddons; by N. H. Kennard 
 
 Wallack. 
 
 Memories of fifty years 
 
 Dramatists — Individual Biography and Criticism. 
 
 Addison. 
 
 Addison; by W. G. Courthope 
 Aldrich. 
 
 Lift of Thomas Bailey Aldrich; by Ferris Greenslet 
 Bennett. 
 
 Truth about an author 
 Arnold Bennett; by Coningsby Dawson 
 Browning. 
 
 Browning and the Christian faith; by Edward Berdoe 
 Browning studies; ed. by Edward Berdoe 
 Browning’s message to his times; by Edward Berdoe 
 Guide-book to the poetic and dramatic works of Robert 
 Browning; by G. W. Cooke 
 
 Introduction to the study of Robert Browning’s poetry; by 
 Hiram Corson 
 
 Robert Browning; by Edward Dowden 
 Poetry and philosophy of Browning; by E. H. Griggs 
 Hand-book to the works of Robert Browning; by Mrs. 
 Sutherland Orr 
 
 Robert Browning, 2 v.; by Mrs. Sutherland Orr 
 
BIOGRAPHY. DRAMATISTS 
 
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 Byron. 
 
 Conversations of Lord Byron; by Thomas Medwin 
 Byron. By John Nichol 
 Dryden. 
 
 Dryden; by G. E. B. Saintsbury 
 
 Dumas. 
 
 Dumas’ Paris; by M. F. Mansfield 
 
 Eliot. 
 
 George Eliot’s life as related in her letters and journals. 3 v. 
 George Eliot and her heroines; by Mrs. A. G. Woolson 
 
 \ Goethe. 
 
 Goethe and Schiller; by H. H. Boyesen 
 Correspondence between Goethe and Schiller 2 v. 
 
 Letters from Switzerland; Letters from Italy 
 . Goethe and Carlyle; correspondence 
 
 Truth and fiction relating to my life 2 v. 
 
 Story of Goethe’s life; by G. H. Lewes 2 v. 
 
 Goethe’s Faust; by E. H. Griggs 
 Goldoni. 
 
 Autobiography 
 
 Goldsmith. 
 
 Goldsmith; by William Black 
 
 Oliver Goldsmith, a biography; by Washington Irving 
 
 Howells. 
 
 My year in a log cabin 
 
 Hugo. 
 
 Life of Hugo; by F. T. Marzials 
 
 Ibsen. 
 
 Commentary on the writings of Henrik Ibsen; by H. H. 
 Boyesen 
 
 Letters of Henrik Ibsen 
 
 Henrik Ibsen; a critical biography; by Henrik Jaeger 
 Henrik Ibsen; the man and his plays; by M. J. Moses 
 Quintessence of Ibsenism; by G. B. Shaw 
 
 Lamb. 
 
 Charles Lamb; by Alfred Ainger 
 Letters 2 v.; ed. by Alfred Ainger 
 
 Best letters; ed. by E. G. Johnson 
 
 Moliere. 
 
 Moliere; by Mrs. M. O. W. Oliphant and Francis Tarver 
 
 Moore, George. 
 
 Hail and farewell 3 v. (Autobiographical) 
 
 Sardou. 
 
 Sardou and the Sardou plays; by J. A. Hart 
 
 * Shaw T . 
 
 George Bernard Shaw; by G. K. Chesterton 
 
 * Shelley. 
 
 Shelley; the man and the poet; by Felix Rabbe 
 | Best letters 
 
 Shelley; by J. A. Symonds 
 
 Sheridan. 
 
 Sheridan; by Mrs. M. O. W. Oliphant 
 Sterling. 
 
 Correspondence between John Sterling and Ralph Waldo 
 Emerson 
 
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 DRAMA AND THE STAGE 
 
 Tennyson. 
 
 Tennyson, his home, his friends, and his work; by E. L. 
 Carey 
 
 Alfred Tennyson; a memoir by his son 2 v. 
 
 Tolstoi. 
 
 Tolstoy the man; by E. A. Steiner 
 Childhood, boyhood and youth 
 My confession; and Spirit of Christ’s teaching 
 Tolstoi; by Leo Wiener 
 
 Voltaire. 
 
 Voltaire’s visit to England; by Archibald Ballantyne 
 
 Voltaire and his times; by L. F. Bungener 
 
 Life of Voltaire; by Francis Espinasse 
 
 Margravine of Baireuth and Voltaire; by George Horn 
 
 Voltaire; by John Morley 
 
 Biographical critique of Voltaire; by John Morley 
 Life of Voltaire; by James Parton 2 v. 
 
 Literature of the Drama and the Stage. 
 
 Andrews. Drama of to-day 
 Archer. Play-making 
 
 Bates. *Drama, The; its history, literature and influence on 
 civilization, 20 v. 
 
 * Dr amatic classics 2 v. 
 
 Burton. New American drama 
 Chambers. Mediaeval stage 2 v. 
 
 Chesterton. Varied types 
 
 Clark. Continental drama of to-day: outlines for its study 
 Crowley. Character treatment in the mediaeval drama 
 Daudet. Between the flies and the footlights (In his Sappho) 
 
 * Drama ; quarterly review of dramatic literature. Feb. 1911-date 
 
 Dukes. Modern dramatists 
 
 Eaton. American stage of to-day 
 
 Faxon, ed. * Dramatic index, 1909-date 
 
 Hale. Dramatists of to-day 
 
 Hamilton. Studies in stage-craft 
 
 Theory of the theatre and other principles of dramatic 
 criticism 
 
 Hazlitt. Lectures on the English poets and the English comic 
 writers 
 
 Plain speaker (Five chapters on dramatic subjects) 
 
 Round table (Six chapters on dramatic subjects) 
 
 Henderson. European dramatists 
 
 Horrwitz. Indian theatre; brief survey of the Sanscrit drama 
 
 Hulflsh. Motion picture work 
 
 Huneker. Iconoclasts; book of dramatists 
 
 Hunt. Play of to-day 
 
COSTUME AND DANCING 
 
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 James. Essays in London and elsewhere (Chapters on Kemble, 
 Loti, Concourt, Ibsen and Browning) 
 
 Kingsley. Plays and Puritans 
 Lewes. On actors and the art of acting 
 
 Mackaye. Civic theatre 
 
 Playhouse and the play 
 
 Mahaffy. History of classical Greek literature, v. 1, Poets 
 (Nine chapters on drama) 
 
 Matthews. Study of the drama 
 
 Meredith. Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit 
 Montague. Dramatic values 
 Moses. American dramatist 
 
 Needham. Folk festivals and how to give them 
 Palmer. Censor and the theatre 
 
 *Poet-lore; a magazine of letters. 1900, 1901, 1905, 1909-date 
 
 Price. Technique of the drama 
 
 Quinlan. Poetic justice in the drama 
 
 Schlegel. Lectures on dramatic art and literature 
 
 Seilhamer. History of the American theatre from 1749-1797. 3 v. 
 
 Sellar. Roman poets of the Republic 
 
 Shaw. Dramatic opinions and essays 2 v. 
 
 ♦Theatre magazine. July 1911-date 
 Walkley. Drama and life 
 Weygandt. Irish plays and playwrights 
 Witkowski. German drama of the 19th century 
 
 Costume and Dancing. 
 
 Burchenal. Dances of the people 
 
 Folk-dances and singing games 
 
 Calthorpe. English costume 4 v. 
 
 Castle. Modern dancing 
 
 Child. Wimples and crisping pins 
 
 Earle. *Two centuries of costume in America 2 v. 
 
 Fairholt. Costume in England 2 v. 
 
 ♦Geschichte der Costume. 2 v. 
 
 Hottenroth. *Costume, les armes, etc. 2 v. 
 
 Hottenroth. *Costume, les armes, etc. Nouvelle serie. 
 
 Planche. History of British costume from the earliest period to 
 the close of the 18th century 
 
 Terry. Russian ballet 
 
 Urlin. Dancing, ancient and modern 
 
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 COLLECTIONS 
 
 The Library has a large number of plays which are as yet 
 available only in story form. 
 
 Plays and dramatic selections can be found in general maga¬ 
 zines and in many collections, including the following: 
 
 Garnett. ^Universal anthology 32 v. 
 
 Garrett. One hundred choice selections 39 v. 
 
 Pearson. Speaker 5 v. 
 
 Shoemaker. Shoemaker’s best selections 2 7 nos. 
 
 Spofford. * Library of choice literature 15 v. f* 
 
 Werner. Werner’s readings and recitations 4 8 v. 
 
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 Synopses of librettos by famous dramatists will be found in 
 Melitz’ Opera-goer’:s complete guide. Ask for separate list on The i 
 opera; its composers, singers and stories. 
 
 * Books marked with a star cannot be taken from the Library. 
 
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