B O STO N P UR LI C -LIBRARY
USEFUL REFERENCE SERIES No. 30
INDEX TO ONE -ACT PLAYS
AN INDEX TO
ONE ACT PLAYS
COMPILED BY
HANNAH LOGASA, Pn.B.
LIBRARIAN, UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
AND
WINIFRED VER NOOY, B.L.S.
REFERENCE LIBRARIAN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARIES
BOSTON
F. W. FAXON COMPANY
1924
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface 3
How to use this index 3
Abbreviations and symbols used in this index 5
Key ........ 11
Titles ' 36
Authors 203
Subjects 263
Collections . 277
PREFACE
This index contains over 5000 titles of one-act plays written in
English or translated into English from a foreign language, published
since 1900. Although the index is not complete, it is comprehensive
and serviceable.
HOW TO USE THIS INDEX
The key is the bibliographical identification of a play. Key letters
refer to book in which play may be found. Magazine references are
given the identification used by the Reader's Guide to Periodical
Literature.
The title index contains full information about the individual play,
e. g., author, number and kind of characters, setting or background,
suitability for elementary or high school pupils, and letters which
refer to the Key showing in what book or magazine the play may be
found. Refer to the title index from author, subject and collection
indexes.
ABBREVIATIONS
* suitable for children.
f ." suitable for high school.
:}: suitable for junior high.
anon anonymous.
Apr April.
Ang August.
b boy.
c children.
Dec December.
Feb February.
g girl.
il illustrated.
Jan January.
July ...... July.
June June.
m men.
Mar March.
May May.
n. d no date.
Nov November.
Oct. . . ... . October.
s servant.
Sc scene.
Sept September.
tr translated or translator.
w. women.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
KEY TO BOOKS INDEXED
AB Arkwright, Ruth. Brownikins and other fancies. Lond. Dar-
ton, n. d.
ABB Abbott, Keene. Hair Trigger Smith. Omaha, Nebr. Keene
Abbott, 1909.
ABF Abercrombie, Lasceiles. Four short plays. Lond. Martin
Seeker, 1922.
AE Anderson, Mrs. Isabel. Everyboy and other plays for children.
N. Y. Shakespeare Press, 1914.
ALQ Alquist, Joan. The wooing of Mary of Magdela. Denver, Colo.
Joan Alquist, 1921.
AND Andreev, Leonid. Love of one's neighbor. N. Y. Albert and
Charles Boni, 1914.
ANP Antigo Publishing Co. Plays. Antigo, Wis. Antigo Pub. Co.,
n.d.
AO Alabama Centennial Com'n. Series of children's plays in com-
memoration of the close of a century of statehood. Mont-
gomery, Ala. Paragon Press, 1919.
AP Aldis, Mary. Plays for small stages. N. Y. Duffield, 1915.
APP Ames. Theatrical plays. Lebanon,. Ohio. March Bros., 11. d.
AS American School Peace League. Bost. u. d.
AU Augier, Emile. Four plays, tr. from the French by Barrett
H. Clark. N. Y. Knopf, 1915.
B Baker, Walter H. & Co. Plays. Bost. Walter H. Baker, n. d.
BA Baring, Maurice. Diminutive dramas. Lond. Martin Seeker,
n. d.
BAB Baker, Walter II. & Co. Plays in pinafores. Bost. Walter
H. Baker, 1916.
BAG Baker, Walter H. & Co. Merry Christmas plays and enter-
tainments by various authors. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1916.
BAD Bangs, John K. The real thing and three other farces. N. Y.
Harper, 1909.
BAL Baldwin, Sidney. Five plays and five pantomimes. Phila.
Penn, 1923.
BAN Baldwin, Charles C. (Charles Gordon, pseud.) Airy nothings;
or, What you will. N. Y. Sturgis & Walton, 1917.
BAG Bantock, Leedham & Greenbank, Percy. Man the life boats.
Washington, D. C. J. D. Milans, 1908.
BAP Bax, Clifford. Polite satires. Lond. Medici Society, 1922.
BAQ Barrington, Pauline B. When the young birds go. Los An-
geles, Calif. C. C. Parker, 1915.
BAR Barton, George E. The pipe of desire and other plays. Bost.
Old Corner Book Store, 1905.
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BAS Barne, Kitty. (Mrs. Eric Streatfield) Susie pays a visit.
Lond. J. Curwen & Sons, n. d.
BAT Baker, George M. & others. Ten plays for boys. Bost. Walter
H. Baker, 1918.
BAX Baxley, Isaac R. Poems and plays. Vol. I. San Francisco,
Calif. A. M. Robertson, 1921.
BB Bynner, Witter. A book of plays. N. Y. Knopf, 1922.
BBC Burrows, Edith M. & others. Cheery comedies for Christmas.
Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1915.
BBS Burrows, Edith ; Bridgham, Gladys R. & others. Short plays
for small players. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1915.
BD Browne, Horace B. Short plays from Dickens. Lond. Chap-
man & Hall, 1908.
BE Barrie, James M. Echoes of the war. N. Y. Scribner, 1918.
BEG Beith, John H. (Ian Hay, pseud.) The crimson cocoanut
and other plays. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1913.
BEJ NBell, Lady. Nursery comedies. N. Y. Longmans, Green, 1918.
BEL Bellini, Gabriel. The triumph of remorse. N. Y. J. W. Faw-
cett, 1916.
BEP Benton, William B. Poems. Vol. III. (Chrysanthemum ed.)
N. Y. WTilliam B. Benton, 1915.
BBS Betts, Frank. Saga plays. N. Y. Longmans, Green, 1917.
BET Barrie, James M. "Der tag"; or, The tragic man. N. Y.
Scribner, 1914.
BEY Brown-Evarts, Edith. Young folks' dialogues and dramas.
Chic. M. H. Donohue, 1902.
BF Beach, Lewis. Four one-act plays. N. Y. Brentano's, 1921.
BFR Bechhofer, C. E. Five Russian plays with one from the Uk-
rainian. N. Y. Button, 1916.
BH Barrie, James M. Half hours. N. Y. Scribner, 1914.
BHP Bullivant, Cecil H., ed. Home plays: a collection of new,
simple and effective plays for boys and girls. N. Y. Dodge
Pub. Co., n. d.
BJP Benavente, Jacinto. Plays, tr. by Underbill. N. Y. Scrib-
ner, 1917.
BJP2 Benavente, Jacinto. Plays. Second series, tr. by Underbill.
N. Y. Scribner, 1918.
BJP3 Benavente, Jacinto. Plays. Third series, tr. by Underbill.
N. Y. Scribner, 1918.
BKG Botomley, Gordon. Gruach and Britain^ daughter. Bost.
Small. Maynard. 1921.
BKL Bottomley, Gordon. King Lear's wife, and other one-act plays.
Bost. Small, Maynard, n. d.
BL Bloxam, .E. E. Little pageant plays for children. Lond. Wells,
Gardner, Darton, n. d.
BLC Barbee, Lindsey. Cinderella and five other fairy plays. Chic.
T. S. Denison, 1922.
BLE. Block, Etta, tr. One-act plays from the Yiddish. Cincinnati.
Stewart Kidd, 1923.
BLO Block Publishing Co. Plays. N. Y. Block Pub. Co., n. d.
BLP Barbee, Lindsey. Let's pretend. Chic. T. S. Denison, 1917.
BM Belmont, Mrs. O. H. P. & Maxwell, Elsa. Melinda and her
sisters. N. Y. Robert J. Shores, 1916.
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BO Brown, Alice. One-act plays. N. Y. Macmillan, 1921.
HOT Bottomley, Gordon. The riding to Lithend. Portland, Maine.
Thos. B. Mosher, 1910.
B P Bennett, E. Arnold. Polite farces. N. Y. Doran, n. d.
BR Bell, Lady and Richmond, Mrs. Herbert. The cat and the fid-
dle book. N. Y. Longmans, Green, 1922.
BRA Branch, Anna H. The shoes that danced and other poems.
Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1905.
BRB Brunner, Emma B. Bits of background in one-act plays. N. Y.
Knopf, 1919.
BRC Branch, Anna H. The heart of the road, and other poems.
Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1901.
BRD Branch, Anna H. Rose of the wind, and other poems. Bost.
Houghton, Mifflin, 1910.
BRE Breed, James E. Every credit man. Portland, Oregon, J. E.
Breed, 1916.
BRI Brand, Alfred. The infernal masculine and other comedies.
Bost. Cornhill Co., 1918.
BRO Broido, Louis. The enemies of Israel. Cincinnati, Ohio. Cin-
cinnati Dept. of Synagogue and School Extension. Union of
American Hebrew Congregations, 1917.
BRP Brighouse, Harold. Plays for the meadow and plays for the
lawn. N. Y. French, 1921.
BRQ Brown, Alice. Joint owners in Spain. Chic. Little Theatre,
1914.
BRW Bell, May. What of the night? and other sketches. Lond.
Arthur H. Stockwell, 1918.
BS Barnum, Madalene D. School plays for all occasions. New-
ark, N. J. Barse & Hopkins, 1922.
BSB Benton, Rita. Bible plays. N. Y. The Abingdon press, 1922.
B S C Benton, Rita. The star-child and other plays. N. Y. Writers
Pub. Co., 1921.
BSD Benton, Rita. Shorter Bible plays. N. Y. Abingdon press,
1922.
B S M Benavente, Jacinto. The smile of Mona Lisa. Bost. Richard
G. Badger, 1912.
BT Barker, Granville. Three short plays. Bost. Little, Brown,
1917.
BU Burbank, Barbara & others. Comedies for young folks. Bost.
Walter H. Baker, 1902.
BUE Buckton, A. M. Eager heart. Lond. Methuen, 1904.
BUJ Bugbee, Willis N. Jolly Christmas book. Syracuse, N. Y.
Willis N. Bugbee, n. d.
BUP Bugbee, Willis N. Plays. Syracuse, N. Y. W. N. Bugbee, n. d.
BUR Burkham, Lucie T. When the land was young. Cincinnati,
Ohio. D. A. R. Chapter, 1909.
BYL Bynner, Witter. The little king. N. Y. Kennerley, 1914.
BYR Byrne, Lee. Quarry slaves. Bost. Poet-lore, 1914.
BYT Bynner, Witter. Tiger. Lond. D. J. Rider, 1914.
Cl Cohen, Helen L., ed. One-act plays by modern authors. N. Y.
Harcourt, Brace, 1921.
C2 Cohen, Helen L. The junior play book. N. Y. Harcourt,
Brace, 1923.
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CA Calderon, George. Eight one-act plays. Lond. Grant Richards,
1922.
CAC Cameron, Margaret. Comedies in miniature. N. Y. McClure,
Philips, 1903.
CAI Caine, Hall. The iron hand. N. Y. McConnell Printing Co.,
1916.
CAM Camp Outfitting Co. Plays. N. Y. Camp Outfitting Co., n. d.
CAN Campbell, Evangeline. The husking bee. Haverhill, Mass.
Franklin P. Stiles, 1910.
CAP Cannan, Gilbert. Four plays. Lond. Sidgwick & Jackson,
1913.
CAR Carr, Albert. The cowboy and the lady. Hill City, So. Dakota.
Albert Carr, 1912.
CB Chambers, C. I. The Boy Scouts' book of plays. Lond. Well,
Gardner, Darton, 1914.
CBI Clark, Barrett H. Representative one-act plays by British and
Irish authors. Bost. Little, Brown, 1921.
CO Cauldwell, Samuel M. Chocolate cake and black sand. N. Y.
Putnam, 1917.
CCC Carter, Elsie H. Christmas candles. N. Y. Holt, 1915.
CD Craig, Anne A.' T. The dramatic festival. N. Y. Putnam,
1912.
CDL £olum, Padraic. Dramatic legends and other poems. N. Y.
Macmillan, 1922.
Cannan, Gilbert. Everybody's husband. N. Y. Huebsch, 1917.
Clark, Barrett H. Four plays of the Free • Theatre. Cincin-
nati. Stewart Kidd, 1914.
CFA Chapman, John J. Four plays for children. N. Y. Moffat,
Yard, 1908.
CFP Carolina folk-plays. N. Y. Holt, 1922.
CFS Conger, Margaret L. Folk story plays for children. N. Y.
James A. McCann, 1920.
CH Cleather, Dorothy. A handy book of plays for girls. Chic.
Saalfield Pub. Co., n. d.
CHA Chapin, Harry L. Poems and plays. N. Y. The Shakespeare
Press, 1915.
CHB Chamberlain, Basil H. Japanese poetry. Lond. John Mur-
ray, 1911.
CHC Chaplin, Alice W. A play a month for female characters.
Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1917.
CHD Chekhov, Anton. Plays. Second series. N. Y. Scribner, 1912.
CHE Chekhov, Anton. Plays, tr. from Russian by Marian Fell.
Vol. I. N. Y. Scribner, 1916.
CHF Corbin, John. Husbands, and The forbidden guests. Bost.
Houghton, Mifflin, 1910.
CHU Churchill, E. P. The special rehearsal. Peoria, 111. Frank
Brown, 1907.
CJ Cabell, James B. The jewel merchants. N. Y. McBride, 1921.
CK Crocker, Bosworth. Humble folk. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd,
1923.
CL Crocker, Bosworth. The last straw. N. Y. Frank Shay, 1917.
CLA Clark, Milton F. The scoop. San Francisco, Calif. M. E.
Clark, 1907.
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OLD Clements, Colin C. Plays for a folding theatre. Cincinnati.
Stewart Kidd, 1923.
OLE Clemenceau, Georges. The veil of happiness. N. Y. T. M.
Cleland, 1920.
CLF Cleugh, Dennis. The violet under the snow. Lond. Simpkin,
Marshall, 1915.
C O Cooke, Marjorie B. Dramatic episodes. Chic. Dramatic Pub.
Co., 1904.
COO Cockrell, Maud. Golliwog in Fairyland. Bost. Le Roy Phil-
lips, 1921.
COI Coit, Henry A. War's end. Los Angeles, Calif. Clyde Brown,
1917.
CON Converse, Florence. The blessed birthday. N. Y. Dutton,
1917.
COV Cowan, Sada. The state forbids. N. Y. Kennerley, 1915.
COW Code, Grant H. When the fates decree. Pittsburgh, Pa. Pea-
body High School, 1914.
COX Cox, Ethel L. Poems lyric and dramatic. Bost. Richard G.
Badger, 1904.
CT Chapin, Harold. Three one act plays. N. Y. French, 1921.
CU California University, Little Theatre Workshop. Plays of the
University of California Little Theatre Workshop. Uni-
versity of California. Little Theatre Press, 1922.
DA Dix, Beulah M. Allison's lad and other martial interludes.
N. Y. Holt, 1910.
DA A Davis, Malcolm W. Plays. N. Y. Malcolm W. Davis, 1915.
DAB Davis, M. E. M. A bunch of roses and other parlor plays.
Bost. Small, Maynard, 1903.
DAD Daly, Arnold. The dominant male, essays and plays. N. Y.
Moffat, Yard, 1921.
DAF Davis, Richard H. Farces. N. Y. Scribner, 1906.
DAG Denton, Clara J. The program book. N. Y. J. Fischer &
Bros., 1910.
DAH Denton, Clara J. All the holidays. Chic. A. Flanagan, 1905.
DAI Denton, Clara J. When the curtain rises. Program book.
Vol. II. N. Y. J. Fischer & Bros., 1909.
DAK Dakota play makers. Plays. University of North Dakota, 1920.
DAL Dakota Play maker plays. First series. Four one-act plays on
Colonial themes. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1923.
DAN Daniel, C. W. Plays. Lond. C. W. Daniel, n. d.
DAO Dane, Essex. One act plays. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1923.
DEM Demarest, William T. Plays. Marmoreneck, N. Y. W. T.
Demarest, n. d.
DEP Denison, T. S. Plays. Chic. T. S. Denison, n. d.
DF Dunsany, Lord. Five plays. Bost. Little, Brown, 1914.
DFN Dunsany, Lord. A night at an inn. N. Y. Sunwise Turn,
1916.
DFO Dunsany, Lord. Plays of near and far. N. Y. Putnam,
1922.
DFP Dunsany, Lord. Plays of gods and men. Bost. John Luce,
1917.
DI C Dickinson, Thomas H., ed. Chief contemporary dramatists.
Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1915.
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DK Dell, Floyd. King Arthur's socks and other village plays. N.
Y. Knopf, 1922.
DL Denison, Emily. H. The little mother of the slums and other
plays. Bost. Gorham Press, 1915.
DLP Dalkeith, Lena. Little plays. Lond. T. C. & E. C. Jack, n. d.
DM Down, Oliphant. The maker of dreams. Lond. Gowans &
Gray, 1914.
DO Dopp, Katharine E. Homer and David. (From an essay by
Edward E. Hale) Westwood, Mass. Ariel Press, 1903.
DOF Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. Voices from every-
where. N. Y. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society,
1914.
ROR Dorsen, Helen. Power of loyalty. N. Y. Moffat, Yard, 1918.
DOT Doty, Harry M. Plays. Chatham, N. Y. Harry M. Doty, n. d.
DOW Downing, Henry F. & Downing, Mrs. H. F. Placing Paul's
play. Lond. Francis Griffiths, 1913.
DP Dreiser, Theodore. Plays of the natural and the supernatural.
Bost. John Lane, 1916.
DP A Drinkwater, John. Pawns: three poetic plays. Lond. Sidg-
wick & Jackson, 1917.
DPF Dargan, Olive T. & Peterson, Frederick. The flutter of gold-
leaf and other plays. N. Y. Scribner, 1922.
DPN Dowson, Ernest. The poems of Ernest Dowson. N. Y. John
Lane, 1917.
DPO Dowson, Ernest. The Pierrot of the minute. Portland, Maine.
Mosher, 1913.
DPP Dramatic Publishing Co. Plays. Chic. Dramatic Pub. Co.,
n. d.
DR Drinkwater, John. The storm. Birmingham, Eng. John Drink-
water, 1915.
DS E Davis, R. H. & Sheehan, P. P. Efficiency. N. Y. Doran, 1917.
DU Duran, Leo, tr. Plays of old Japan. N. Y. Thomas Seltzer,
1921.
DUN Dunn, Fannie W. What shall we play? (A dramatic reader)
N. Y. Macmillan, 1916.
ED Educational Publishing Co. The first flag and other patriotic
plays and exercises. Bost. Educational Pub. Co., 1917.
EDG Edgar, Mary S. The wayside .piper. N. Y. National Board of
Y. W. C. A., 1915.
EG Egbert, Frank H. Capitulation of Mr. Hyleigh. Hamilton,
Ohio. Brown & Whitaker, 1906.
EL Ellis, Mrs. Havelock. Love in danger. Bost. Houghton, Mif-
flin, 1915.
EL A Ellis, Mrs. Havelock. The subjection of Kezia. Stratford-
on-Avon. Shakespeare Head Press, 1908.
E L T 1 Eliot, Samuel A., Jr., ed. Little Theatre classics. Vol I. Bost.
Little, Brown, 1917.
ELT2 Eliot, Samuel A., Jr., ed. Little Theatre classics. Vol. II.
Bost. Little, Brown, 1917.
ELT3 Eliot, Samuel A., Jr., e'd. Little Theatre classics. Vol. III.
Bost. Little, Brown, 1921.
ELT4 Eliot, Samuel A., Jr., ed. Little Theatre classics. Vol. IV.
Bost. Little, Brown, 1922.
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E P Eldridge. Plays. Franklin, Ohio. Eldridge Entertainment House,
n. d.
ER Ervine, St. John G. Four Irish plays. Dublin. Maunsel,
1914.
ERA Ervine, St. John G. The magnanimous lover. Dublin. Maun-
sel, 1912.
ET Elkins, Fenton B. Three tremendous trifles. N, Y. DuflBeld,
1919.
E T E Elwes, Mary. Temporary engagements and other plays. Lond.
Francis Griffiths. 1920.
EV Evans, Delia J. Two plays and a preface. Bost. Richard G.
Badger, 1921.
EVM Evans, Florence W. The ride home, poems, with "The mar-
riage of Guineth." Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1913.
E W Ehrmann, Max. The wife of Marobius. N. Y. Kennerley,
1911.
FE Foucher, Laure C. Effie's Christmas dream. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1912.
FEN Fenollosa, Erncrt & Pound, Ezra. 'Noh' ; or, Accomplishment.
N. Y. Knopf, 1917.
F E R Ferrer, Linna M. Bobby's dream. Bost. Quincy Prevoca-
tional Center. Boston Public School, 1921.
FET Fay, Frederic L. & Emerson, M. A. Three plays for boys.
(International Com'n of Young Men's Christian Ass'n.) N.
Y. Association Press, 1919.
FF Fitzmaurice, George. Five plays. Bost. Little, Brown, 1914.
F G Fotheringham, E. M. & Gemmell, John. Tiny plays for tiny
people. N. Y. French, 1921.
FI Fischer, J. & Bros. Plays. N. Y. J. Fischer & Bros., n. d.
FI L Fillmore Music House. Plays. Cincinnati,, Ohio. Fillmore
Music House, n. d.
FL Flanagan, A., Co. Plays. Chic. A. Flanagan, n. d.
FLE Fleming, Charles L. The telephone. Phila. R. S. Joyce, 1903.
F L S Flying stag plays. N. Y. Egmont Arens, n. d.
FO Foley. James W. Sing a song of Sleepy Head. N. Y. Dutton,
1922.
FOS Four Seas Co. Plays. Bost. Four Seas, n. d.
FP Fitzgerald. Plays. N. Y. Fitzgerald Pub. Corporation, n. d.
FR France, Anatole. The man who married a dumb wife. N. Y.
Lane, 1915.
F S 1 47 workshop. Plays. First series. N. Y. Brentano's, 1918.
F S 2 47 workshop. Plays. Second series. N. Y. Brentano's, 1920.
F S 3 47 workshop. Plays. Third series. N. Y. Brentano's, 1922.
F S D French, Samuel. French's Standard Drama. N. Y. French,
n. d.
F S J Frank, Florence K. Jael. Chic. Little Theatre, 1914.
F S P Frank, Maude M. Short plays about famous authors. N. Y.
Holt, 1915.
FU Fuller, Alice C. Dramatized stories, myths, and legends.
Franklin, Ohio, Eldridge Entertainment House, 1913.
Ul Grange plays — Number one. One-act plays. Compiled by J.
W. Darrow. N. Y. Chatham, 1914.
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G2 Grange plays — Number two. One-act plays. Compiled by J.
W. Darrow. N. Y. Chatham, 1915.
O3 Grange plays — Number three. Pub. by J. W. Darrow. N. Y.
Chatham, 1915.
GAL Gascoin, Catherine B. The lumber room and other plays. N.
Y. Vaughan & Gomme, 1914.
GAT Garnett, Louise A. Three to make ready. N. Y. Doran, 1923.
GBA Goodman, Kenneth S. Barbara. (Stage Guild plays) N. Y.
Vaujjhan & Gomme. 1914.
GD Greene, Clay M. The dispensation and other plays. N. Y.
Doran, 1914.
GDL Greene, Kathleen C. The little boy out of the wood and other
dream plays. N. Y. Lane, 1917.
GF Goodlander, Mabel R. Fairy plays for children. Chic. Rand
McNally, n. d.
GO Gordon, Leon. The gentleman Ranker and other plays. Bost.
Four Seas, 1919.
GI Gregory, Lady Isabelle A. The image and other plays. N. Y.
Putnam, 1!)22.
GI A Gibson, Wilfrid W. Battle and other poems. N. Y. Macmil-
lan, 1917.
GI B Gibson, Wilfrid W. Borderlands and Thoroughfares. N. Y.
Macmillan. 1914.
GI D Gibson, Wilfrid-W. Daily bread. N. Y. Macmillan, 1916.
GI E Gibbins, J. R. Becoming an American. Eden, Idaho. J. R.
Gibbins, 1920.
GI I Gregory, Lady Isabelle A. Irish folk-history plays. Second
series. N. Y. Putnam, 1912.
GI P Gibson, Wilfrid W. Poems, 1904-1917. N. Y. Macmillan,
1912-1917.
GI S Gibson, Wilfrid W. Stonefolds. Lond. Elkin Mathews, 1916.
GJ Goddard, Harold. The sisters. Swarthmore, Penn. H. God-
dard, 1914.
GO Gould, Felix. The marsh maiden. Bost. Four Seas, 1918.
GOR Gordon. Henry. Thirst. N. Y. New Rochelle, 1912.
GP Glaspell, Susan. Plays. Bost. Small, Maynard, 1920.
GPC Glaspell, Susan. The people, and Close the book. N. Y. Shay,
1918.
GQ Goodman, Kenneth S. Quick curtains. Chic. Stage Guild,
1915.
GQA Goodman, Kenneth S. More quick curtains. Chic. Stage Guild,
1923.
GR Griffith, Benjamin L. C. Plays and monologues. Phila. Penn
Pub. Co.. 1901.
GRA Griffith, William. Candles in the sun. Chic. The Bookfellows,
1921.
GttE Greve, Clifford. The militant God and some sonnets, verses and
rhymes. Kansas City, Burton Pub. Co., 1918.
GRF Grendon, Felix. Will he come back? N. Y. New Review Pub.
Ass'n., 1916.
GRL Graham, Manta S. Light weights. Bost. Cornhill Pub. Co.,
1921.
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GRN Greenwald, M. Our uncle from the West. N Y Leo Feist
1912.
Grossman, Samuel S. The Purim players. Phila. J. H.
Greenstone, 1911.
GRY Gregory, Lady Isabelle A. The full moon. Dublin, Ireland.
Lady Gregory, 1911.
GRZ Gregory, Lady Isabelle A. New comedies. N. Y. Putnam,
1913.
GS Gregory, Lady Isabelle A. Seven short plays. N. Y. Putnam.
1903.
GSS Galsworthy, John, Six short plays. N. Y. Scribner, 191 ">-
1921.
GT Gerstenberg, Alice. Ten one-act plays. N. Y. Brentano's,
1921.
GU Gunnison, Binney. New dialogues and plays for young people,
ages fifteen to twenty-five. Adapted from the popular works
of well-known authors. N. Y. Hinds, Hayden. & Eldredge,
1905.
GUB Guptil, Elizabeth F. & Hunting, Ema S. & others. Bright ideas
for Christmas. Lebanon, Ohio. March Bros., 1920.
GUC Guptill, Elizabeth F. The complete Hallowe'en book. Lebanon.
Ohio. March Bros., 1915.
GUD Guptill, Elizabeth F. Guptill's new Christmas book. Lebanon,
Ohio. March Bros., 1915.
GUI Guild, Thacher H. The power of a God and other one-act
plays. Urbana, 111., University of Illinois Press, 1919.
GUT Guptill, Elizabeth F. Twelve plays for children, humorous,
wise and otherwise. Chic. Beckley-Cardy, 1916.
GW Gibson, Wilfrid W. Womenkind. N. Y. Macmillan, 1912.
HA Housman, Laurence. Angels and ministers. Lond. Cape, 1921.
HA4 Housinan, Laurence. Angels and ministers: four plays of Vic-
torian shade and character. N. Y. Harcourt, Brace, 1922.
HAB Housman, Laurence. False premises: five one-act plays. Ox-
ford, England. Basil Blackwell, 1922.
HAD Henderson, Mrs. Alice C. Adam's dream and two other miracle
plays for children. N. Y. Scribner, 1909.
HAE Haslett, Harriet H. Dolores of the Sierra and other one-act
plays. San Francisco, Calif., Paul Elder, 1917.
HAG Hagedorn, Hermann. The horse thieves. Bost. H. Hagedorn,
1909.
HAH Hazard, Rowland G. How Robin Hood once was a Wait: a
miracle play or Christmas masque. S. P. C. Providence R.
I., 1912.
HAL Hale, Harris G. & Hall, Newton M. The story of Jacob. Bost.
Pilgrim Press, 1900.
HAN2 Hankin. St. John. Dramatic works. Vol. II. N. Y. Kenner-
ley, 1912.
HAN 3 Hankin. St. John. Dramatic works. Vol. III. N. Y. ffenner-
ley, 1912.
HAP Housman, Laurence. Possession. Lond. Cape, 1922.
HAR Housman, Laurence. The wheel: three poetic plays on Greek
subjects. N. Y. French, 1920.
HAS Halman, Doris F. Set the stage for eight. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1923.
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HAT Harnwell, Anna J. The sin of Ahab. N. Y. Doran, 1922.
HB Harper's book of little plays. Selected by Madalene D Barnum
N. Y. Harper, 1910.
HD1 Harvard Dramatic Club. Plays. N. Y. Brentano's, 1918.
HE>2 Harvard Dramatic Club. Plays. Second series. N. Y. Bren-
tano's, 1919.
HE Heath, Lilian M. Enjoyable entertainments. Bost. United So-
ciety of Christian Endeavor, 1913.
HEA Hewlett, Maurice. The Agonists: a trilogy of God and man
N. Y. Scribner, 1911.
HER Herbach, Joseph. The rehearsal. Phila., J. H. Greenstone,
1911.
HES Hervilly, Ernest. Sayonara. ed. by Kenneth S. Guthrie.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Comparative Literature Press, 1912.
HF Houghton, Stanley. Five one-act plays. N. Y. French, 1913.
HH Hill, Frederick T. High School farces. N. Y. Stokes, 1920.
HHA Hill, Edward G. The House of Aegeus and other verse. Louis-
ville, Ky.. The Standard Printing Co., 1920.
HM Hofmannsthal, Hugo H., elder von. Madonna Dianora. (Con-
temporary Dramatists series) Bost. Richard G. Badger,
1916.
HO Hope, Winifred A. Friends in bookland. N. Y. Macmillan,
1921.
HOL Holloway, Pearl; Freeman, Carolyn, and others. The Para-
mount Christmas book. Chic. Meyer & Bros., 1922.
HOM Houghton, Mifflin Co. Plays. Bost. Houghton, Miffiin, n. d.
HOR Holley, Horace. Read-aloud plays. N. Y. Kennerley, 1916.
HOT Howard, Katharine. Two plays and a rhapsody. First edition.
San Diego, Calif., Katharine Howard, 1916.
HP Hagedorn, Hermann. Poems and ballads. N. Y. Macmillan,
1913.
HPS Hagedorn, Hermann. The silver blade. Berlin. Alfred linger,
1907.
HPT Hagedorn, Hermann. A troop of the guard and other poems.
Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1909.
HS Hunter, Rex. Stuff o' Dreams and other plays. Chic. T. S.
Denison, 1919.
HT Holt, Florence T. They the crucified and Comrades: two war
plays. Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1918.
HU Huxley, Aldous L. Mortal coils. N. Y. Doran, 1922.
HUB Hubbard. Louis H. Telling the truth. Belton, Texas. Lone
Star Play Co., 1907.
HUG Hubbard, Eleanore. Citizenship plays: a dramatic reader for
upper grades. Chic. Benj. H. Sanborn, 1922.
HUD Hubbard, Eleanore. Little American history plays for little
Americans. Chic. Benj. H. Sanborn, 1919.
HUG Hughes, Richard. The sisters' tragedy. Oxford, England.
Basil Blackwell, 1922.
HVS Heidenstam, Verner von. The soothsayer. Bost. Four Seas,
1919.
HW Hare, Walter B. The white Christmas and other Merry Christ-
mas plays. Chic. T. S. Denison, 1917.
I Irish, Marie; Denton, Clara J. ; Smith, Laura R., & others.
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Thirty new Christinas dialogues and plays. Chic. A Flana-
gan, 1909.
I C Irish, Marie. Choice Christmas dialogues and plays. Dayton,
Ohio. Paine Pub. Co., n. d.
I I> Irwin, Grace L. Drawing room plays. San Francisco, Calif.
Paul Elder, 1903.
I L Irish, Marie. Little people's plays. Chic. T. S. Denison, 1913.
I P Irish, Marie. Practical dialogues, drills, and marches. Chic.
A. Flanagan, 1900.
I P P Irish, Marie. Plays and comedies for little folks. Chic. A.
Flanagan, 1912.
I PR Irish, Marie. The primary Christmas book. Dayton, Ohio.
Paine Pub. Co., 1922.
I PT Izumo, Takeda. The pine-tree. N. Y. Duffield, 191G.
I W Iwaski, Yozant and Hughes, Glenn. Three modern Japanese
plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1923.
J B Johnston, Emma L. & Barnum, Madalene D. A book of plays
for little actors. Chic. Am. Book Co., 1907.
J E Jenkins, Hester D. Five playlets, written for the Department
of Social Betterment. Brooklyn, N. Y. Bureau of Chari-
ties, 1915.
J E P Jex, John. Passion playlets. Bost. Cornhill, 1918.
J F Jennings, Gertrude. Four one-act plays. N. Y. French, 1914.
J O Jones, Henry A. The theatre of ideas, a burlesque allegory, and
three one-act plays. N. Y. Doran, 1915.
J O A Johnson. Gertrude E. Dialects for oral interpretation. N. Y.
Century, 1922.
JON Jones, Horatio S. "The Cracker." Kansas City, Mo. H. S.
Jones, 1922.
KE Keating, Miss E. H. Dramas for boys. N. Y. French, n. d.
KEN Kennedy, Charles R. The necessary evil. N. Y. Harper, 1913.
KI Kinnick, Claude. As advertised. Alliance, Ohio. Claude Kin-
nick, 1921.
KL Kleber, Frank T. Three plays. N. Y. Frank T. Kleber, 1922.
KLE Kleber, Frank T. Triangle No. V333. N. Y. Frank T. Kleber,
1917.
KMA Kreymborg, Alfred. Plays for Merry Andrews. N. Y. Sunwise
Turn, 1920.
KMP Kreymborg. Alfred. Plays for poem-mimes. N. Y. The Other
Press, 1918.
KMR Kreymborg, Alfred. Puppet plays. N. Y. Harcourt, Brace, n. d.
KP Knickerbocker, .Edwin Van B., ed. Plays for classroom inter-
pretation. N. Y. Holt, 1921.
KPP Kraft Irma. The power of Purim and other plays. Designed
for Jewish religious schools. Phila. Jewish Publication fc
ciety of America, 1915.
KT Kennedy, Charles R. The terrible meek. N. Y. Harper, 1
LA Langner, Lawrence. Another way out. N. Y. Frank Shay,
1916 (Washington Square players)
LAF Langner, Lawrence. Five one-act comedies. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Stewart Kidd, 1922.
LAN Lang, Edith. A Christmas story. Bost. Beacon Press, 1
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Lisle, Clifton. Boy scout entertainments. Phila. Penn Pub
Co., 1918.
Lewis, B. Roland, ed. Contemporary one-act plays N Y
Scribner, 1!)22.
Leonard, Sterling A., ed. The Atlantic book of modern plays.
N. Y. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921.
Lee, Agnes. The sharing. Bost. Sherman, French, 1914.
Leland, Robert I). The barbarians. Bost. Poetry-Drama, 1915.
Leonard, Martha. The dream of wings. Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
North Westchester Pub. Co., 1918.
Leonard, William E. Glory of the morning. Madison, Wis.
William E. Leonard, 1912.
Leslie, Noel. Three plays. Bost. Four Seas, 1920.
Lord, Katharine. The little playbook. N. Y. Duffield, 1920.
Lord, Katharine. Little playbook plays. N. Y. Katharine
Lord, 1915.
Lord, Katharine. Plays for school and camp. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1922.
Loving, Pierre, ed. Ten minute plays. N. Y. Brentano'e, 1923.
Luques, E. Antoinette. The snow image and other plays for
children. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1914.
Liitkenhaus, Anna M. Plays for school children. N. Y. Cen-
tury, 1915.
Lyttelton, Edith. A Christmas morality play. Loud. Elkin
Mathews, 1908.
Lyttelton, Edith. The thumbscrew. N. Y. Longmans, Green,
1911.
Mayorga, Margaret G., ed. Representative one-act plays by
American authors. Bost. Little, Brown, 1919.
McGeoch, Daisy. Concert cameos. N. Y. French, 1922.
Maeterlinck, Maurice. A miracle of Saint Anthony, and five
other plays. N. Y. Boni and Liveright, 1917.
Maeterlinck, Maurice. Pelleas and Melisande ; Alladiue and
Palomides; Home. tr. by Richard Hovey. N. Y. Dodd,
Mead, 1918.
Maeterlinck, Maurice. Plays. Second series, tr. from French
by Richard Hovey. N. Y. Duffield, 1906.
Maeterlinck, Maurice. Plays of Maurice Maeterlinck. Vol. I.
tr. by Richard Hovey. Chic. Herbert S. Stone, 1894.
Maeterlinck, Maurice. The intruder, tr. from French by Rich-
ard Hovey. N. Y. Dodd, Mead, 1911.
McLaren, Ian. The Duchess entertains. Toronto, Canada. W.
S. Johnston, 1917.
McLaren, Ian. The estaminet. Toronto, Canada. W. S. John-
ston, 1917.
MacMillan, Mary Louise. The shadowed star. Cincinnati,
Ohio. Consumers League of the City of Cincinnati, 1908.
March Bros. Plays. Lebanon, Ohio. March Bros., n. d.
Marmer, Archie. Makers of America. Bost. Richard G.
Badger, 1919.
Marsh, Charles A. & Rowland, H. O. The challenge of the
Cross. Sioux City, la., C. A. Marsh, 1915.
Martin Studios, ed. Pathfinders. Conn. Willimantic, 1916.
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MB Mackay, Constance D. The Beau of Bath and other one-act
plays of eighteenth century life. N. Y. Holt, 1915.
MBF Mackay, Constance D. The Forest Princess and other masques.
N. Y. Holt, 191G.
MBM Mackay, Constance D. Memorial day pageant. N. Y. Harper,
1910.
MBP March Bros. Petite plays. Lebanon, Ohio. March Bros., 1912.
MC Middleton, George. Criminals. N. Y. Huebsch, 1915.
MD Mayne, Rutherford. The drone and other plays. Dublin.
Maunsel, 1912.
MDT Mayne, Rutherford. The troth. Dublin. Maunsel, 1909.
ME Middleton, George. Embers and other one-act plays. N. Y.
Holt, 1911.
MF MoeHer, Philip. Five somewhat historical plays. N. Y.
Knopf, 1916.
MFH Merington, Marguerite. Holiday plays. N. Y. Duffield, 1910.
MFP Merington, Marguerite. Festival plays. N. Y. Duffield, 1913.
MH Manners, J. Hartley. Happiness and other plays. N. Y.
Dodd, Mead, 1914.
MHH Mackay, Constance D. The house of the heart and other plays
for children. N. Y. Holt, 1909.
MI F Millward, Florence M. Four short plays. Lond. Joseph_ Wil-
liam, 1922.
MI M Middleton, George. Masks. N. Y. Holt, 1920.
MI P Middleton, George. Possessions. N. Y. Holt, 1915.
MI S Missionary Education movement of U. S. and Canada. Plays.
N. Y.
MI T Middleton, George. Tradition. N. Y. Holt, 1913.
ML McGurrin, C. H. A light from another world. (American
Dramatic series) Bost. Gorham Press, 1915.
MLG Masefield, John. Good Friday. Garden City, N. Y. Letch-
worth, 1916.
MLS Masefield, John. The locked chest and The sweeps of Ninety-
eight. N. Y. Macmillan, 1916.
MM MacMillan, Mary. More short plays. Cincinnati. Stewart
Kidd, 1917.
MO Moorman, Frederic W. Plays of the ridings. Lond. Elkiu
Mathews, 1919.
MO A Moran, Mabel M. The Shakespeare Garden Club. Larchmont,
N. Y. Larchmont Garden Club, 1916.
MOL Morley, Malcolm. Told by the gate and other one-act plays.
Bost. Gorham Press, 1916.
MOO Moylan, Thomas K. "Oh Lawsy Me!" and "Movies." Dublin
James Duffy, 1917.
MOP Monroe, Harriet. The passing show: five modern plays in verse.
Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1903.
MOQ Morgan, Edward. A son of the greater fatherland. San Fran-
cisco, Calif., Edward Morgan, 1916.
MOR Moorman, Frederic W. Plays of the Ridings. Lond. Elkin
Mathews, 1919.
MOS Mosher, John C. Sauce for the Emperor. N. Y. Frank Shay,
1916.
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MOT Moore, Thomas S. Tragic mothers. Lond. Grant Richards
1922.
MOY Moylan, Thomas K. Uncle Pat. Dublin. James Duffy, 1913.
MP Morningside plays. Frank Shay, ed. N. Y. Frank Shay, 1917.
MPP Mackay, Constance D. Plays of the pioneers: a book of his-
torical pageant-plays. N. Y. Harper, 1915.
MPY Mackay, Constance D. Patriotic plays and pageants for young
people. N. Y. Holt, n. d.
MPZ Merington, Marguerite. Picture plays. N. Y. Duffield, 1911.
MR Moses, Montrose J., ed. Representative one-act plays by Con-
tinental authors. Bost. Little, Brown, 1922.
MS Macmillan, Mary. Short plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd,
1913.
MS L Milne, A. A. First plays. Lond. Chatto & Windus, 1919.
MS M Milne, A. A. Second plays. Lond. Chatto & Windus, 1921.
MS T Mackay, Constance D. The silver thread and other folk plays
for young people. N. Y. Holt, 1910.
MT Marks, Jeannette. Three Welsh plays. Bost. Little, Brown,
1912.
MTA Masefield, John. Poems and plays. Vol. II. N. Y. Macmil-
lan, 1918.
MTC Moses, Montrose J., ed. A treasury of plays for children.
Bost. Little, Brown, 1921.
MTP Manners, J. Hartley. Three plays. N. Y. Doran, 1920.
MTT MacMillan, Mary. Third book of short plays. Cincinnati.
Stewart Kidd, 1922.
MUB Musset, Alfred de. Barberine and other comedies. Chic. Dra-
matic Pub. Co., 1911.
MW Monkhouse, Allan. War plays. Lond. Constable, 1916.
MY Mackay e, Percy. Yankee fantasies. N. Y. Duffield, 1912.
MYS Mackaye, Percy. Sanctuary. N. Y. Frederick A. Stokes, 1913.
NA Norton, Ida G. Club stunts. La Junta, Colo. Ida G. Norton,
1922.
NO Noyes, Alfred. Collected poems. Vol. III. Lond. W. Black-
wood & Sons, 1921. •
NOB Noyes, Alfred. A Belgian Christmas Eve. N. Y. Stokes,
1915.
NE Newton, Alma. The blue string and other sketches. N. Y.
Duffield, 1918.
NI Nirdlinger, Charles F. Four short plays. N. Y. Kennerley,
1916.
NO Noel, Joseph. Three plays and a curtain raiser. N. Y. Clar-
idge Press, 1916.
NOB Noble, Kate W. A Colonial tea. Waterbury, Conn. Melicent
Porter Chapter, D. A. R., 1915.
NOR Norton, Louise. Little wax candle. N. Y. Claire Marie,
1914.
NR Noyes, Alfred. Rada. N. Y. Stokes, 1918.
NT Neihardt, John G. Two mothers. N. Y. Macmillan, 1921.
0 .. Oxford pamphlets, 1914-15. Lond. Oxford University Press,
1915,
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OD O'Brien, Seumas. Duty and other Irish comedies. Bost. Lit-
tle, Brown, 1916.
OMC O'Neill, Eugene G. The moon of the Caribbees and six other
plays of the sea. N. Y. Boni & Liveright, 1919.
O P Olcott, Virginia. Plays for home, school, and settlement. N.
Y. Moffat, Yard, 1916.
O P A Olcott, Virginia. Patriotic plays for young people. N. Y.
Dodd, Mead, 1918.
Oppenheim, James. The pioneers. N. Y. Huebsch, 1910.
O'Dea, Mark. Red Bud women : four dramatic episodes. Cin-
cinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1922.
OS Oliver, Margaret S. Six one-act plays. Bost. Richard G.
Badger, 191G. (American Dramatists series)
OST Ostrovsky, Alexander. Plays, tr. and ed. by George R. Noyes.
N. Y. Scribner, 1917.
OT O'Neill, Eugene G. Thirst and other one-act plays. Bost.
Gorham Press. 1914.
PI Provincetown plays. First series. N. Y. Frank Shay, 1916.
P2 Provincetown plays. Second series. N. Y. Frank Shay, 1916.
P3 Provincetown plays. Third series. N. Y. Frank Shay, 1916.
PA Poole, Evan. An age of steel. Lond. Heath, Cranton &
Ouseley, 1913.
PAB Palmer, Mrs. Martha R. The best seller. Salt Lake City,
Utah. Mrs. Martha Royle Palmer, 1913.
PAD Painton, Edith F. A. U. Dialogues and plays for entertainment
days. Chic. Beckley-Cardy, 1917.
PAP Paine Publishing Co. Plays. Dayton, Ohio. Paine Pub. Co.,
n. d.
PAR Parker, Oliver P. The Wren. Memphis, Tenn. National
Drama Co., 1923.
PAS Painton, Edith F. A. U. Specialty entertainments for little
folks. Chic. Beckley-Cardy, 1917.
PB Pape, Lee. The bravest thing in the world. Phila. Penn Pub.
Co., 1917.
PC Pemberton, May. Christmas plays. N. Y. Crowell, 1915.
POP Practical Publishing Co. Christmas plays for children. Series
I. Westfield, N. J. Practical Pub. Co., 1916.
PET Peixotto, Eustace M. Ten boys' farces. Bost. Walter H.
Baker, 1916.
PF Peabody, Josephine P. Fortune and men's eyes. Bost. Hough-
ton, Mifflin, 1900.
PH Phelps, Pauline & Short, Marion, eds. Sixteen two-character
plays. N. Y. Edgar S. Werner & Co., 1906.
PHI Phillips, Stephen. Lyrics and dramas. N. Y. John Lane,
1913.
PI Pillot, Eugene. My lady dreams. Bost. Rockwell & Churchill
Press, 1922.
PL Play-bits: fragments for concert folk. N. Y. French, 1922.
P L A Plays for amateur actors. New edition. Lond. C. Arthur
Pearson, 1921.
PLN Pleasant, Lillian. Their godfathers from Paris. N.'Y. E. A.
Fink, 1915.
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PM Parker, Mary M. Monologues, stories, jingles and plays. Chic.
Frederick J. Drake, 1917.
PO Poole, Madeline. The elf that stayed behind and other plays
for children. Bost. Walter II. Baker, 1918.
POT Potter, Dorothy. Under the eagle : three plays with a Prologue
and Epilogue. Bost. Gorham Press, 1916.
PP Payne, F. Ursula. Plays for Anychild. N. Y. Harper, 1918.
PPC Payne, F. Ursula. Plays and pageants of citizenship. N.' Y.
Harper, 1920.
PPD Payne, F. Ursula. Two war plays for schools. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Training School for teachers. Bulletin No. 11, 1918.
P P P Penn Publishing Co. Plays. Phila. Penn Pub. Co., n. . d.
PR Parsons, Margaret G. Red letter day plays. N. Y. Wotnans
Press, 1921.
PRI Pritchard, George A. Prohibition Mother Goose. N. Y. Chris-
tian Nation Pub. Co., 1921.
PRZ Pearse, Padraic. Collected works. Dublin. Maunsel, 1917.
PS Pearse, Padraic. The singer and other plays. Dublin. Maun-
sel, 1918.
PT Pinski, David. Ten plays, tr. from the Yiddish by Isaac Gold-
berg. N. Y. Huebsch, 1920.
PTK Pinski, David. King David and his wives, tr. fr. Yiddish by
Isaac Goldberg. N. Y. Huebsch, 1923.
P T S Pinski, David and others. Six plays of the Yiddish Theatre,
tr. and ed. by Isaac Goldberg. Bost. John W. Luce, 1916.
PTT Pinsky, David & others. Six plays of the Yiddish Theatre. Sec-
ond series, tr. & ed. by Isaac Goldberg. Bost. John W.
Luce, 1918.
PU Purcell, Lewis. The pagan. Dublin. Maunsel, 1907.
PWP Plays with a punch. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1916.
Q Quinton, Pauline B. The locust flower and The celibate. Bost.
Sherman, French, 1916.
RA Rand, Kenneth. The Dreamer and other poems. Bost. Sher-
man, French, 1915.
RAA Rawson, Graham S. The stroke of Marbot and two other plays
of Napoleonic times. Lond. T. Fisher Unwin, 1917.
RC Robinson, Lennox. Two plays; Harvest; The Clancy name.
Dublin. Maunsel, 1911.
RD Raeder, Henry. A dream of liberty. Chic. Peterson, 1903.
RE Rein, A. E. Plays. Milwaukee, Wis., A. E. Rein, n. d.
REE Reely, Mary K. Daily bread; A window to the south; The
lean years ; one act plays. N. Y. H. W. Wilson, 1919.
REF Reely, Mary K. Early Ohios and Rhode Island Reds. Minn.
Perine Book Co., 1921.
REM Remington Co., Norman. Plays. Norman Remington. Balti-
more, Md., n. d.
REP Repertory plays. Lond. Gowans & Gray, Bost. Le Roy Phil-
lips, n. d.
RF Roberts, Mofley. Four plays. Lond. Nash, 1911.
RI Rice, Cale Y. The immortal lure. Garden City, N. Y. Double-
day, Page, 1911.
RI S Rice, Wallace. Suggestions for giving six little plays for II-
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linois children. State of Illinois. Illinois Centennial Com-
mission, 1918.
RI T Riley, Alice C. Ten minutes by the clock and three other plays
for out-door or in-door production. (Drama League Junior
play series) N. Y. Doran, 1923.
RO Rogers, Thomas B. Five plays. Lond. Philip Allan & Co.
1920.
ROA Roberts, Charles V. H. Octavia and New poems. N. Y. The
Torch Press, 1918.
ROB Robinson, Reed. His charity patient. San Diego, Calif.
Heeler & Gillrup, 1914.
RP Richards, Laura E. The pig brother play-book. Bost. Little.
Brown, 1915.
RS Richardson, Grace. Summer snow and other fairy plays. Chic.
Saalfield Pub. Co., 1916.
RT Robinson, Lennox. Two plays: Harvest; The Clancy name.
Dublin. Maunsel, 1911.
RU Russell, Mary M. Dramatized Bible stories for young people.
N. Y. Doran, 1921.
RUE Ruschke, Egmont W. "The echo" and "A bit o' verse." Bost.
Stratford, 1918.
SA Schnitzler. Arthur. Anatol. (Paraphrased by Granville Barker)
Bost. Little, Brown, 1917.
SAA Schnitzler Arthur. Anatol; Living hours; The Green Cockatoo.
tr. by Grace I. Colbron. (Modern Library of World's Best
Books) N. Y. Boni and Liveright, 1917.
SAB St. Nicholas book of plays and operettas. Second series. N.
Y. Century, 391G.
SAD Sanders, Helen F. Petalesharoo, and The Star Brave. Butte,
Montana. McKee Printing Co., 1910.
SAI St. Clair, Winifred. The snubbing of Fanny. Lond. F. Grif-
fiths, 1914.
SAM Saunders, Louise. Magic lanterns: a book of plays. N. Y.
Scribner, 1923.
SAN Santayana, George. A Hermit of Carmel and other poems. N.
Y. Scribner, 1901.
SAQ Sargent, Fred L. Omar and the Rabbi. Cambridge, Mass.
Harvard Cooperative Society, 1909.
S A R Sargent, Herbert C. Pierrot playlets. N. Y. French, 1920.
S A S Sackville, Lady Margaret. Selected poems. Lond. Constable,
1919.
SAX Saxon, Edward. The spirit of Kiwanis. Lexington, Ky.
Kiwanis Club, 1921.
S B Schafer, Barbara L. A book of one-act plays. Indianapolis.
Bobbs-Merrill, 1922.
SCI Stevenson, Augusta. Children's classics in dramatic form.
Book 1. Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1911.
S C 2 Stevenson, Augusta. Children's classics in dramatic form. Book
II. Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1909.
SC3 Stevenson, Augusta. Children's classics in dramatic form. Book
III. Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1908.
SC4 Stevenson, Augusta. Children's classics in dramatic form. Book
IV. Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1910.
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SCH Stapp, Emilie B. & Cameron, Eleanor. Happyland's fairy grotto
plays. Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1922.
SCO Shay, Frank, ed. Contemporary one-act plays of 1921. (Ameri-
can) Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1922.
SOP Schindler, A. J. Plays, (single) Bloomfield, N. J., A. J.
Schindler, n. d.
SCT Smith College. Theatre Workshop plays: an anthology, 1918-
1921. Northampton, Mass. The Theatre Workshop, Smith
College, 1921.
SOW Schnitzler, Arthur. Comedies of words. Cincinnati. Stewart
Kidd, 1917.
S E Seymour, Mrs. Arthur T. The protest of the trees, and Flossie's
Alphabet lesson. (Two blue bird plays) Bost. Walter H.
Baker, 1918.
SEA Searle, Katharine. Three war sketches. Cambridge, Mass.
Powell Printing Co., 1916.
SF Sutro, Alfred. Five little plays. N. Y. Brentano's, 1914.
S F A Sutro, Alfred. Women in love : eight studies in sentiment.
Lond. George Allen, 1902.
S F H Smith, Laura R. Helps and hints for Hallowe'en. Lebanon,
Ohio. March Bros., 1920.
S F R Smith, Evelyn. Form-room plays — Junior book. N. Y. Button,
1920.
S G Schnitzler, Arthur. The green Cockatoo and other plays. Lond.
Gay & Hancock, n. d.
S GA Schnitzler, Arthur. Gallant Cassian. tr. from German by
Adam L. Gowans. Lond. Gowans & Gray, 1914.
S H Shaw, George B. Heart break House ; Great Catherine, and
Playlets of the War. N. Y. Brentano's 1939.
SHA Shaw, George B. Misalliance; The Dark Lady of the Son-
nets ; and Fannie's first play. N. Y. Brentano's, 1914.
SHB Shaw, George B. Androcles and the lion; Overruled; Pyg-
malion. N. Y. Brentano's, 1914.
S HC Shaw, George B. John Bull's other island and Major Barbara.
N. Y. Brentano's, 1907.
S HS Shaw, George B. The Doctor's dilemma; Getting married; and
the Shewing up of Blanco Posnet. N. Y. Brentano's, 1915.
S HV Sharp, William. Vistas; The gypsy Christ, and other prose im-
maginings. N. Y. Duffield, 1912.
S I Sindelar, Joseph C. Bright entertainments for Christmas. Chic.
Beckley-Cardy, 1922.
S I A Sindelar, Joseph C. The new Christmas book. Chic. A. Flana-
gan, 1910.
S I J Sidgwick & Jackson, Publishers. Plays. Lond. Sidgwick &
Jackson, n. d.
S I P Sinclair, Upton. Plays of protest. N. Y. Kennerley, 1912.
SIS Sisters of Mercy. Plays. Chic. Sisters of Mercy, St. Patrick's
Academy, n. d.
s L Shay, Frank & Loving, Pierre, ed. Fifty contemporary one-act
plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1920.
s M Strindberg, August. Mother love. Phila. Brown Bros., 1910.
S MS Strindberg, August. Swanwhite. Phila. Brown Bros.. 1909.
SO Someple, (pseud.) Mother Goose dramatized. Lebanon, Ohio.
March Bros., 1923.
AN INDEX .TO ONE-ACT PLATS 29
SOB Soble, Mae S. (Mrs. John J. Soble) Bible plays for children
N. Y. Jas. T. White, 1919.
S P Smith, Nora A. Plays, pantomimes and tableaux for children.
N. Y. Moffat, Yard, 1917.
SPG Shaw, Bernard. Press cuttings. N. Y. Brentano's, 1901.
S K Smith, Howard F. Blackberryin'. Bost. Rockwell & Church-
ill Press, 1922.
S S Smith, Alice M., ed. Short plays by representative authors.
N. Y. Macmillan, 1920.
S S C Skinner, Eleanor L. & Skinner, Ada M. Children's plays.
N. Y. Appleton, 1918.
S S E Syrett, Netta. Robin Goodfellow and other fairy plays for chil-
dren. Lond. Lane, 1918.
S S F Syrett, Netta. Six fairy plays for children. Lond. Lane,
1903.
S S G Syrett, Netta. The fairy doll and other plays for children. N.
Y. Dodd, Mead, 1922.
ST Sobel, Bernard. Three plays. Bost. Gorham Press, 1913.
S T A Stigler, W. A. Three plays : "Where east meets west" ; "Be
sociable" ; "Little owl." Memphis, Tenn. The National
Drama Co., 1923.
STB Stanton, Frank J. Norwich, N. Y., F. J. Stanton, n. d.
S T D Stevens, Henry B. All alone in the country. Durham, N. H.
New Hampshire College Extension office, 1921.
S T E Stevens, Henry B. A cry out of the dark. Bost. Four Seas,
1919.
STF Stevenson, Augusta. The puppet Princess. Bost. Houghton,
Mifflin, 1915.
STG Stage Guild plays. Chic. Stage Guild. N. Y. Frank Shay. N.
Y. Donald C. Vaughn. N. Y. Vaughan & Gomme, n. d.
STI St. John, Christopher & Thursby, Charles. The Coronation.
International Suffrage shop, 1911.
STK Stewart Kidd, Publisher. Plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd,
n. d.
STN Stoll, Lillian. Trying them out. Atchinson, Kansas. J. Hel-
lener, 1921.
S T O Strindberg, August. Plays. Second series, tr. by Edwin
Bjorkman. N. Y. Scribner, 1913.
S T P Strindberg, August. Plays. Third series, tr. by Edwin Bjork-
man. N. Y. Scribner, 1914.
S T Q Strindberg, August. Plays. Vol. I. tr. by Edwin Bjorkman.
N. Y. Scribner, 1912.
S T R Sturgis. Granville F. Little plays for all occasions. Bost.
Cornhill Pub. Co., 1923.
S T U Stuart, Muriel. Poems. Lond. William Hememann, 1922.
S T V Shay, Frank, ed. A treasury of plays for men. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1923.
S T W Shay, Frank. A treasury of plays for women. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1922.
S T Z Sudermann. Hermann. Morituri : three one-act plays, tr. from
the German by Archibald Alexander. N. Y. Scribner, 1910.
S U Sudermann, Hermann. Roses : four one-act plays, tr. by Grace
Frank. N. Y. Scribner, 1916.
30 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
SUO Sutherland, Evelyn G. In office hours. Bost. Walter H.
Baker, 1900.
S UR Sutherland, Evelyn G. Po' white trash and other one-act
dramas. Chic. Herbert S. Stone, 1900.
S Y Symons, Arthur. Tragedies. N. Y. John Lane, 191G.
SYS Synge, J. M. Riders to the sea. Bost. John W. Luce, 1911.
S YT Synge, John M. The Tinker's wedding; Riders to the sea; and
The Shadow of the glen. Dublin. Maunsel, 1911.
S YU Synge, J. M. The shadow of the glen, and Riders to the sea.
Lond. Elkin Mathews, 1911.
TA Taft, Grace E. Chimalman and other poems. N. Y. The
Cameo Press, 1910.
TBJ Tarkington, Booth. Beauty and the Jacobin. N. Y. Harper,
1912.
TC Tagore, Rabindranath. Chitra. N. Y. Macmillan, 1914.
TCS Tagore, Rabindranath. Sacrifice and other plays. N. Y. Mac-
millan, 1917.
TE Telford, Mary E. The children's Christmas dream. Chic. L.
L. Henry, 1910.
T H Thomason, Caroline W. Plays for children in French and Eng-
lish, il. by Mary Rose Donovan. Phila. Penn Pub. Co.,
1922.
THO Thomas, Edith M. The White messenger and other war poems.
Bost. Richard G. Badger, 1915.
THR Thorp, Josephine. The treasure chest. Chic. Old Tower
Press; 1922.
TKP Thorp, Josephine & Kimball, Rosamond. Patriotic pageants of
today. N. Y. Holt, 1918.
TMP Tullar-Meredith. Plays. N. Y. Tullar-Meredith, n. d.
TN Theis, Grover. Numbers and other one-act plays. N. Y.
Nicholas L. Brown, 1919.
TO Tobin, Bertha Irene. Recitations, drills and plays for children.
Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1921.
TOW Townley, Morris M. Two plays. (American dramatist series)
Bost. Gorham Press, 1910.
T P F Torrence, Ridgely. Plays for a Negro Theatre. N. Y. Mac-
millan, 1917.
TRH Tucker, Louise E. & Ryan, Estelle L. Historical plays of Co-
lonial days. N. Y. Longmans, Green, 1912.
TRU True, Mary E. In moonbeams. Madison, Wis. Extension Di-
vision of the University of Wisconsin, n. d.
T T Thorne-Thomsen, Mrs. Gudrun. A tramp and a nights lodging.
Chic. Chicago School of Civics and Philanthrophy, 1917.
TU Tupper, Wilbur S. Six short plays. Bost. Four Seas, 1922.
TUR Turrell, Charles A., tr. Contemporary Spanish dramatists.
Bost. Richard G. Badger, 1919.
US TJ. S. Commission on training camp activities. (War Dept. )
Plays. 1918-19.
UW University of Washington. Plays. Seattle, Wash. University
of Washington Press, 1921.
VI Vagabond plays. First series. Baltimore. Norman, Reming-
ton, 1921.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 31
VA Varney, Alice S. Story plays old and new. Book three. Chic.
American Book Co., 1915.
VC Van Derveer, Lettie C. Christmas doings: a group of little
Christmas plays, entertainments and recitations. Bost. Wal-
ter H. Baker, 1920.
VE Verga, Giovanni & others. Plays of the Italian Theatre, tr. by
Isaac Goldberg. Bost. John W. Luce, 1921.
VG Viereck, George S. A game at love and other plays. N. Y.
Brentano's, 1900.
VI Viets, Edward. The masque of morning and other poems.
Bost. Four Seas, 1921.
vo ' Vosburgh, Maude B. The health champions. Bost. Tuber-
culosis League, -1921.
WA Walker. Stuart. Portmanteau adaptations. Cincinnati. Stew-
art Kidd, 1921.
WAA Waley, Arthur. The No plays of Japan. N. Y. Knopf, 1922.
WAK Walker, Francis. The Prince's pigeon. San Diego, Calif., F.
Walker, 1910.
WAL Walker, Dugald S. Dream boats. Garden City, N. Y. Double-
day, Page, 1918.
WC Wilde, Percival. Confessional and other American plays. N.
Y. Holt, 1915.
WCB Wickes. Frances G. A child's book of holiday plays. N. Y.
Macmillan, 191G.
WC P Wagstaff, Blanche S. Colonial plays for the school-room. De-
signed for class-room work in sixth and seventh grades. Bost.
Educational Pub. Co., 1912.
WE Wilde, Percival. Eight comedies for Little Theatres. Bost.
Little, Brown, 1922.
WED Wilde. Percival. Dawn with The Noble lord; The traitor; A
house of cards ; Playing with fire ; The finger of God. N. Y.
Holt, 1915.
WEN Wentworth, Marion C. War brides. N. Y. Century, 1915.
WEP Werner & Co., Edgar S. Plays. N. Y. Edgar S. Werner, n. d.
WE S Westermayr, A. J. Yoshivara. N. Y. Appeal Printing Co.,
1910.
WF Whitworth, Goeffrey. Father Noah and other fancies. N. Y.
Robert M. McBride, 1919.
WH Waugh, Constance E. Holiday plays for girls. Lond. Wells,
Gardner, Darton, n. d.
WHP Whitmark & Sons, M. Plays. N. Y., M. Whitmark & Sons,
n. d.
WI Williams, E. Harcourt. Four fairy plays. N. Y. French,
1920.
WI A Williams, Joseph. Plays. Lond. Joseph Williams, n. d.
WI F Wilson. Lillian P. The fruit of toil and other one-act plays.
Indianapolis. Bobbs-Merrill, 1910.
WI P Wisconsin plays. Thomas H. Dickinson, ed. N. Y. Huebsch,
1914.
WI P2 Wisconsin plays. Second series. N. Y. Huebscli, 1918.
WI T Williams, Frayne. Three Oriental plays. Los Angeles, Calif.,
J. A. Alles. 1921.
32 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
WJ Wells, Carolyn. Jolly plays for holidays. Bost. Walter H.
Baker, 1903-1914.
WM Walker, Stuart. More Portmanteau plays. Cincinnati. Stew-
art Kidd, 1919.
WN Wright, Harriet S. New plays from old tales. N. Y. Macmil-
lan, 1921.
WO Woodman, Rhea. The Bobby Bennett plays for children. Chic.
Dramatic Pub. Co., 1922.
WOH Wolfrom, Anna. Human wisps: six one-act plays. Bost. Sher-
man, French, 1917.
WOO Woolf. Henry. The dream book. Cincinnati. Ark Pub. Co.,
. 1915.
WP Walker, Stuart. Portmanteau plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd,
1917.
WR Wendell, Barrett. Raleigh in Guiana ; Rosamond, and a Christ-
mas masque. N. Y. Scribner, 1902.
WRP Wetzel, Rosener. Plays. N. Y. Wetzel, Rosener, n. d.
WS Walker, Stuart. Six who pass while the lentils boil. Cinciu-
nati. Stewart Kidd, 1921.
WS P Washington Square Plays. Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday,
Page, 191G.
WT Watts, Mary S. Three short plays. N. Y. Macmillan, 1917.
WTC Wilcox, Constance. Told in a Chinese garden and four other
fantastic plays for out-doors or in-doors. N. Y. Holt, 1920.
WU Wilde, Percival. The unseen host and other war plays. Bost.
Little, Brown, 1917.
WW Wentworth, Marion G. War brides. N. Y. Century, 1915.
WWS Webber, James P. & Webster, Hanson H. One-act plays for
secondary schools. Bost. Houghton, Miffliu, 1923.
WY Willard, Ellen M. Yuletide entertainments. Chic. T. S. Den-
ison, 1910.
YA Young, Stark. Addio ; Madretta, and other plays. Chic. Dra-
matic Pub. Co., 1912.
YAT Young, Stark. Three one-act plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd,
1921.
YC2 Yeats, William B. Collected works in verse and prose. Vol. II.
Lond. Chapman & Hall, 1908.
YF Yeats, William B. Four plays for dancers. N. Y. Macmillan,
1921.
YH Yeats, William B. The hour-glass, and other plays. N. Y.
Macmillan, 1904.
YI Yeats, William B. Poems. Lond. T. F. Unwin, 1904.
YJ Yeats, William B. The green helmet and other poems. N. Y.
Macmillan, 1912.
YK Yeats, William B. The King's Threshold and On Baile's Strand.
(Vol. Ill of Plays for an Irish Theatre) Lond. A. H. Bul-
len, 1904.
YO Young, Stark. The twilight saint. Amherst, Mass., S. Young,
1921.
YP2 Yeats, William B. The poetical works, vol. II. Dramatic
poems. N. Y. Macmillan, 1907.
YPP Yeats. William B. Plays in prose and verse written for an
Irish Theatre. N. Y. Macmillan, 1922.
AN INDEX TO ONE- ACT PLAYS 33
YR Yeats, William B. Responsibilities: poems and a play.
Churchtown, Ireland. The Cuala Press, 1914.
YS Yeats, William B. The shadowy waters. Acting eel. Lond.
A. H. Bullen, 1907.
YU Yeats, William B. & Gregory, Lady Isabelle A. The Unicorn
from the stars. N. Y. Macmillan, 190§.
PERIODICALS WHICH CONTAIN PLAYS
American Magazine. N. Y. Phillips Publishing Co.
American Poetry Magazine, published for the American Literary Association.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Asia ; journal of the American Asiatic Association. N. Y.
Atlantic Monthly. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin
Bibleot. Portland, Me. Thomas B. Mosher
Canadian Magazine. Toronto, Ontario Pub. Co.
Century. N. Y. Scribner
Chapbook. London, Poetry Bookshop
Charaka Club. Proceedings. N. Y.
Colliers, the national weekly. N. Y. P. F. Collier
Cosmopolitan. N. Y. International Magazine Co.
Delineator. N. Y. Butterick Publishing Co.
Dial. N. Y. Dial Publishing Co.
Double-dealer. New Orleans, Double Dealer Publishing Co.
Drama. Chicago, Dramatic Publishing Co.
Dramatist. Easton, Pennsylvania.
English Review. London, Duckworth.
Everyland. West Medford, Mass. Everyland Publishing Co.
Forerunner, ed. by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Charlton Co. N. Y.
Forum. N. Y. Forum Publishing Co.
Gael, The. N. Y. Gael Publishing Co.
Good Housekeeping. N. Y. International Magazine Co.
Granite Monthly. Concord, H. H. Metcalf.
Harper's Bazaar. N. Y. Harper and Bro.
Harper's Monthly Magazine. N. Y. Harper and Bro.
Harvard Monthly. Cambridge, Mass.
Hearst's Magazine. N. Y. International Magazine Company
International : a review of two worlds. N. Y. Moods Publishing Co.
Journal of Home Economics. Geneva, N. Y. American Home Economics As-
sociation
Journal of the Outdoor Life. N. Y. Journal of the Outdoor Life Publishing
Co.
Ladies' Home Journal. Philadelphia, Curtis Publishing Co.
Liberator. N. Y. Liberator Publishing Co.
Little Review. N. Y. Margaret C. Anderson.
Little Theatre Magazine. San Francisco
McClure's Magazine. N. Y. S. S. McClure
Metropolitan. N. Y. E. Butterick
Midland, a magazine of the middle west. Iowa City, la.
Moods, the magazine of personality. N. Y. Moods Publishing Co.
New England Magazine. Bosto'n, New England Magazine Co.
Nineteenth Century. N. Y. Leonard Scott Pub. Co.
Open Court. Chicago, Open Court Pub. Co.
Pacific Review. Seattle, University of Washington Press
Play-book, The. Madison, Wis.
Poet-lore. Bost. R. G. Badger
Poetry. Chicago.
Poetry and Drama. London. The Poetry Bookshop
Poetry Review. Lond. Erskine Macdonald
Putnam's Monthly and the Critic. N. Y. G. P. Putnam
34
AN INDEX TO ONE- ACT PLAYS 35
Quarterly Journal of Speech Education. Ann Arbor, National Association
of Teachers of Speech
St. Nicholas. N. Y. Century Co.
Sarahain, ed. for the Irish literary theatre by W. B. Yeats. Dublin, Sealy,
Bryers and Walker
Seven Arts. N. Y. Seven Arts Publishing Co.
Smart Set. N. Y. Ess Ess Publishing Co.
Stagelore. N. Y". Wetzel, Rosener and James
Stratford Journal. Boston. The Stratford Co.
Studies, an Irish quarterly review of letters, philology and science. Dublin,
Educational Company of Ireland
Texas Review. Austin, Texas, Univ. of Texas
Theatre Arts Magazine. N. Y. Theatre Arts
Twentieth Century Magazine. Bost. Twentieth Century Co.
Woman's Home Companion. Springfield, Ohio. Crowell Pub. Co.
Yale Sheffield Monthly. New Haven, Conn.
TITLE LIST
A. B. C. capers. Soemple. For primary grades or kindergarten 14b.,
14g. Sc. Interior. EP
A. D. 2OOO. E. Preston. Farce. lOui., 4w. Sc. A boxing ring. PL
Abe Lincoln and little A. D. Marguerite Merington.
Lincoln's birthday play. 4b. Sc. Library. MFH
Abigail. David Pinski. A Biblical drama. 2w., 7m., chorus. Sc. David's
camp. PTK PTS
Abishag. David Pinski, trans, from the Yiddish by Isaac Goldberg.
4m., lw., 2 chorus groups. Sc. Sleeping chamber in palace in ancient
Palestine. PTK
About angels. Laura E. Richards. lb., 4g. Sc. A road. RP
Abraham and Isaac, adapted from the Pageant of the Barbers and Wax-
Chandlers in the Chester cycle of miracles. 4m., lw., chorus. Sc.
Space immediately before the altar of a chapel. ELT2
Abraham Lincoln and the little bird. Emma L. Johnston and Mada-
lene D. Barnum. 4b. Sc. A road. JB
Abraham Lincoln: rail-splitter. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. Gb.,
4g. Sc. Lincoln's kitchen and living-room. MPY
Absent minded. Clarence I. Freed. 3m., lw. Sc. Living room.
FP
Absolution of Bruce, The. Graham Price. Historical play about
Robert Bruce. 10m. Sc. Room in the Bishop's palace. REP
Acacia cottage. B. Orange. Comedy. 1m., 4w. Sc. Drawing-room
at Acacia cottage. FSD
Academy picture, An. Ethel Chillingworth. 3m., 2w. Sc. Combined
studio and living room. WIA
Accomplice, The. Abigail Marshall. Urn. Sc. Well furnished bed-
room in a large hotel. STV
According to Darwin. Percival Wilde. 3m., 2w. Sc. A cheap tene-
ment in the slums of New York. WC, Forum 54: 488-504, Oct. 1915.
Acid drops. Gertrude Jennings. 1m., Gw. Sc. Workhouse ward lor
women. JF
Action! Holland Hudson. Melodramatic farce. 12m. Sc. Packing room.
STV
Actress, The. Franz Molnar and Joseph Teleki. 2w. Sc. Drawing
room of apartment. Smart Set 33 : 119-122,~Mar. 1911.
Adam Goodwon. Frank J. Stanton. Farce. 2m., lw. Sc. Up-to-date
office. STB
Adam's apple. Harold Simpson. Sentimental comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Sitting room. FSD
Adam's dream. Mrs. Alice Corbin Henderson. Miracle play. 3b., lg.,
Chorus. Garden of Eden. HAD
Adder, The. Lascelles Abercrombie. Verse. 3m., lw. Sc. Before the
charcoal-burner's hut. ABF, Poetry and Drama 1 : 100-119, March
1913.
Addio. Stark Young. 3m., lw. Sc. In a bakery. YA, YAT
36
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 37
Admiral Peters. W. W. Jacobs and Horace Mills. Comedy. 2m., Iw.
Sc. Interior. FSD
Adopting an orphan. Ida G. Norton. 1m., 5w. Sc. Orphan's home.
NA
Adoption of Bob, The. Marie Irish. 4b., 6g. Sc. Living room
BIT
Advertising for a husband. Charles S. Bird. 3m., 2w. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
JEgean, The. Isaac Rieman Baxley. Play of famous Sculpture. 4m.,
2w. Sc. Studio overlooking the Aegean Sea. BAX
Affected young ladies. The. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere, trans-
lated from the French by Barrett II. Clark. 5m., 4w., chorus. Sc.
Elaborate room in a house in Paris in the seventeenth century. FSD
Affinities. Vernon Woodhouse. Tragical farce. 3m., Iw. Sc. Room
in a bachelor's flat. FSD
After all. Harriet Monroe. Verse. 1m., Iw., chorus. Sc. Pathway
in hell. MOP, Poet-Lore 12: 321-32(5, July-Sept. 1900.
After Euripides' "Electra." Maurice Baring. Farce. 6m., 5w. Sc.
A room in the house of Cougras at Athens. BA
After the bargain sale. Willis N. Bugbee. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Sitting room. MBP
After the circus. Lawrence Chenoweth. Farce. 4m., 3w. Sc. Rail-
way depot. APP
After the honeymoon. Wolfgang Gyalui, translated from the German
by Barrett H. Clark. 1m., Iw. Sc. Well furnished sitting room.
FSD
After the honeymoon. Wallace Nisbet. Farce. 2m., 3w. Sc. Re-
ception room. FP
After the play. Harry W. Osborne. 1m., 3w. Sc. Interior. DEP
After-dinner speaker, The. Lewis Allen. At least IGm. Sc. Ban-
quet hall. Smart Set 42: 98-101, Ap. 1914
Aftermath, a one-act play of negro life. Mary Burrill. 3m., 3w. In-
terior negro cabin. Liberator 2 : 10-14, Ap. 1919
Afternoon walk, The. Henri Lavedan. 1m., 4b. Sc. On a quay.
MR, Poet Lore 28: 403-40G, Vacation 1917.
After-wards. Marion Roberton. 2w., Ig. Sc. Young girl's bedroom.
WIA
Agatha Steel. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 2w. Sc. Room in
tenements. GID, GIP
Agression won. Harry Lorenzo Chapin. 1m., Iw. Sc. Living room
CHL
Ain't women wonderful? H. P. Powell. 5w. So. Interior. PPP
Alarm, The. Marion Roger Fawcett. Vaudeville sketch. 4m. Sc.
Interior of a small grocery store. PWP
Alarm of fire, An. Helen Sherman Griffith. Comedy. 3m., 5w. Sc.
Interior. B
Alchemist, The. Bernice Lesbia Kenyon. Cm. Sc. A dark and dingy
room in Milan in the 13th century. STV
Alice's blighted profession. Helen C. Clifford. 8g. Sc. Modern
business office. FP
Aliens, The. Charles Hanson Towne. 4m., 3\v. Private art gallery in
New York City. McClure's 47 : 12-13, 76, May 1916.
All alone in the country. Henry Bailey Stevens. 1m., 2w. Sc. Liv-
38 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
ing room of farm house. STD, Granite Monthly 52: 239-248, June
1921
* All America eleven, The. M. N. Beebe. 12b. Sc. Unimportant. B
All clear. J. Hartley Manners. Play of the World War. 3m., lw., lb.,
Ig. Sc. Little room in a tenement house. MTP
All for the cause. Lindsey Barbee. Red Cross play, war background.
Comedy. lOw. Sc. Interior. DEP
All gummed up. Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Satirical comedy. 3m., 2\v.
So. Consulting rooms of a doctor's office. SCO
* All his fault. Clara J. Denton. Christmas play. 2b., 3g., chorus. Sc.
Interior. 1
All in the family. William Wallace Whitelock. 2m., lw. Sc. Living
room of country cottage. Smart Set 34 : 49-50, May 1911
All on a summer's day. Liudsey Barbee. Comedy. 1m., 6w. Sc.
Summer hotel. 1 )EP
All on account of an actor. Louis L. Wilson. Farce. G\v. Sc.
Parlor of summer hotel. PPP
All Soul's eve. Katherine Officer. 3m., 4w. Sc. Large room with mas-
sive furniture. International 7 : 14-15, Jan. 1913
All Souls' night's dream, An. Frederic W. Moorman. Yorkshire dia-
lect. 2m., 2\v. Sc. Corner in the church yard of a Yorkshire market
town. MO, MOlt
All stars; or, a manager's trials. O. E. Young. Farce. 4m., lw.
Sc. Interior. DPP
All the world loves a lover. Hobart Somrners. Comedy, lui., 9w.
Sc. Kooin in a finishing school. PPP
* All the year 'round. Ellen M. AVillard. 2b. Sc. Interior. WY
Allied occupations. Maiita S. Graham. 3m., 3w. Sc. Hair dressing
and manicure parlor. GRL
t Allison's lad. Beulah Marie Dix. Gm. Sc. Upper chamber of a vil-
lage inn in England. DA, KP, MA
Allotments. G. E. Jennings. 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Almost everyman. Helen H. Austin. 7m., 4w., others. Sc. Court-
room. Quarterly Journal of Speech Education 5 : 45-53, Jan. 1919.
Along the quays. Henry Lavedan. 2m., lw., lb. Sc. Along the quay
MR, Poet Lore 28: 385-390, Vacation 1917.
Alternative, The. Florence M. Millward. 1m., 3w. Sc. Living room
in a workman's flat. MIF
Altruism. Karl Ettlinger. Translated from the German by Benjamin
F. Glazer. 13m., Gw., chorus. Sc. Parisian cafe by the Seine. SL
Amateur rehearsel of Hamlet. Herbert C. Sargent. Farce. 8m., 2w.
Sc. Interior. SAR
Amateurs, The. Raymond M. Robinson. Burlesque. 4m., lw. Sc.
Library. PPP
Ambassador's daughter, The. Caroline Duer. 3m., 2w. Sc. Small
drawing room. Smart Set 5 : 49-57, Nov. 1901.
* Ambition in Whit.ocha.pel. Irma Kraft. Shabnot. lb., 5g. Sc. A
very shabby living-dining room in back of a shop. KPP
* America, the beautiful, democracy's goal; a pageant. Margaret
Knox and Anna M. Liitkenhaus. Any number of children. Sc. Un-
important. St. Nicholas 47: 738-744, June 1920.
America passes by. Kenneth Andrews. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living room
of a small flat in Chicago. B, HD1
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America pays her debt to France. Eleauore Hubbard. Great War
background. 2b., 3 chorus groups. Sc. Lafayette's toinb in Paris.
HUD
American bar, The. Herbert C. Sargent. Farce. 4m., 2w. Sc. Sa-
loon. SAR
American idea, The. Lily Carthew. Play of Jewish life at the pres-
ent time. 8m., '2\v. Sc. Parlor. B
Amethyst remembrance, An. McVay Sumuer. 2m., lw. Sc. Morn-
ing room of a metropolitan hotel. Smart Set 3 : 57—60, Feb. 11)01
Among the lions. George Middletou. 2m., Gw. Chorus. Sc. Elab-
orate drawing-room. MIM, Smart Set 51 : 327-330, Feb. 1917
Among the nightingales. Aldous Huxley. 5m., 3w. Sc. Terrace
outside hotel. Smart Set 03: 71-88, Nov. 1920
Anachronism at Chinon, An. Ezra Pound. 2m. Sc. Clear space
in front of an inn. Little Review 4: #2 p. 14-21, June 1917
Anatol's wedding morning. Arthur Schnitzler, translated from the
German. 3m., lw. Sc. Room in bachelor apartment. SAA
And forbid them not. Louise Morey Bowman. 1m., several ghosts.
Sc. Not indicated. Poetry 13: 300-307, Mar. 1919
Andromeda unfettered. Muriel Stuart. Verse. 1m., lw., 2 choruses.
Sc. Not indicated. STU, English review 32: 483-492, June 1921
Angel intrudes, The. Floyd Dell. Comedy. 3m., lw. Sc. Washing-
ton Square by moonlight. DK, FLS
Anita's secret; or, Christmas in the steerage. Walter Ben Hare.
1m., 9b., 7g. Sc. Steerage of a large ocean going vessel. HW
Annajanska, the Bolshevik empress. George Bernard Shaw. 4m.,
lw. Sc. General's office in a military station on the east front in
Boeotia. SH
Anniversary, The. Anton Tchekoff. 2m., 2w., many chorus charac-
ters. Sc. Private office in a bank. CHD
Anonymous letter, An. Kenyon Nicholson. 2m., lw. Sc. Sitting
room of a bungalow. Smart Set 05 : 73-83, May 1921
Another man's place. Marion Wilder. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sitting-room
in Dutch house in colonial New York. DAL
Another way out. Lawrence Langner. 2m., 3w. Sc. Studio. LA,
LAF, SL
Answer, The. Josephine Thorpe. Pageant. 125 children. Sc. A great
hall or garden. TKP
Answering the phone. Elizabeth Guptill. Farce. 3\v. Sc. Living
room. TMP
Antick: a wayside sketch, The. Percy Mackaye. 2m., 3w., chorus.
Sc. Dusty country road. MY
Anybody family on Sunday morning, The. Hester A. Hopkins.
2m., 2w., lb., Ig. Sc. Interior. TMP
Aoi no Uye (Princess Hollyhock); revised by Zenchiku Ujinobu. No
play of Japan. 3m., 2w. Chorus. Sc. Stage. WAA
Apocryphal episode, An. Mary MacMillan Historical farce. 2m.,
2w. Sc. In the center of a grassy open space. MTT
Apollo in Hades. Laurence Housman. Verse. Greek mythology. 7m.,
3w. chorus. Sc. Hall of black pillars in which Hades is enthroned.
HAR
April's lady, a little play for Arbor Day. Carolyn Wells. 15w. Back-
ground of trees. Ladies Home Journal 33 : 38, April 1910
40 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Arbor Day. — "Anychild helps the baby tree" F. Ursula Payne. 3c.
Chorus. Sc. Room in any house. PI'
Ardnin. Gale Young Rice. Verse. 3m., lw. Sc. Ancient science lab-
oratory in Egypt. RI
Aren't they wonders? Charles Frederic Nirdlinger. Holiday tragedy.
2m., 2w. Sc. Office of architect. NI
Aria da capo. Edna St. Vincent Millay. 4m., lw. Sc. Stage set for
a Harlequinade. SL, Chapbook #14. Aug. 1920.
Ariadne in Naxos. Maurice Baring. Farce. 1m., lw., 1 servant. Sc.
Room in Ariadne's house. BA
Ariadne in Naxos. Maurice Hewlett. Verse. Ancient Greece. 3m.,
2\v., chorus of women. Sc. Sandy shore of the island of Naxos.
HEA
Arrival of a rival, The. Percy Fendall and Fred Emrney. Farce.
2m. Sc. Interior. FSI)
Arrival of Reuben, The. W. M. Bugbee. College play. Comedy.
5m., 5w. Sc. Study room at college. BUP
Art clubs are trumps. Mary Moncure Parker. 6w. Sc. Interior.
B
Art for art's sake. Grace Luce Irwin. Farce. 2m., 3w. Sc. Living
room of women's apartment. ID
Art for breakfast. W. C. Parker. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. An artist's
studio. PPP
Artful automaton. Arthur Law. 2m., 2w., Sc. Drawing room WIA
Artist, a drama without words, The. H. L. Mencken. 9 or more m.
8 or more w., Sc. Auditorium, seats and stage. Smart Set 49 : 79-84,
August 1916.
Artist and the materialist, The. Alma Newton. 2m. Sc. Studio.
NE
Artist-mother and child (from the picture "Mine Lebruu and
her daughter" by Lebrun) Marguerite Merington. lw., lc., Sc.
Picture frame. MPZ
As a pal. Leon Gordon. 2m., 2w. Sc. Cheap suburban lodging house.
GG
As advertised. Claude Kinnick. 5m., 4w. Sc. Interior. KI
As good as gold. Laurence Housman. Morality play of St. Francis of
Assisi. 7m. Sc. Side of a hill. FSD
As it will be. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 2m., lw. Sc. A disordered
kitchen. MBP
As Molly told it. Marion Paul, pseud, of Pauline Phelps and Marion
Short. 2w. Sc. Sitting room in a country house. WEP
t As ye sew. Dorothy Critchton. Doll's missionary play. 2b., lOg. Sc,
Living room. EP
Asaph. William O. Bates. 3m., 2w. Sc. Corner of front yard of house
in New Jersey village. Drama 10 : 227-235, Mar.-Ap. 1920.
Ashes. Eleanor Custis Whiting. 2m., lw. Sc. Dingy room in cheap
rooming house. Poet Lore 33: 423-438, Autumn 1922.
Ashes of roses. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 3w., 1m., Is. Sc. Bare
white-washed walls of a dressing room in the theatre. MB
Ask no questions and you'll hear no stories. Arthur Schnitzler.
2m. Sc. Charming flat used by bachelor. SA
Assisted order, An. Alex. Ricketts. 1m., 1 man's voice and 1 woman's
voice over telephone. Smart Set 1 : 150, June 1900.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 41
Assumption of Hannele, a dream poem. Gerhart Hauptruann, tr. by
G. S. Bryan. 7m., 4w. Sc. Room in almshouse. Poet Lore 20 :
101-191, May- June 1909.
At anchor. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. Mayflower story.
4b., lg., chorus. Sc. Deck of the Mayflower. TRH
At "Jenny Wren's." Horace B. Browne. From Dickens' Our Mutual
Friend. 3m., 2w. Sc. Parlor. BD
At night all cats are gray. Robert Garland. 3m., Iw. Sc. Smok-
ing room of a home. Smart Set 48 : 247-259, Mar. 191(5.
At old Mobile. Marie Bankhead Owen. Historical. 14b., Gg., chorus.
Sc. Esplanade before the fort. AO
At retreat; a dramatic fancy of the Civil War. Arthur A. Blunt. 3m.,
2w. Sc. Interior. B
At the barricade. Evelyn G. Sutherland. Franco-Prussian war, back-
ground for the play. 5m., 6w. Sc. Barricade. SUP
At the chasm. Jaroslav Yrchlicky, pseud, of Emil Bohnslav Frida, trans,
from the Bohemian by Charles Recht. 2m., Iw. Sc. Plainly fur-
nished library of a home. Poet Lore 24: 289-308, Autumn 1913.
At the church door. Mary MacMillan. 2m., 2w. Sc. Vestibule of an
old and very aristocratic church in New York City. MM
At the club. Jacque Morgan. 22m. Sc. Club's barber shop. Smart
Set 47: 251-254, Sept. 1915.
At the depot; a character play. Anne M. Palmer. 10m., 7w., 6c. Sc.
Interior of depot. TMP
At the door of the igloo, by an Alaskan Missionary. 2b., or g.
Sc. Outside an Eskimo hut. DOF
At the edge of the wood. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. 6m., 2w. Sc.
Open space at the edge of an old wood. GQA
At the end of the rope. Edith M. Levy. 4m., 2w. Sc. Outer office
of theatrical manager. SCT
At the flowing of the tide. Edward J. O'Brien. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Poor cottage. Forum 52: 375-386, Sept. 1914.
At the goal. Harriet Monroe. Verse. 1m., Iw. Sc. Exquisitely fur-
nished bedroom. MOP
At the Golden Goose. M. Lefuse. English Historical play. 2m., 2w.
Sc. Interior. FSD
At the Grand Central. Frances Aymar Mathews. 2w. Sc. Ladies'
waiting room in station. WEP
At the Hawk's well. William Butler Yeats. 6m. Sc. Bare space be-
fore a wall. YF
At the junction. Charles S. Bird. Farce. 3m., 2vv. Sc. Interior. B
At the library. Clara J. Denton. Valentine's Day play. 4g. Sc. A
parlor. DAH
At the milliner's. Mabel H. Crane. Comedy. 8w. Sc. Milliner shop
from inside. FSD
At the movies. Harold B. Allen and Joseph Upper. Farcical novelty.
2m., 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
At the play. Edward E. Piaggio. Curtain raiser. 3m., 3w. Sc.
Theatre in England. FSD
At the ribbon counter. Gertrude E. Jennings. 3w. Sc. Dry goods
store. FSD
At the setting of the sun. Pierre Louys, trans, from the French by
E. H. Pfeiffer. 1m., Iw. Sc. Unimportant. LO
42 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
At the shrine. Stark Young. 1m., Iw. Sc. A room in an old fash-
ioned house. YAT, Theatre Arts Mag. 3: 190-203, July 1919.
At the sign of the cleft heart. Theodosia Garrison. Verse. 1m., Iw.
Love's shop, Arcadian way. Smart Set 4 : 91-96, July 1901.
At the sign of the silver spoon. Lueine Finch, lin., 3w. Sc. Tea
room in New York. Smart Set 38: 73-77, Oct. 1912.
At the sign of the thumb and nose. Alfred Kreyuiborg. Satire.
6m., Iw. Sc. A small inn. KMA
At the turn of the year. Mark Forrest. 2m., 3w., Sc. Living room
in manor house iu Virginia. American Poetry Mag. 1 : 15-28, May
1919.
At the window. Lillian F. Chandler. 2m., 5w. Sc. Living room.
PSD
At Whitsuntide. L. D. G. Bentley. 3m., Iw. Sc. Living room at rec-
tory. New Eng. Mag. n. s. 42: 331-9, May 1910.
Atoms. Robert Gruutal Nathan. 2m., Iw. Sc. Study. Harvard Monthly
57: 31-38, Nov. 1913.
Atsumori. Seanii. No play of Japan. 3m., chorus. Sc. Stage. WAA
Attuned. Alice Gerstenberg. Iw. Sc. Boudoir. GT
Aubrey closes the door. Cosmo Hamilton. 3m., Iw. Sc. Interior
FSD
Auction at Meadowville, An. Alice C. Thompson. 1m., 7w. Sc.
Interior. B
Augustus does his bit. George Bernard Shaw. 2m., Iw. Sc. Mayor's
parlor in the town hall of Little Pifflington. SH
Augustus in search of a father. Harold Chapiu. 3m. Sc. A
square in the West End of London. REP
Aulis difficulty, The. Maurice Baring. Historical farce. 3m., 2w.,
Is. Sc. Agamennon's tent at Aulis. BA
Aunt Abigail and the boys. Lillie Fuller Merriam. Farce. College
play. 8m., 2w. Sc. College boy's room at Harvard. B
Aunt Bessie. Wilfred T. Coleby. 2m., 2w. Sc. Parlor. FSD
Aunt Columbia's dinner party, a patriotic play. Mary R. Gamble.
4m., 3w., Fairies, children. Sc. Unimportant. Ladies Home Journal
34 : 28," June 1917.
Aunt Deborah's first luncheon. Laura M. Adams. 7w. Sc. Hand-
somely furnished living room. EP
* Aunt Grundy. Olive Allen. Moral play. 2b., 4g. Sc. Parlour. BHP
Aunt Harriet's night out. Ragna B. Eskil. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Interior. DEP
* Aunt Jane visits school. Jeanette Joyce. 2w. any number of chil-
dren. Sc. Modern school room. MAP
Aunt Jerusha's quilting party. Laura M. Parsons. 4m., 12w. Sc.
Rustic. B
Aunt Matilda's birthday party. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy, llw.
Sc. Interior. DEP
Aunt Mehetible's scientific experiment. Emma E. Brewster. Farce.
6w. Sc. Interior B
* Aunt Penelope. Constance E. Waugh. 6g. Sc. Drawing-room. WH
* Aunt Sabriny's Christmas. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 7g. Sc. Interior.
EP
Aunt Sally Saunders' health crusade. Ida G. Norton. 2w. So.
Interior. NA
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 43
Aunty. John M. Francis. Farce. 2 m., 2\v. Sc. Interior. DED
Author's evening at home, The. Alice Dunbar. (Mrs. Paul Laurence
Duubar) 1m., Iw. Sc. Library. Smart Set 2 : 105-106, Sept. 1900.
Authorship. John Gemmell. Ib. Sc. Room. FG
Autocrat of the coffee-stall. Harold Chapin. Cm. Sc. A large
well-equipped coffee stall. CT, Theatre Arts Mag. 5 : 125-141, Ap.
1921.
Autumn. Pierre Loving. 2m., 2w. Sc. Spacious living room. Drama
13: 01-03, Nov. 1922.
Autumn fires. Gustav Wild, trans, from the Danish by Benjamin F.
Glazer. Sin. Sc. Room in old men's home. SL
Aux Etuves de Weisbaden, A. D. 1451. 2m. Sc. Pool in the
woods. Little Review 4: 12-10, July 1917.
Avenger, The. Clarendon Ross. Fantasy. 2m. Sc. Upper room of a
castle. Drama 8: 329-339, Aug. 1918.
Avenue, The. Feiiimore Merrill. 4m., Sw. Sc. Outside Fifth Ave.
shop window. Drama 10 : 53-57, Nov. 1919.
Avenues. Dorothy Butts. 1m., Iw. Sc. Cabin. SCT
Awakening of Barbizon, The. Clay M. Greene. Comedy. 4m., Iw.
Sc. Courtyard of an old castle. GD
Awoi no Uye. Ernest Feuollosa and Ezra Pound. No play of Japan.
1m., Iw., chorus. Sc. Japanese background. FEN
Axiii' her father, a negro farce. O. E. Young. 2m., 3w., Sc. Interior.
DEP
Aya No Tsuzumi. (The damask drum) Seami. No play of Japan.
B 2m., Iw., Sc. stage. WAA
B
Babushka, The. Elsie Hobart Carter. 24c. Sc. Interior of a Rus-
sian hut. CCC
Baby carriage, The. Bosworth Crocker. 2m., 2w. Sc. Ordinary
tailor shop in England. CK, SL
Baby New Year. Ruth Arkwright. 3b. Sc. A snowy country. AB
Baby show, The. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 4b., 3g. Sc. Not important.
GUT
Baby show, The. Marie Irish. Ib., 12g. Sc. Stage. IPP
Babylonian captivity. The. Lesya Ukainka. Historical. 1m., 3
chorus groups. Sc. A wide plain. BFR
Baby's ill! John Gemmell. Ib., Ig. Sc. Room. FG
Bachelor club's baby, The. Louise Rand Bascom. Christmas play.
9m., Iw., Ic. Sc. Bachelor's club. EP
Bachelor's baby. Katheriue Kavanaugh. 2m., 2w. Sc. Studio. FP
Bachelor's club, The. Effie W. Merriman. 13m. Sc. Interior. DPP
Bachelor's reverie, A. Grace B. Faxon. 1m., 9w. Sc. Interior. B
Back from the Philippines; or, Major Kelly's cork leg, an Irish
farce. O. E. Young. 5m., 3w. Sc. Parlor in a hotel. FP
Back of the ballot. George Middleton. Woman suffrage farce. 4m., Iw.
Sc. Interior. FSD
Back of the yards. Kenneth Goodman Sawyer. 2m., Iw., Ib., Ig. Sc.
Kitchen of a small flat in the district back of the Chicago Stock Yards.
GB, GQ
44 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Backtown spirits; or, two under the table. Farce. O. E. Young.
3m., Iw. So. Interior. APP
Backward child. A. H. L. Pemberton. Farce comedy. Iw., Ig. Sc.
Private scliool-room. PH
Bad beginning, A. Ernest Grant White. Comedy. 4m., 2\v. Sc.
Sitting room of hotel suite. FP
* Bad case of microbes, A. Rea Woodman. lb., 2g., Sc. Living room
WO
Bad debts. Margaret Searle. 3m., 2w. Sc. Living room. FSD
* Bad temper bureau, The. E. M. Fotheringham. Verse. 5b.. 5g. Sc.
Ticket office at back of stage. FSD
Bag o' dreams, The. Margretta Scott. 3m., Gw., 2b., Ig. Sc. Park
with trees. Drama 11: 131-132, Jan. 1921.
t Bairnies' Saturday night. Edith F. A. TJ. Painton. Scotch dialect.
lb., 2g. Sc. Interior. PAD
f Bank account, The. Howard Folsom Brock. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living
room of a shabby flat. HD1, Harvard Mo. 58: 33-50, Apr. 1914.
t Bank robbery; a take-off, The. Max Ehrmann. 5m. Sc. Front of
a money safe. SB
* Banker's strategy, The. Eleanore Hubbard. Financial play. 4b.,
chorus. Sc. Bank in New York in 181G. HUG
Barbara. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living room of
bachelor apartment. FSD, GBA, GQ
Barbara. Jerome K. Jerome. 2m., 2w. Sc. Simple interior. B
Barbara Roscorla's child. Arthur Symons. 2m., 2w. Sc. Dining
hall of manor in Cornwall. Little Review 4 : 25-30, Oct. 1917.
$ Barbara the Great. Julia Martin. 5b. Sc. Country store. EP
Barbara's wedding. J. M. Barrie. 4m., 2w. Sc. A sitting-room of
a country cottage. BE
Barbarians, The. Robert DeCamp Leland. Great War play. Gm. Sc.
A barber shop in Provencia. LEL
Bardwell vs. Pickwick. Charles Dickens, adapted by J. Hollingshead.
6m., 2w. Sc. Court room. B
Bargain, The. Wilbur S. Tupper. 1m., 3w. Sc. Simply furnished liv-
ing room in California. TU
Bargain day. Mary H. Planner. Comedy. 2m., Iw., 1 baby. Sc. In-
terior of apartment. FSD
$ Barnaby Lee. Anna M. Lutkenhaus. Dramatization of Barnaby Lee
by John Bennett. Historical play of early New York. 7b., Ig., chorus
groups. Sc. Coast of New Amsterdam. LU
Barrington's "At Home," The. John Kendricks Bangs. Farce. 2m.,
3w. Sc. Drawing room of a parsonage. . BAD
Batch of proverbs, A. B. M. Morris. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior. APP
Bathroom door, The. Gertrude Jennings. Comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc.
Hall leading to bathroom. FSD
Bathsheba. David Pinski, tr. by Isaac Goldberg from the Yiddish. 4m.,
Iw., 1 chorus group. Sc. Roof of the King's Palace in ancient Pales-
tine. PTK
j: Battle of Manbilla, The. Marie Bankhead Owen. Historical. Spanish
invasion of Florida. 19b., 3g., Chorus. Sc. Fort in distance. AO
* Battle of the days. Grace Richardson, lie. Sc. Nursery. RS
Baucis and Philemon. Frances Gillespy Wickes. 8c. Chorus. So.
A hut on the hillside. W7CB
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 45
Be sociable. W. A. Stigler. Comedy. 6m., 4w. Sc. Office. STA
Beanstalk, The. John Chapin Mosher. 1m., Iw. Sc. Leaf on a bean-
stalk. Smart Set 60: 83-87, Dec. 1919.
Beau of Bath. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. Fanciful play with histor-
ical characters. 2m., Iw. Sc. Room of faded splendor. MB, WWS
Beautiful despot, the last act of a drama, The. Nicholas Evreinov.
5m., 3w. Sc. Luxuriously furnished room. BFR
Beautiful nun, The. David Pinski. 2m., 4w. Sc. Small chapel of a
nunnery. PT
Beautiful song, The. Augusta Stevenson. 12c. Many choruses. Sc.
A meadow. SCI
Beautiful story, The. Percival Wilde. 1m., Iw., Ic. Sc. Dignified
room with cheerful fire. WC
Beautiful thing, The. Murray Leinster and George B. Jenkins, Jr.
2m., 2w. Sc. Mezzanine floor of a good hotel. Smart Set 59 : 89-95,
Aug. 1919.
Beauty and the Jacobin. Booth Tarkington. 3m., 2w., chorus. Sc.
Lodging house in Boulogne-sur-Mer during the French Revolution. Cl,
TBJ
Beauty versus the beast. Malcolm Morley. 1m., Iw. Sc. Comfort-
ably furnished bachelor's quarters. MOL
Because he loved David so. Irma Kraft. The closing of school. 3g.
Sc. Narrow alley outside of clothing shop in a small town in Pennsyl-
vania. KPP
Because it rained. Alice W. Chapin. 4g. Sc. Room in a cottage.
CHC
Becket saves Rosamund. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from "Becket"
by Tennyson. English historical play. 3m., 2w. Sc. Secret bower
in a forest in England. GU
Becoming an American. J. R. Gibbins. Americanization school play.
8m., chorus. Sc. Courtroom. GIE
Bedroom suite. Christopher Morley. 2m., Iw. Sc. A show window
in a department store. Outlook 133: 79-82, Jan. 10, 1923.
Bee hive, a play for Labor Day, The. Madalene D. Barnum. 17c.
Sc. Interior of a beehive. BS
Before breakfast. Eugene G. O'Neill. 1m., Iw. Sc. A small room
serving as kitchen and dining room. P3, STW
Before breakfast. Githa Sowerby. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Before the dawn, a melodrama. Wilson Hicks. 2m., Iw. Sc. Wait-
ing room of village railway station. Smart Set Gl : 71-75, Feb. 1920.
Before the fairies came to America, masque. William Griffith.
Verse. 8 char, elves, fairies etc. International 10 : 316-318, Oct.
1916.
Before the Pixies came to America. William Griffith. Fairy play
for grown-ups. 4m., 6w., Chorus. Sc. Forest of Arden. GRA
Before the play begins. Georgia Earle. 2m., Iw. Sc. Room for re-
hearsal of play. DEP
Before the rummage sale. G. S. Shephard. 14w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Beggar and the king. Winthrop Parkhurst. 3m. Sc. Chamber in a
palace overlooking the courtyard. LE, STV Drama 9 : 62-74, Feb.
1919.
Beginning of negro slavery, The. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L.
Ryan. 4b., chorus. Sc. River front of old Jamestown. TRH
46 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Behind a Watteau picture. Robert Emmons Rogers. Fantasy in
verse. 6m., 2w., chorus. Sc. Great gilt frame as if the play were
a painting. B
Behind the black cloth. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. Melodrama.
3m., Iw. Sc. Room in a sanatorium. GQA
* Behind the khaki of the scouts, a girl scout pageant. Fannie Moul-
ton McLane. 12w. and girl scouts. Sc. Large auditorium. St.
Nicholas 50 : 386-389, Feb. 1923.
Behind the lines. Helen Bagg. Great War comedy. lOw. Sc. Room
in a hotel used for a Red Cross workroom. PPP
Behind the Purdah. Eden Gardener. 3m., 3w. Sc. Courtyard of
palace in India. Asia 20: 273-276, April 1920.
* Behind the rain curtains. Edith Burrows. 17c., chorus. Sc. In-
terior. PPP
f Behind the screen. Alice W. Chaplin. 5g. Sc. Library in a home.
CHC
* Being a hero. Clara J. Denton. 2b. Sc. Interior. MBP
Being the fly. Lillian P. Wilson. 3m., 2w. Sc. office. WIF
Belgian baby, The. Fenton B. Elkins. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sitting
room in a flat. ET
Belgian Christmas eve, A. Alfred Noyes. Great War play. 2m., Iw.,
lg., chorus. Sc. Room in a Doctor's house in Belgium. NC, NCB
t Belles of Canterbury, The. Anna Bird Stewart, llw. Sc. Room in
a dormitory. FSD
Ben-Hur and Iras. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from "Ben-Hur" by
Lew Wallace. 1m., Iw. Sc. A home in Antioch. GU
Benjamin, Benny and Ben. Anthony E. Wills. Farce. 8m., 4w.
Sc. Interior. FP
* Benjamin Franklin: journeyman. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 3b.,
2g. Sc. Room in a tavern. MPY
Benkei on the bridge. (Hashi-benkei) Hiyoshi Sa-ami Yasukiyo.
No play of Japan. 3m., chorus. Sc. Stage. WAA
f Beresford benevolent society. (Author not given) lb., 7g. Comedy.
Sc. Unimportant. BU
* Bernard Falissy, enameller to his Majesty. Augusta Stevenson.
10b., 7g., chorus. Sc. Cottage living room. SC4
* Best children in the world, The. Lady Bell. Comedy, lb., 2g. Sc.
Unimportant. BEJ
Best man, The. Eleanor Maude Crane. Comedy. 2m., 2w., Sc. Ves-
try room of a church. FSD
f Best seller, The. Martha Royle Palmer. 30 or more women or girls.
Sc. City library. PAB
* Best wish. The. F. E. Bloxam. 2b., 7g., many choruses. Sc. Wood-
land. BL
Bet; or, an old story retold, The. Darcy Leverson. 5m., 2w. Sc.
Country inn. WIA
Betrayal, The. Padriac Colum. Melodrama. 3m.. 1w. Sc. Inn in;
Ireland in 18th century. Drama 11: 3-7, Oct. 1920.
Betrothed, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 2w. Sc. Fishing vil-
lage. GID, GIP
Betsey's boarders. O. E. Young. Farce. 2m., 2w., Sc. Third floor
corridor in a boarding house. BIIP
Betsy Trotwood at home. Horace B. Browne. From Dickens' David
Copperfield. 2m., 2w., lb. Sc. Front garden. BD
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 47
Betsy Baker; or, Too attentive by half. John Maddison Morton.
Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Parlor. PPP
Better son, a domestic drama. Isaac Goldberg. 2m., Iw. Sc. Dining
room of an apartment of family of moderate means. Stratford Jour-
nal 3: 169-180, Oct. 1918.
Betty Jane's Christmas dream. Glenn H. Isenberger and Susie E.
Isenberger. Christmas play. 43b., 9g. Sc. Girl's bedroom in a well-
to-do-home. MAP
Betty's ancestors. Emma M. Hunting. 2m., 12w. Sc. A quaint old
room. PPP
Betty's butler. Frances H. Schreiner. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc. Li-
brary of a home. B
Between fires. Grover Theis. 2m., Iw. Sc. Living room of a fisher-
man's hut. TN
Between the soup and the savory. G. E. Jennings. 3w. Sc. In-
terior. FSD, JF
Beyond. Alice Gerstenberg. Iw. Sc. Limitless space. GT, MA
Bibi, or the Japanese foundling. Ruth Arkwright. 3g. Sc. Japa-
nese room. AB
Big Kate. Charles Frederic Nirdlinger. Play of Catherine the Great of
Russia. 3m., 2w. Sc. Room in the Winter Palace at St. Peters-
burg in 1780. NI
Big scene, The. Arthur Schnitzler. 4m., Iw., Ib. Sc. An apartment
in a fashionable hotel. SCW
Bill Perkins' proposin' day. Helena A. Ffeil. Rustic comedy. 2m.,
2w. Sc. Country living room. DPP
Billie's first love. Grace Griswold. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Studio.
FSD
Bills. John M. Francis. Farce. 2m., Iw., Sc. Apartment in New
York. FSD
Billy's chorus girl. Clara B. Batchelder. Comedy. 2m., 3w. Sc.
Interior. DEP
Billy's mishap. Viola E. Brown. 2m., 3w. Sc. Interior. DEP
Bird child, The. Lucy White. 2m., 2w., Ic. Sc. Law office in small
town. International 8: 337-339, Nov. 1914.
Bird in the hand. Sigmund B. Alexander. 4m., 3w. Sc. Corridor off
the ball room in a summer hotel. WHP
Bird in the hand. Laurence Housman. 3m., Iw. Sc. Study of a
scientist. FSD
Bird's nest, a fantasy. Tracy D. Mygatt. 3m., Iw. Sc. Garden out-
side a cottage. B
Birds' story of the trees, The. Anna M. Liitkenhaus. Arbor Day
play. 5c. Sc. Out of doors. LU
Birth of a nation's flag, The. Ellen Jess. Excellent school play. Gb.,
13g. Sc. Interior. EP
Birth of a soul, The. William Sharp. Symbolic. 3m., 4w. Sc. Aus-
terely furnished bedroom in old city of Flanders. SHV
Birth of God, The. Verner von Heidenstam. Translated from the
Swedish. .Religious speculation. 8m. Sc. Street of the Sphinxes in
Karnnk. FOS
Birthday ball, The. Marjory Woods. Revolutionary War background.
5w., Is. Sc. Colonial living room in Washington in 1792. FSD
Birthday candles. Margaret C. Getchell. Ib., 2w., fairies and .elves.
48 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Sc. Old fashioned parlor. Woman's Home Companion 44 ; 23,
Aug. 1917.
Birthday of the Infanta. Stuart Walker. 5m., 2w. Sc. Royal bal-
cony overlooking a garden. WA
* Birthday of the Infanta, The. Harriet Sabra Wright. From the
story by Oscar Wilde. 3b., 2g., chorus. Sc. A room in a palace.
WN
Birthday party, The. Hjalmar Bergstrb'm. Translated from the Dan-
ish. 1m., 8w. Sc. Room with a fireplace. MR
Biscuits and bills. O. B. DeBois. Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc. Dining
room. FP
f Bishop's candlesticks, The. Normal McKennell. From Victor Hugo's
Les Miserables. 3m., 2w. Sc. A plainly furnished kitchen. FSD
Bit o' stuff, A. Wilfred T. Coleby. 2m., 2w., Sc. Room in a lodging
house. FSD
Bit of instruction, A. Evelyn G. Sutherland. Comedy. 2m. Sc.
Bachelor sitting room. SUP
Bit of nonsense, A. Kate Thomas. Farce. 8w. Sc. Plainly fur-
nished sitting-room in a boarding school. FSD
Bit of old Chelsea, A. Mrs. Oscar Beringer. 4m., Iw. Sc. Studio.
FSD
Bit of the world, A. Edgar Allan Woolf. 2m. Sc. Squalid room in
the tenements. Smart Set 32: 121-126, Dec. 1910.
Biteless dog, The. Israel Solon. 1m., Iw. Sc. University campus in
June. Smart Set 42 : 97-102, Jan. 1914.
Black death or Ta-iin (plague). The. A Persian tragedy. M. E. Lee.
2m., 2w., servants. Sc. Persian harem. Poet Lore 28 : 691-702,
Winter 1917.
Black Madonna. William Sharp. Fanciful. Verse. 1m., Iw., 4 chor-
uses. Sc. A forest. SHV
Black sheep, The. Leon Kobrin. Tr. from the Yiddish by Isaac Gold-
berg. 3m., 2w. Sc. A study. PTT
t Black tie, The. George Middleton. 1m., 2w., Is., Ic. Sc. Upstairs sit-
ting room. MIP
Black trouble, A. Dorothy Cleather. 3\v., Is. Sc. Dining room.
CH
Blackberry in': a comedy. Howard Forman Smith. 5w. Sc. Berry
house on a farm. SR, STW
Blank cartridge. Georges Courteline. 1m., Iw. Sc. Plainly fur-
nished bedroom. International 8 : 211-215, July 1914.
Blessed Baby, see That blessed baby.
f Blessed birthday, The. Florence Converse. Christmas miracle play,
9b., 9g., chorus. Sc. A well in Nazareth during the life of Christ.
CON
Blind, The. Maurice Maeterlinck. Translated from the French. 7m.,
6w., Ic., 1 dog. Sc. An ancient forest. MAH. MAI, MR
t Blind. Senmas O'Brien. Irish comedy. 3m. Sc. Street in a country
town in Ireland. FS
* Blind men and the elephant, The. Augusta Stevenson. 7b., Sc.
Roadside. SC2
Blockade. Olivia Howard Dunbar. 3m., 2w., Ig. Sc. Rear of a house
in a New Hampshire village. Theatre Arts Magazine 7 : 127-142,
April 1923.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 49
Blood money. Curtis Dunham. 4m., Iw. Sc. Consulting room of a
doctor's office. US
Blood o' Kings. June Dransfield. 9m. Sc. Bedroom in the brickyard
region of the Hudson Valley. STV
Blood Royal. Evan Poole. French historical play. 9m., chorus of men.
Sc. King's chamber in the 16th century. PA
Blood will tell. Sallie Kemper. Comedy. 4w. Sc. Drawing room in
house in Richmond, Virginia. B
Bloodybush edge. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 3m. Sc. Remote
spot on border of England. GIB, GIF
Bine and green. Alfred Kreymborg. Puppet play. Shadow play. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. Among trees. KMR
Bine Harlequin, The. Maurice Baring. Fantastic farce. 3m., Iw.
Sc. A London street. BA
Blue morning glory, A. Moritz Jagendorf. 2m., Iw. Sc. Grecian
chamber. International 8: 95-97, 104, Mar. 1914.
Blue pincushion. The. M. Q. Dixon. 1m., 2w. Sc. Boudoir. Smart
Set 4: 137-139, May 1901.
Blue pump, The. Clara J. Denton. 2b. Sc. Interior. MBP
Blue sphere, The. Theodore Dreiser. 6m., 2w., chorus. Sc. Kitchen:
of a poor family. DP, Smart Set 44: 245-252, Dec. 1914.
Blue vase, The. Frayne Williams. Chinese play in free verse. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. House in ancient China. WIT
Bluebeard, Lindsey Barbee. lb., 2g., Sc. Turkish house. BLC
Bluebeard. May Bell. 2m.. 3w. Sc. Upper chamber in an Arabian
palace. BRW
Bluebeard. Caroline W. Thomason. 6b., 5g., Sc. Bluebeard's drawing-
room. PPP, TH
Blunted age, The. Agnes Lee. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living room. Poetry
19: 71-73, Nov. 1921.
Bo-Peep's Christmas party. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Mother Goose
play. 6b., 8g. Sc. Interior. EP
Boastful giant, The. Marie Irish. Christmas play. 3b., 2g. Sc. In-
terior. 1C
Boastful weathervane. Clara J. Denton. Verse. Christmas play.
lOb. Sc. Out door scene. I
Boasts and a bruise. A. L. Westlake. 4g. Sc. Girls' class room.
FSD
Boatswain's mate. W. W. Jacobs and Herbert N. Sargent. Farce.
2m., Iw. Sc. Interior. FSD
Bobbie settles down. Gertrude E. Jennings. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc.
Interior. FSD
Bobby's dream. Linna M. Ferrer. 5b., Ig. Sc. A school room. FER
Bob's and Tom's Thanksgiving. Clara J. Denton. Thanksgiving day
play. 2b. Sc. Interior. DAH
Boccaccio's untold tale. Harry Kemp. 2m., 2w., Is., 2 voices, chorus.
Sc. A simply furnished room. SL
Bogie men, The. Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory. Irish comedy. 2m.
Sc. A shed near a road. GRZ, Forum 49 : 28-40, Jan. 1913.
Bohemians, a farce of poverty. Abraham Raisin, trans, from the Yiddish
by Isaac Goldberg. 8m., Iw. Sc. Room of a lodging house. Strat-
ford Journal 6: 111-120, Ap.-June, 1920.
Bolo and Babette. Henry Bailey Stevens. 9b., 3g. Sc. Slope of a
uasture. STE
50 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLATS
"Bombast and platitudes." Dorothy Potter. 3m. Sc. Comfortable
library of a bachelor's apartment. POT
Bombastes in the shades. Lawrence Binyon. Historical characters.
4m., lw., Ic. Sc. Cool green glade. O
Bonds of marriage, The. Aleister Crowley. Play to increase the sale
of Liberty Bonds. 2m., lw., Sc. Living room of apartment. Inter-
national 12: 88-91, March 1918.
$ Bone of contention, The. Genevieve K. McConnell. Fairy melo-
drama. 4b., 8g. Sc. Child's bedroom. B
Bonnie Dundee. Frank Richardson. Historical background of the Eng-
lish commonwealth. 4m., 2w. Sc. An oak chamber in England of
the 17th century. FSD
* Bonnie's Christmas Eve. Jay Clay Powers and Irene M. Childs. 3b.,
Ig. Sc. Cabin in Canadian Northwest. BAG
Boob, The. J; C. McMullen. Comedy of business life. 4m., lw. Sc.
Private office. B
Book agent, The. Louis A. La Shere. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Any in-
terior. APP
Booklegger, The. Curtiss LaQ Day. 5m., lw. Sc. College study.
Smart Set GO: 75-80, Dec. 1922.
Bookmaker's shoes, The. Earle Mitchell. 2m., lw. Sc. Living room
in plainly furnished flat. Smart Set 30: 131-13G, March 1910.
Boor, The. Anton Tchekoff. Trans, from Russian by Hilmar Baukhage
1m., lw., Is. Chorus. Sc. Well furnished reception room in Russian
house. CHD, FSD, LC, SL
Borrowed luncheon, A. Helen Sherman Griffith. 5w. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Borrowers' day. Jessie E. Henderson. Rural comedy. 5m., Gw. Sc.
Unimportant. PPP
* Boston Tea Party, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 9b. Sc. Tav-
ern. MPY
Bottled in bond, a tragic farce of our times. Glenn Hughes. 2m.,
2w. Sc. Ordinary living room. Drama 13: 170-173, Feb. 1923.
t Bound east for Cardiff. Eugene O'Neill, llm. Sc. Seamen's fore-
castle of a British tramp steamer. OMC, PI
* Bouquet of rose spirits. 8b., 18g. Sc. An open glade. BBS
Box of powders, A. Pauline Phelps and Marion Short. Farcical ro-
mance. 1m., lw. Sc. Handsomely furnished drawing room. PH
Boy and a girl, A. Alfred Sutro. 1m., lw. Sc. Park of a London
house. Colliers 34: 10-17, Jan. 7, 1905.
t Boy comes home. The. A. A. Milne. Great War background. 2m.,
3w. Sc. Interior of dignified home. MSL, WWS
* Boy who found Christmas, The. Louise Rand Bascom. Christmas
play. 4b., 2g., chorus. Sc. Street. GUB
Boy will, The. Robert Emmons Rogers. Drama of boyhood of William
Shakespeare. 3m., 2w. Main room of an inn. Cl, Harvard Monthly
43: 238-249, Jan. 1907.
* Boy's Christmas, A. Ellen M. Willard. 3b. Sc. Interior. WY
Boy's proposal. Arthur Eckersley. Comedy. 2m., lw., Ib. Sc. Drawing
room. FSD
Boys will be girls, a girlsterious extravaganza. Sherman F. Johnson.
2m., 24w. Sc. Interior. B
Bracelet, The. Alfred Sutro. 4m., 3w., Is. Sc. Dining-room. FSD,
SF
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 51
Branded Mavericks. H. O. Stechhan and Maverick Terrell. 5m. Sc.
Combination saloon and ranch house in Texas. Smart Set 42 : 133,
March 1914.
Brass door-knob, The. Matthew Boulton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Brave foresters. Marie Irish. Forest conservation play. Gb. Sc.
Unimportant. IPP
Brave little tomboy, A; play of the Revolution. Elizabeth F. Guptill.
7b., Gg. Sc. Unimportant. EP
Bravest thing in the world, a comedy of childhood. Lee Pape. 2b.,
5g. Sc. Nursery. PB, PPP
Bread, butter and romance. Mary Moncure Parker. Comedy. 1m.,
3w. Sc. Any room. DEP
Breakfast at eight. Ronald Gow. 4m. Sc. Library in a country
house. FSD
Breakfast breeze. W. Macfarlane. Farce. 1m., 2w., Is. Sc. Around
the breakfast table. PL
Breaking the engagement. W. C. Parker. Farce. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Hotel parlor. B
Breaking the ice; or, A piece of holly. Charles Thomas. Romantic
comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Room in a country inn. PH
Brethren, a play for Peace Day. Madalene D. Barnum. 12m., 2w.,
chorus. Sc. Green plateau. BS
Brewing of brains, A; Constance D'Arcy Mackay. A Lincolnshire folk
play. lb., 2g. Sc. A kitchen. MST
Bridal, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., 2w. Sc. A lonely
shepherd's cottage. GIA, GIP, GIS
Bridal trip, A. Harry Hurst. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Drawing room.
FSD
Bride and the burglar. Florence Lewis Speare. Comedy. 2m., Iw.
Sc. Living room of a new unoccupied bungalow. FSD
Bride from home, A. Willis Steell. A vaudeville sketch. 1m., 2w., Ic.
Sc. Room in a tenement. PWP
Bridegroom, The. Lajos Biro, trans, from the German by Charles
Recht. 5m., 6w. Sc. Room with bridal gifts. Drama 8 : 154-175,
May 1918.
Bride's Christmas tree, a Christmas play. Beatrice Herford. 4m., 4w.
Sc. New York apartment. Ladies Home Journal 28 : 14, 64, Dec.
1911.
Bride's crown, The. Zakarias Topelius, trans, by Elizabeth J. Macin-
tire. 2m., Iw. Sc. Great hall of a castle. Poet Lore 28: 595-599,
Autumn 1917.
Bridges. Clare Kummer. 2m., Iw. Sc. Inner office of a business firm.
FSD
Bright idea. Arthur Law. 2m., 2w. Sc. Drawing room. WIA
Bright morning, A. Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero, trans, from
the Spanish by Carlos C. Castillo and E. L. Overman. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Lonely place on a public promenade in Madrid. Poet Lore 27 : 668-
G79, Winter 191G
Brink of silence, The. Esther E. Galbraith. 4ra. Sc. Interior of a
log house on a rocky island. MA
Brogues of Kilavain Glen. Fairy play for grown-ups. 2w., Gc.,
chorus. Sc. Glen in Ireland. FL
52 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Broken bars. The. Anna Wynne. Modern morality play. 10m., ](hv.
Sc. Ballroom. FSD
Broken engagement, A. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. 4\v. Sc.
Parlor. FSD
* Broken picture, The. Marie Irish. Christmas play. 2b., 2g. Sc.
Living room. 1C
Brother Dave. Willis Steell. 1m., 2w. Sc. Farmhouse kitchen.
PWP
t Brother Sun. Laurence Housman. About St. Francis of Assisi. Sc.
Camp of the Saracens before Damietta. C2
Brotherhood of veterans. Any number of characters. Ladies Home
Journal 23 : 41, Feb. 190G.
Brothers. Lewis Beach. 3m. Sc. Small room in shanty. BF, SL
Brothers. Richard Burton. Humanitarian play. 2m., Iw. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
* Brothers and sisters. E. E. Bloxam. 17c. Sc. Unimportant. BL
* "Brownie night," a Hallowe'en entertainment for rural schools. Nan
L. Mildren. Any number of children. Sc. Unimportant. Ladies
Home Journal 30: 10G, Oct. 1913.
* Brownies' vacation. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 9b. Sc. Santa Claus'
kitchen. FIL
* Bruiumy Crock. E. M. Fotheringham. Fantasy. 8b. Sc. School
room. FSD
Bubble's troubles. James Madison. Farce. 4m., 2\v. Sc. Parlor.
US
Bud's baby. Edwin Holt. 3m. Sc. Interior of miner's cabin. US
Buffer, The. Alice Gerstenberg. 2m., 3w., Ic. Sc. Living room. GT
Builders, The; B. Russell Herts. A dramatic dialogue in verse. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Woods. Moods 2: 24-31, Aug.-Sept. 1909.
Bull-terrior and the baby, The. Helen M. Givens. 2m.. 2w. Sc.
Private sitting room in a country hotel. Ladies Home Journal 23 :
15, Oct. 1906.
Bumps. Lillie Davis. Phrenology farce. 3w. Sc. Interior. B
Bunch of roses, A. M. E. M. Davis. 4m., 4w. Sc. Sitting room.
DAB
Bunk. Henry Clapp Smith. Burlesque melodrama. Gin., Iw. Sc. Be-
hind the stage. FSD
Bunkered. Bertha Moore. 2w. Sc. Lounge of a hotel. FSD
Burden, The. p]lma Ehrlich Levinger. Play of Jewish life. 3m., Iw.
Sc. Living room of a Jewish family on the East side. B
Burglar, The. Margaret Cameron. Comedy. 5-w. Sc. Sitting room.
CAC, FSD
Burglar alarm, The. R. MacDonald Alden. Comedy. 3m., 3w.,
chorus. Sc. Well furnished parlor. Gl
Burglar and the girl. Matthew Boulton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Drawing
room of a country house. FSD
Burglar who failed. The. St. John Emile Clavering Hankin. ]m., 2w.
Sc. Bedroom. HAN3
Burglar's welcome. Harry L. Newton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior. DPP
* Buried treasure. Katharine Lord. 5b., 3g. Sc. Back yard of a house.
LLS
Burlesque pantomine. Herbert C. Sargent. Burlesque farce. 5m.,
3w. Sc. A forest dell. SAR
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 53
Bushido from "Terakoya" or "Matsu." Takeda Idzumo. Japanese
phi.v. 18m.. 3w., 9b. Sc. Stage with two levels. ELT3
Business is business. Harry L. Newton. 2m., lw. Sc. Office. DEP
Business meeting, A. Arlo Bates. Comedy. lOw. Sc. Interior. B,
Ladies Home Journal 20: 15, March 1903.
Buster. Violet M. Methley. 6b. Sc. Dining room. FSD
Busy day in Bangville, A. Ethelyn Sexton. Comedy. 9m., llw., lb.,
2g. Sc. Country store and post office. EP
Butcher's daughter, The. Granville Forbes Sturgis. 3m., lw. Sc. 1.
Street or country road. Sc. 2. Living room back of butcher shop.
STR
Butterfly, The; a morality. George S. Viereck. 4m., 2w., chorus. Sc.
A sleeping chamber. VG, International 11 : 156-159, May 1917.
"Butting in" in French. Adele Luehrmann. 1m., lw. Sc. Drawing
room in New York City home. Smart Set 31: 125-127, Aug. 1910.
Buying a day. Rea Woodman, lb., 3g. Sc. Sitting room. WO
Buying a house. Herbert C. Sargent. Farce. 1m., lw. Sc. Interior.
SAR
Buying a suit for Jimmy. Anne M. Palmer. Comedy. 3m., 6w, Sc.
Clothing-store. PPP
By Miho's pine-clad shore, a Noh play, trans, from the Japanese text
by Yone Noguchi. 1m. and fishermen, 1 fairy, chorus. Pacific Review
2: 235-240, Sept. 1921.
By mutual agreement. R. A. Brandon and George Bull. 2m., lw.
Comedy. Sc. Interior of lawyer's office. FSD
By ourselves. Ludwig Fulda. 3m., 2w. Sc. Dining room of home.
SS Poet Lore 23: 1-24, Jan.-Feb. 1912.
By-product, A. Manta S. Graham. Great War background. 5tn. Sc.
Improvised officers' headquarters in a deserted farmhouse. GRL
By the Sumida River. Colin Campbell Clements. 2m., lw., spirit of
her boy child, chorus. Sc. Banks of the Sumida River. Poet Lore
31: 1G6-175, Summer 1920.
By their -words ye shall know them. Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez
Quintero, trans, from the Spanish. 2m., lw. Sc. Corner of the
courtyard of apartment house in Seville. MR, Drama 7:. 26-39, Feb.
1917.
By woman's wit. A. Louis Elliston. 2m., lw. Sc. Room in a hand-
some apartment. B
Bye, Baby Bunting. Someple (pseud.) Christmas play. lie. Sc.
Interior with grate fire. SO
Bygones. Miriam Nichelson. 2m., lw. Sc. Private room in smart res-
taurant. Smart Set 51: 81-92, March 1917.
Cabman and the lady, The. William D. Emerson. 2m., lw. Sc.
Exterior. DEP
Cain. R. E. Rogers. 1m., lw. Sc. Barren plain of Gush. Harvard
Monthly 41: 259-260, Feb. 1906.
Cake, The. Laura E. Richards. 14c. 1 dog. Sc. A road. RP
Calamity Jane, R.N. Major William Price Drury. Comedy. 5m., 2w.
Sc. Pensioners' ward. FSD
54 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Calegula's picnic. Maurice Baring. 9m., many choruses. Sc. Large
banqueting table. BA
Call, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 2m., Ivv. Sc. Engine house
of a fire station. GID, GIP
t Call of God, The. Mae Stein Soble. Bible play of Moses. 7b. Sc.
Mountain. SOB
* Call of Samuel, The. Kita Boiitou. Bible play. 8b., Ig. Sc. Before
the door of the tabernacle. BSD
* Call to the youth of America. Rosamund Kimball. 23c., choruses.
Sc. Hall. TKP
Calpurnia's dinner party. Maurice Baring. Historical farce. 1m.,
lw., Is. Sc. Room in Julius Caesar's house. BA
Calvary. William Butler Yeats. 9m. Sc. Bare space. YP
t Camp fire Cinderella, A. Mrs. Arthur T. Seymour. Camp fire play.
Gg. Sc. Sitting room. B
t Camp-fire girl, The. Edith F. A. U. Painton. lb., 3g. Sc. A camp
fire PAD
Campbell of Kilmhor. J. A. Ferguson. Historical play of Mary
Stuart. 4m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a lonely cottage. LE, REP
Camping. Daisy McGeoch Comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc. Out doors with tent
in foreground. MAC
Capitulation of Mr. Hyleigh. Frank Howard Egbert. 3m., 2w. Sc.
Office. EG
Caprice, A. Alfred de Musset. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Girl's room in
Paris. MUB, Poet Lore 33: 395-419, Autumn 1922.
t Captain of the gate. Beulah Marie Dix. <Jm. Sc. Upper room of a
gate house of Bridge of Cashalu. DA, LE
Captain Walrus: or, The game of three. Alexander H. Laidlaw, Jr.
lin., 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Capture of Ozah, The. Helen P. Kane. Indian play. 2m., 2w. Sc
Indian lodge of the 18th century. FSD
* Captured year, The. Frances Gillespy Wickes. 22c. Sc. Halls of
Father Time. WCB
Carlos among the candles. Wallace Stevens. 1m. Sc. Semicircular
room with two long tables. Poetry 11: 115-123, Dec. 1917.
Carnival, The, a divine comedy in one act. Paul Eldridge. lorn.,
8w., others. Sc. An ordinary garden. Double Dealer 5 : 4-29, Jan.
1923.
Carrots. Jules Renard, trans, from the French of Alfred Sutro. 1m.,
3\v. Sc. Courtyard of an old prison like building. FSD
Carrying out a theory. Willard Spenser. Comedy. 4m., lw. Sc.
Hotel dining room. PPP
Case of duplicity. Helen Sherman Griffith. 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior.
PPP
* Case of Mrs. Kantsey Know. Myra Williams Jarrell. 2b., 7w., Ig.
Sc. Disorderly sitting room. Drama 12: 210-212, March 1922.
* Case of Sophroiiia. Marjorie Benton Cooke. 5g. Sc. Dormitory of
a girl's school. DPP
Case of spoons; or, The Baroness Sorato's garden party. Japa-
nese farce. Eunice T. Gray. 3m., 5w. Sc. Indoors or out doors, in
Japanese garden. FSD
Casey's daughter, Mary Ann, an Irish farce. J. R. Farrell. 2m. Sc.
Interior. APP
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 55
Cash concern, A. E. M. Fotheringham. Farce. 7b. Sc. Shop for
ladies' hats. FSD
Casino gardens, The. Kenyou Nicholson. 5m. Sc. Orchestral plat-
form of Casino gardens. Smart Set 04 : 77-83, March 1921.
Cast rehearses, The. A. L. Tildesley. 5w. Sc. Sitting room. B
Casting of lots. Abraham Burstein. Purirn play. 4b., 4g., choruses.
Sc. Living room. BLO
Castle Botherem. Arthur Law. 3m., 3w. Sc. Kitchen. WIA
Cat and dog. Lady Bell. Comedy. lb., Ig. Sc. Unimportant. BEJ
Cat and the cherub, The. Chester B. Fernald. 7m., 2\v. Sc. A
street in the Chinese quarter in San Francisco. FSD
Cat and the fiddle, The. Lady Bell. 5c. Sc. Room in a boarding
house. BR
Cat and the mouse. The. Augusta Stevenson, lb., 2g. Sc. A garret.
SC3
Cat-boat, The. Percy Mackaye. Fantasy. 2m., 2w. Sc. A small
work shop. M~Y
Cat that waited, The. Augusta Stevenson. 3g. Sc. A garden. SCI
Catesby. Percival Wilde. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Veranda of a sum-
mer hotel. WE
Catherine Parr. Maurice Baring. Historical farce. 1m., Iw., Is. Sc.
Breakfast chamber in the Palace of King Henry VIII. BA
Cathleen Ni Hoolihan. William Butler Yeats. Irish Play. 3m., 3w.,
chorus. Sc. Inside of an Irish cottage. YH, YU, YPP. Samhain.
1902 pp. 24-31.
Caught. Morris M. Towiiley. Burglar play. 2m. Sc. Room in dark-
ness. TOW
Caught at last. Dwight Spencer Anderson. 1m., 2w. Sc. Masque-
rade ball. APP
Cave of precious things. Alice Waugenheim, adapted by K. W. Hinks.
Iw., 5b., 2g., baud of thieves. Sc. Nursery. Journal of Home Eco-
nomics 11 : 215-220, May 1919.
Cease Fire! Katharine Parry and John R. Collins, llm. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Census man, The. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 2b., Ig. Sc. Sitting room.
GUT
Cesaire. Jean Schlumberger. 3m. Sc. Interior of fisherman's hut.
Living Age 312 : 106-15, Jan. 14, 1922.
Challenge of the cross. Charles A. Marsh and H. O. Rowland.
Sacred drama. 8m., choir. Sc. Interior. MAS
Champagne. Isaac Loeb Perez, tr. from the Yiddish. 5w. Sc. A poor
cellar dwelling. BLK
Chance at midnight. Charles Stewart Walsh. 2m., Iw., Ic. Sc. Li-
brary of home. FP
Change-house. John Brandane. 3m., 2w. Sc. Interior of change
house in 1752. REP
Changeling, The. W. W. Jacobs and H. C. Sargent. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Kitchen. FSD
Chanukah sketch. Ruth E. Levi. Jewish holiday play. 12c., chorus.
Sc. Large room. BLO
Charlie Barringer, the second of five sketches from a county poor farm.
John Joseph Martin. 3m. Sc. Bedroom at the county farm. Thea-
tre Arts Magazine 5: 242-248, July 1921.
56 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Charlie's pop-corn. Clara J. Denton. Thanksgiving Day play. 2b.,
Ig. Sc. Plain living room. DAH
Charming Leandre. Theodore de Banville, trans, from the French by
Barrett H. Clark. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc. Deserted square in the
neighborhood of the Luxembourg gardens in Paris in 18th century.
FSD
* Charter oak, The. Eleanore Hubbard. Self government play. 6b.,
chorus of boys. Sc. General court in colonial Hartford, Conn. HUC
Chaste adventures of Joseph. Floyd Dell. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc,
A room in Potiphar's house. DK
Cheat of pity, The. George Middleton. 1m., Iw., Is. Sc. A dark
room, a drawing room fashionably furnished. MIT
Cheezo. Lord Dunsany. 4m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a big house. DFO
* Cherry-Blossom princess, The. Gladys Evelyn "Warren. lb., &g.,
chorus. Sc. The palace garden. BHP
Cherry Blossom River, The. Colin Campbell Clements. 3m., Iw.,
chorus. Sc. A street in Tsukuski. Poet Lore 31 : 159-1G5, Summer
1920.
* Cherry pie. Louise E. Tucker and Estella L. Ryan. Maryland in raid-
ing time. 4b., 3g. Sc. Living room. TRH
Chi-Fu, a play with masks. William Justema, Jr. 2m., Iw. Sc. Tum-
bledown hut of a fisherman in China. Drama 13 : 356-370, Aug.-
Sept. 1923.
Child, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., Iw. Sc. A garret
in the slums. GID, GIF
Child in the house, The. Marjorie Benton Cooke. Satirical sketch.
4w., Ic. Sc. Drawing room. CO
Child in the house, The. Homer Hildreth Howard. Temperance play.
2m., 2w., 1 baby. Sc. Basement room in a tenement house. FSD,
Poet Lore 24: 433^44, Winter 1913.
Child of God, The. Louise Driscoll. 2m., 3w. Sc. Dining room of
small house. Seven Arts 1: 34-46, Nov. 1916.
Children and the Evangelists, The. Margaret Otey Tomes. A Na-
tivity play. 17m., 6w., choir. Sc. Dark background. Drama 11 :
58-60, Nov. 1920.
* Children in the Great War. Wallace Rice. 4b., 4g. Sc. A clearing
in the woods. RIS
* Children of France. Wallace Rice. 4b., 4g. Sc. A clearing in a
wood. RIS
Children of Granada. Margaret Scott Oliver. A Spanish play. 7m.,
2w., chorus. Sc. Courtyard of Alhambra in Granada. OS
* Children of the Christmas spirit. Anita B. Ferris. 8b., 9g., choir.
Sc. Room in a home. Everyland 6: 33-37, Dec. 1914.
* Children of the Civil War. Wallace Rice. 4b., 4g. Sc. A clearing
in a wood. RIS
* Children of the Illini. Wallace Rice. 4b., 4g. Sc. A clearing in a
wood. RIS
Children of the sunrise. Julia P. Dabney. 10m., 6w., shepherds and
attendants. Sc. Forest glade. Poet Lore 26: 653-693, Nov.-Dec.
1915.
* Children's Christmas dream, The. Mary E. Telford. 24c. Sc.
Living room. TE
* Children's hour, The. Gladys Ruth Bridghaui. 7b., 12g. Sc. A
study. BBS
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLATS 57
Child's play. Laura E. Richards. 2b. Sc. A roadside. RP
Chimalman. Grace E. Taft. Verse. Ancient Aztec. 3m., 3w. Sc. A
forest glade. TA
China pig, The. Evelyn Emig. 3w. Sc. Living room of moderate
priced apartment. STW, Poet Lore 33: 439-450, Autumn 1922.
Chinese lily. Paula Ja-kobi. 1m., 7w. Sc. Laundry of a woman's
prison. Forum 54 : 551-566, Nov. 1915.
Chinese love. Clare Kummer. Chinese life. 4m., 2w. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Chips off the old block. E. M. Peixotto. Farce. 4b. Sc. A street
PET
Chitra. Rabindranath Tagore. 3m., lw., chorus. Sc. Not given. TC
Chocolate cake and black sand. Samuel Milbank Cauldwell. A
dream play. lb., 3g. Sc. Little girl's bedroom. CC
Choice, The. Allan Monkhouse. Play of the Great War. 1m., 3w. Sc.
Sitting room of a country cottage. MW
Choice of a tutor, The. Denis von Vizin. 5m., 3w., s., chorus char-
acters. Sc. Room in a Russian house of the well-to-do. . BFR
Choir rehearsal, The. Clare Kummer. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Choosing a career. Gaston A. de Caillavet, trans, from the French by
Barrett H. Clark. 3m., lw. Sc. A simple room in a hotel in France.
FSD
Chorio. Ernest Fenollosa and Ernest Pound. Noh play of Japan. 4m.,-
chorus. Sc. Laid in China. FEN
Christening of Rosalys. Netta Syrett. A pastoral. 4b., 3g. Chorus.
Sc. Part of the Palace garden. SSG
Christening robe, The. Anne L. Estabrook. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc.
A pleasant tenement kitchen. B
Christmas. Alice Summer Varney. 7b., 7g. Sc. A large room with a
decorated tree in the center. VA
Christmas "Anychild preparing for Christmas" F. Ursula Payne.
7c., chorus boys and girls. Sc. A room in any house. PP
Christmas at Holly Farm. Clara J. Denton. 4b., 5g., chorus, sc.
Handsome interior. I
Christmas at Punkin Holler, a Christmas play. Elizabeth F. Guptill.
2w., 7b., 8g. Sc. A schoolroom. PAP
Christmas at Skeeter Corner. Elizabeth F. Guptill. ."»!>.. 5g. Sc.
An old fashioned school. MAP
Christmas at the cross roads. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 9b., 12g. Sc.
Old fashioned country schoolhouse. MAP
Christmas babes in the woods. Corinne Rockwell Swain. 3b., 4g., 2
chorus groups. Sc. Woods in winter. SAB
Christmas bargain, A. Ellen M. Willard. 2g., Sc. Modern room.
WY
Christmas benefit, A. Marjorie Benton Cooke. 3b., Ig. Sc. Dressing
room in a theatre. DPP
Christmas beyond the trenches. Seymour S. Tibbals. Play about
the orphans of the Great War. Any number of Characters. Sc. In
the trenches. EP
Christmas box, The. Madeline Poole. 3b., 3g. Sc. A cottage across
the water. PO
Christmas boxes. M. E. M. Davis. 4m., 4w. Sc. Sitting room.
DAB
68 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Christmas brownie, The. Elsie Hobart Carter. 24c. Sc. Nursery.
ccc
Christmas burglar. The. Mary H. Planner. 3m., Iw. Sc. A pro-
fessor's study. FSD
* Christmas carol or the miser's Yuletide dream. (Adapted from
Dickens' Christmas Carol.) Walter Ben Hare. 10m., 5w., 4b., 4g.
Sc. A dark dreary office. II W
Christmas chime. Margaret Cameron. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Liv-
ing room in a country house. CAC, FSD
* Christmas conspiracy, The. Elizabeth Woodbridge. 14c. Sc. Dimly
lighted sitting room. SAB
* Christmas cookies, The. Marie Irish. Christmas play. 3b., 3g. Sc.
Kitchen. IPR
* Christmas dinner, The. Marie Irish. Christmas play. 2b., 3g. Sc.
Kitchen. 1C
* Christmas dream, A. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Dream play with Mother
Goose characters. 5b., Jig. Sc. Interior. MAP
* Christmas eve. Sidney Baldwin. Christmas play. 50c. Sc. Stage.
BAL
Christmas eve at the Mulligans. Marie Irish. 2m., 3w., 2b., 2g. Sc.
Living room. PAP
Christmas eve •with Charles Dickens, A. Maude Morrison Frank.
8m., Gw., many chorus characters. Sc. Poorly furnished but neat
room. FSP
* Christmas for all nations, a play in rhyme. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 5b.,
Gg. Sc. Interior. MAP
* Christmas for Santa Claus, A. W. H. Gardner. 2b., 9c. School
children. Ladies Home Journal 20: 20, Dec. 19U2.
* Christmas gifts of all nations. Carolyn Wells. 2b., 2g., 3 chorus
groups. Sc. Palace of Father Christmas at the North Pole. WJ,
Ladies Home Journal 29: 86, 91, Dec. 1912.
Christmas guest. Sara Kingsbury. 1m., 3w., Ic. Sc. Cheerful
kitchen of a home. Drama 8 : 455-401, Nov. 1918.
* Christmas guest: a miracle play after the manner of the 10th century,
The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 8c. Sc. Hall of a 10th century
house. MHH
* Christmas harvest, an exercise for the presentation of gifts by Sunday
Schools. Edna Randolph Worrell. Iw., any number of children. La-
dies Home Journal 33: 42, Dec. 1916.
* Christmas idea, The. Alice Cook Fuller. 5g. Sc. Living room. EP
* Christmas in Leipsic. John Jay Chapman. Verse. 2b., 3g., chorus.
Sc. Sitting room. CFA
* Christmas in Mother-Gooseville. Eleanor Allen Schroll. Verse.
15c. Sc. Interior. FIL
* Christmas in Rhyme-land. May Pemberton. Musical play. 9c. Sc.
Interior of a small cottage. PC
* Christmas in the air. Marie Irish. 6b., 5g. Sc. Inside of street car.
I
* Christmas in the forest. Netta Syrett. lb., lg., 4 chorus groups. Sc.
A cottage room. SSG
* Christmas influence. Marie Irish. 4b., 5g., Sc. Poorly furnished
room. I
* Christmas joke. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 12b., 12g. Sc. Interior. MAP
* Christmas journey, A. Marie Irish. 3b., 2g. Sc. A street. I
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 59
Christinas message, The. Margaret G. Parsons. 12c. Sc. Interior
PR
Christmas miracle play: the pageant of the Shearman and Tailors in
the Coventry Cycle of Miracles. Samuel A. Eliot, ed. 13m., Iw.
Sc. An inner and an outer stage. ELT1
Christmas mix-up or Mrs. Santa Clans Militant. Belle Elliot
Palmer. Ob., 3g. Sc. Interior. EP
Christmas morality play, A. Edith Lyttelton. lie. Sc. Poorly fur-
nished room. LY
Christmas mystery, A. Elizabeth Guptill. 13b. Sc. Any interior.
EP
Christmas mystery, A. Jane Judge and Liiiwood Taft. To be used a»
a part of a community Christmas sing. 4ui., Iw. Sc. Outside of the
stable in Bethlehem. Drama 11: (10-02, Nov. 1920.
Christmas of the little pines, The. Emma Larson. 3m., 15 or more
children. Sc. Forest. Woman's Home Companion 44: 29, Dec. 1911.
Christmas party, A. Marguerite Merington. 2m., Iw., 7b., 3g. Sc.
Nursery. MFP
Christmas picture, The. Lettie C. VanDerveer. 5g. Sc. Living
room. VC
Christmas pitcher, The. Augusta Stevenson. 6b., 5g., Many choruu
characters. Sc. A palace. SCI
Christmas present, A. Arthur Sclmitzler. 1m., Iw. Sc. Side street.
SA, International 4: 0-7, June 1911.
Christmas rainbow, A. Adeline Hohf Beery. 4b., 4g. Sc. Interioi.
FIL
Christmas shopping. Arthur Schuitzler, trans, from the German. An-
atol play, liii., Iw. Sc. Street in Vienna. SAA
Christmas shopping. Beulah Smith. Comedy. 4b., 8g. Sc. Toy
shop. WEP
Christmas speakin' at Skagg's Skule. Marie Irish. 6b., 8g. Sc.
School room of olden times. PAP
Christmas spirit, The. Sidney Baldwin. Christmas play. 13c. 2
chorus groups. Sc. Field bordered by trees. BAL
Christmas stars. Anne E. Williamson. 5b., 5g. Sc. Cozy living
room. PCP
Christmas stockings. Arthur Guiterman. 1m., lb., Ig. Nursery. La-
dies Home Journal 22 : 28, Dec. 1904.
Christmas story, The. Rita Benton. IGc., chorus. Sc. Stable at
Bethlehem. BSB
Christmas story, A. Edith Lang. With music. 14b., lOg. Sc. In a
forest. LAN
Christmas strike, A. Edith M. Burrows. 4b., 3g. Sc. Out-of-doors
before the Cave of the North Wind. BBC
Christmas surprise for Mother Goose, A. Marie tlrish. 4b., 8g. Sc.
Living room. I
Christmas sympathy. Marie Irish. 4b. Sc. Street. I
Christmas tale, A. Maurice Bouchor, trans, from the French by Bar-
rett H. Clark. 2m., 2w., Ig. Sc. Room serving as living room and
studio. FSD
Christmas tree, The. Laurence Housman. 1m., Iw., Ic. Sc. A cot-
tage interior. HAB, Drama 11 : 75-76. Dec. 1920.
Christmas tree in New England, A. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L.
60 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Ryan. How the Puritans kept Christmas. 3b., 2g. Sc. Living
room. TRH
* Christmas tree joke, A. Lindsey Barbee. 7b., 7g. Sc Living room
BLP
* Christmas visitors from other lands. Marie Irish. 4b., 6g. Sc.
Living room. I
* Christmas wishes. Marie Irish. 2b., 3g. Sc. Living room. I
* Christmas with the Mulligan's. Walter Ben Hare. 2w., 5b., 5g. Sc.
The Mulligan's front room. HW
Chrysanthemums, Japanese comedy. A. C. Wallace. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Room in a Japanese house. FSD
Chuck: an orchard fantasy. Percy Mackaye. 3m., Iw. Sc. In the
shadow of an appletree. MY
Ci-devant, The. Michael Arlen. Iw., 1 voice. Sc. Bedroom in a Lon-
don house. Dial GO: 125-131, Aug. 1920.
* Cinderella. Alice Cook Fuller. Gb., 4g. Sc. Home of Cinderella. FU
Cinders. Lily Tinsley. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior. FSD
Cin'n'buns. F. H. Schreiner. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior. B
Circles. George Middleton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Sitting room. MIP
* Circus, The. Alice Summer Varney. Gh., 6g. Sc. A street leading to
a school house. VA
Cissy's engagement. Ellen Lancaster Wallis. 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
City pastorals. William Griffith. Verse. 3m. Sc. Living room.
Spring. International 9: 178-180, June 1915.
Summer. International 9: 219-222, July 1915.
Autumn. International 9: 250-252, Aug. 1915. •
Winter. International 9: 278-279, Sept. 1915.
Civilization. Mary S. Watts. 5m., 5w. Sc. Patio of a ranch house.
WT
Claims, The. Louise Rand Bascom. 7m., Iw., Ic. Sc. General's office.
MBP
Clancy name, The. Lennox Robinson. 5m., 3w., chorus. Sc. Living
room of an Irish farmhouse. RC, RT
Class of '56, The. Thacher Rowland Guild. 5m. Sc. Library of a
pleasant old country house. GUI
' Class ship. Edith F. A. U. Painton, Dramatization of Longfellow's "The
Building of the Ship" 3b., 8g. Sc. Any large room. DEP
Clearly and concisely. Robert Higginbotham. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Interior. FSD
Clemency, written for the American School Peace League. Beulah Marie
Dix. 3m., Iw. Sc. Old fashioned house in a foreign country. AS
Cleopatra. Isaac Rieman Baxley. Roman and Egyptian historical play.
Verse. 3m., 3w. Sc. Cleopatra's tower. BAX
Cleopatra in Judea. Arthur Symons. Historical. Blank verse. 7m.,
3w. Sc. Hall in the palace of King Herod in Jerusalem. SY,
Forum 55 : 643-660, June 1916.
Clerical error, A. Henry Arthur Jones. Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
Clever cock, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2b. Sc. In the woods. SCI
Clever kid! Violet M. Methley. Boy Scout play. 3b. Sc. Corner of
a field. FSD
Clever kid, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2b., Ig. Sc. A pasture. SC2
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 61
Cliff of tears, a lyrical drama. Kenneth Rand. Verse. Play of ancient
Greece. 2m., Iw. Sc. Altar on an island coast. RA
Clinging vine, The. Rachel B. Gale. Comedy. IGw. Sc. Room of
a woman's club. B
Clod, The. Lewis Beach. Civil War play. 4m., Iw. Sc. Kitchen of a
farmhouse. BF, WSP
Close call, A. Grace Luce Irwin. Farce. 1m., 5w. Sc. Interior. B
Close the book. Susan Glaspell. Comedy. 3m., 5w. Sc. Library of
a home. GP, GPC
Closed door. Edmund Elliot Shepherd. 2m., 2w. Sc. Library. Smart
Set 31 : 131-137, June 1910.
Closet, The. Doris F. Halman. 4w. Sc. Narrow, dim corridor. HAS
Closing day at Beanville school. Willis N. Bugbee. 7b., 7g. Sc.
School room. BUP
Cloud descends, The. Maxwell Bodenheim. 4w. Fantastic. Sc. Small
waterpool. Poetry 14: 295-300, Sept. 1919.
Cloudy day, A. Benjamin L. C. Griffith. Farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Living
room. GR
Clytie. Alice Fuller Cook. 4b., 9g. Sc. Forest by the sea side. FU
Coats. Lady Isabelle Augusta Gregory. Irish comedy. 3m. Sc. Din-
ing room of a hotel. GRZ, Metropolitan 36: 40-42, May 1912.
Coats and petticoats. Rachel Baker Gale. Comedy. 1m., 7w. 2
chorus groups. Sc. Interior. B
Cobbler's bargain. Mrs. C. F. Fernald and Olivia L. Wilson. Musical
comedy. lb., Ig. Sc. Shoe maker's shop. BAB
Cock and the fox. Evelyn Smith. Adapted from Chaucer. lOc. Sc.
Farmyard. SFR
Cock Robin. Someple. (pseud.) 8b., 7g. Sc. Open place in the
woods. SO
Cockcrow. L. M. Taylor. Based on old Scottish ballad "Clerk Saun-
ders." 1m., Iw. voice. Sc. Massive hall of the 14th century. Poet
Lore 33 : 118-127, Spring 1922.
Coda, The. Charles Stratton. 1m., 2w. Sc. Small library of a home.
Drama 8: 215-232, May 1918.
Codicil, The. Paul Ferrier. Trans, by Elizabeth Lester Mullin. 3m.,
Iw. Sc. Chateau de Chantenay. Poet Lore 19: 193-206, Summer
1908.
Colette of the Red Cross. Margaret Getchell. 8g. Sc. Living room.
FSD
College chums. The. Harry L. Newton. Comedy. 2m. Sc. Street.
WHP
College days. John K. Stafford. Farce, llm., Iw. Sc. Hotel lobby.
FSD
College .ioke, A. Granville Forbes Sturgis. Comedy. College play.
3m. Sc. Typical college room. STR
Colloquy in Hades. A. Edward Goodman. 2m. Sc. Misty gray set-
ting. Moods 1 : 151-153, March 1909.
Colombine. Reginald Arkell. Fantasy. 5m., Iw. Sc. A Roman camp
in England. WWS
Colonel and the lady, The. Dawson Milward and Homan Clark.
Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc. Quarters in English barracks. FSD
Colonial school. Eleanore Hubbard. Educational play. 10b., chorus.
Sc. School room in colonial Boston. HUG
62 ' AN INDEX TO ONE- ACT PLAYS
t Colonial tea, A. Kaie Woodward Noble. 5w. Sc. Parlor. NOB
* Colonial Virginia. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. American history
play. lb., 3g. Sc. A colonial parlor. WCP
* Color fairies, The. Elizabeth F. Guptill. lOg. Sc. No special scen-
ery. GUT
Colour-sergeant, The. Brandon Thomas. 4m., Iw. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Columbine. Colin Campbell Clements. 2w. Sc. Bedroom. CLD.
STW, Poet Lore 21 : 5SS rv.ir.. Winter 1920.
* Columbus Day. "Columbus helps Any Child." Ursula F. Payne.
lOc. Sc. Room in any home. PP
Comala. Reginald R. Buckley. 4m., Iw., warriors. Sc. Island off a
northern coast. Poetry Review G: 233-250, May-June 191. ~>.
Combat with the dragon. Ethel Louise Cox. Verse. Old Norse
background. 3m., 2\v., chorus. Sc. A wild rocky pass in a moun-
tain. COX
Come Michaelmas. John Keble Bell. (Keble Howard, pseud.) Com-
edy 2m., 2w. Sc. Parlour of a farm. FSD
Comedie Royall, A. Evelyn G. Sutherland. Historical background.
4m., 2w. Sc. Audience chamber of Queen Elizabeth in 1580. SUP
Comedy of the exile, A. Isabella Howe Fiske. 3m., 2w., 1 dog. Sc.
Living room in House of Tobit in Ninevah. Poet Lore 17 : 51-58,
Spring 190G.
Comforter, The. Laurence Housman. English political farce. 3m.,
Iw., Is. Sc. Sitting room in house on Downing street. HA, HA4
* Coming home to Grandma's. Edith F. A. U. Painton. Thanksgiving
play. 5g. Sc. Sitting room. PAS
Coming of Annabel, The. Alice C. Thompson. Gw. Sc. Sitting
room. B
Coming of Columbine, The. Eric Lyall. 2m., Iw. Sc. Garrett with
sloping roof. Poetry Review 11: 178-181, July-Aug. 1920.
f Coming of Fair Annie, The. Graham Price. Based on the old ballad
"Love Gregor." 2m., 2w. Sc. Hall of a Scottish castle. WWS
Coming of Hippolytns, The. Margaret Sackville. 2w. Sc. High
tower overlooking the sea. Poetry 3 : 40-45, Nov. 1913.
Coming of the Prince, The. William Sharp. Imaginative. Verse.
4m., Iw. Sc. A great forest. SHV
Commission, A. Wcedon Grosmith. 3m., 2w. Sc. Studio. FSD
Committee on matrimony, A. Margaret Cameron. Comedy. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Drawing room. CAC
Common ground. Eleanor Whiting. 1m., 2w. Sc. Small, barely fur-
nished room in New England farmhouse. Poet Lore 32 : 140-148,
Spring 1921.
Compromise of the King of the Golden Isles, The. Lord Dunsany.
13m. Sc. Audience room. DFO
Compromising Martha. Keble Howard. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Liv-
ing room. FSD
Confederates, The. Pauline Phelps and Marion Short. Romantic com-
edy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Garden lighted by Chinese lanterns. PH
Confession, The. Pearce Bailey. 2m.. others. Sc. Prison cell.
Charaka Club Proceedings 5 : 56-71, 1919.
t Confessional, The. Marjorie Benton Cooke. 1m., Iw., Is. Sc. Draw-
ing room. CO
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 63
Confessional. Percival Wilde. 3m., 2w., Is. Sc. Parlor window of a
trim cottage. WC
Confidence, A. Elizabeth Jordan. 2w. Sc. Living room of home.
Harper's Bazaar 43: 447-50, May 1909.
Conflict, The. Clarice Valletta McCauley. 1m., 3w. Sc. Kitchen of
old fashioned farmhouse. REM, SCO, STW, VI
Conquest of Helen, The. Ralph W. Tag. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc.
Handsomely furnished room. FP
Consuming Sairey "Uggins." Sailor play. Wilfrid Blair. 3m., Iw.
Sc. Low ceilinged room. WIA
Conscript Fathers, a forecast, The. J. D. Simpson. 7m. Sc. Bar-
rack room. English Review 27: 208-212, Sept. 1918.
Considerable courtship. Bessie Blair Smith. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Interior. PPP
Conspirators, a Christmas play, The. Ralph Henry Barbour. 2m., 2w.
Sc. Richly furnished dining room. New England Magazine 37 : 425-
32, Dec. 1907.
Constant lover, The. St. John Hankin. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Glade in a wood. FSD, HAN2, SL, Smart Set 38: 133-142, Oct.
1912. Theatre Arts Magazine 3 : 07-77, April 1919.
Conversation, The. Edgar Lee Masters. 2m. Sc. Unimportant. Poetry
7 : 55-59, Nov. 1915.
Conversion of Mrs. Slacker, The. F. Ursula Payne. Great War play.
2b., 7g. Sc. Any room. PPD
Conversion of Nat Sturge. Malcolm Watson. Comedy. 3m., Iw.
Sc. Interior. FSD
Convert, A. Clematis White. 1m., 2w. have speaking parts, 20 dinner
guests. Sc. Dinner table set for 20. Smart Set 35: 103-10G, Nov.
1911.
Converted suffragist. Katharine Kavanaugh. 3w., 1 baby. Sc. In-
terior. FP
Converting Bruce. Edith J. Broomhall. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc Living-
room. B
Converts. Harold Brighouse. Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc. Inside a Salva-
tion Army Barrack in London. REP
Convict on the hearth, The. Frederick Fenn. Cm., 5w. Sc. Com-
bined living room and dining room. FSD
Cooks and cardinals. Norman C. Lindau. 4m., 2\v. Sc. A kitchen.
FS2
Cooky, The. Laura E. Richards. 3g. Sc. Nursery. RP
Corner in hearts, A. Edna Randolph Worrell. Christmas play. 5m.,
Sc. Reading room of a country club. MAP
Corner in strait-jackets. Amelia Sanford. Farce. 2m., 6w., 3c. Sc.
An office. B
Coronation, The. Christopher St. John and CTiarles Thursby. Suffrage
play. 7m., Iw.. chorus. Sc. Hall adjacent to a church. STI
Correct thing, The. Alfred Sutro. A study in sentiment. 1m., Iw., Is.
Sc. Drawing room of a pleasant little house. SFA
Cosher, The. Malcolm Morley. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a poor tene-
ment in London. MOL
Cost of a hat, The. Bosworth Crocker. 2m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen in a
flat in a tenement house. CK
Cottage on the moor, The. E. E. Smith and D. L. Ireland. Historical
64 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLATS
English play of cavaliers and roundheads. 4m., Ib. Sc. Cottage on a
lonely moor. WWS
Counsel retained. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 2m., lw., chorus ele-
ments. Sc. Poverty stricken room. MB
Count Festenberg. Felix Salten. Trans, by Alfred B. Kuttner. 5m.,
lw. Sc. Ostentatious hotel drawing room. International 3 : 23-28,
Jan. 1911.
Countess Cathleen. William Butler Yeats. 3m., 3w., many chorus
characters. Sc. 1. Room with lighted fire, Sc. 2. A wood. YP2
Countess Mizzle. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, from the German. Com-
edy. 7m., 2w. Sc. Garden. MR
$ Country cousin, A. Edith F. A. U. Painton. Ib., 2g. Sc. Any stage
or platform. PAD
Couple of heroes, A. Katharine Kavanaugh. Comedy. 3m., lw. Sc.
Interior. DEP
* Courage. Kate Harvey. 4b., 2g. Sc. A Dutch kitchen. BHP
* Course of true love. Anne A. Craig. Harlequin farce. 9b., 2g. Sc.
A street in front of an inn. CD
Court comedy, A. Marjorie Benton Cooke. 1m., 2w. Sc. Ante room
of palace. CO
Court of fame. The. Mary V. Duval. Play of great women. Has pag-
eant qualities. 20w. Sc. Classical stage setting. HI
Court singer, The. Frank Wedekind. Trans, from the German. 6m.,
2w. Sc. Pretentiously furnished room in a hotel. MR
Courting the widow. Paul Marion. Irish characters. 1m., lw. Sc.
Interior of a country kitchen. WEP
i Courtship of Miles Standish, The. Eugene Presbery. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Room in a Colonial house. FSt)
Cousin Tom. Robert C. V. Meyers. Comedy. 2m., lw. Sc. Interior.
PPP
Coward, The. Robert G. Nathan. 1m., 2w. Sc. Bare attic studio.
Harvard Monthly 58 : 20 -March 1914.
Cowboy and the baby, The. Dr. Albert Carr. Farce. 6m., 2w., lc.
Sc. Inside a depot. CAR
Cowboy-Jim. Fred H. James. Romance of the far west. 1m., lw. Sc.
Girl's bedroom. Stagelore p. 89, Feb. 1912.
Cow-herd and the weaving maid, The. Shen Hung. Based on Chi-
nese folk-lore. 2m., 2w. Sc. Laurel woods. Drama 11 : 404— 108,
Aug.-Sept. 1921.
Crack in the bell, The. Grover Theis. 2m., 1 chorus. Sc. Independ-
ence Square. TN
"Cracker, The." Horatio S. Jones. U. S. Civil War melodrama. 5m.,
3w. Sc. Kitchen in the home of a physician in Missouri. JON
Cranberry corners. Alice Marie Donley. Comedy. 2m. Sc. Grocery
and postoffice combined. G3
Creditor, The. August Strindberg. Trans, from the Swedish. 2m., lw.,
Is., chorus characters. Sc. A drawing room in a watering place.
SL, STO Poet Lore 22: 81-116, Spring 1911.
Crepuscule. Pierre Louys, a romance trans, by Blanche S. Wagstaff.
1m., lw. International 6: 102, Oct. 1912.
Cressmans, The. M. F. Hutchinson. 5m., 7w. Sc. Drawing room.
WIA
Crier by night, The. Gordon Bottomley. Verse. 2m., 2w. Sc. In-
terior of a cottage. BKL, Bibelot 15 : 298-331, Sept. 1909.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 65
Criminals, an unpleasant play in tableaux. Gustaf of Geijerstam, trans,
from the Swedish by Roy W. Swanson. 2m., 3w. Sc. Peasant's cot-
tage. Poet Lore 34: 18G-209, Summer 1923.
Criminals, a play about marriage. George Middleton. 2in., 2w. Sc.
Cozy sitting room. MC
Crimson cocoanut, The. John Hay Beith (Ian Hay, pseud.) Farce.
4m., 2w. Sc. London restaurant. BEC, US
Crimson lake. The. Alice Brown. 8m. Sc. Dining room of an osten-
tatiously Bohemian restaurant. BO
Cripples, The. David Pinski. 5m. Sc. A city square. PT
Crispin, rival of his master. Alain-Rene Le Sage. Trans, from the
French by Barrett H. Clark. Comedy. 4m., 4w. Sc. Street scene
in Paris in 18th century. FSD
Criss cross. Rachel Crothers. 2m., Iw. Sc. Tastefully furnished sit-
ting room. FP
Critics' catastrophe, a probable possibility, The. Herman Schuchert.
6m., Iw. Sc. Dining room of an exclusive club. Little Review 2 :
20-27, April 1915.
Critics; or, a New play at the Abbey: being a little morality for the
Press, The. St. John G. Ervine. 5m. Sc. Lobby of the Abbey
Theatre, Dublin. ER
Crooked man and his crooked wife. Kenneth L. Andrews. 2m., Iw.
Sc. A musty looking room in a Chinese house. PWP
Crooks. Nathan Kussy. 5m. Sc. Library in a home on Riverside
Drive. US
Crow and the fox, The. Augusta Stevenson. lb., 2g. Sc. A high
tree in a grove. SC3
Crowning of Columbia; a patriotic fantasy. Kathrine F. Carlyou.
25b., 24g. Sc. Large room or platform. B
Crowning of peace, The. Nora Archibald Smith. Patriotic. 3b., 2g.
Sc. Goddess of Liberty at back of stage. SP
Crowning of the Dryads. Martha B. Bayles. May Day dream. Ar-
bor day celebration. 32c. Sc. In the heart of an ancient wood. LU
Crows. Betti Primrose Sandiford. 2m., Iw. Sc. Parlor of middle class
Canadian home. Canadian Magazine 58 : 397-405, March 1922.
Crowsnest, The. William F. Manley. 3m. Sc. On board of old coast-
ing ship. FS3
Cruet of marigolds, The. John McClure. 1m.. Iw. Sc. Oasis in
Ethiopian sands. Smart Set 6G : 73-75, Nov. 1922.
Crystal gazer, The. Leopold Montague. Comic sketch. 2w. Sc.
Drawing room. FSD, PH
Cuckoo! E. E. Bloxam. 12c. Sc. A wood. BL
Cuckoo's nest, The. F. Roney Weis. Comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc. Living
room. B
Cul-de-sac. Essex Dane. 1m., 2w. Sc. Doctor's office. DAO
Culprit, The. May Bell. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Study in a comfort-
able home in Johannesburg. BRW
Culprit, The. Percival L. Weil. 3m., Iw. Sc. Well furnished room in
house. Smart Set 39 : 129-142, Feb. 1913.
Cult of content, The. Noel Leslie. Fantastic morality, llm. and w.
Sc. Interior of the Court of Interpretation in the Palace of Dreams.
FOS
66 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Cupboard love. Herbert Swears. 18th century costume comedy. 2w.
Sc. Boudoir. FSD
Cupid in the kitchen. Ada Leonora Harris. 1m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen
in London lodging house. PLA
Cupid mixes things. Sara Henderson. Valentine comedy. 5m., Gw.,
2g., 3b. Sc. A wooded park. MAP
Cupid's column. Dorothy D. Calhoun. Farce. 2m., 3w. Sc. Com-
bination dining and living room. FP
Cupid's trick. Preston Gibson. Valentine playlet. 4m., Iw. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
Cure for husbands. George M. Rosener. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. In-
terior. Stagelore p. 186, Feb. 1912.
Cure for hypnotism, A. Asa Steele. Farce. 2m., Iw. Sc. Sitting
room. PPP
Cure for indifference. Geoffrey Wilkinson. 4w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Cure for jealousy, A. George V. Hobart. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc.
Sample room in a hotel. US
Cure that failed, The. Gertie de S Wentworth-James. 1m., 3w. Sc.
Drawing room in a small house. PLA
Curiosity of Kitty Cochraine. Miriam Michelson. 3m., 4\v. Sc.
Bare chamber in New York debtor's prison in 1790. Smart Set 37 :
133-142, May 1912.
* Curly locks. Someple. (pseud.) fib., 4g. Sc. Kitchen. SO
Curtain, The. Hallie F. Flanagan. 4m., 2w. Sc. Small room in New
York apartment. Drama 13: 107-109, Feb. 1923.
Curtains, The. Cloyd Head and Mary Gavin. 7m., 3w. Sc. Darkened
stage, steps in background. Poetry 10 : 1-11, April 1920.
Cycle, a play of war. Witter Bynner. 2m., 2w. Sc. Library in the
home of a Prussian officer. BB
D
"D. H. S." Lucie Conway. Farce. 1m., 2w. Sc. Quiet spot outside a
ball room. FSD
Daggers and diamonds. Katharine Prescott Moseley. Satire on radi-
calism. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior. B
Daily bread. Mary Katharine Reely. Slum play. 1m., 4w. Sc.
Kitchen-living room in a tenement. REE
Daimyo, The. Translated from the Japanese by Leo Duran. 5m., 2w.
Sc. Wooded mountains in Japan in 18th century. DU
Daisy, The. Alice Sumner Varney. 9c. Sc. Edge of a ditch beside a
garden. VA
Dakota widow, A. Grace Livingston Furniss. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Drawing room. FSD
Dame Greel o' Portland town. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 14m., 4w.
Sc. Tavern at Portland, Maine. MPP
Dance of death, an interlude. E. Hamilton Moore. 4m., 2w. Sc.
Southern garden. Poetry Review 2 : 01-71, Feb. 1913.
Dance of the seven deadly sins. Arthur Symons. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Large empty room. English Review 30 : 481-485, June. 1920.
Dancing dolls. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. 4m., 7w. Sc. Inside of a
tent, used as dressing room. GQ, GQA, STG
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 67
Dandy dolls, The. George Fitzmaurice. 4m., 2w., 3c. Sc. Kitchen.
FF
Dane's dress suit case. Robert C. V. Meyers. Farce. 2m., lw. Sc.
Interior. B
Dangers of peace, The. Graham S. Rawson. French historical play of
Napoleonic times. Om., 3w. Sc. Room in Paris. RA
Daniel Boone: Patriot. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 9b., chorus. Sc.
An open woodland. MPY
Daniel Boone's snuff box. Eleanore Hubbard. Historical play of the
settlement of the U. S. 3b., chorus group. Sc. Indian village in the
Kentucky woods. HUD
Dunny. Anna Wolfrom. 2m., 3w. Sc. Sitting room. WOH
Dante in Santa Croce of the Raven, trans, from the Italian of Arturo
Graf by Rudolph Altrocchi. 3m., choir. Sc. Cloister of a monastery.
Harvard Monthly 46: 94-102, May 1908.
Dardanelles puff-box, The. J. R. Milne. 2m., 2w. Sc. Library of
a country house. Smart Set G2 : 77-83, May 1920.
Dark lady of the sonnets, The. G. B. Shaw. Elizabethan back-
ground. 3m., 3w. Sc. Terrace of a Palace overlooking the Thames.
SHA, English Review 7: 258-269, Jan. 1911.
Dark man at the feast, The. Francis M. Livingston. 20m. and w.
Sc. Banquet. Smart Set 3 : 115-118, April 1901.
Dark of the dawn. The. Beulah Marie Dix. 4m. Sc. Living room.
DA
Darktown social betterment s'ciety, The. W. T. Newton. Negro
farce. 7m.. 8w. Sc. Interior. BUP
Daughter of Japan, A. F. D. Bone. 3m., lw. Sc. Interior of Japa-
nese house. FSD
Daughter of Jephthah, The. Rita Benton. Bible play. lb., 2g., 2
chorus groups. So. Before the door of a tent. BSB
Daughter of men, The. Katharine Kavanaugh. Political play. 3m.,
2w. Sc. Library. DPP
David Garrick's masterpiece. Fred H. James. 18th century English
life. 4m., 2w. Sc. A handsome parlor. WRP
Dawn, The. Alma Newton, lw., Ic. Sc. Interior. NE
Dawn. Rita Wellman. 2m., lw. Sc. Small room in a Russian military
hospital. Drama 9: 89-102, Feb. 1919.
Dawn. Percival Wilde. 2m., lw., Ic. Sc. Inside a rough shack.
WED, Smart Set 44: 115-123, Nov. 1914.
Dawn of the sunset. Robert Hillyer. 5m. Sc. Country road. Har-
vard Monthly 60: 125-126, June 1915.
Day after the circus. Clara J. Denton. 2b. Sc. Interior. MBP
Day before Christmas, The. Carolyn Wells. 7b., 6g., chorus. Sc. A
schoolroom. WJ, Ladies Home Journal, 21 : 16, Dec. 1903.
Day in court; burlesque on a justice of the peace's court, A. Jay Clay
Powers. 5m., 2w. Sc. Court room. B
Day of dupes, The. J. Hartley Manners. Allegory. 4m., lw., Is. Sc.
Boudoir. MH
Day of the Duchess. Alice C. Thompson. Farce, comedy. 12w. Sc.
School parlor. B
Day that Lincoln died, The. Prescott Warren and Will Hutching.
5m., 2w. Sc. Exterior. B
68 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Days of long ago, The. Marie Irish. Verse. 3g. Sc. Afternoon tea
IPP
* De Soto and the Indians. Marie Bankhead Owen. Alabama Centen-
nial play. 8b.. 8g. Se. School playground. AO
Deacon Brodie. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from a play by Henley and
Stevenson. 5m., Iw. Sc. Platform. GU
t Deacon's hat. The. Jeannette Marks. 3m., 3w. Sc. A little shop.
LC, MT, SB
Deacon's sweetheart, The. Frank Kennedy and A. S. Hoffman. 2m.
Sc. Interior. DPP
Dead are singing, The. Carl Hauptmann, trans, by Mary L. Stephen-
son. 7m., Iw. Sc. Lonely battlefield. Texas Review 1 : 250-256,
Ap. 1916.
Dead eyes, The. Hanns Deinz Ewers. 3m., 7w. Sc. Hillside outside
Jerusalem. International 11 : 176-183, June 1917.
Dead poet, The. Stark Young. Verse. 1m., 2w., Ic. Sc. Deep in a
forest glade. YA
Dead saint, The. Bertha Hedges. 3m., Iw. Sc. Stone wall with
arched gateway. Sc. 2. Room with bare Avails. Drama 12 : 305-309
June-Aug. 1922.
t Dear departed, The. Stanley Houghton. Comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc. In-
terior. FSD, HF
Dearest thing in boots, The. Edna I. MacKenzie. 2m., 4w. Sc.
Store. PAP
Death: a discussion. Robert W. Woodruff. 6m. Sc. Back parlor.
Smart Set 44 : 213-216, Dec. 1914.
Death and the dicers, adapted from "The Pardoner's Tale" by Chaucer.
Frederick Schenck. 7m., Iw. Sc. Roadside tavern. Harvard Monthly
48: 195-206, July 1909.
Death and the fool. Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Trans, from the Ger-
man by Elizabeth Walter. 5m., 2w. Sc. Studio. BAG, MR, Poet
Lore 24: 253-267, Vacation 1913.
Death and the young man. Lee Simonson. 3m., 2w. Sc. Grove of
yew and cypress. Harvard Monthly 45 : 80-84, Nov. 1907.
Death in fever heat, A. George W. Cronyn. 3m., Iw., 2 sup. Sc.
Dining room of forlorn western hotel. SL
Death of Agrippina, The. Arthur Symons. Historical. Blank verse.
4m., 3w. Sc. Nero's villa. SY
Death of Alcestis. Laurence Housman. Ancient Greek play. Verse.
4m., 2w., chorus. Sc. Underground garden of Proserpine. HAR
Death of Alexander, The. Maurice Baring. 2m., 2w., 2s., chorus char-
acters. Sc. A bedroom in Alexander's palace. BA
* Death of Balder. Evelyn Smith. From a Norse legend, lie., chorus.
Sc. Out of doors. SFR
Death of Hippolytus, The. Maurice Hewlett. Tragic play of ancient
Greece. Verse. 3m., 2w., chorus. Sc. A rocky coast. HEA
Death of Titian, The. Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Trans, from the Ger-
man by John Heard, Jr. 8m., 3w. Sc. Curtain or tapestry back-
ground! FOS
Death speaks. Egmont W. Ruschke. Fantasy. 2m. Sc. A country
churchyard. RUE
Death-stone, The. Basil Hall Chamberlain. Japanese lyric drama.
1m., Iw., chorus. Sc. Moor in Japan. CHB
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 69
Debit and credit. August Strindberg. Trans, by Emil Sobering 5m.,
4\v. Sc. Beautifully furnished room in a hotel. Poet Lore 17 : 28-
44, Autumn 1906.
Debutante, The. F. Scott Fitzgerald. 5m., 4w. Sc. Bedroom. Smart
Set 60: 85-96, Nov. 1919.
"Deceivers." William C. De Mille. 2m., Iw. Sc. Living room of home
in suburbs. FSD
Declaration of Independence. Eleanore Hubbard. 13b., chorus of
boys. Sc. Independence Hall, Philadelphia. HUG
Decoration Day "Anychild meets Memory." F. Ursula Payne.
12c., chorus. Sc. A room in any house. PP
Decree Nisi, The. Joshua Bates. 2m., 2w. Sc. Private sitting room
at a London hotel. Smart Set 28: 117-124, July 1909.
Defeat. John Galsworthy. Great War play. 1m., Iw. Sc. A room.
GSS
Deirdre. William Butler Yeats. Verse. Irish folklore background. 6m.,
Iw. Sc. A guest house in a wood. YC2, YP2, YPP
Delayed birthday, A; a Hlanukah play. Emily Goldsmith Gerson.
Jewish holiday play. 2m., 3w. Sc. A pretty room. BLO
Deliverer, The. Lady Gregory. Tragic comedy. 8m., 3w. Sc. Steps
of a Palace at the Inver of the Nile. Gil
Delta wife, The. Walter McClellan. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior of south-
ern cabin. Double Dealer 4: 271-278, . Dec. 1922.
Demigod, The. Helen Cheyney Bailey. 3m., 3w. Sc. Living room of
a working man's house. Drama 8 : 505-514, Nov. 1918.
Democracy's king. Arnold Daly. Leading diplomats in the World
War. 9m., a number of children. Sc. Orchard in autumn. DAD
Demon's shell, The. Trans, from the Japanese by Yone Noguchi. 2m.
Sc. Not given. Poet Lore 17 : 44-49, Autumn 1906.
Dent's office boy. Charles M. Stuart. 3m. Sc. Office. DPP
Departure, The. Louise E. Tucker and Estella L. Ryan. Early days
of Harvard College. 2b., 2g. Sc. Living room. TRH
Depot lunch counter, The. Frank Dumont. 13m., 2w. Sc. Depot
lunch room. PPP
Derby. Helen Gentry. Tragedy. 2m., 2w., Ib. Sc. Interior. CU
Derelict, The. Clarendon Ross. 2m., Iw. Sc. Shabby genteel room in
a lodging house in 1871. Poet Lore 30 : 601-607, Winter 1919.
Derelicts. George Calderon. 3m., 3w., chorus. Sc. A hotel garden.
CA
Derelicts. Preston Gibson. 1m., Iw. Sc. Poorly furnished garret.
FSD
Dervorgilla, a tragedy. Lady Gregory. 6m., 3w. Sc. Green lawn out-
side garden wall. Samhain pp. 13-27, 1908.
Desert, The. Colin Campbell Clements. 3m., 6w. Sc. A lonely place
in the desert outside Jerusalem. CLD
Deserter, The. Lascelles Abercrombie. Verse. 5m., 4w. Sc. In front
of a cottage in the country. ABF, Theatre Arts Magazine 6 : 237-
254.
Detective Keen. Percival Knight. 4m., Iw. Sc. Well furnished hall
drawing room. US
Devil's gold, The. Sara Jefferis Curry. Dramatization of Chaucer's
Pardoner's Tale. 9m. Sc. Before and behind a curtain. STV
70 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Devil's star. F. J. Newboult. 3m., Iw. Sc. Interior. FSD
* Dew necklace, The. Charles McEvoy. 4c., chorus. Sc. A wood with
u hollowed-out oak tree. FSD
Diabolical circle, The. Beulah Borustead. 3m., Iw. Sc. Living
room. DAL, LC
Diadem of snow, A. Elmer L. Reizeustein. 3m., 2w. Sc. Room in
Russia furnished in execrable taste. Liberator 1 : 20-33, April 1918.
Diaiithe's desertion. Helen P. Kane. Revolutionary war play. 4\v.
Sc. Colonial interior. PPP
Dick's sister. Noruiau McKinnel. 1m., Iw. Sc. Sitting room. FSD
Did it really happen? Zoe Akins. 3m., Iw. Sc. Small study.
Smart Set 52 : 343-352, May 1917.
Did it really happen? Alfred Brand. Comedy. 2m., 3w. Sc. Old
fashioned comfortable room. BR1
* Diego's dream, a play for Columbus birthday. Madaleiie D. Baruuiu.
13c., chorus characters. Sc. A school room in Spain. BS
Dies Irae. Frederick \V. Weudt. 1m., Iw. Sc. Poorly furnished attic.
Smart Set 34 : 117-121, July 1911.
Difference in clocks, A. Ethel Livingston, liu., Iw. Sc. Interior.
B
Difficult border, The. Doris F. Halmau. Fantasy. 2m., 3w. Sc.
Edge of a strange wood. HAS
$ Ding-a-Ling. E. M. Peixotto. Farce. Ob. Sc. Employment agency.
PET
Dinner at seven sharp. Annabel Jeiiks and Tudor Jenks. 5m., 3w.
Sc. Interior of a modest house. B
Dinner at the club. Eulora M. Jennings. Comedy. Gw., 2c., Is. Sc.
Reading room of a woman's club. FSD
Dinner for two. R. C. Carton, pseud, of It. C. Critchett. 3m. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
Dinner table, The. Edwin L. Sabin. 2ni., 2w., Ib. Sc. Dinner table.
Century 90: 159-100, May 1915.
Dinner with complications, A. Marjorie Benton Cooke. 3m., 3w.
Sc. Drawing room. CO
* "Dinner's served!" Frederick Trevor Hill. Farce. 4b., Ig. Sc. In-
side of negro cabin. HH
Diplomacy. David Pinski. Cm., Iw., many chorus characters. Sc.
Spacious ante-room of the Chancellor's office. PT
t Disastrous announcement. Barney Gunnison. Adapted from David
Copperfield by Dickens. Comedy. 1m., 3w., 1 dog. Sc. Parlor.
GU
Disciples of art. Adele Luehrmann. 4m., 8w., chorus. Sc. Gallery in
the Louvre. Smart Set 33: 57-59, Feb. 1911.
* Discouraged worker, A. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Christmas play. 3b.,
3g. Sc. Santa's kitchen. GUD
Discussion with interruptions, A, Kate McLaurin. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Elegantly furnished dining room. Smart Set 20: 125-127, Dec. 1908.
Dispatches from Washington. Charles Chambers Mather. Revolu-
tionary War play. 3m., 5w. Sc. Front yard of Colonial house. B
Dispensation, The. Clay M. Greene. 4m. Sc. Private audience
chamber in the Vatican. GD
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 71
Dissolution. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, from the German. Anatol play.
2m., Iw. Sc. Interior. SAA
District visitor, The. Richard Middleton. 2m., l\v. Sc. Living room.
English Review 15: 497-505, Nov. 1913.
Divided * attentions. Evelyn Simms. Comedy. 1m., 4vv. Sc. Parlor
in a summer hotel. DEP
Division between friends, A. Horace B. Browne. From Dickens'
Martin Chuzzlewit. 1m., 2w. Sc. Apartment. BD
Dizzy's dilemmas. Charles Ingersoll Brown. 4m. Sc. Interior. Farce.
BAT
Do men gossip? Orrin Breiby. Comedy. 5m., Iw. Sc. Men's club
on ladies' day. FSD
Doctor Anntie. Alice Brown. 2m., 2w. Sc. A pleasantly furnished
sitting room. BO
Doctor Faustns. Christopher Marlowe. Edited by Samuel A. Eliot.
19m., Iw., chorus characters. Sc. Some arrangement whereby there
may be room for three sided action. ELT1
"Dod gast ye both!" a comedy of mountain moonshine. Hubert Hef-
fner. GUI., Iw. Sc. A dense thicket in the mountains. CFP
Dog, The. Bosworth Crocker. 4m., 2w. Sc. A magistrate's court.
CK
Dog, The. Doris F. Halinan. 2m., lb., several voices. Sc. Interior of
shack in Maine woods. HAS
Dog days. Herbert Swears. 5w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Doing away with Christmas. Marie Irish. 5b., 5g. Sc. Ordinary
stage. 1C
Doll shop, The. Helen Langhanke and Lois Cool Morstrom. 43c. Sc.
Interior of a shop. EP
Doll show, The. Edith F. A. U. Painton. 3b., 7g. Sc. Interior. PAS
Dollar, A. David Pinski. 5m., 3w. Sc. Cross-roads at the edge of a
forest. LC, PT, Stratford Journal 1: 27-41, June 1917.
Dolls, a Christmas nonsense play. Louise Van Voorhis Armstrong, llw.
Sc. A pleasant room. Drama 11 : 52-57, Nov. 1920.
Dolls on dress parade, The. Effa E. Preston. For primary grades.
18 or more c. Sc. Interior of a doll shop. PAP
Doll's playhouse, The. Ruth Selman. lb., 4g. Sc. Playhouse. BAB
Doll's symposium, The. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 17c. Sc. Toy shop.
MAP
Dolly dialogue. Carolyn Wells. 8c. Sc. A nursery. St. Nicholas
34: 156-7, Dec. 1900.
Dolly Madison's afternoon tea. Emily Herey Denison. 5w., Is. Sc.
Drawing room of the President's mansion. DL
Dolly's week-end; or, The tale of the speaking tube. Florence
Warden. 4m., 4w. Sc. Sitting room of a cottage. WIA
Dolores of the Sierra. Harriet Holmes Haslett. Mexican episode.
1m., Iw. Sc. Rocky gulch. HAE
Domestic dilemma, A. Grace Luce Irwin. Farce. A golf play. 2m.,
2w., 2s. Sc. Front room of a suburban residence. ID
Dominant male, The. Arnold Daly. A comment on suffrage. 2m., Iw.
Sc. 1. Lonely hut. Sc. 2. Exterior of French watering resort. PAD
Don Juan duped. Algernon Boyeson. 2m. Sc. Terrace of a Swiss
hotel. Smart Set 33 : 131-140, April 1911.
AX INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Don Juan's failure. Maurice Baring. 1m., Iw. Farce, c. Drawing
room. BA
Don't bother Anton. E. J. Freund. 8m., 2w., 3c. Sc. Sitting room.
ANP
Don't count your chickens until they are hatched. Alice Simmer
Varney. 3b., 3g. Sc. Outside a barn. YA
Don't do that. Jeanette Nordenshield. 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Doom of Adnietns, The. Laurence Housman. Verse. Ancient Greek
play. 4m., 5w., lb., chorus. Sc. Chamber in an ancient Greek house.
II A R
Doom of Metrodorus, The. John McClure. 3m. Sc. Cafe in Cairo.
Smart Set GC : 71-73, Nov. 1922.
Door, The. Charles W. Stokes. Canadian drama. 3m., Iw. Sc. Sim-
ple setting. Canadian Magazine 58: 498-502, Apr. 1922.
Door must be open or shut, A; a proverb, Alfred de Musset. 2rn.
Sc. Interior. MUB
Doorway, The. Harold Brighouse. 2m., Iw. Sc. Narrow street in
business section of London. WIA
Dora: her flag. Virginia Olcott. Play of patriotism, lb., Ig. Sc.
Kitchen of a city home. OPA
Dormer windows. Alice Raphael. 3m. Sc. Yard of a small house.
Drama 11: 418-420, Aug.-Sept. 1921.
Dormitory girls. The. Edward A. Paulton. 2m., 8w. Sc. Dormitory
in a young ladies' boarding school. US
Dose of his own medicine, A. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 2b., Ig. Sc.
Unimportant. GUT
Dot entertains. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 1m., Ig. Sc. Parlor. MAP
Double Christmas gift, A. Marie Irish. Christmas play. 3b., 5g.
Sc. Reception room of orphan asylum. 1C
Double cross. Roi Cooper Megrue. 3m. Sc. Interior of small country
railroad station. Smart Set 34: 123-128, Aug. 1911.
Double cross, The. Frank Stayton. 2m., Iw. Sc. Sitting room.
FSD
Double-crossed. Charles C. Mather. 3m., 3w. Sc. Well furnished
apartment. B
Double deception, A. Arthur Lewis Tubbs. 2m., 3w. Sc. Interior.
B
Double dummy. Erna S. Hunting. 1m., Iw. Sc. Studio. B
Double miracle. Robert Garland. 4m.. Iw. Sc. Before a mountain
shrine. VI. Forum 53: 511-527, April 1915.
Double negative, a problem playlet. Francis M. Livingston. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Boudoir. Smart Set 7: 158-160, May 1902.
Doubtful victory, or, Love's stratagem. Frank Dumont. Farce.
2m., 2w. Sc. Handsome interior. FSD
Dove uncaged, The. E. Hamilton Moore. Fantasy. Convent play.
."»\v.. chorus. Sc. An Italian convent. FSD
Down in Paradise alley. Henry L. Newton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior
of shanty in slums of New York. WHP
Dowry and romance. Rose C. Meblin. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sr. Best
room in American colonial house. DAL
Dragon's claws, The. Grant Carpenter. 3m.. Iw. Sc. Living room
in Chinese home in Chinatown. Smart Set 42 : 135-141, April 1914.
AN 1XDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 73
Dralda bloom, The. Leon Cunningham. 9m., 4w. Sc. Porch of king's
palace. Poet Lore 30: 553-5(5U, Winter HUD.
Drama class of Tankaha. Nevada, The. Mary Alclis with Harriet
Calhoun Moss. 2m., 7w., 2s. Sc. Sitting room. AP
Drama of the future, The. Joseph P. Healy. 7m.. 2w. Sc. Office
of manager of Electric Theatre, X. Y. Smart Set 7 : 147-148, Aug.
1902.
Dramatists at home. The. Howard Keble (pseud, of John Keble Bell.
1m., Iw. Sc. Interior. FSD
Drawback, The. Maurice Baring. Farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Corner in
Kensington Garden. BA
Dream, The. Theodore Dreiser, llm. Sc. 115th and Broadway, N. Y.
Seven Arts 2: 319-333, July 1917.
Dream assassins, The. Rollo Peters. 2m. Sc. Dim place between.
high old houses. Forum 54 : 117-118, July 1915.
£ Dream boats. Dugald Stewart Walker. Fantasy. 5b., chorus. Sc.
Picture within a picture frame. WAI,
:}: Dream book, The; story of Chanukkah. Henry Woolf. 5b., 2g. Sc. A
modern home. WOO
A dream come true, a play and pageant based on the history of the Red
Cross. Edna Randolph Worrell. 1m., 2w., many others. Sc. In-
terior Italian villa at Solferino, Italy. Ladies Home Journal 35 : 112,
118, Nov. 1918.
* Dream-lady, The. Netta Syrett. 3b., (5g., chorus characters. Sc. A
garden. SSF
* Dream lesson, fairy play. Josepha Marie Murray. Lesson in content-
ment. lOg. Sc. Interior. EP
Dream maker, The. Blanche Jeuning Thompson. Fantasy. 2m., 9w.
Sc. Outside Pierrots house. Drama 12: 197-199, March 1922.
Dream of a spring morning, The. Gabriele D'Annunzio. Trans, by
Anna Scheuck. 3m., 4w. Sc. Covered portico in ancient Tuscan,
villa. Poet Lore 14: U-3U, Oct. 1902.
Dream of an autumn sunset, The. Gabriele D'Annunzio, trans, by
Anna Schenck. 2m., 4w. Sc. Outside a villa of a Venetian patri-
cian. Poet Lore 15: 0-29, Spring 1904.
* Dream of Christmas eve, A. Ina Home. Dream play. lb., 2g. Sc.
Unimportant. FSD
Dream of liberty, A. Henry Raeder. 2m., Iw. Sc. Simply furnished
room of the 15th century. RD
Dream of wings, The. Martha Leonard. Pageant play of aviation.
9m. Sc. Unimportant. LEN
* Dream on Christmas eve. Ina Home. 13c. Sc. Room occupied as a
bed room. FSD
Dream stone. Oswald H. Davis. 2m., Iw. Sc. Highroad outside town.
Poetry Review 0 : 218-232, May-June 1915.
* Dream-toy shop, The. Jessie M. Baker. Christmas play. 4b., Og.
Sc. Child's bedroom. SAB
Dreaming of the bones. William Butler Yeats. 5m., Iw. Sc. Bare
room. YF, Little Review G: 1-14, Jan. 1919.
Dreamy kid, The. Eugene O'Neill. 1m., 3w. Sc. Bedroom in a New
York tenement. SCO, Theatre Arts Mag. 4: 41-56, Jan. 1920.
Dregs. Frances Pemberton Spencer. Melodrama. 3m., 2w. Sordid
looking room. MA
74 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Dress rehearsal, A. Mrs. S. F. Carroll. 2m.. 3w. Sc. Interior.
PPP
Dress rehearsal of Hamlet. Mary MacMillan. lOw. Sc. Bare
dressing room of modest little theatre. MM
Dressing gown, The. Robert C. V. Meyers. Farce. 3m., 3w. Sc.
Parlor. PPP
Drifting cloud. The. Tudor Jenks. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Dining
room in a flat. Gl
Drums of Onde, The. Austin Strong. Play of India. Urn., Iw. Sc.
Store room in an ancient palace. US
Dryad, The. Mary MacMillan. 2m., Iw. Sc. An open square in a city.
MM
Dryad, The. George Sterling. 1m., 2w. Sc. Glade in a forest. Smart
Set .">,s: 81-8<>, Feb. 101!>.
t Dryad and the deacon, The. William O. Bates. Fairy play. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Huge oak tree in center of a wooded glade. SB, Drama 10 :
217-210, Mar.-Apr. 1020.
Duchess entertains. Ian McLaren. Comedy. Great War background.
8m., 3w. Sc. Empty stage. MAJ
Duchess of Doherty Court. Alfred Holies. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc.
A kitchen. FSD
Duchess of Pavy. Adapted from John Ford's Love's Sacrifice. 5m.,
4w., 2s. Sc. A stage. ELT3
Duke and the actress, The. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, by Hans
Weysz. Kim., 2w.. noblemen, actors etc. Sc. Prospere's Inn in 178!).
Poet Lore 21: 257-284, July-Aug. 1010.
* Dulce et Decorum club, The. Marguerite Meriugton. 2b., chorus b.
and g. Sc. Room. MFII
Dumb and the blind. Harold Chapin. 2m., 2w. Sc. Top room in a
tenement. REP
f Dumb-cake, The. Arthur Morrison and Richard Pryce. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Kitchen of an almshouse. FSD
Dumb waiter, The. Helen Sherman Griffith. Farce. 5w. Sc. Room.
B
Duped. Emily Herey Deiiison. 2m., 2w., Is. Sc. Library. DL
t Dust of the road. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. 3m., Iw. Sc. Living
room of a comfortable and fairly prosperous farmer of the Middle
West. GQ, STG
Dusty path, The. Wilfred T. Coleby. 1m., 2w. Sc. Nursery. FSD
Duty. Seumas O'Brien. Comedy. 5m., Iw. Sc. Back kitchen of a
country public house. OD
Dying pangs. Arthur Schnitzler. 2m. Sc. Bachelor's apartment. SA
Dyspeptic ogre. Percival Wilde. Comedy. Modernized fairy play.
3m., Ow. Chorus. Sc. Dining room and Kitchen. WE
E
* Each in his own place. Augusta Stevenson. 5c. Sc. A tiny house.
SC3
* Eager heart. A. M. Buckton. Verse. Christmas mystery play. 7b.,
3g.. chorus characters. Sc. Stage with adequate lighting devices.
BUE
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 75
Early Ohios and Rhode Island reds. Mary Katharine Reely. Com-
edy. 2m., 3w. Sc. Simply furnished living room. REP
Early snow, a Noh play. Komparu Zembo Motoyazu. Trans, from the
Japanese by Arthur Waley. 4w., chorus. Sc. Temple of Izuino.
Poetry 15: 317-320, March l!f_>u.
Easter miracle. Delia Shaw Harvey. lOg. Sc. Flower bed. BAB
Easter morning. Mrs. Alice Corbin Henderson. A play of the Resur-
rection. 7b., 3g. Sc. Before the tomb of Jesus. HAD
Easter rabbit. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. Early days of
New York. 4b., -ig., chorus characters. Sc. An open field. TRII
Eastland waters. Agnes Lee. 1m., 2w. Sc. Not given. Poetry 7 :
234-2:?"), Feb. 191(5.
Easy mark, An. Iiuiis Gardner Osborn. Farce. 5m., 2w. Sc. In-
terior. B
Easy terms. Katharine Kavanaugh. Domestic comedy of installment
house troubles. -Jm., Iw. Sc. Interior. DEI'
Easy victim, An. Herbert Grissom. 1m., Iw. Sc. Breakfast room.
Smart Set 8: 109-110, Nov. 1902.
Eboshi-ori. Miyamasu. Noh play of Japan in the 16th century. 9m.,
Iw., chorus. Sc. Japanese inn. WAA
Echo, The. Emma L. Johnston and Madalene D. Bariium. 2b. Sc. Be-
side a mountain. JB
Echo, The. Egmont W. Rtischke. Comedy. 5m., 5w. Sc. Home. Sc.
Home of a well-to-do family in a small town. RUE
Echo. Joseph T. Shipley. 1m., Iw. Sc. 1. Darkness, Sc. 2. Res-
taurant. LO
"Edge o' dark" Gwen John. 5m., Iw. Sc. Parlor-kitchen of a two
room cottage. English Review 12: 592-C03, Nov. 1912.
Edge of the wood. Katharine Metcalf Roof. 4m., Iw., lb., dryads,
fairies etc. Sc. A wood. Drama 10: 190-199, Feb. 1920.
Editor in chief, comedy of a newspaper office. Charles Ulrich. 10m.
Sc. Editorial room. DEP
Eether or eyther. Robert C. V. Meyers. Farce. 4m., 4w. Sc. In-
terior. B
Efficiency. Bertram R. Brooker. 5m., Iw. Sc. Office International
8 :' 180-183, June 1914.
Efficiency. R. H. Davis and P. P. Sheehan. 3m. Sc. Private audience
chamber of an Emperor. DSE
Effie's Christmas dream. Laure Claire Foucher. Adapted from Al-
cott's A Christmas dream and how it came true. 4b., 7g., 4 chorus
groups. Sc. Sitting room. FE
Eight hundred rubles. John G. Neihardt. Verse. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Combined living room and kitchen of a peasant house. NT, Forum
53: 393-402, Mar. 1915.
Eight-thirty sharp. Jasmine Stone Van Dresser. 1m., 2w., 2b., 1 dog.
Sc. Upstairs sitting room of a modern home. Delineator 99 : 20-21,
Jan. 1922.
Elaine, a poetic drama. Mildred Weinberger. 6m., 5w. Sc. Glade in
the forest. Poet Lore 34: 72-110, Spring 1923.
Elder Eel. Lord Boleskine. 9m., 2w., others. Sc. Market place. In-
ternational 12: 83-85, March 1918.
Elder Jenkins' reception. Willis N. Bugbee. Negro farce. 7m., 8w.
Sc. Living room. BUP
Election of the roulette, The; a play of Russian life, 1850. William
76 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Byron Mowery. 7m., lw., 3c. Sc. Hut of a prisoner. Poet Lore
33: 525-53G, Winter 1922.
Electra, a shavio-sophoclean tragedy. R. M. Arkush. 2m., 3w., chorus,
1 dog. Sc. Living room of middle class New York apartment. Har-
vard Monthly 41: 198-200, Jan. 190(5.
Electric man. Charles Hannan. 3m.. 2w. Sc. Sitting room. FSD
Elegant Edward. Gertrude E. Jennings and E. Boulton. Comedy.
Crook play. 4m., lw. Sc. Interior. FSD
* Elf child, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. lOc. Sc. A forest. MIIH
* Elf that stayed behind, The. Madeline Poole. lb., 5g. Sc. Lawn.
PO
Elizabeth's young man. Louise Seymour Hasbrouck. Farce. 1m.,
3w. Sc. Interior. B
Ella's apology. Alfred Sutro. A study in sentiment. 1m., lw. Sc.
Interior. FSD, SFA
Ellen. Horace Holley. 2w. Sc. Living room of small cottage. Strat-
ford Journal 1 : 54-57, March 1917.
Elopement, The. Harold P. Preston. Farce. 2m., lw. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Elopements while you wait. Caroline D. Stevens. 2m., 2\v. Sc.
Garden. Drama 13: 184-187, Feb. 1923.
Elopers, The. Paul Morion. 1m., 2\v. Sc. Interior. FSD
* Elsie in Dreamland. J. Clay Powers. Fantastical play for children.
Sc. Sc. Interior. EP
Elusive Alonzo. The. Mrs. Edmond La Beaume. Play of artist life.
3rn., 2w. Sc. Studio. BUX
* Elves and the shoe-maker, The. Mabel Goodlander. 9c., chorus
group. Sc. Shoemaker's shop. GF
Emancipated, The. James Platt White. 4m., 3w. Sc. Recep-
tion room of an apartment. Harvard Monthly 31 : 184—204, Feb.
1901.
Emancipated ones, The. Elise West Quaife. Satirical comedy. 1m.,
Ow. Sc. Interior. FSD
Embalming Ebenezer, Ethiopian farce. Herbert P. Powell. 3m. Sc.
Interior. PPP
Embarrassed butler, The. John Keble Bell. 3m., lw. Sc. Dining
room. FSD
Embers. George Middleton. 2m., lw., Is. Sc. Sitting room. ME
Embryo. Percival Wilde. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc. Stage on which
"Black Art" can be carried out. WE
Emerson club, The. Erne W. Merriman. Comedy. 7w. Sc. In-
terior. DPP
Emigration. Herbert C. Sargent. Farce. 2m. Sc. Interior. SAR
Employment office. Jessie A. Kelley. Farce. 18w. Sc. Employment
office. FSD
Empty city, The. Trans, directly from the Chinese by Ding U Doo.
Gm., armies. Sc. Not given. Stratford Journal G : 49-5G, Jan.-Mar.
1920.
Empty lamp. Forrest Halsey. 1m., lw., lb. Sc. Large old fashioned
room in a comfortable boarding house. Smart Set 34 : 123-130, May
1911.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 77
Empty shrine, The. Lillian P. Wilson. 1m., 2w. Sc. The front of a
cottage. WIF
Enchanted garden, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 10c., chorus
characters. Sc. A garden. MHH
Enchanted garden, The. Netta Syrett. lie. Sc. An old fashioned
garden. SSG
Enchanted gate, The. Sidney Baldwin. An elf play. 8b., Ig. Sc.
A lane. HAL
Encounter in the forest, An. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan.
Early days in Massachusetts. 5b. Sc. Forest clearing. TRH
End of the game. Otto S. Mayer. 3m., Iw. Sc. Parson's study.
Moods 1 : 272-281, June- July, 1909.
End of the rainbow. James Plaisted Webber. Rhymic verse. Pierrot
play. 2m., 3w. Sc. Wood. B
End of the way, The. Evelyn G. Sutherland. Robin Hood play. 1m.,
l\v. Sc. Hall of an ancient castle. SUP
Endless tale, The. Augusta Stevenson. 3b., lg., many chorus charac-
ters. Sc. The king's palace. SC2
Enemies. Neith Boyce and Hutching Hapgood. 1m., Iw. Sc. A living
room. P2
Enemies of Israel, The. Louis Broido. Hanukkak fantasy. 3Gc.
Sc. Parlor. BRO
Enemy, The. Beulah Marie Dix. Written for the American School
Peace League. 5m. Sc. Room of a mountain cabin. AS
Engaging Janet. Esther W. Bates. Farce. 7w. Sc. Study. PPP
Enigma. Floyd Dell. 1m., Iw. Sc. Room with a table. DK, Libera-
tor 5 : 14-10, April 1922.
Enter Dora — exit Dad. Freeman Tilden. 4m., Iw. Sc. Office in rear
of country store. Ladies Home Journal 39 : 15, 53-55, May 1922.
Enter the hero. Theresa Helburn. Comedy. 1m., 3\v. Sc. Sitting
room. FLS, SL
Entr' acte. Mary MacMillan. 1m., 2w. Sc. Handsomely furnished
room. MS
Ephraim and the winged bear. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. 3m., 2w.,
Is. Sc. Library. GQ. STG
Episode, An. Arthur Schnitzler. 2m. Sc. Bachelor's rooms. SA
SAA International 4: 23-24, July 1911
Episode, An. Lillian P. Wilson. 3w. Sc. Boudoir. WIF
Escape. E. P. Parr. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior of cottage near a prison.
FSD
Estaminet, The. Ian McLaren. Great War background. 8m., 2w. Sc.
Estaminet of army camp. MAK
Esther. Rita Benton. Bible play. 20c., chorus. Sc. Either indoors
or out-of-doors. BSB
Eternal masculine, The. Hermann Sudermann. 5m., 4w., lc., chorus.
Sc. State apartment in a royal palace. STZ
Eternal mystery, The. George Jean Nathan. 2m., Iw., Ib. Sc.
Room in a modern house. Smart Set 39: 137-142, April 1913.
Eternal presence, The. Andr6 Dumas. Trans, by Carr6e Horton
Blackman. 1m., Iw. Sc. Young man's bedroom. Poet Lore 29 :
459-468, Autumn 1918.
Eternal song, The. Marc Arnstein, tr. from the Yiddish. Labor play.
2m., 2w. Sc. A small garret room in a large city. BLK
78 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Etiquette of the occasion. Louise Rand Bascom. Comedy. 2\v. Sc.
Kitchen. MBP
Eugencial wedding, A. Owen Ilatteras. 4m., 5w., guests. Sc. Sur-
gical amphitheatre. Smart Set 41 : G3-G7, Oct. 1913.
Eugenic-ally speaking. Edward Goodman. 3m., Iw. Sc. A room'
richly but tastefully furnished. WSP
Evening at Helen's, An. Kate Thomas. 7w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Evening musicale. An. May Isabel Fisk. 3w., 3m., several guests.
Sc. Conventional drawing room. Smart Set 10: 111-114, July 1903.
Evening of truth. Charles Battell Loomis. 4m., 4w., other guests. Sc.
Drawing room of handsome apartment. Smart Set 14 : 93-90, Nov.
1904.
* Evening rice. William H. Jefferys. Missionary play about China. 7b.
Sc. A hospital ward. DOF
* Ever-Ever land, The. Lindsey Barbee. ICb., 17g. Sc. Woodland.
BLP
t Ever young. Alice Gerstenberg. 4w. Sc. Corner of the lobby of a ho-
tel at Palm Beach. SB, STW, Drama 12: 167-173, Feb. 1922.
Everybody's husband. Gilbert Cannan. 1m., 5\v. Sc. Girl's bed
chamber. CE
* Everyboy. Isabel Anderson. Morality play. 14b. Sc. Stage. AE
* Every boy. Anna M. Liitkenhaus. Morality play. lb., chorus of boys.
LTJ
t Everychild, Content S. Nichols. A school morality play. 9c. Sc. No
stage setting. SAB St. Nicholas 42 : 358-9, Feb. 1915.
Everycreditman; morality play of business. James E. Breed. I4m.
Sc. Office. BRE
* "Everygirl" Rachel Lyman Field. Morality play. 9g., 1 chorus group.
Sc. Garden. SAB
t Every senior. Pearl Hogrefe. Morality play. Sg. Sc. College girl's
room. FP
Everystudent, his encounters in pursuit of knowledge. Edith Everett.
Morality play. 14b., 13g. Sc. A student's room. FL
t Evil that men do lives after them, The. E. M. Peixotto. 3b. Sc.
Dilapidated hotel. PET
Excellent receipt, An. Charles H. E. Brookfield. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Drawing room. FSD
f Exchange, The. Althea Thurston. 4m., Iw. Sc. An office. LC, SB
Exemption. Alice Norris-Lewis. Great War background. 2m., 8w. Sc.
Living room. MAP
Exile, The. Amy Josephine Klauber. Play about Dante. 8m. Sc.
Large room in an Italian palace. Poet Lore 33 : 246-254, Summer
1922.
Extra! The newspaper minstrels are out! Helen J. Ferris. 5w.,
chorus. Ladies Home Journal 37: 142, Sept. 1920.
t Extracting a secret. Binney Gunnison. From a book by F. M. Craw-
ford. 1m., Iw. Sc. Sitting room. GU
Extreme unction. Mary Aldis. 1m., 4w. Sc. Screened space about a
bed in a hospital ward. AP, Little Review 2 : 31-37, Apr. 1915.
Eyes of faith. Marie Doran. Americanization play. 9w. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
t Eyes to the blind. Thomas B. Rogers. 1m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen. RO
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 79
Facing reality. Floy Pascal. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living room moderately
well furnished. Poet Lore 33: 451-457, Autumn 1922.
Fads and fancies. Eleanor Maud Crane. 17g. Sc. Fashionable mil-
linery establishment. FP
Failures. Belford Forrest. 3w. Sc. Boudoir in house in Paris.
Smart Set 49 : 223-232, July 1916.
Failures, The. George Middleton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Parlor in small
apartment in Rome. -ME
Fair play. Clifton Lisle. Boy Scout, football play. 8b., chorus. Sc.
Training room in school gymnasium. LB
Fairest spirit, The. Carolyn Wells. Girls' Commencement play. 18w.
or g. Sc. Temple on Mt. Olympus. Ladies Home Journal 32 : 15,
72, June 1915.
Fairies' child, The. Gertrude Knevels. 12c. Sc. A glade in the fair-
ies' forest. PPP
Fairies' Christmas, The. Mary A. Benson. 12 fairies. Ladies Home
Journal 20: 32, Nov. 1903.
Fairies' plea. Maude Morrison Frank. An interlude for Shakespeare
Day. 3m., 4w., chorus characters. Sc. A woodland. FSP
Fairy, The. Octave Feuillet. Trans, from the French by Barrett H.
Clark. Verse. Romantic comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc. Small parlor in
country cottage in France. FSD
Fairy and the cat, The. Augusta Stevenson. lb., 5g. Sc. A palace.
SCI
Fairy and the witch, The. A. D. Nelson. Allegorical sketch for Hal-
lowe'en. 7c., chorus. Sc. Clearing in a forest. EP
Fairy doll, The. Netta Syrett. 2g., 7 dolls. Sc. Nursery. SSG
Fairy frolic, A. Edith M. Burrows. 32c. Sc. Fairyland. FI
Fairy Good-will. Geo. B. Masslich. Christmas play. 3b.. 2g., chorus.
Sc. Any school. BEQ
Fairy minstrel of Glenmalnre. Anna M. Liitkenhaus. Dramatized
from work of Edmund Leamy. 4b., 4g., chorus. Sc. A forest. LU
Fairy ring, The. Marjory Benton Cooke. 2b., 3g., chorus of b. and g.
Sc. In a wood. DPP
Faith. Margaret Evans. 1m., 2w. Sc. Small kitchen of a colored fam-
ily's home on Armistice day. Poet Lore 33 : 132-137, Spring 1922.
Faithful James. B. C. Stephenson. Farce. 5m., 2w. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Falcon, The. Alfred Lord Tennyson. Verse. 2m., 2w. Sc. Italian
cottage. WWS
Fallen God, The. William Sharp. 1m., 3 chorus groups. Sc. A vast
hollow among barren hills. SHV
Fallen idol. Helen Sherman Griffith. Farce. 4w. Sc. Parlor. PPP
Fame and the poet. Lord Dunsany. 3m. Sc. Poet's room in London.
DFO, LE, Atlantic 124: 175-184, Aug. 1919.
Familiar quotations. Patty Pemberton Bermann. 17c., chorus. Sc.
A parlor. HB
Family exit, The. Lawrence Langner. Comedy. 4m., 3w. Sc. A
room in the Immigration office at Ellis Island. LAF
80 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
"Family's pride, The." Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 4vv. Sc.
Cottage at dawn. Gil), Gil'
Famine and the ghost. Doris F. Halman. Fantasy. 1m., lw., Ib.
Sc. A room in a little old house falling to decay. HAS
t Fan and two candlesticks, A. Mary MacMillan. 2m., lw. Sc. A
room at the end of a great hallway in a fine Georgian mansion. MS,
STK
Fancy dress. Gerald Dunn. Comedy. 3m. Sc. Rooms in a flat.
FSD
Fancy free. Stanley Houghton. 2m., 2w. Sc. Writing room of an
apartment hotel. CM, FSD, HF
Fantasie impromptu. Rosalind Ivan. 1m., lw. Sc. Hall of a New
York apartment house. Drama 11 : 283-23(i, April 1921.
t Far-away Princess, The. Hermann Sudermann. 2m., 7w. Sc. An
inn situated above a watering place in Germany. LC, SU
Farce of the worthy master, Pierre Patelin, the lawyer as tran-
scribed from the Mediaeval French by Maurice Relonde. 4m., lw.
Sc. Street scene in little town in France about 1400. Poet Lore
28 : 343-364, Summer 1917.
Farewell supper, Arthur Schnitzler. 2m. Sc. Private room in a
restaurant. SA, SAA
Farewell to the theatre. Granville Barker. 1m., lw. Sc. Musty
law office. BT, English Review 25: 390^10, Nov. 1917.
Faro-Jane. Fred H. James. 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior of elegantly fur-
nished apartment. WRP
Faro Nell. Willis Steell. Cm., lw. Sc. Picturesque interior. B PWP
Farrell case, The. George M. Cohan. Cm.-, 2w., policeman. Sc. Of-
fice. Smart Set G3 : G3-G8, Oct. 1920
Fascinating Mrs. Osborne. Julie Helene Bigelow. 1m., lw. Sc.
Woman's sitting room in N. Y. Smart Set 35 : 129-134, Dec. 1911.
* Fashionable calls. Rea Woodman. 3g. Sc. Living room. WO
Fast Friends. Re Henry. Comedy. 2w. Sc. Sitting room. PH
Fata Deorum. Carl W. Guske. Historical. Verse. Gm. Sc. A room
in Roman house about 15 A. D. SCO
t Fatal pill, The. Granville Forbes Sturgis. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sit-
ting room. STR
Fatal rubber, The. Maurice Baring. Historical farce. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Room in the Palace of the Louvre. BA
Father, The. Colin Campbell Clements. 5m., 2s., chorus. Sc. 1 Place
outside Japan. Sc. 2 Room in Palace. Poet Lore 31 : 187-196,
Summer 1920.
Father changes his mind. J. Willard Lincoln. Farce. 4m., 5w. Sc.
Kitchen of farmhouse. PPP
Father Noah. Geoffrey Whitworth. Verse. Biblical play. 4m., lw., Ic.
Sc. The hold of the Ark. WF
* Father Time and his children. Marguerite Merington. New Year's
Day play. Ib., 12g. Sc. A sun dial or a clump of rocks. MFP, St.
Nicholas 36: 236-40, Jan. 1909.
* Father Time's Christmas treat. Frank I. Hanson. 42c. Sc. Court
room EP
* Feast in the wilderness. George Archibald March. Children's play
for Christmas. 3b., Ig. Sc. A very bare room. MAP
Feast of the Holy Innocents, The. S. Marshall Ilsley. 5w. Sc. A
little old-fashioned parlor. ' WIP2
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 81
Fee Fo Fum. John Chapin Mosher. 1m., Iw. Sc. Room in a Palace.
Seven Arts 1: 602-615, April 1917.
Feed the brute. George Paston. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living room in a work-
man's model dwelling. FSD
Female of the species, The. Benjamin Russel Herts. 1m., 4w. Sc.
Library. International 9 : 152-154, May 1915.
Fennel. Jerome K. Jerome. Trans, from the French of Francois Cop-
pee. 3m., Iw. Sc. Italian interior. FSD
Ferry, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Poetic. 2m., Iw. Sc. Living
room of the ferry house. GIA, GIP, GIS
Festival of Bacchus, The. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, from the Ger-
man by Pierre Loving. 4m.. 2w., chorus. Sc. Railroad waiting room
SCW, International 10: 303-10, Oct. 1916.
Festival of Pomona. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 1m., 2w., choruses.
Sc. Level sward with trees on three sides. Drama 5 : 161-171, Feb.
1915.
Fever ward. The. Franz Rickaby. Comedy. 4m., 2w. Sc. Room in
a sanitorium. B
Fiat L.UX (Let there be light). Faith Van Valkenburgh Vilas. Modern
Christmas mystery pla.-. 3m., Iw. Sc. Simple interior. FSD
Fickle Juliet. Catherine Bellairs Gaskoin. 2m., 2w. Sc. Drawing
room. GAL
Fidelitas. II. Hoyle Wharte. A Roman tragedy. 5b. Sc. Dungeon in
the castle. FSD
Field of enchantment, The. Zakarius Topelius. Trans, by Elizabeth
J. Macintire. 2m.. 3w. Sc. Raspberrv field when the berries are
ripe. Poet Lore 28 : 584-589, Autumn 1917.
1588 (Fifteen hundred and eighty-eight.) Walter Pearce. Histor-
ical comedy. 4m.. Iw. Sc. Room in an old inn. FSD
Fifth commandment. The. Edward Hale Bierstadt. 2m., Iw., Ib. Sc.
Living room of warden's quarters in Riverside Prison. Drama 10 : 317
-321, June 1920.
Fifth commandment, The. Stanley Houghton. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sitting
room of Mrs. Mountain's house. HF
Fifth commandment, The. Willis Steell. 3m., Iw. Sc. Handsomely
furnished drawing room. B
Figs and thistles. Wilbur S. Tupper. A morality play. 5m., 6w. Sc.
Study. TU
"Figuratively speaking." Fenton B. Elkins. Farce. 3m., 2w. Sc.
Boudoir. ET
Figureheads. Louise Saunders. 2m., 2w., Is. Sc. Darkened stage.
SAM
Finders-keepers. George Kelly. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living room. SCO
Finding of the first arbutus, The. Agnes Miller. A play for the
"Mayflower" anniversary. 1m.. Iw., 4c., 3 voices. Sc. A wood near
Plymouth. St. Nicholas 47:550-553, April 1920.
Finding the Mayflowers. Blanche P. Fisher. A puritan play for
children. Ib., 8g. Sc. Study. B
Finer shades of honor, The. Marjorie Benton Cooke. 8b., 9g. Sc.
Interior DPP
Finger of God, The. Percival Wilde. 2m., Iw. Sc. Living room.
SL, WED
Finis. William Sharp. Fanciful verse. 2m., 2w. Sc. An obscure wood.
SHV
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Finish of Pete, The. Edwin Baker. Burlesque. 4m. Sc. Doctor's
office. DPP
Finished coquette, A. Frances Aymar Mathews. 5m., 5w. Sc. Morn-
ing room in a country house. WEP
Finnigan's finish. Howard Amesbury. Farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Inte-
rior. APP
Firefly night. J. M. Dorff. Fairy children's play. 17c., chorus group.
Sc. Deep dark woods. LO
Fire-spirits. Margaret G. Parsons. Hallowe'en play. 4b., 3g. Sc.
Room of a Puritan farm house. PR
First aid. Helen Bagg. Great War comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc. A field
hospital. PPP
"First aid." Joan Edridge and Richard Edridge. Unconventional com-
edy. 1m.. 2w. Sc. Green space in a wood. FSD
First aid to the wounded. Harold Montague. 1m., Iw. Sc. Sitting
room. FSD
First American flag, The. Geoffrey E. Morgan. Historical play of the
U. S. Revolution. 3b.. 1g. Sc. Colonial room. ED
First American library. Eleanore Hubbard. Educational play. 10b.,
1g. Sc. Franklin's stationery shop in Philadelphia. HUC
First born. The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., Iw. Sc. Cot-
tage. GID, GIP
First Christmas, The. Ellen M. Willard. 2g. Sc. Simple interior.
WY
First Christmas eve, The. Kathleen C. Greene. Miracle play. 3m.,
Iw., Ic. Sc. A hut in the hills of Britain. GDL
First crop of apples, The. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan.
Providence in Colonial Days. 3b., 3g. Sc. Meadow. TRH
First flag, The. Marguerite Merington. Fourth of July play. 4b.,
3g. Sc. A small shop in Colonial days. MFH
"First in war, The." Eleanore Hubbard. TJ. S. Revolutionary War
play. 4b.. 5g., chorus of b. HUD
First locust, The. Hugh Mytton. 2m., Iw. Sc. Drawing room. FSD
First love — and second. Gwendolen Overton. 1m.. 2w. Sc. Library
in a country house. Smart Set 3 : 141-146, Jan. 1901.
First May baskets. The. Frances Gillespy Wickes. 10c., chorus. Sc.
The forest. WCB
First temptation. The. Mae Stein Soble. Play of Adam and Eve.
3b., Ig. Sc. Garden of Eden. SOB
First Thanksgiving, The. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. American
Colonial play. 4b., 2g. Sc. A colonial kitchen. WCP
First Thanksgiving Day, The. Agnes Miller. 9b., 3g. Sc. A room in
a Colonial house. SAB
First Thanksgiving dinner, The. Marjorie Benton Cooke. Histor-
ical play. 7b., 5g. Sc. Colonial kitchen. DPP
First time, The. Bosworth Crocker. 3m., 2w. Sc. Matron's room in
a police station. CK
First winter, The. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. Hardships
of the Puritans. 4b., Ig. Sc. Interior of Puritan home. TRH
Fishing on dry land. Augusta Stevenson. 4b.. 3g., chorus characters.
Sc. Before the king's palace. SC2
Five birds in a cage. G. E. Jennings. 3m., 2w. Sc. Underground in
a street railway. FSD
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 83
Five in the morning. Hermann Hagedorn. Dramatic poem. 4m. Sc.
Room on the top floor of a cheap boarding house in N. Y. HPT
Flag day. "Anychild and her flag." F. Ursula Payne. 30c. Sc. A
room in any house. PP
Flag makers, The. Edna Randolph Worrell. Play for Children's Day
and Flag Day. 14c. and others. Ladies Home Journal 32 : 40, May
1915.
Flag of courage. The. Emma Gray Wallace. Allegorical temperance
play. Any number of children. Re. Unimportant. EP
Fleeing flyer. The. F. J. Vreeland. Farce. 4m., 3w. Sc. Sitting
room. FP
Fleurette and Co. Essex Dane. 2w. Sc. Sitting room in Hotel. B,
DAO
Flight of Helen, The: A fragment, George Santayntia. Verse.
2m., 2w. Sc. Not given. Harvard Monthly 3<> : 53-5(5, Apr. 1903.
Flight of the herons, The. Marietta C. Kennard. 3m., 2w. Sc.
Prison cell in Russia. Drama 14: 97-98, 107, D«c. 1923.
Flitch of bacon, A. Eleanor Holmes Hinkley. An eighteenth century
comedy. Om., lw. Sc. A room with a fireplace. FS2
Flittermonse. Mary Katherine Reely. Farce comedy. 1m.. 3w.
Sc. Living room of a summer cottage. Drama 14 : 104-107, Dec.
1923.
Florist shop, The. Winifred Hawkridge. 3m., 2w. Sc. A florist shop.
HD1
Flossie's alphabet lesson. Mrs. Arthur T. Seymour. Blue bird play.
3g. Sc. Room. SE
Flower of Yedclo, A. Victor Mapes. A Japanese comedy in verse. 1m.,
3w. Sc. Room in little Japanese country house. FSD
Flutter of the goldleaf, The. Olive T. Dargan and Frederick Peter-
son. 4m., 2w. Sc. Laboratory in attic of cottage. DPF, Charaka
Club. Proceedings 3 : 29-42, 1910.
Fly-away land. Ella Feist. Fantasy. 2b., 8g. Sc. Garden. FSD
Foam maiden, The: a Celtic folk play. Constance D'Arcy Mackay.
lb., 2g. Sc. A room in a fisherman's house. MST
Fog. Eugene G. O'Neill. 3m.. lw., lc., chorus. Sc. Life-boat of a pas-
senger steamer. OT
Followers. Harold Brighouse. A "Cranford" sketch. 5w. Sc. Par-
lor of Cranford house. C2, WWS
Fond delusion. Eugene Verconsin. Farce. Trans, from the French by
C. F. and F. M. Brooks. 3w. Sc. Neatly furnished boudoir. PPP
Fond of Peter. John Kendall. Comedy. Ira., 2w. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Food: tragedy of the future. William C. DeMille. Satire. 2m., lw.
Sc. Kitchen. FSD
Fool, The. Isaac Rieman Baxley. Play of medieval life. 5m., 4w. Sc.
Portico and terrace 'of a palace. BAX
Fool and his money, A. Laurence Housman. 3m. Sc. A country
road. HAB
Fooling father. Raymond M. Robinson. 3m. Sc. Living room in a
country home. B
Foolish Jack. Lady Bell. Comedy, lb., Ig. Sc. Unimportant. BEJ
Football game. Sara King Wiley. Comedy. College play. 4m., lw.
Sc. Parlor in a college hall. FSD
84 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLATS
Foothills of fame. May Rose Nathan. Farce. 1m., 6w. Sc. Living
room. WEP
For all time. Rita Wellman. 1m., 3w. Sc. Sitting room. SL
For distinguished service. Florence Clay Knox. 3w. Sc. An exqui-
sitely furnished boudoir. STW
For ever and ever. Henri Lavedan. Trans, from the French. 1m., Iw.
Sc. In a wood outside Paris. MR, Poet Lore 28: 391-39(3, Vacation
1917.
For freedom. Irene Jean Crandall. 1m., 3w. Sc. Office in a sky-
scraper in the loop. FSD
For her sake. Benjamin L. C. Griffith. 3m., Iw. Sc. Poorly furnished
living room. GR
For king and country. Noel Leslie. 3m., 2w. Sc. Living room of
shop in village in England. LET
For lack of evidence. M. Lefuse. English 18th century life. 3w. Sc.
Sitting room. FSD
For love and honor. Florence Gerould. Revolutionary War play. 2m.,
Iw. Sc. Colonial room. DEP
For she's a jolly good fellow. Rupert Hughes. 5m., Iw. Sc. A
country road. US
For the defendant — with costs. F. E. Baily. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Drawing room. PLA
For the sake of Peggy; a child welfare play. R. B. Eskil. llw.,
lOc. Sc. Interior. DEP
* For you and me. Laura E. Richards. 2g. Sc. Out of doors. RP
Forbidden fruit. Jay George Smith. Comedy. 2m., Iw., 2s. Sc. A
large living room in a chateau. SCO
Forbidden guests, The. John Corbin. Tragedy. 3m., 3w. Sc. Li-
brary and sitting room of a city house. CHF
Forced friendship, A. Robert C. V. Meyers. Farce. 2m., 2vv. Sc.
Interior. PPP
* Forest of Every Day, The. Lindsey Barbee. 5b., 7g. Sc. A forest.
BLP
* Forest spring: an Italian folk play, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay.
2b., 2g. Sc. A deep wood. MST
* Forewarned is forearmed. Eleanore Hubbard. Weather Bureau play.
8b. Sc. Observation station of a Weather Bureau. HUC
t Forfeit, The. Thomas B. Rogers. 2m., 2w., Ib. Sc. Manager's office.
C2, RO
Forget-me-nots. Benjamin L. C. Griffith. A curtain raiser. 2m. Sc.
Interior. GR
Forgotten souls. David Pinski. 1m., 2w. Sc. Workroom in a tailor-
ing establishment in a Russian provincial town. PTS, SL
Fortescues' dinner party, The. Catherine Bellairs Gaskoin. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Sitting room. GAL
Fortissimo music society. Grace Hilton Chamberlin. Farce. 16w.
Sc. Lodge room. EP
t Fortune and men's eyes. Josephine Preston Peabody. (Mrs. Lionel S.
Marks) 7m., 2w., lc., chorus characters. Sc. Interior of "The Bear
and the Angel," South London. Cl, PF
Fortune favors fools, a musical comedy at the Court of the Czar. Ivan
Narodny. Trans, by Maria Ossipovna Miller. 4m., 3w. Sc. Green
room of the Imperial Vaudeville. Poet Lore 23 : 305-319, Autumn
1912.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 85
Fortune tellers, The. H. R. Abbott. 3m., 2w. Sc. Tent. FSD
Fortunes of war. Louise Latham Wilson. Farce. Play of girls' col-
lege life. 1m., 5w. Sc. Room in a sorority house. PPP
Found in a closet. Carlton Van Volkenburg. 1m., 3w. Sc. Room
in a lodging house. FP
Fountain of youth, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. Fantasy. 3m.,
2\v., chorus characters. Sc. A clearing in a forest. MPP
Four adventurers, The. Katharine Kavanaugh. 4w. Sc. Living room
in a flat. FP
Four-flushers, The. Cleves Kinkhead. 2m., 2w., Is. Sc. Receiving
room of a hotel suite. HD2
Four little fir trees. Minnie E. Burgess. Christmas play. 4c. Sc.
Unimportant. PCP
Four of a kind. Constance Wilcox. A play for a boat. 5m. Sc.
Deck of a small sailing craft. WTC
Four who -were blind. Colin Campbell Clements. A satirical fantasy.
Great War background. 5m. Sc. Interior of a coffee house in Jeru-
salem during General Allenby's occupation of Palestine. STV
Fourteen. Alice Gerstenberg. 2w., Is. Sc. Dining room. GT, Drama
10: 180-184, Feb. 1920.
Fourth act, The. Basil Macdonald Hastings. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Fourth man. The. Austin Philips and Edward Cecil. Adapted from
Austin Philip's short story of the same name. 5m. Sc. Hotel. FSD
Fourth of July, The. Emma L. Johnston and Madalene D. Barnum.
4b. Sc. State house of Philadelphia. JB
Fox and the crow, The. Emma L. Johnston and Madalene D. Barnum.
2b. Sc. A tree. JB
Fox's grave (Kitsune zuka). Ancient Japanese farce ; trans, by Michio
Itow and Louis V. Ledoux. 3m. Outlook 133:306-308, Feb. 14,
1923.
Francoises' luck. George de Porto-Riche. 3m., 2w. Sc. Studio. CF,
MR,- SL
Fraternity. Pauline H. Lazaron. Jewish College play. 10m. Sc. Col-
lege room. BLO
Freckles. Violet M. Methley. School play. 4g. Sc. School room,
FSD
Freddy goes to college. Dwight Everett Watkins. Farce. 3m., 2w.
Sc. Interior. B
Freddy's great aunt. Ella Crane Wilkinson. 7w. Sc. Ladies wait-
ing room of railway station. FSD
Free speech. William L. Prosser. 7m. Sc. Courtyard of a Russian
prison. FS1
Freedom. John Read. Gm. Sc. The trusty's cell in a penitentiary.
P2, STV
Freedom of the Press, The. George M. Baker. Farce. 8b. Sc. Ed-
itorial sanctum. BAT
French as he is spoke. Tristan Bernard. Adapted by Gaston Mayer.
Gm., 2w. Sc. Hotel in London. FSD
French maid and the phonograph, The. Madalene Barnum. 8w.
Sc. Sitting room. FSD
French without a master. Tristan Bernard; trans, from the French
by Barrett H. Clark. Farce. 5m., 2w. Sc. A small office in a hotel.
FSD
86 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Fresh air fiend, The. Louise Rand Basconi. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Stage shows two rooms to the audience. MBP
Friend husband. Irving Dale. Comedy. 2w. Sc. Interior. DEP
* Friend in need; or, How "The Vicar of Wakefield" found a
publisher. Maude Morrison Frank. 2b., 3g. Sc. London lodgings
of Oliver Goldsmith. SAB, St. Nicholas 42: 47-51, March 1915.
Friendly tip. Katharine Kavanaugh. liu., 3w. Sc. Handsome room
in an apartment. FP
Friendly waiter, The. Horace B. Browne. From Dickens' David Cop-
perfield. 1m., Ib. Sc. Coffee-room of an inn. BD
| Friends in bookland. Winifred Ayres Hope. Play for Children's
Book-Week. 10b., 19g. Sc. Home-like living room. HO
Fritzchen. Hermann Sudermann. 5m., 2\v. Sc. Drawing room. STZ
* Frolic of the bees and the butterflies. Sister Clementia. Any num-
ber of boys and girls. Sc. In the woods. SIS
From death's own eyes. George S. Viereck. 1m., 2w. Sc. Tastefully
furnished room. VG, International 10 : 80-83, Mar. 1917.
From kitchen made to actress. Katharine Kavanaugh. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Interior. DPP
Fruit of toil, The. Lillian P. Wilson. 2m., Ib. Sc. Ordinary living
room of the poor. WIF
Fudge and a burglar. Alice C. Thompson. Boarding school play. 5w.
3 others who do not speak. Sc. Girls' school dormitory. DEP
Full moon. The. Lady Gregory. Comedy. 5m., 3w. Sc. A shed close
to Coon Station, Ireland. GKY, GRX
Full of the moon, The. Gertrude Herrick. An Irish play. 2in., 2w.
Sc. A cottage kitchen in poor section of town. Poet Lore 31 : 379—
:!!>:.'. Autumn 1920.
$ Fun at Five Point School. Elizabeth Guptill. Burlesque. 7b., lOg.
Sc. An old fashioned school room. EP
Fun in a photograph gallery. James F. Parsons. Farce. Gm., lOw.
Sc. Waiting room of a photograph gallery. DEP
Funeral march of a marionette. The. Arthur 11. Nethercot. Fan-
tasia. 5m., 5w. Sc. Simple room in the castle. Poet Lore 31 : 232-
242, Summer 1920.
Funiculi Funicnla. Rita Wellman. Play of ideas. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Small Washington Square apartment. MA
Furnace, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., 2w., 2c. Sc. A!
room in the tenements. GID, GIP
Futurists, The. Mary MacMillan. 8w. Sc. Parlor in 1882 in which
an early Woman's Club meeting is taking place. MS
G
G for George, Berta Ruck, 3w, Sc. Spare bedroom in a country
house. PLA
Gabe's home run. William Giles and Josephine Giles. Negro comedy.
1m., Iw. Sc. Country road. RE
Gainsborough lady, A. From the picture, "The Dutchess of Devon-
shire" by Gainsborough. Marguerite Merington. 1m., Iw. Sc, A
frame. MPZ
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 87
Galahad Green. Clifford Bax. 2w. Sc. Living room of an apartment.
New Age 30: 200-263, March 16, 1922.
Galatea of the Toy-shop. Evelyn G. Sutherland. Fantasy. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Interior of the work room of a G.erman toy-shop. SUP
Gallant Cassian. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, from the German. A
puppet-play. 3m., Iw. Sc. A garret-room in a small German town
of the 17th century. SGA, Poet Lore 33 : 507-520, Winter 1922.
Gambetta's love story. Thomas Barclay. 2m., Iw. Sc. Comfortable
study. Fortnightly 120 : 1-7, July 1923.
Game, The. Louise Bryant. A morality play. 2m., 2w. Sc. An out-
of-door setting. PI
Game at love, A. George S. Viereck. 1m., 2w. Sc. An elegant bou-
doir. VG, International 11:48-51, Feb. 1917.
Game of chess, The. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. 4m. Sc. A wain-
scoted room in the house of Alexis. GQ, STG
Game of chess. Alfred Sutro. A study in sentiment. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Drawing room of ocean liner. FSD, SFA
Game of comedy, A. Sherwin Lawrence Cook. 2m., Iw. Sc. An
apartment in Lyons, France. B, PWP
Gaol gate, The. Lady Gregory. 1m., Iw. Sc. Outside the gate of Gal-
way Gaol. GS
Garafelia's husband. Esther Willard Bates. 4m., Iw. Sc. A large
New England kitchen. HD2
Garden, The. 'Florence Kiper Frank. Verse. 3m., 3\v. Sc. Beautiful
garden. Drama 8:471-493, Nov. 1918.
Garden, The. Ludwig Lewisohn. Verse. A modern morality play.
4m., 3w., chorus. Sc. Garden with high walls. International 10 : 44-
47, Feb. 1916.
Garden of the west, The. Louise Driscoll. 1m., Iw. Sc. The desert.
Poetry 13 : 138-145, Dec. 1918.
Gargoyle, The. George Middleton. 2m. Sc. Room in a house in the
suburbs. ME, Smart Set 27 : 97-103. April 1909.
Garret, The. Wilfred Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., Iw. Sc. A garret
in the slums. GID, GIP
Gaspers, an episode. Sewell Collins. 2m., Iw. Sc. Bench in a shelter
at the foot of a cliff at a seaside resort. FSD
Gassed. Bessie W. Springer. Comedy. 5b. Sc. Interior. FSD
Gastone the animal tamer. Ercole Luigi Morselli. Trans, from the
Italian and ed. by Isaac Goldberg. 1m., 3w. Sc. Room in a huge
circus wagon. VE
Gate of dreams, The. Dion Clayton Calthrop. Historical play of the
U. S. Civil War. 4m., 2w., chorus. Sc. Garden in the south. FSD
Gate of wishes, The. Mary MacMillan. 1m., Iw., chorus. Sc. Top
of a hill. MS, Poet Lore 22:467-476, Winter 1911.
Gazine globe, The. Eugene Pillot. 1m., 2w. Sc. Unfurnished room
in house in South Sea Islands. LC, Stratford Journal 3 : 225-234,
Nov. 1918.
Gee Whiz, The. Mrs. Isabel Anderson. 3b., 2g., choruses. Sc. Cabin
of a ship. AE
Geminae. George Calderon Farce. 3m., 2w. Sc. Private sitting
room in an Edinburgh Hotel. CA
Genius, The. Horace Holley. 1m., Ib. Sc, Front porch of a small
farmhouse in New England. HOR
88 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Genjo. Ernest Fenollosa and Ernest Pound. Noli play of Japan. 5m.,
lw., chorus. Sc. On the road to China. FEN
Gentle assassin, The. J. Kenyon Nicholson. 1m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen
of attractive home. Smart Set G2 : 83-80, June 1920.
Gentle furniture shop, The. Maxwell Bodenheim. 4m., lw., Ig. Sc.
Furniture shop. Drama 10 : 132-133, Jan. 1920.
Gentle janitor, The. Clara J. Denton. Farce. 2m., Gw. Sc. Hall
of an apartment house. DAI
Gentle jury. Arlo Bates. Farce suitable for women's clubs. 1m., 12w.
Sc. Plain room. B
Gentleman next door, The. Horace B. Browne. Adapted from Dick-
ens' Nicholas Nickelby. 1m., 2w. Sc. Garden. BD
Gentlemen all. R. A. Allen. 3m. Sc. Waiting room of a station.
Smart Set 03 : 73-79, Dec. 1920.
* Gentlemen of Virginia. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. 4b.
Sc. Wilderness. First English settlement in America. TRH
Gentlemen, the King. Binney Gunnison, adapted from "Gentlemen, the
King" by Robert Barr. llm. Sc. A rough hunting lodge in the
wilderness. GU
* Geographical squabble, A. Anna M. Lxitkenhaus. 17c. Sc. Court
room. LU
Geometrically speaking. Harlan Thompson. 4m., lw. Sc. Living/
room. Smart Set 56 : 75-83, Nov. 1918.
George. H. K. Gornall. 4m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen. FSD
* George Washington and the cherry tree. Emma L. Johnston
and Madalene D. Barnum. 3b. Sc. Garden. JB
* George Washington's fortune. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 5b., Ig.
Sc. An open woodland glade. MPY
* Georgia debtors, The. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. Play of Colonial
American history. 3b. Sc. Out of doors in Georgia in Colonial
days. WCP
Germ hunters, The. E. J. Freund. 3m., 5w. Sc. Sitting room.
ANP
Germelshausen. Marion Ellet. 3m., 2w., chorus. Sc. Inn. SCT
Gettin' acquainted. Georgia Earle. Comedy of a small town. 1m.,
2w. Sc. New England sitting room. DEP
Getting rid of Father. A. E. Whitman. Comedy. 3m., lw. Sc.
Simple room. DEP
Getting the range. Helen S. Griffith. Great War play. 2m., 7w.
Courtyard of an inn in provincial France. B
Getting unmarried. Winthrop Parkhurst. 1m., lw. Sc. Dining
room of apartment. Smart Set 54 : 91-99, April 1918.
f Gettysburg: a woodshed commentary. Percy MacKaye. lw., lw.
Sc. Woodshed of a farm house. Cl, LE, MY
Ghost of Jerry Bundler. W. W. Jacobs and Charles Rock. 7m. Sc.
Commercial room in an old-fashioned hotel. FSD
t Ghost story, The. Booth Tarkington. 5m., 4w., Is. Sc. Pleasant liv-
ing room. STK, Ladies Home Journal 39 : 6-7, 126, 128, 129, 131,
March 1922.
Gift, The. Marie H. Foley. Bible background. 2m., lw., lb., Ig. Sc.
Interior of home in Judea — A. D. 23 FSD
Gift of Asia, The. Claude Bragdon. 2m. Sc. A rustic shelter over-
looking a lake in the Adirondacks. Forum 49 : 349-355, Mar. 1913.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 89
Gift of time, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. A Christmas masque.
32c. Sc. The palace of time. MBF
Gifted givers, The. Alice Cook Fuller. Christmas play. 5b., 4g. Sc.
Living room. MAP
Gimlet, The. Maurice Donuay. Trans, from the French by Barrett H.
Clark. 1m., l.w. Sc. Study of bachelor's apartment. Stratford Jour-
nal 3 : 267-278, Dec. 1918.
Giorgione. Gale Young Rice. 4ni., 2w. Verse. Sc. A painter's work-
shop. RI
Girl and the outlaw, The. Katharine Kavanaugh. 2m., lw. Sc.
Interior of a hut. DPP
Girl and the undergraduate, The. Grace Cook Strong. Comedy.
College play. 5m., 2w. Sc. Living room. PPP
Girl in the coffin, The. Theodore Dreiser. 4m., 3w. Parlor of house
of well-to-do workingman. DP, Smart Set 41 : 127-140, Oct. 1913.
Girl to order, A. Bessie Wreford Springer. Comedy. College play.
5m., lw. Sc. Interior. FSD
Girl who paid the bills. Nina Rhoades. Comedy. 2m., 4w. Sc.
Attractive interior. B
Girls, The. Mabel H. Crane. Comedy. 9w. Sc. Comfortable sitting
room. FSD
Girls over there, The. Marie Doran. Patriotic play. 8w. Sc. Liv-
ing room comfortably furnished. FSD
Giuseppina. Thomas Littlefield Marble. 3m., 2w. Sc. Private dining
room in Italian restaurant. DPP
Glenforsa. John Brandane and A. W. Yuill. Scotland in the 18th cen-
tury. 2m., 2w. Sc. Large room serving as library and dining room.
REP
Glimpse into the theatres. R. B. J. 2m., lw. Sc. Office of theatri-
cal manager. International 8 : 193^, June 1914.
Glittering gate, The. Lord Dunsany. 2m. Sc. A lonely place. DF
Gloom; or, The old grey barn. E. Preston. 4m., 3w. Sc. A room
in a Russian house. PL
Glorious game, The. Beulah Marie Dix. American school peace league
play. 6w. Sc. Living room in a simple house in a foreign country.
AS
Glory of the morning. William Ellery Leonard. Indian play. 2m.,
lw., lb., Ig. Sc. Before an Indian wigwam. LEO, WIP
Gloves, a fragment of the eternal duet. Gilbert Cannan. 1m., lw.
Sc. End of a hotel corridor. Theatre Arts 4 : 160-165, Apr. 1920.
"Go and come." Laura E. Richards, lb., 2g. Sc. Overlooking a
garden. RP
Go-between, The. Harry L. Newton. Dramatic comedy. 1m., 2w.
Sc. Living room. B
Goal, The. Henry Arthur Jones. 4m., 2w. Sc. Dressing room in a
very richly furnished apartment. CBI, JO, American Magazine 63 :
451^61, March 1907.
Goat, The. Dorothy Massingham. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Goat alley. Ernest Howard Culbertson. 3m., 3w., 3c. Sc. Sitting
room of a negro's squalid dwelling. SCO
Goblin guests. Grace Richardson. Valentine play. 4b., Ig. Sc.
Nursery. RS
90 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Goblins, The. Madeline Poole. Gb., 2g. Sc. Cottage on the edge of a
forest. PO
God of my faith. J. Hartley Manners. Great War play. 2m. Sc.
Room in a London house. MTP
f God of quiet, The. John Drinkwater. Verse. Sin. Sc. A road at
summit of a hill outside a beleaguered city. DPA
God of the newly rich wool merchant, The. David Pinski. 6m.,
2w., chorus. Sc. A vast temple-like hall in a private home. PT
God of the wood, The. Claude M. Girardeau. A garden play. 8m.,
2w., parrot, image. Sc. A ruined shrine in the centre of a wood.
Drama 10:305-307, June 1920.
Gods, The. lao Sabao. From the Coptic. 3m. Sc. Fanciful, top of
the earth. International 12:80-87, March 1918.
God's outcast. J. Hartley Manners. Great War play. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Isolated railway station. MTP
j Going shopping. Clara J. Denton. lg., Ib. Sc. Interior. MBP
Going to school in China. Janet Ogden. 2b., 2g. Sc. Street in a
Chinese town. Everyland 5 : 112-113, March 1914'.
* Going to school in Mother Goose Land. Elizabeth Guptill. 5b., 9g.
Sc. Interior. B
Gold brick, The. "Willard Bassett. Farce. Cm. Sc. Interior. DPP
Gold bricks. No author given. 3m., 2w. Sc. Interior. ANP
Gold circle, The. Thomas Wood Stevens. Fantastic ancient oriental
piny, (im., 4 chorus groups. Sc. Pool. STV
* Gold in California. Eleanore Hubbard. The Hettlement of the U. S.
4b. Sc. Hut on the banks of a stream in California. HUD
t Golden arrow. James Plaisted Webber. 2m., Iw. Sc. A monastery
garden. B
* Golden bucket, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2b., lg. Sc. The woods.
SCI
t Golden calf, The. Mae Stein Soble. Old Testament play. 4b., chorus.
Sc. A mountain side. SOI!
t Golden doom, The. Lord Dunsauy. 9m., lg., Ib., chorus of m. Sc.
Outside the King's great door in ancient Babylon. CBI, DF, KP,
Poetry and Drama 1:431-442, Dec. 1913.
* Golden gifts. Julia K. Nusbaum. Jewish. Biblical. Fairy. 5b., 5g.
Sc. Before the curtain. BLO
* Golden touch, The. . Alice Cook Fuller. 7b., lg. Sc. Forest. FU
Golden wedding. The. Dora H. Stockton. Thanksgiving Day play.
5m., 3w., chorus. Sc. Plainly furnished sitting room. Gl
* Golliwog in Fairyland; or, How Edward the Teddy Bear became
a knight, a fairy play. Maude Cockrell. ISc., chours, Sc. A dell
in the wood. COC
Gone abroad. Evelyn Gray Whiting. Comedy. 4w. Sc. Interior. B
Goo-goo. Phil R. Wilmarth. 3m., 2w. Sc. Absolutely plain room.
DEP
Good bargain, A. Lord Dunsany. 5m. Sc. A crypt of a monastery.
DFO, Smart Set 63 : 73-78, Sept. 1920.
Good-bye, a parlor comedy. Arlo Bates. 2w. Sc. Not given. La-
dies' Home Journal 20 : 8, Jan. 1903.
Good-bye! Jules Renard ; trans, from the French by Barrett H. Clark.
1m., Iw. Sc. Small drawing room in apartment in Paris* Smart
Set 49 : 81-93, June 1916.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 91
Good-bye all! Edith F. A. U. Painton. Closing day of school. Any
number of children. Sc. School room. PAS
Good dinner, A. Mary Stewart Cutting. 4m., 4w. Sc. Drawing room
prettily furnished. Ladies' Home Journal 22 : 5, 48, Feb. 1905.
Good Friday. John Masefield. Verse. 7m., Iw. Sc. Paved court
outside the Roman citadel in Jerusalem. MLG, MTA
Good housewife and her labors, The. Margaret Lynch Conger.
Irish folk story. lb., lg., chorus. Sc. Roadside cottage in Ireland.
CFS
Good intentions. E. M. Fotheringham. lb., lg. Sc. Any room. FG
Good little girl, A. Marie Irish. 3b., 3g. Sc. Sitting room. IL
"Good men do, The." Hubert Osborne. Historical play. 3in., 4w., Is.
Sc. Living room in England 1616 FS1
Good old days, The. Alice Thompson. Dream play of Colonial times.
llw. Sc. Colonial room. DEP, PPP
Good Samaritan, The. Rita Benton. Bible play. 12b. Sc. Road.
This play may be given out of doors. BSD
Good woman, A. Arnold Bennett. Farce. 2m., Iw. Sc. Drawing
room of plainly furnished apartment. BP, SL
Good woman, A. George Middleton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Flat in large city,
modest but comfortable. MA, MIP
Goodys Grumble's cottage. Virginia Olcbtt. Play of the Red Cross.
4g. Sc. Gloomy room. OP A
Goose, The. Manta S. Graham. Irn., 2w. Sc. Boudoir. GRL
Goose feather bed, The. Willis N. Bugbee. Farce. 4m., Iw. Sc.
Interior. MAP
Gooseherd and the goblin. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. Sc. Sc. A
bit of woodland. MI III
Governor's proclamation, The. Clara J. Dentou. Thanksgiving Day
play. 2b., 5g. Sc. Kitchen in Colonial days. DAH
Goya in the cupola. Thomas Walsh. Verse. 2iu. Sc. Scaffold in
San Antonio. Century 89 : 701-704, Mar. 1915.
Grace Mary. Henry Arthur Jones. A tragedy in the Cornish dialect.
<!m., 2w., chorus. Sc. Exterior of Inn on the North Cornish coast.
JO
Grade, Bessie Springer Breeme. Comedy. 6b., or m. Sc. Cottage
sitting room. FSD
Graduate's choice. F. A. U. Painton. Graduation morality. 12g. Sc.
May be given indoors or out of doors. DEP
Graduation at Gayville. Willis N. Bugbee. 12c. Sc. A platform.
BUP
Graduation Day; "The graduation of Anychild." F. Ursula Payne.
19c. Sc. Any school. PP
Graft. Harry L. Newton. Political play. 4m., Iw. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Grammar. Eugene M. Labiche. Trans, from the French by Barrett H.
Clark. 4m., Iw. Sc. Room in a house in the suburbs of Paris.
FSD
Grammar play, A. Anna M. Liitkenhaus. 40 or more c. Sc.
Unimportant. LU
Grandfather's bright Christmas plan. Marie Irish. Christmas
play. 2b., 5g. Sc. Living room. 1C
Grandmother, The. Lajos Biro. Trans, from the German by Charles
92 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Recht. 3m., 7w. Sc. Broad sunny terrace in Hungary furnished
with garden furniture. SL, Drama 8 : 176-196, May 1918.
Grandmother Rocker, a costume play. Tracy D. Mygatt. 12m.
and w. Sc. An old room in an old house. B
* Grandmother's cat. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 3g. Sc. Not important.
GUT
Grandpa. S. Decatur Smith, Jr. Farce Comedy. 2in., 2w. Sc. In-
terior. PPP
Granny Boling. Paul Green. 4m.. 3w., neighbors. Sc. Living room
of better class negro home. Drama 11 : 389-391, Aug.-Sept. 1921.
Granny Manmee. Ridgely Torrence. 3\v. Sc. Living room in an old
cabin. TPF
Granny's Juliet. Herbert Swears. 3w. Sc. Small drawing room.
FSD
Grapejuice. E. J. Freund. 7m. Sc. Office. ANP
* Grasshoppers and the ants, The. Anne A. T. Craig. An Aesop's
fable play. 9c., 2 chorus groups. Sc. A field beside an ant hill. CD
Gray overcoat, The. William R. Randall. 3m. Sc. Interior. De-
tective play. FSD
Gray parrot, The. W. W. Jacobs and C. Rock. 4m., 2w. Sc. Inte-
rior. FSD
Great doughnut corporation, The. T. S. Denison. Farce. 3m., 5w.
Sc. Office. DEP
* Great feast, The. Laura E. Richards. 5g. Sc. Nursery. RP
Great hope, The. Elma Ehrlich Levinger. 2m.. Iw. Sc. Interior of
a hovel. Stratford Journal 5 : 231-235, Oct.-Dec. 1919.
Great medical dispensary, The. Larry Vane. Farce. Gin. Sc. Doc-
tor's office. DEP
Great noontide, The Patrick Kearney. Satire. 4m., 2w., others. Sc.
Meeting hall of the Nietzschean Community of the Creating Ones.
Drama 11 : 109-113, Jan. 1921.
Great Protestant association. The. Horace B. Browne. From Dick-
ens' Barnaby Rudge. 4m. Sc. Room. BD
* Great sale, The. Clara J. Denton. Christmas play. 5b., 3g., chorus.
I
Great Winglebury duel, The. George M. Rosener. From Charles
Dickens. Farce. Cm., 3w. Sc. Interior of an Inn. Stagelore p. 89,
Feb. 1912.
Greater than war. Asa Steele. Great War play. 3m., Iw. Sc.
Lonely house near the battlefields of France. PPP
Greater voice, The. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. 1m.. Iw. Sc. Edge
of a wood. International 8 : 365-366, Dec. 1914.
* Greatest day in the year, The. Carolyn Wells. 4b., 20g. Sc. Pal-
ace of time. WJ
* Greatest gift, The. Anne A. T. Craig. Spring festival play. 8c., 3 cho-
rus groups. Sc. Center of an open space. CD
J Greatest gift, The. Katharine Lord. Christmas play. 28c., chorus.
Sc. A busy street of shops. LLR
* Greatest gift, The. Carolyn Wells. Christmas play. 10b., llg. Sc.
Court room of the Palace of gifts. WJ, Ladies Home Journal 30 : 32,
58, 59, Dec. 1913.
Grecian urn, The. Arthur H. Nethercot. Verse. 5m., Iw., villagers.
Sc. Wooded spot. Poet Lore 33 : 142-147, Spring 1922.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 93
Greek vase, The. Maurice Baring. Farce. 2m. Sc. A garret on the
top floor of a squalid house in Rome. BA
Green coat, The. Alfred de Musset and Emile Augier. Comedy. 3m.,
lw. Sc. Room in the Latin Quarter. FSD «
Green cockatoo, The. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, from the German.
19m., 3w., chorus. Sc. Wine-room of the "Green Cockatoo." SAA,
SG
Green-eyed monster, The. Adolph Klauber. 3m., lw. Sc. Studio in
an old-fashioned house in Greenwich Village. Smart Set 42 : 133-141,
Jan. 1914.
Green helmet, The. William B. Yeats. Heroic farce. 6m., 2w., chorus.
Sc. Log house. YT, YPP, Forum 46:301-321, Sept. 1911.
Green scarf, The. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. 1m., lw. Sc. City
park. GQA, STG
Gretna Green. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 1m., 2w. Sc. A room that
is a trifle shabby, furnished in 18th century manner. MB
Gringoire, the ballad monger. Theodore De Banville. Trans, from
the French by Arthur B. Myrick. 4m., 2w., pages, servants, etc. Sc.
Room in Tours in 1469. DPP, Poet Lore 27 : 129-163, Spring 1916.
Groove, The. George Middleton. 2w. Sc. Bedroom of cottage in small
village. MIP
Grotesques. Cloyd Head. 3m., 3w. Sc. Black background, convention-
alized design. Poetry 9 : 1-30, Oct. 1916.
Group of poems. A. C. Inman.
Dialogue 1m., 1 spirit. Sc. Anywhere. Stratford Journal 1 : 32-
34, Winter 1917.
Fate. 1m., lw. Sc. Large bare prison cell. Stratford Journal 1 :
25-31, Winter 1917.
Growing old together. Colin Campbell Clements. 2m., lw., chorus.
Sc. Forest of pine trees. Poet Lore 31 : 176-180, Summer 1920.
Growing up. E. E. Bloxam. 3m., 8w. Sc. A meadow. BL
Gruach. Gordon Bottomley. 5m., 6w., lb., Ig. Verse. Historical. Sc.
Hall of a small black stone castle in early Scotland. BKG
Guest for dinner, A. Lewis Beach. 4m. Sc. A large, cold formal
room. BF
Gutter of time, The. Alfred Sutro. 1m., lw. Sc. Interior. FSD,
SFA
H
Hachi No Hi. Seami. Noh play of Japan. 3m., lw., chorus. Sc.
Stage. WAA
Hagoromo. Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. Noh play of Japan.
2m., lw., chorus. Sc. Japanese exterior. FEN
Hagoromo. Seami. Noh play of Japan. 2m., lw., chorus. Sc. Stage.
WAA
Hair trigger Smith. Keene Abbott. Based upon the Shot by Pushkin.
Russian play. 3m., lw. Sc. Parlor of an old fashioned Colonial
House in Virginia. ABB
Haku Rakuten. Seami. Noh play of Japan. 3m., chorus. Sc. The
coast of Bizen, Japan. WAA
Hal, the highwayman. H. M. Paull. 4m., 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Half-back's interference, A. M. N. Beebe. 10m. Sc. A farmhouse.
B
94 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Hall of laughter, The. Thomas B. Rogers. 2m., 4w., chorus. Sc.
Lobby of a side show of a Fair. RO
Hall-marked. John Galsworthy. Satire. 4m., 4w., 2 dogs. Sc. Sit-
ting room and veranda of a bungalow. GSS, Atlantic 113 : 845-851,
June 1914.
* Hallowe'en carnival and wax-work show, A. Lnura Rountroe
Smith. Me. Sc. Stage. SFH
* Hallowe'en puppet play. Laura Rountree Smith. 8c. Sc. High
on the hill. SFH
Ham and eggs. Abercrombie Lascelles. Verse. 2m., l\v., Ic. Chap-
book J34, Feb. 1923.
Hamlet's brides. Sara Hawks Sterling. Burlesque on Shakespeare.
1m., 5w. Sc. Ordinary parlor. B
Hand of Siva, The. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman and Ben Hecht. Melo-
drama. Great War background. 5m. Sc. Room in a small French
hotel. STV
Hand of the Prophet, The. Margaret Scott Oliver. An Arabian epi-
sode. 2m., 2w., chorus. Sc. A room in an Arabian house in festive
preparation for a wedding. OS
Hands and the man. Rex Hunter. 2w. Sc. Breakfast room. HS
Hands in the box, The. Leo Duran, translator. From the Japanese.
2m., llw., 2c., chorus. Sc. Reception room of Japanese palace in
17th century. DU
Handy Solomon. Ralph W. Tag. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior.
FP
"Hang it!" Herbert C. Sargent. Farce. 2m., 2w., lb. Sc. Dining
room. PL
Hanging out the wash. Katharine E. Smedley and Anne Buzby Pal-
mer. Negro play. 3w. Sc. Back yard. PPP
* Hanging up the stockings. Clara J. Denton. Christmas play. 2b.,
Ig. Sc. Sitting room. DAH
Hannah gives notice. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. 4w. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
Hanrahan's oath. Lady Gregory. 3m., 3w. Sc. A wild and rocky
place. GI, Little Review 4 : G-16, 33-38, Nov. 1917.
* Hans and Grethel. Alice Cook Fulller. lb., 3g. Sc. Interior. FU
Happiness. J. Hartley Manners. 2m., 2w. Sc. Comfortable furnished
room of a modern apartment house. MH
Happy day, The. Octavia Roberts. Farce. 7w. Sc. Living room. B
Happy ending. Bertha Moore. Romantic pathos. 2w. Sc. Cozy sit-
ting room. PH
Happy families. Aldous Huxley. 3m., 2\v., Ig. Sc. Conservatory.
Little Review 7 : 18-30, Sept. 1919.
* Happy man, The. Rita Benton. From the "Enchanted shirt" by John
Hay. 33b. Sc. Room in the King's palace. BSC
Happy Prince, The. Oscar Wilde. Dramatized by Lou Wall Moore and
Margaret F. Allen. 2m. Sc. Public Square with a golden bronze
statue of the Happy Prince. Poet Lore 27 : 406-410, Vacation 191G.
Happy returns. Essex Dane. lOw. Sc. Drawing room. DAO
Happy thought, The. Jeanette Marks. 4m., 5w., others. Sc. Village
square. International 6 : 3G-38, July 1912.
* Happyville school picnic, The. Willis N. Bugbee. 8b., 9g. Sc. An
open space. BUP
t Harbor of lost ships, The. Louise Whitefield Bray. 3m., Iw. Sc.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 95
Interior of cottage on an island off the coast of Labrador. HD2
Hard heart. The. M. A. Kister, Jr. 6m., 2\v., lc., chorus characters.
Sc. Dining room. FS3
Hardy perennials. Arthur Meeker, Jr. 2m., 3w. Sc. Sitting room
of summer cottage in Massachusetts. Drama 13 : 292-290, May — June
1923.
Hare and the hedgehog, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2b., Ig. Sc. A
cabbage field. SC2
Hare and the tortoise, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2b., 2g. Sc. A
meadow. SCI
Harlequin. Colin Campbell Clements. 2m., Iw. Sc. Garden of a small
village inn. Poet Lore 31 : 579-587, Winter 1920.
Harrison. V. Fetherstonhaugh. 4m., 4w. Sc. 1. A steamship. Sc. 2.
A hotel. Smart Set 43 : 129-141, July 1914.
Hartleys, The. Arthur Eckersley. 2ra., 3w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Harvest, The. T. W. Hanshew. 2m., 2w., Ib. Sc. Boudoir at River-
side cottage on the Thames. Smart Set 2fi : 118-133, Nov. 1908.
Haste makes waste. Harriette Wilbur. Farce. 2m., Ib. Sc. Drug
store. MAP
Hat at the theatre. Anne Palmer. Farce, fim., 2w. Sc. Interior of
the theatre. TMP
Hatching a conspiracy. Horace B. Browne. From Dickens' Barnaby
Rudge. 1m., Iw. Sc. A kitchen. BD
Hatching the lucky egg. E. J. Freund. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Room in a farmhouse. ANP
"Hatred." Katharine Searle. Great War background. 2m., 3w. Sc.
• House in a coast town in England during the Great War. SEA
Hatstiyuki. (Early snow.) Koparu Zembo Motoyasu. Noh play of
Japan. 4w., chorus. Sc. Great temple at Izumo. WAA
Hattie. Elva DePue. 2m., 3w. Sc. Room in a New York tenement.
MA, MP
Haunted chamber, The. Grace Griswold. Romantic comedy. 2m.,
2w. Sc. Haunted room in a castle. FSD
Haunted gate, The. Edyth M. WTormwood. Hallowe'en play. 3b., 7g.
Sc. Interior. EP
Haunted hat-shop, The. Max Michelson. 1m., 2w., voice. Sc. Mil-
linery shop. Poetry 17:233-237. Feb. 1921.
He is coming. Alvilde Prydz. Trans, from the Norwegian by Hester
Coddington. 1m.. 5w. Sc. Old fashioned sitting room in small coun-
try house. Poet Lore 25 : 230-244, Summer 1914.
He said and she said. Alice Gerstenberg. 1m., 3w. Sc. Living room.
GT
He, she and it. William Muskerry. Matrimonial comedy. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Boudoir. PH
Head of Romulus, The. Sydney Grundy. From the French of Eugene
Scribe. 3m., 3w. Sc. Drawing room. FSD
Health champions, The. Maude Batchelder Vosburgh. Modern health
crusade. 21 c. Sc. No special scenery required. VO
Heart of a clown. The. Constance Powell- Anderson. Harlequin play.
Fantasy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Outskirts of a village fair. REP
Heart of a tenor, The. Frank Wedekind. 5m., 3w. Sc. Large hotel
room in city in Austria. Smart Set 40: 129-141, June 1913.
Heart of Pierrot, The. Margretta Scott. 4b.. 5g., c. Sc. Quaint lit-
tle street. SB Drama 10:200-202, Feb. 1920.
96 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Hearts. Alice Gerstenberg. 4w. Sc. A fashionable drawing room. GT
Hearts to mend. II. A. Overstreet. Pierrot play. Fantasy. 2m., Iw.
Sc. Living room, dining room and kitchen combined. STK
* Heathen Chinee, The. Frederick Trevor Hill. Farce. 5b., Ig. Com-
bination bedroom, dining-room and kitchen. HI I
Heirloom. The. Thomas B. Rogers. 1m., Iw. Sc. Library of an old
mansion. RO
Heirs-at-law. Anthony E. Wells. Comedy. 3m., 5w. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Helen. Edward Storer. 3m., Iw. Sc. Palace of King Menelaus. In-
ternational 9 : 17-20, Jan. 1915. Poetry and Drama 2 : 153-165, June
1914.
t Helen and Modus. Adapted from "The Hunchback" by Sheridan
Knowles. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Corridor before a parlor. GU
Helena's husband. Philip Moeller. Historical comedy. 3m., Iw., Is.
Sc. A Greek interior. MF, SL, WSP
Helios, a fragment. Gerhart Hauptmann. Trans, from the German by
Carlos S. Wupperman. 7m. Sc. Kitchen of an old castle. Moods
1 : 101-107, Jan. 1909.
Helping Charlie. V. D. Hyde. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Parlor of a
flat. FOS
Helpless couple, A. M. J. Williams (M. Hayman). 3w. Sc. A green
between two cottages. FSD
Henkers Malilzeit. Alicia Ramsey. 5m., Iw. Sc. Small room in the
Bastile. Smart Set 30 : 123-131, Feb. 1910.
Henry wakes up. Florence M. Millward. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Sitting room in a clean lodging house. MIF
Henry, where are you? Beulah King. 1m., Gw. Sc. Veranda of a
country house. B
Her busy day or an experience in housekeeping. James C. Rich-
ards. (J. R. Condrin, pseud.) Farce. 7m., 5w. Sc. Interior. B
Her Christmas hat. Walter Ben Hare. Farce. 4m., 5w. Sc. Living
room in apartment. HW
Her deaf ear. Arlo Bates. Farce. 2m., 3w. Sc. Interior. B
Her dearest friend. Rosmary Rees. 1m., 2w. Sc. Poorly furnished
sitting room. FSD
Her final answer. Edward Brewster Sheldon. 3m., 2w. Sc. Bou-
doir. Harvard Monthly 44 : 103-117, Apr. 1907.
Her first assignment. Gladys Ruth Bridgham. Comedy. lOw. Sc.
Drawing room. B
Her first scoop. Lindsey Barbee. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Her happiness. Horace Holley. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior. HOR
Her neighbor's creed. Margaret Cameron. 1m., Iw. Sc. Library in
a home. CAC
Her nephew-in-law elect. Helen P. Kane. Farce. 3w. Sc. In-
terior. PPP
Her old sweethearts, a 3O minute parlor play. Eleanor H. Porter.
10m., Iw. Sc. Comfortable living room. Ladies' Home Journal
27 : 17, 90, 92, April 1910.
Her picture Rachel E. Baker. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Studio. PWP
Her scarlet slippers. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. 4w. Sc. In-
terior. PPP
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 97
Her second time on earth. Harry L. Newton. Comedy. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Interior. B
Her service flag. Helen Sherman Griffith. Great War play. 4w. Sc.
Interior. PFP
Her story. Katharine Searle. Great War background. 4w. Sc. Sun
parlor of convalescents Home. SEA
Her tongue. Henry Arthur Jones. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc. Private
hotel. JO
Her uncle's boots. Mrs. Myrtle B. Carpenter. Farce. 7g. Sc. Liv-
ing room. B
Her victory. Eleanor Maud Crane. Comedy. 17w. Sc. Studio. FP
Her vote. H. V. Esmond. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Her weekly allowance. Jessie A. Kelley. Farce. 9m., 7w. Sc. In-
terior. B
Herbert's discovery. Marie Irish. Christmas play. 2b. Sc. Living
room. 1C
Hermit of Carmel. George Santayana. Verse. Early Christianity.
2m. Sc. A ravine amid the slopes of Mount Carmel. SAN
Hero, The. Alice Brown. 3m., Iw., chorus. Sc. Interior of fisher-
man's cottage. BO
Hero in pink, The. Orrick Johns. A Greek tragedy. 3m., 42w. Sc.
Any drawing room. Smart Set 48 : 201-202, Mar. 191G.
Hero and heroine. Herbert Swears. Melodramic absurdity. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Cottage. FSD
Hero of Santa Maria, The. Kenneth S. Goodman and Ben Hecht.
6m., Iw. Sc. Living room. SCO, STG
Heroes. Grace Luce Irwin. 2m., 5w. Sc. Sitting room in an old man-
sion. ID
Hiawatha. Marie Irish. From Longfellow's "Hiawatha." Verse. 8b.,
2g. Sc. Wood scene with wigwam. IPP
Hicksville bungler, The. Chester A. Griffin. Small town newspaper
farce. 7m., 3w. Sc. Newspaper office. DEP
Hidden harmonies. Evelyn Simms. Comedy. 2m., 3w. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Hidden love. Floyd P. Cowan and Robert T. Hardy. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Dining-room. FSD
High Jinks along the milky way. Vincent Van Marter Beede. A
romance of the Zodiac. 6b., 2g. Sc. Airy apartment in palace. HE
High school clothes line, The. Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa.
Home Economics Division. 5 or more g. Sc. Living room. Journal
of Home Economics 13 : 169-174, Apr. 1921.
Higher good, The. Thacher Howland Guild. 10m. Sc. Game room
of a mission in N. Y. GUI
Highway robbers, The. Eleanor Allen Schroll. 12b. Sc. A street.
FIL
Hilarion. Josephine Howell-Carter. 5m., Iw. Sc. Sunny glade in an
old wood. Poet Lore 26 : 374-392, Summer 1915.
Hildetua. George B. Seitz. 3m., Iw. Sc. Interior rude vikings' hut in
8th century. Smart Set 32 : 143-150, Sept. 1910.
Hilltop. Louise Ayres Garnett. 6b., 2g., chorus. Sc. A clearing before
a thatched cottage. GAT, Drama 11:277-283, May 1921.
Hippodrome horror, a nightmare drama. Leila Waddell. 1m., Iw
Sc. Not given. International 12:94-95, March 1915.
98 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Hiram and the peddlers. Willis N. Bugbee. 5m., 2w. Sc. Plain liv-
ing room. BUP
Hiram Jones' bet. May E. Countryman. Farce. 1m., 2w. Sc. Sit-
ting room. B
$ Hired girl's dream, The. Charles Noel Douglas. Fantastic dream
play. 23c. Sc. Kitchen. WHP
Hired man's courtship, The. A. K. Cripps. 4m., 3w. Sc. Dining
room. EP
His best day. Matthew Boulton. Irn., Iw. Sc. Interior. FSD
His chance. Herbert A. Mann. Comedy. 4m. Sc. Stage of a New
York theatre. PWP
His charity patient. Reed Robinson. 2m., Iw. Sc. Waiting room
in a doctor's office. ROB
His city girl . . . Ward Macauley. Comedy. 4m., 3w. Sc. In-
terior. PPP
His dinner for two. Franklin Johnston. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Sitting room in N. Y. apartment. FP
His exceptional mother-in-law. Mrs. Frederick W. Pender. 1m.,
2w. Sc. Drawing room. WEP
His father's son. Helen Morrison Howie. Farce comedy. 2m., 2w.
Sc. Sitting room, dining room combination in cosy flat. PPP
His favorite flower. Laurence Housman. English political farce. 2m.,
Iw. Sc. Room in fine old English mansion. HA, HA4
His first case. George Albert Drovin. Farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Law of-
fice. PPP
His good genius. Arthur M. Heathcote. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Study. FSD
His helpmeet. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, from the German by Pierre
Loving. 4m., Iw., Is. Sc. Elegantly furnished room in a summer
resort. SCW, International 9 : 207-211, July 1915.
His honor. O. M. Dennis. 3m., Iw. Sc. Library in the home of a
Mayor in a large city. Smart Set 35 : 129-134, Nov. 1911.
His imitation sweetheart. Elliott Flower. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Parlor of a home. Ladies' Home Journal 25 : 12, 55, Feb. 1908.
His Japanese wife. Grace Griswold. Comedy contrasting the East with
the West. 3m., 3w. Sc. Attractive room. FSD
His lordship. M. E. M. Davis. 5m., 3w. Sc. Lawn. DAB, Gl
His lordship, the burglar. Edith M. Willett. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Pretty drawing room in an American summer resort. PPP
His luck. Horace Holley. 2w. Sc. Living room in a small flat. HOR
His lucky day. Thayer Susan Bowker. Farce. 2m., Iw. Sc. Golf
Club house. B
His Methodist foot. Vance C. Criss. Farce. 3m., Gw. Sc. Interior.
B
His model wife. Helen F. Bagg. Comedy, 3m., 7w. Sc. Studio.
PPP
His mother's face. Marguerite Merington. From the picture "Une
Fete Champetre" by Watteau. 1m., Iw., lc. Sc. Room divided by
screen into two parts. MPZ
His old sweethearts. Mrs. George T. Palmer. 1m., llw. Sc. Not
given. Ladies' Home Journal 2G : 13, 82, Nov. 1909.
His return. Percival Wilde. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc. Boudoir. WE
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 99
His second girl. Mary MacMillan. 3m., 3w. Sc. Large Beautiful
old fashioned sitting room. MM
His sisters. Beulah King. Farce. 1m., Sw. Sc. Living room. FP
"His soul." Eleanor M. Crane. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Studio. FSD
HJs widow's husband. Jacinto Benevente. Trans, from the Spanish
by John Garrett Underbill. 4m., 3w. Sc. Reception room. BJP, SL
His wife's place. Adapted from the story by C. B. Kelland. 2m., 2w.
Sc. Living room. DAK
Historical Hallowe'en, An. Laura Rountree Smith. 16c. Sc. Un-
important. SFH
History repeats itself. Dawson Milward. 1m., Iw. Sc. Drawing
room in a house in London. FSD
Hoka priests. The. Zenchiku Ujenobu. Noh play of Japan. 4m. Sc.
Stage. WAA
Holbein in Blackfriars. K. S. Goodman and T. W. Stevens. Histor-
ical comedy. Cm., 2w. Sc. Holbein's studio. STG
Holed out in one. Claude Radcliffe. Farce. 2m., 3w. Sc, Smoking
room. FSD
Holiday. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., 3w. Sc. Room in a
tenement. GID, GIF
Holiday, The. Emile Mazaud. Trans, by Ralph Roeder. 4m., Iw.
Sc. Garden of a modest villa near Paris. Theatre Arts Magazine 6 :
33-61, Jan. 1922.
Holly Tree Inn. Mrs. Oscar Beringer. Adapted from the story by
Charles Dickens. 3m., 4w. Sc. Old fashioned parlor decorated for
Christmas. FSD
Holly wreath, The. Emilie Blackmore Stapp and Eleanor Cameron.
A December play. 8b., 8g., 5 chorus groups. Sc. A forest. SCII
Holy scenes of Christmas, The. Alice Crary. A cantata. 3b., Iw.,
chorus. Sc. Any church. Ladies' Home Journal 20 : 32, Nov. 1903.
Home. Maurice Maeterlinck. Trans, from the French. 3m., 2w., chorus.
Sc. An old garden planted with willows. MAF, MAG
Home and Mother. Alice W. Chapin. 6g. Sc. Living room. CHC
Home coming, The. Ralph Cheever Dunning, 1m., Iw. Sc. Room
in house half-demolished by shell-fire. Poetry 7 : 179-181, Jan. 1916.
Home from college. Marion Short and Pauline Phelps. College play.
4m. Sc. Sitting room. FSD
Home guard, The. Jennie S. Smith. Comedy. Sw. Sc. Interior.
PPP
Home of the free, The. Elmer L. Reizenstein. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living
room in the home of the Burkes. MP
Home run, A. Anthony J. Schindler. lOb. Sc. Open landscape. SCP
Homer and David. Katharine E. Dopp. Adapted from an essay by
Edward E. Hale. Historical play. DO
Homesteaders' Christmas, The. Eleanore Hubbard. Homestead dis-
tribution. 4b., Ig. Sc. Pioneer's homestead in Wisconsin. HUG
Honest Abe, an interlude for Lincoln's birthday. Madalene D.
Barnum. 5in., Iw., Ic. Sc. Cross-roads store. BS
Honest critic, An. Augusta Stevenson. 7b., many choruses. Sc. Pal-
ace. SC4
Honest Peggy. Alice C. Thompson. Farce. 8g. Sc. Interior. DEP
Honest woodcutter, The. Mabel R. Goodlander. 2c., 2 chorus groups
b. and g. Sc. In the woods with a stream at one side. GF
100 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Honest woodman, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2b., Ig. Sc. A river
bank. SCI
t Honesty's the best policy. Edith Brown-Evarts. 3b., 2g. Sc. Inte-
rior. BEY
Honeymoon, A. Author not given. 1m., Iw. Sc. Not given. Smart
Set 14 : 146, Oct. 1904.
t Honeymoon, The. Mrs. C. F. Fernald and Olivia L. Wilson. 3b., 5g.
Sc. Cosily furnished room. BAB
Honi Soit, a satire on circumstantial evidence. Maverick Terrell,
3m., Iw. Sc. Parts of three rooms. Smart Set 54:71-75, Jan.
1918.
Honor — and the girl, a parlor love play. Grace S. Richmond. Drama-
tized from the story by G. S. Richmond "Their Christmas eve." 1m.,
Iw. Sc. Cozy bachelor's sitting room. Ladies' Home Journal 20 : 12,
Feb. 1903.
Honor cross, The. M. E. Lee. 3m., 2w., and people of the village. Sc.
Interior of neatly furnished cottage. Poet Lore 27 : 702-700, Winter
191G.
Honor of Danzo. Trans, from the Japanese by Leo Durin. 3m., Iw.,
chorus. Reception room of Golden Turtle Inn in Japan 17th century.
DU
f Honor of the class, The. Eleanor Maud Crane. 9g. Sc. Study in a
select boarding school for young ladies. FSD
* Honorable Miss, The. Katharine Lord. 3b., 8g. Sc. Interior of a
Japanese house. LLS
Honorable Togo. Harl Mclnroy. 3m.. Iw. Sc. Sitting room in well
furnished flat in N. Y. Drama 11 : 410-413, Aug.— Sept. 1921.
Honors easy. Albert E. Drinkwater. English life in 18th century.
1m., 2w. Sc. A mansion at a distance from the highway. FSD
Honors even. Belford Forrest. 3m., Iw. Sc. Refectory which was for-
merly a monastery. Smart Set 53 : 71-79, Dec. 1917.
Hoops. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Averse. 2m., Oc. Sc. Big tent-stable
of a traveling circus. GIB, GIP
Hoosier school. William Giles and Josephine Giles. Farce. 4m., 6w.
Sc. Country school. FP
Hooverizing Internationalle. Rebecca P. Abrahamson. Great War
food play. lOw. Sc. Apartment. FSD
Horse thieves, The. Hermann Hagedorn. 4m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen of
a ranch house. HAG
Hotel Comfort. W. Hanson Boyce. Farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior.
APP
Hour glass, The. William Butler Yeats. A morality play. 5m., Iw.,
2c. Sc. A large room. DIC, Y3, YH, YU, YPP (In prose), The
Mask 5:327-346. 1913. (New version)
Hour of earth, An. Theodosia Garrison. 1m., 3w. Sc. Library.
Smart Set 9 : 153-157, March 1903.
Hour of greatness, The. Morley Roberts. Mystery. 4m., Iw. Sc.
Room in an old house in medieval Pisa. RF
Hour of Prospero. C. E. Lawrence. Play about Shakespeare. 3m.,
3w. Sc. Shakespeare's garden at New Place. Nineteenth Century
92:685-696, Oct. 1922.
Hour of recognition, The.. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, from the Ger-
man by Pierre Loving. 2m., Iw., 2s. m. and w. Sc. Dining room
in a home in Vienna. SCW, International 10 : 167-174, June 1916.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 101
House, A. Ford Madox Hueffer. Verse. 4m., 2w., 12 characters. Chap-
book 21:2-4, March 1921. Poetry 17:291-310, March 1921.
House, The. George Middleton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Room in an apartment
hotel suite. MIM
House across the way. Katharine Kavanaugh. 1m., Iw., Sc. Inte-
rior. DPP
House fairy, The. Laurence Housman. 2w., Ic. Sc. A cottage inte-
rior. HAB
House of Aegnes, The. Edward G. Hill. Verse. Greek play. 4m.,
3w., chorus. Sc. A forest glen in Peloponnesia about GOO B. C. HHA
House of brick, The. Augusta Stevenson. 4b. Sc. A turnip field.
SCI
House of candles, The. Wilfred Wilson Gibson. Verse. 3w. Sc.
Cottage. GID, GIP
House of cards, A. Percival Wilde. 1m., Iw. Sc. Exquisitely fur-
nished room in a fashionable New York apartment house. WED
House of life, The. Katherine Howard. Fantastic. Fanciful. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. Earth. HOT
House of rest. The. Louis Noel. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior of the Paris
morgue. NO
House of the heart, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. Morality. 12-.
Sc. A heart shaped room. MHH
House that Jack built, The. Someple, pseud of Gladys Lloyd, lie.
Sc. In front of a little house. MAP
How a prince was saved. Augusta Stevenson. 6b., chorus characters.
Sc. Out doors in Arabia. SCI
How a woman keeps a secret. Frank Dumont. Comedy. lOw. Sc.
Interior. PPP
How Bienville saved Mobile. Marie Bankhead Owen. Alabama Cen-
tennial play — historical, lib., 5g. Sc. Living room of a French sol
dier's widow. AO
How Billy helped things along. Dramatic Art Class of the Steele
High School, Dayton, Ohio. 2m., 3w., Ic. Sc. Room in a cheap
apartment house. Quarterly Journal of Speech Education 4 : 437-447,
Oct. 1918.
How Christmas was saved. Catharine Markham. IGc. Sc. Inte-
rior. SAB
How he lied to her husband. George B. Shaw. 1m., Iw. Sc. Draw-
ing room of an apartment. SHC
How Nellie made good. Marie Doran. 9w. Sc. Interior. FSD
How Robin Hood once was a wait. Rowland Gibson Hazard. A mir-
acle play or Christmas masque. 7b., lg., chorus. Sc. Winter in a
forest. HAH
How sleep the brave. Madalene D. Barnum. Interlude for Memorial
Day. 8c. Sc. Entrance to a cemetery. BS
How the Christmas song was found. Lilian Pearson. 14 or more c.
Sc. Woodland. EP
How the Indians planted powder. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L.
Ryan. Colonial days in Massachusetts. 4b*., lg. Sc. Field at an
end of an Indian village. TRH
How the ladies earned their dollar; or, Mrs. Toploft's scheme.
Orissa W. Gleason. Burlesque of Ladies Benevolent Society. 13w.
Sc. Interior. B
102 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
How the shrew was tamed. M. A. Rask. Farce. 4m., 3w. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
Hour the story grew. O. W. Gleason. Suitable for women's clubs.
8\v. Sc. Interior. B
How the vote was won. Cicely Hamilton and Christopher St. John.
Comedy. Suffragette play. 2m., 8w. Sc. Interior. DPP
How they kept her. Vernon Woodhouse. Play of the servant problem.
2m., 4w. Sc. Drawing room. FSD
How to reduce. Ida G. Norton. Comedy. Any number of women. Sc.
Interior. NA
Hulks, The. James Farrington. 4m.. Iw. Sc. Poverty stricken living
room in Paris in 1800. Smart Set 33 : 123-132, Jan. 1911.
Human nature. Floyd Dell. Morality play. 3m., Iw. Sc. Boundless
blue space. DK
* Humane citizens. F. Ursula Payuo. Kindness to animals play. 2b.,
4g., chorus. Sc. A balcony. PPC
Humble pie. W. D. Emerson. Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc. Interior of
hut in the backwoods. DPP
Humpty Dumpty. Bertram Bloch. Fantasy. 7m. and any no. of
Mother Goose folk. Sc. Artist's studio. Poet Lore 32 : 76-97, Spring
1921.
* Humpty Dumpty. Mrs. Herbert Richmond. 4b.. 2g., chorus. Sc. One
side of a village street. BR
* Hundred, The. Elsie Hobart Carter. 6g. Sc. Dressing room. CCC
f Hundredth trick, The. Beulah Marie Dix. 4m. Sc. Dim, wainscoted
parlor in a great manor house. DA
Hunger. Eugene Pillot. Fantasy. 4m., Iw. Sc. A great gray tower.
MA, Stratford Journal 2 : 19-28, June 1918.
Hunter, The. John T. Frederick. 2m., Iw., attendants. Sc. Great
room in an old palace. Stratford Journal 1 : 38-^41, Sept. 1917.
Hunting for Hapgood. Frank H. Shepard. Farce. 4m., 2w. Sc.
Hallway of a hotel. B
Husband in clover, A. H. C. Merivale. Matrimonial comedy. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. Breakfast room. PH
Husband's advice. Tom Masson. 2m., Iw. Sc. Not given. Smart
Set 6 : 160, Feb. 1902.
Husking bee, The. Evangeline Campbell. 4m.. 3w., Ig. Sc. A coun-
try barn. CAN
t Hyacinth Halvey. Lady Gregory. 4m., 2w. • Sc. Outside of a post
office in a little town. GS, LC, Samhain 1906, pp. 15-35.
Hyacinths. Tacie May Hanna. 3w. Sc. Living room in home of mod-
erate comforts. Drama 12 : 338-341, Sept. 1922.
Hymen a la mode. Mary L. Pendered. 1m., Iw. Sc. Not give'.i.
Smart Set 32 : 127-130, Sept. 1910.
t Hypnotism. Newell Bent. 3m., 8w. Sc. Interior. Farce. B, BAT
* I have a little nut tree. Someple, pseud. About 60b. and g. Sc. Gar-
ret. SO
Ibsen revisited. Floyd Dell. 1m., Iw. Sc. Middle-class interior.
DK
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 103
Iceman, The. Laurence Ditto Young. Farce. 2m., 2\v. Sc. Interior.
PPP
Ici on parle francais. Thomas J. Williams. Farce. 3ni., 4w. Inte-
rior. FSD
Idowanna. Dorothy Waldo. Play for children. 2w., 5c. Sc. Nursery.
B
Idyll. Hugo von Hofmanusthal. Trans, from the German by Charles
Wharton Stork. 2m., Iw. Verse. Sc. Open village smithy. Drama
7 : 1G9-175, May 1917.
"If don't believe is changed into believe." Lindsey Barbee. 21b.,
15g. Sc. A woodland. BLP
If I -were Bob. M. A. Emerson. Scout play. 5b. Sc. Camp fire.
FET
If morning glory wins. Helen Bagg. Comedy. Racing play. 2m.,
2\v. Sc. Interior. PPP
If Shakespeare lived today. Lord Dunsany. 5m. Sc. Boom in the
Olympus Club. DFO, Atlantic Monthly 126:496-508, Oct. 1920.
Ikeniye. (The pool sacrifice) Seaini. Noh play of Japan. 4m., 2w.
Sc. Japanese Inn. WAA
Iknta. Zembo Motoyasu. Noh play of ancient Japan. 2m., Iw., 1 child
chorus. Sc. Stage. WAA
lie. Eugene O'Neill. 5m., Iw. Sc. Cabin on board the steam whaling
ship. LE, OMC, SL, Smart Set 55 : 89-100, May 1918.
I'll try, a grammar play. Elinor Murphy. 1m., 5w., 12 characters.
Sc. Library of a home. St. Nicholas 48:256-260, Jan. 1921.
Illuminatti in drama libre, The. Alice Gerstenberg. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Before the curtain of a stage. GT
I'm going! Tristan Bernard. Trans, from the French by Barrett H.
Clark. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Room in an apartment. FSD
Imaginary aunt, An. William Muskerry. Comedy. 4w. Sc. Sitting
room. FSD
Imaginary Tommy. Elizabeth F. Guptill. lb., Ig. Sc. Sitting room.
GUT
Immortal, The. Carl Glick and Bernard Sobel. 1m., 3w. Sc. Interior
• of a castle. Poet Lore 32:441-453, Autumn 1921.
Immortal Gulick, The. Otto S. Mayer. 2m., lb., Iw. Sc. Golf links.
Moods 2 : 66-78, Oct.-Nov. 1909.
I'm sorry — it's ont! Gertrude E. Jennings. Comedy. Humor in a li-
brary. 7w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Immortal lure, The. Gale Young Rice. Verse. 2m., 2w. Sc. Before
a hermitage in Ancient India. RI
Impertinence of the creature, The. Cosmo Gordon-Lennox. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. A boudoir leading from a London ball-room. CBI, FSD
Importance of being a roughneck, The. Robert Garland. Burlesque.
3m., Iw. Sc. Studio. REM, VI
Importance of being early. Winthrop Parkhurst. 2m., 2w. Sc. Liv-
ing room. Smart Set 50 : 229-240, Nov. 1916.
Imposition. Max Miller. 3m., Iw., Ic. Sc. Room with faded wall pa-
per. UW
Impromptu. Dana Burnet. 4m., 2w., others. Sc. Before the King's
palace. Bookman 57 : 267-73, May 1923.
Improving a husband. Helen M. Givens. 1m., Iw. Sc. Comfortable
living room. Ladies' Home Journal 24 : 10, 67, March 1907.
104 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
In a doctor's office. Jeanette Joyce. 3m., 7w. Sc. Waiting room of a
famous specialist. MAP
In a park. Arthur William Murclock. 4m., 2w., 3g., lb., others. Sc.
Small park beside a river. Harvard Monthly 45 : 39-45, Oct. 1907.
In a tenement. Hester Donaldson Jenkins. Tenement play. 3m., 4w.
Sc. Kitchen. JE
* In a toy shop. Effa E. Preston. Christmas play for primary grades.
18 or more c. Sc. In a toy shop. PAP
* In a Valentine box. Margaret G. Parsons, lb., 3g., chorus. Sc.
Stage to represent the inside of a Valentine box. PR
* In Arcacly. Netta Syrett. 2b., 2g., chorus. Sc. A drawing room.
SSF
In Aunt Chloe's cabin. Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. Negro comedy.
13w., 4c. Sc. Interior of a negro cabin. SUO
* In bad company. Augusta Stevenson. 5b., 2g., chorus. Sc. A corn
field. SCI
* "In bells and motley," or The May Queen. Rita Strauss.. 4b., 3g.,
chorus. Sc. Village Green. BHP
* In Betsy Ross's time. Sara E. Kirk. U. S. Revolutionary war play.
8c. Sc. Colonial room. ED
In Dixie land. Seymour S. Tibbals. Burlesque, llm., chorus. Sc.
Lawn on a plantation. EP
In far Bohemia. Evelyn G. Sutherland. 1m., 2w. Sc. Bare room in
a city lodging house. SUP
In front of Potter's. Frank G. Tompkins. 3m. Dual personality. Sc.
Before the dimly lighted window of Potter's restaurant. STV
In garrison. C. E. Freybe. 5m. Sc. Workroom in the fortress. Poet
Lore 20 : 499-511, Vacation 1915.
In heaven. Mary MacMillan. Great War play. Farce. 4m. Sc. In
Heaven. MTT
In his house. George Middleton. 1m., 2w. Sc. Room in an apartment
hotel. ME, Smart Set 29 : 124-132, Sept. 1909.
In honor bound. Sidney Grundy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Simple interior. B
In hospital. Thomas H. Dickinson. 3m.. 2w. Sc. A large room next
to the operating room of a hospital. WIP
* In moonbeams. Mary E. True, lb., 4g., chorus. Sc. Room in a
Foundling's home. TRU
In my day. Ruth O'Hanlon. 3m., 3w. Sc. Library in a home in a
small city. SCT
In 1999. William C. DeMille. Play of the future. Satire on woman
suffrage. 2m., Iw. Sc. Handsomely furnished apartment. FSD
In office hours, Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. Comedy. Gm., 3w. Sc.
Doctor's office. SUO
In other people's shoes. Harold Sander. Comedy of boarding school
life. 8w. Sc. Sitting room of a boarding school. FP
In the Ballingers' box. Harold Susman. 2m,. 2w. Sc. Box at the
opera. Smart Set 30 : 65-66, April 1910.
In the dark. Lillian Bennet-Thompson and George Hubbard. 2m., Iw.,
Ic. Sc. Interior. FSD
In the dark. Theodore Dreiser. 14m., Iw., many chorus characters.
Kerry Patch adjoining the car yards. DP, Smart Set 45 : 419—425,
Jan. 1915.
In the dark. Perez Hirschbein. 3m., 2w. Sc. Rooms in a deep cellar.
PTS
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 105
In the darkness. Dan Totheroh. 2m., 2w. Sc. Lean-to of a cabin.
LO
In the dusk of day. Maurice Relonde. 2m., 2w. Sc. Farmhouse
kitchen. International 12 : 136-138, May 1918.
In the east. Clara J. Denton. Christmas play. 6b., 2g. Sc. Interior.
SI
In the good greenwood. Margery Benton Cooke. A Robin Hood play.
16m. Sc. Forest. DPP
In the harem. David Pinski, tr. from the Yiddish by Isaac Goldberg.
3m., 9vv., 2 chorus groups. Sc. Great hall of the harem in a palace
in ancient Palestine. PTK
In the house of the poet. Isaac Rieman Baxley. Play of the time of
Nero. Historical characters. 4m., 2w. Sc. House in ancient Pom-
peii. BAX
In the library. W. W. Jacobs and H. C. Sargent. 5m. Sc. Interior.
FSD
In the light of the manger. William O. Bates. Prophetic fantasy.
1m.. 2w., Ic. Sc. Interior of a humble Bethlehem home in the days
of King Herod. SB, Drama 11 : 102-103, Dec. 1920.
In the market place. Rea Woodman. lb., 2g. Sc. Living room.
WO
In the marshes. Felix Gould. Dramatic suspense and mood. Iw. Sc.
Interior of a cottage with the storm of the marshes outside. GO
In the morgue. Sada Cowan. 3m., 1 voice. Sc. In a morgue. SL,
Forum 55 : 390-107, Apr. 1916.
In the net. Percival Wilde. Comedy. 4m. Sc. Large simple room in
a building occupied by a large manufacturing concern. WE
In the ravine. Percival Wilde. Great War play. 2m. Sc. A snowy
ravine in the Italian Alps. WU
In the shadow of the glen. J. M. Synge. 3m.. Iw. Sc. Cottage
kitchen. Bibelot 19 : 269-295, August 1913. Samhain 1904. pp. 34-44.
In "The Spirit of '76." Jules Ferrar. Great War play. 3m. Sc.
Library of a home in New York. FSD
"In the spring a young man's fancy." Comedy. No author given.
1m., 7w. Sc. Sitting room in a Paris hotel. DPP
In the trenches "Over there." Ragna B. Eskil. Great War play.
10m.. 5w. Sc. A dugout. DPP
In the zone. Eugene O'Neill. Dramatic episode. 8m. Sc. Seaman's
forecastle of a British tramp steamer. MA, OMC
In time of war. Mary Elwes. 3w., Ig. Sc. Drawing room. ETE
In Toscana tavern. Wilbur S. Tupper. Tragedy. 3m.. Iw. Sc.
Room used as office and dining room in the foreign quarter of New
York. TU
In union there is strength. Alice Sumner Varney. 9b. Sc. Near a
pleasant tree. VA
In witchcraft days. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 17c. Sc. An open
glade. MPY
In wrong. Katharine Kavanaugh. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc. Fire es-
cape. DEP
Inasmuch, a Christmas entertainment. Janet Prentiss. Any number of
children. Sc. Large room hung with national colors. Everyland 5 :
29-35, Dec. 1913.
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least. Margaret Jeffery 1 1»
bart. Missionary play. 2m., 2w. Sc. Buddhist temple. DOF
106 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Inca of Perusalem, The. George Bernard Shaw. 3m., 2w.. Is. So.
Hotel sitting room. SH
Incident, An. Leonid Andreyev. Trans, from the Russian. 3m. Sc.
An unfurnished factory. MR, Poet Lore 27 : 171-170, Spring 191G.
Incog. Miss E. H. Keating. Farce. Proverb play "Fine feathers make
fine birds." 7m. Sc. Large room in a village in France during the
reign of Louis XV KE
Incoiupatibles, The. Horace Holley. 1m., lw. Sc. Corner table in
a Broadway restaurant. HOR
* Independence Day. Eleanore Hubbard. IT. S. Revolutionary War
play. 7b., 3g., chorus. Sc. Outside the old State house in Philadel-
phia. HUD
f Independent Flynn. Alice W. Chapin. 5g. Sc. An employment of-
fice. CHC
* Indian gifts. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. 2b., 2g. Sc. In-
terior of John Alden's house. TRH
* Indian story, An. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. U. S. Colonial play.
fib., 2g. Sc. Pioneer kitchen. WCP
Indian summer. Pierre Loving. 2m., lw. Sc. Private supper room
in a hotel. LO
Indian summer. Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halvey. Adapted from the
French by Barrett H. Clark. 2m., 2w. Sc. A small parlor. FSD
Indifference of Jerry, The. Beulah King. 2m., 4w. Sc. Living
room. EP
Infernal masculine. The. Alfred Brand. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc.
Dressing room in a charming apartment. BRI
Ingenuous grandmother. Mary Vaux Whitford. 2m., 3w. Sc. A
well furnished room looking out upon a terrace and garden. SCT
Ingiald Evilheart. Frank Betts. Old Norse play. 7m., lw. Sc.
Hall of a Norse castle. BES
Ingrate, The. No author given. 4m., 2w. Sc. Room in one of the
older buildings in Harvard Yard. Harvard Monthly 3G : 17-40, March
1903.
Innocence rewarded. No author given. 8m., 3w. Adapted from the
Vicar of Wakefield by Goldsmith. Sc. Room in prison. GU
Innocent and Annabel. Harold Chapin. 1m., 3w. Sc. Living
room. CT
Innocent villain, An. Grace Luce Irwin. Farce. 1m., 5w. Sc. Din-
ing room of an old family residence. ID
Inspiration of the play, some confessions of a woman playwright.
By the Interviewer and Clare Kummer. 2m., 2w., a dog. Sc. Room
in apartment in N. Y. overlooking Central Park. Forum Gl : 307-31G,
March 1919.
Intangible, The. Egmont W. Ruschke. 2m., 2w. Sc. Comfortably
furnished room. RUE
Interior. Maurice Maeterlinck. Trans, from the French by William Ar-
cher. Verse. Gloomy atmosphere. 4m., 5w., lc., chorus. Sc. An
old garden. MAE
Interloper. No author given. 2m., 2w. Sc. Handsomely furnished li-
brary. Harvard Monthly 30 : 82-86, April 1900.
Interlude. Federica More. Trans, from the Spanish by Audrey Alden.
1m., lw. Sc. A salon. SL
Interlude in the life of St. Francis, An. Alice Raphael. 2m., lw.
Sc. Courtyard of an Inn in Assissi. Drama 11 : 37-40, Nov. 1920.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 107
Interrupted proposal, An. Arlo Bates. 3m., 4w. Sc. Interior. B,
Ladies' Home Journal 23 : 10, Feb. 1900.
Interviewed. Roi Cooper Megrue. 2m., Ivv. Sc. Library of a New
York house. Smart Set 32 : 121-130, Nov. 1910.
Intimate acquaintance, An. Grace Luce Irwin. Farce. 5w. Sc.
Hotel sitting room. ID
Intruder, The. Maurice Maeterlinck. 3m., 3w., Is. Sc. Dimly lighted
room in an old country house. Cl, MAE, MAH, MAI, SL
Intruder, The. Ethelyn Reed. 2m., 2w. Sc. Bedroom of a country
home. Smart Set 3G : 133-138, March 1912.
Invention of the rat trap, The. Samuel Miibank Cauldwell. A ro-
mantic historical play. 5b., Ig. Sc. Room in the palace of the Chi-
nese emperor. CO
Inventor, The. Harriet Holmes Haslett. 1m., 2w. Sc. A cheap lodg-
ing house bedroom. HAE
Inventor and the king's daughter, The. David Pinski. llm., 2w.,
Is., chorus characters. Sc. A large hall of a palace. PT
Invitation to the ball, An. Harry L. Newton. Comedy. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Handsome parlor. WIIP
losagan. Padriac H. Pearse. Verse. Irish religious play. 6b. Sc.
Sea strand beside a village. PRZ
Iphigenia in Tauris, an English version from Euripides. Witter Byn-
ner. 5m., 3w. Sc. On the seashore before a great temple. BB
Irene obliges. Florence M. Millward. Farcical comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Sitting room in a London flat. MIF
Irish invasion, An. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. Sw. Sc. Parlor.
B
Irish stew, An. Jeff Branen. Farce. Gm., 4w. Sc. Interior. DEP
Irish washerwoman. The. Mrs. C. F. Fernald and Olivia L. Wilson.
lb., Ig. Sc. Kitchen. BAB
Iron Ann, The. Arthur Grahame and Adelaide St. Claire. Farce. 2m.,
2\v. Sc. Sitting room of a flat. FSD
Iron hand, The. Hall Caine. Great War play. 9m. Sc. French cha-
teau. CAI
Is Santa Clans a fraud? Carolyn Wells. 17b., 9g. chorus group.
Sc. Court. WJ, Ladies' Home Journal 27:9-10, 71, Dec. 1909.
Is the editor in? T. S. Denison. Farce. 5m., 2w. Sc. Office of coun-
try newspaper. DEP
Is your name Smith? Edith K. Dunton. Comedy. 5m., 3w. Sc.
Apartment sitting room. PPP
"Isabel." Clara J. Denton. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Handsome interior.
DAI
Island sea-dreams, The. Eustace Hargrave. Gb. Sc. Boy's bedroom.
FSD
Isle of Chestnuts, miracle play. Wallace Irwin. 4m., 2w., several m.
and w. Sc. Densely wooded desert isle. Collier's 42 : 23-4, Mar. 20,
1909.
Isosceles. Walter Ben Hare. Burlesque on play plots. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Elaborate living room. B
Isotta's trump. Martha Tritch. Comedy. 1m., 5w. Sc. Private sit-
ting room of an Italian pension. SCT
It, the usual play with the usual ending. Richard Florance. 2ra.,
Iw. Sc. A study. Smart Set 47:85-90, Dec. 1915.
108 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
It ain't my fault. Katharine Kavanaugh. Boarding school comedy.
3m., 3w. Sc. A school for young ladies. FP
It behooves us. Doris F. Halman. Comedy of conservation. Great
War play. 2m., 2w. Sc. Dining room. FSD
f It isn't done. Carl Click. Comedy. 3m. Sc. Any outdoor scene.
STV
It might happen again. Joseph Bernard Rethy. 5m., 4w. Sc. In-
side of vault in cemetery near N. Y. International 10 : 203-207, July
1916.
It never happens, a comedy of the somewhat improbable. Winthrop
Parkhurst. 2m., Iw. Sc. Front parlor. Smart Set 50 : 77-87, Dec.
1918.
It passes by. Harriet Monroe. Verse. 3m., 5w. Sc. Drawing room.
MOP
It was the Dutch. William Giles and Josephine Giles. 3m., 2\v. Sc.
Hotel office. RE
It's great to be crazy. J. J. Stein. Farce. 2m., Iw. Sc. Parlor of
inn. PPP
It's spring. Claudia Lucas Harris. Fantasy. 1m., 2\v., 17 characters.
Sc. Little town in distance. Drama 11 : 245-250, Apr. 1921.
It's the poor that 'elps the poor. Harold Chapin. 7m., Gw. Sc. A
living sleeping room. CT
Ivory tower, The. Elizabeth Macintire and Colin Clements. 3m., Iw.
Sc. Desert spot with slender white tower in center. Poet Lore 30 :
127-137, Spring 1919.
Jack and his queen, A. Harry L. Newton. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Bachelor den. WHP
Jack and Jill and a friend. Cicely Hamilton. Comedy. 2m., Iw.
Sc. Interior. FSD
Jack and Jill: founded on portions of the story by Louisa M. Alcott.
S. Decatur Smith Jr. 7m., 8w. Sc. Boy's den. Ladies' Home Jour-
nal 24 : 14-73, Dec. 1900.
Jack and John. William Birdsley Benton. Verse. Comedy. 2m., 2w.
Sc. A beautiful farm. BEP
Jack for every Jill, A. Will D. Felter. Comedy. 4m., 4w. Sc. Par-
lor. FP
Jack Frost's surprise. Laura Rountree Smith. Hallowe'en play.
14b., Ig. Sc. Unimportant. SFH
Jack-I-the-Green. Margaret G. Parsons. May day play. 5b., 4g.,
chorus groups. Sc. Green in the outskirts of a city. PR
Jackdaw, The. Lady Gregory. 4m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a small gen-
eral shop at Cloon. GS
Jack's brother's sister. Pauline Phelps and Marion Short. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Sitting room in college. B
Jack's house. Alfred Kreymborg. A cubic play. 1m., Iw. Sc. Small
room. KMP, KMR
Jack's predicament. Giselle d'Unger. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc. Bach-
elor's den. DPP
Jack's visitors; or, the schoolboy's dream. Lillian Stair Schreiner.
Patriotic and historical. 8b., 7g. Sc. Any interior. APP
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 109
Jael. Florence Kiper Frank. Poetic. 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior of tent.
FSJ
Jake and his pa. William Giles and Josephine Giles. Comedy. 5m.,
4w. Sc. Interior of farm-house. APP
James and John. Gilbert Cannan. 3m., Iw. Sc. Parlor of a little
house. CAP, CBI
January styles. Rea Woodman. 4g. Sc. Sitting-room. WO
Japanese romance, A. Fred H. James. Russo-Japanese war. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. Japanese garden. Stagelore Feb. 1912. p. 141.
Jason and Medea. Maurice Baring. Farce. 1m., 2w. Sc. Room in
the house of Jason. BA
Jasper's troubles. Theodore A. Doucet. Farce. 3m., Iw. Sc. Inte-
rior. APP
Jean. Donald Colquhoun. Repertory plays no. 7. 2m. Sc. Interior of
Scotch cottage. REP
Jean-Marie. Andre Theuriet. Translated from the French by Barrett
H. Clark. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior of a Breton farm-house. The
World's best plays by celebrated European authors. FSD
Jeanette. Frederick C. Patterson. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior of cabin of
French trapper. Smart Set 31 : 129-134, Aug. 1910.
Jeanne D'Arc at Vaucouleurs: A romantic drama for the stage. Will
Hutchins. 5m., 3w. Sc. Interior of cottage in France 1429. Poet
Lore 21 : 97-148, March-April 1910.
Jennie knows. Bernard Sobel. 3m., Gw. Sc. Simple, attractive draw-
ing room. ST
Jephthah's daughter: A biblical drama: Elma Ehrlich Levinger.
Prize play of Drama League of America. 5m., Gw. Sc. Interior.
02, FSD
Jerry and a sunbeam. Cosmo Hamilton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Jerry's job. Raymond M. Robinson. Boy Scout play. 5b. Sc. Busi-
ness office. LB, PPP
Jest, The. Paul Eldridge. 4m., 2w. Sc. Living room in summer home.
Stratford Journal 3 : 22-35, July 1918.
Jester, The, what might have happened between the second and
third acts of "The Jesters." Robert Rogers. 4m., Iw. Sc. Ru-
ined garden of old chateau. Harvard Monthly 46 : 171-188, July 1908.
Jet. Esther Shepherd. 1m., Gw. Sc. Fashionable apartment. UW
Jewel merchants, The. James Branch Cabell. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Walled garden in Florence, Italy in 15th century. CJ, Smart Set 65 :
67-81, July 1921.
Jewels of Cornelia, The; a health play, James A. Tobey. 9w., 3m.,
lg., Ib. Sc. Modern boudoir. Journal of the Outdoor Life 19 : 42-45,
Feb. 1922.
Jezebel. Dorothy Stockbridge. Historical. 2m., 2w., 2s. Sc. Room in
the royal palace in Jezreel overhanging the wall of the city. SCO
Jezebel. Robert Gilbert Welsh. 6m., 3w., others. Sc. Courtyard of Jez-
ebel's palace. Forum 53 : 647-660, May 1915.
Jimmy. A. Patrick Jr. 2m. Sc. Interior. FSD
Jimmy's ghosts. Cecil J. Richmond. Hallowe'en play. 7 or more c.,
chorus. Sc. Bedroom of a little boy. EP
Jim's beast. George Middleton. 5m., 4w. Sc. A corner in the Hall
of Paleontology of a Public Museum. MIM
110 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
John Arbery's dream. Catherine Bellairs Ga^koin. Dream play. 5m.,
6w. Sc. Orchard. GAL,
John Bargrave, Gentleman. John E. Grinnell. 4m., 2\v. Sc. Inte-
rior of richly furnished house in Colonial Virginia. DAL
John Clayton, actor. Rida Johnson Young. 2m., Iw. Sc. Typical
bachelor's den. WHP
Johnson's busy day. George Elberou. Comedy. 5m. Sc. Interior.
DPP
Joint owners in Spain. Alice Brown. 4w. Sc. A large comfortable
bedroom in an Old Ladies Home. BO, BRQ
* Joke, The. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 4b. Sc. Schoolyard. MBP
* Jolliest Christmas ever, The. Elizabeth F. Guptill. lb., lg., chorus
groups. Sc. Interior. GUB
| Jones family, The. Edith Brown-Evarts. 3b., Ig. Sc. Plain room.
BEY
Jones versus Jones. Florence Lewis Spare. 1m., 3\v. Sc. Library
in home. FSD
Jonesville board of Assessors, The. H. M. Doty. Rural Comedy.
6m., 2w. Se. Assessor's room in town hall. DOT
Journey, The. Olive Tilford Dargan. 3m., 2w. Sc. Room in a Chi-
nese farm house. DPF
Journeys end in lovers' meeting, a fifteen minute parlor play. Paula
Mendel and Arthur Guiterman. 1m., 2w. Sc. Parlor of Old Post Inn
at Tarrytown on the Hudson. Ladies' Home Journal 19 : 9, Feb. 1902.
* Joy of giving, The. Marie Irish. Christmas play. 3b., lg. Sc. Liv-
ing room. 1C
Jubilee, The. Anton Chekov. Trans, from the Russian by Olive Frances
Murphy. 4m., 2w. Sc. Office of President of a bank. BFR, Poet
Lore 31 : 616-G28, Winter. 1920.
Jubilee (Feest). Herman Heijermans. 7m., 2w. Sc. Prison Director's
office. Drama 13 : 325-331, July 1923.
Judge Offerheimer's first case. James F. Parsons. Farce, llm., 2w.
Sc. Court room. APP
Judge's secret. Adolph E. Reim. Melodrama. 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior.
RE
Judgment of Indra, The. Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Indian play. 4m.
Sc. Outer court of a monastery. SL, STV
* Judgment of Solomon. Rita Benton. Bible play. Gb., 2g., 1 baby,
chorus. Sc. Hall of justice. BSD
* Judith and Ariel. Hester Donaldson Jenkins. Fresh air play. 15c.
Sc. Disorderly looking room. JE
Julie. August Strindberg. Trans, by Arthur Swan. Tragedy. 3w. Sc.
Large kitchen in manor house in Sweden. Poet Lore 22 : 161-194,
Summer 1911.
* June magic. Katharine Lord. 2b., 5g., chorus of g. Sc. A garden.
LLP
* Juniper baby, The. Clara J. Denton. 3g. Sc. Sitting room. MBP
Junk: or, One of those Sunday mornings. Henry Clapp Smith. Comedy.
about a group of amateur actors. 5m., 3w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Juno's bird. Alice Cook Fuller. 3b., 2g. Sc. Throne room. FU
* Jurisprudence. Seurnas O'Brien. Comedy. 9m., Iw. Sc. Room in
court house at Ballybraggan. OD
AN INDEX TO ONETACT PLAYS 111
Just a little mistake: Comedy. Elizabeth Gale. 1m., 5w. Sc. In-
terior. B
Just advertise. Mrs. George Cobb. Comedy in short episodes. 1m.,
2w. Sc. Living room of small apartment. B
Just as well. J. Hartley Manners. 1m., 2w., Is. Sc. Morning room
of town-house in Mayfair. MH
Just before dawn. Granville Forbes Sturgis. Revolutionary war
play. 4m., 2w. Sc. Living room of the inn. STR
Just like a story. Dorothy Cleather. 5\v., chorus- characters. Sc. A
cottage room. CH
Just like a woman. William Giles and Josephine Giles. Farce. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. Interior. APP
Just like a woman. Lewis Carabel Munger. Comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc.
Sitting room in a farm house. DEP
Just neighborly. Alexander Dean. 2m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen sitting
room of a small home in New England. Drama 12 : 10-12, 56-62.
Oct.-Nov. 1921.
Just plain Dot. Edith Paintor. Commencement play. 5b., 9g. Sc.
Living room. EP
Just plain Jones. Harry M. Doty. Rural comedy. 4m., 4w. Sc. Sit-
ting room. DOT
Just two men. Eugene Pillot. 2m. Sc. Bow of a coastwise freighter.
STY
Just women. Colin C. Clements. 7w. Sc. Living room. FSD
Justice Whiskers' trial. Mrs. Isabel Anderson. 3b., 3g., chorus groups.
Sc. Vegetable garden in autumn. AE
K
Kagekiyo. Seami. Noh play of Japan. 2m., 2w. Sc. Stage. WAA
Kagekiyo. Errest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. Noh play of Japan. 2m.,
2w., chorus. Sc. Japanese exterior. FEN
Kakitsubata. Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. Noh play of Japan.
1m., Iw., chorus. Sc. Japanese exterior. FEN
Kakitsuhata. Motokiyo. From the notes of Ernest Fenollosa and fin-
ished by Ezra Pound. Inr.. Iw., chorus. Sc. Out of doors in Japan.
Drama 6:428-435, Aug. 1916.
Kanawa; a crown of iron spikes. Motokiyo. Trans, from the Japa-
nese by T. Ochiai. Japanese classical drama. 3m., Iw. Sc. Not
given. Poet Lore 23 : 222-224, Summer 1912.
Kantan. No author given. Noh play of Japan. 7m., Iw., chorus. Sc.
Japanese inn. WAA
Kara. George A. Grain. 3m., 3w. Sc. Room in apartment in N. Y.
DAK
Katie's new hat. Alice C. Thompson. Farce. 6w. Sc. Sitting room.
DEP
Katjen's garden. Katharine Lord. 12c. Sc. Garden in front of a
cottage in a Dutch town. LLP
Katy did. Rachel Crothers. 3m., Iw. Sc. Private law office. Smart
Set 27 : 129-136, Jan. 1909.
Katy in Gooseland. Charles Barnard. 25 or more c. Sc. Yard in
front of a house. HI
112 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Kayoi Koxnachi. Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. Noh play of Ja-
pan. 2m., lw., chorus. Sc. Japanese village. FEN
Keep your eye on the ball. Harry L. Newton. Comedy. 1m., lw.
Sc. Parlor. WHP
Keeping Christmas. Harriette Wilbur. Several c. Sc. Not given.
Ladies' Home Journal 31 : 34, Dec. 1914.
Keeping up appearances. W. W. Jacobs. Farce. 2m., lw. Sc.
Miserably furnished room. FSD
Keepsakes. Arthur Schnitzler. 1m., lw. Sc. Prettily furnished sitting
room. SA
Ketcham pardon, The. William and Kenneth Ellis. 4m. Sc. A li-
brary. American Poetry Magazine 1 : 16-28, Aug. 1919.
Kettle sings, or the domestic conscience. Caroline S. Wild. Comedy,
lin., lOw. Sc. Interior. DPP
* Key, The. Edith Burrows. 16b., 17g. Sc. Comfortable modern living
room. BBS
Kid curlers. Dorothy Waldo. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior. B
t Kidnapping, The. Helen Clifford Wilbur. Gg. Sc. Music room.
WEP
Killing time. Mary Moncure Parker. Fantasy. 2m., lw. Sc. Spring-
time in a lovely wood. PM
King, The. Padraic H. Pearse. Irish morality play. , 9m., 5b. Sc. A
green before a monastery. PRZ, PS
King, The. Robert Emmons Rogers. 6m., lw., dancing girls. Sc. Pal-
ace terrace of Herod. Harvard Monthly 47 : 134-144, Jan. 1909.
King and commoner. Louise Saunders. 4m., 3w., chorus. Sc. Clear-
ing in the forest. To be played out of doors. SAM
* King Alfred and the cakes. Lena Dalkeith. Early English historical
play. 3b., Ig. Sc. Hut. DLP
* King Alfred and the cakes. Augusta Stevenson. 3b., Ig., many chorus
characters. Sc. A forest in England. SC2
King Alfred and the neat-herd. Maurice Baring. Historical farce.
2m., lw. Sc. Interior of a Neat-Herd's hut. BA
King Arthur's socks. Floyd Dell. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc. Living
room of a summer cottage in Maine. DK, PI
* King Christmas. L. A. Sharp. 5b., chorus. Sc. Room with a raised
platform. PCP
* King Foxy of Muir Glacier. Mrs. Isabel Anderson. 4b., Ig., chorus.
Sc. Palace. AE
King laughs, The. Haakon M. Chevalier. Tragic fantasy. 3m., 2w.,
chorus. Sc. Audience hall of palace. CU
King Lear's -wife. Gordon Bottomley. Verse. 2m., 7w. Sc. Bed-
chamber in a bungalow. BKL
King of the Jews, The. A passion play, Maurice Browne. 8m., 6w.
guards and attendants. Sc. Foot of Calvary. Drama 6 : 496-529,
Nov. 1916.
King of the Jews, The. Frank Harris. 1m., lw. Sc. Jerusalem.
English Review 8 : 8-12, Apr. 1911.
* King of the year, The. Ellen M. Willard. 17c. Sc. Throne room
in a palace. WY
King Rene's daughter. Henrik Hertz. Trans, from the Dainsh by T.
Martin. 6m., 2w. Sc. Garden. B, FSD
* King Robert of Sicily. Rita Benton. From poem by Longfellow of
same title. 14b., Ig., 4 chorus groups. Sc. Throne-room. BSC
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 113
King who had nothing to learn, The. Leon M. Lion. Fantastic
comedy. 1m., lw., lb., Ig. Sc. Interior. FSD
King without peer. William Watson. 2m., minstrel behind the scenes.
Sc. Palace of Alfred the Great. Fortnightly Review 93:791-797,
May 1910.
* Kingdom of love, The. Frances E. Christian. Christmas play. 34c.
Sc. Room with Christmas decorations. EP
$ King's choice, The. Ruth Levi. A Purim sketch. Jewish holiday play.
2b., 15g. Sc. Throne room. BLO
* King's good friend, The. Augusta Stevenson. 3b. Sc. The woods.
SCI
King's letters, The. Evan Poole. Historical. 5m., 2vv. Sc. Noble-
man's house in IGth century. I'A
King's threshold, The. William Butler Yeats. Verse. Irish • back-
ground, llm., 3w., chorus of w. Sc. Steps before the palace of the
King. YC2, YK, YP2, YPP
Kinuta. Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. Noh play of Japan. 1m.,
3w. Sc. Japanese background. FEN
Kiri no Meijiyama, a Noh drama in Japanese syllables. S. Foster
Damon. 3in., 2w., chorus. Sc. Not given. Dial G8 : 205-213, Feb.
Kisses. S. Jay Kaufman. 2m., 4\v. Sc. Drawing room. Smart Set 47 :
259-2GG, Nov. 1915.
Kleptomaniac, The. Margaret Cameron. Comedy. 7w. Sc. Boudoir.
CAC, FSD
Knave of hearts, The. Louise Saunders. Gm,. 4w., 6c. Sc. Stage.
LE
Knave's move, The. William Brown Meloney. 4m., lw. Sc. Back
room of a saloon. US
Knight's return, The. George Santayana. Sequel to ''A hermit of Car-
mel" Verse. Medieval Christian life. 1m., 2w. chorus. Sc. Wooded
lawn before the gate of a castle. SAN
Knitting club, The. Helen S. Griffith. Comedy. Great War Back-
ground. 9w. Sc. Drawing room. B
( Knitting girls count one, The. Elsie West Quaife. Patriotic play.
Gw. Sc. Interior. FSD
Knot of white ribbon, A. Alice C. Thompson. 3w. Sc. Old fash-
ioned parlor. PPP
* Knotty problem, A. Frederick Trevor Hill. Boy Scout farce. Gb., 2g.
Sc. Parlor. HH
Knut at Roeskilde. Philip Merivale. Verse. Tragedy. 4m., 2w.
chorus groups. Sc. Hall in an Iceland house of long ago. FOS
Knmasaka. Zenchiku Ujinobu. Noh play of ancient Japan. 2m., chorus.
Sc. Stage. WAA
Kyogen (The bird catcher in hell) Esashi Juo. Farce. 2m., chorus.
Sc. Hell. WAA
Ladies at twelve. George O'Neil. 2m, lw. Sc. Living room. Smart
Set 55 : 73-80, July 1918.
Ladies of Athens. Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb. Comedy. 8w. Sc. Room in
house in ancient Greece. WEP
114 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Ladies strike, .The. Helen Sherman Griffith. Farce on the servant
problem. 8w. Sc. Employment office. PPP
Lady Anne. Doris F. Halman. Fantasy. 2m., 3w. Sc. Hall of a very
old English country house. HAS
Lady Betty's burglar. Marjorie Benton Cooke. Colonial. 2m., Iw.
Sc. Boudoir. CO
Lady cook, The. E. Lawrence Jenkins. 2m., 4w. Sc. Parlor. HI
Lady Flora's namesake. E. C. Herring. 1m., Iw. Sc. Modern room.
FSD
Lady loses her hoop, The, a sad tale in sadder verse. Leisa Graeme
Wilson. 2m., Iw., 5c. Sc. London park. Drama 12 : 279-280, May
11)22.
Lady of the hairpins, The. Mary Fenollosa. 1m., 5w. Sc. Upper
story room in a Tokio Tea House. Smart Set 25 : 140-149 Aug.
1908.
Lady of the opera house, The. Fanny Cannon. 2m., 2w. Sc. Inte-
rior. DEP
Lady Servant, A, or, Mistress for an hour. Will C. Sites. 1m. Iw.
Sc. Interior. APP
Lady to call, A. Based on a story by Madeline Poole. Carl W. Pierce.
3w. Sc. Old fashioned sitting room. B
Lady with a dagger, The. Arthur Schnitzler. Translated from the
German by Helen Tracy Porter. 2m., Iw. Sc. Small room in a pic-
ture gallery. SAA, Poet Lore 15 : 1-18, Summer 1904.
Lady with the mirror, The. An Allegory. Rita Wellman. 2m., 2w.
Sc. The Lady's temple. Drama 8 : 299—316, Aug. 1918.
* Ladybird. Emma L. Johnston, Madalene D. Barnum. 4g. Sc. Yard
JB
Lady compassionate, The. Katherine Kirker. 1m., Iw., 2b., 1 baby.
Sc. Large room in Dante's home, Florence. Poet Lore 33 : 239-245,
Summer 1922.
* Lafayette's toast. Augusta Stevenson, lib., chorus of boys. Sc. Ban-
quet hall. SC4
Lais. Isaac Rieman Baxley. Grecian episode. 6m., Iw. Sc. Out-of-
door banquet at Corinth. BAX
Lamina's Eve. Edith Randolph. Fantasy. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior
Susan's cottage. Poet Lore 32 : 288-306, Summer 1921.
Lamp, The. George Calderon. 2m., Iw., Ib. Sc. Outside a rough open
hut in the forest. CA
Lamp, The. Edward Hey man Pfeiffer. 1m., 2\v. Sc. Large room in a
villa. International 7: 108, 110— 111. April 1913.
Lamp of God, The. Morley Roberts. 2m., 4\v. Sc. An old high garret
with sloping walls and a dormer window. RF
Lamp of Heaven, The; a Chinese play. Jessica Belle Welborn-Smith.
Boxer Rebellion in China. 3m., 2w. Sc. Palace in Pekin. FOS
Land of heart's desire, The. William Butler Yeats. Verse. 3m., 2w.,
Ic. Sc. Irish kitchen interior showing hearth. CBI, FSD, LE, YI,
YP2, Bibelot 9 : 179-213, June 1903.
* Land of vacation, The. Bertha Iren Tobin. 16c. Sc. Fairyland.
TO
Land of the Aionwas, The. A masque. Edwin Ford Piper. Histor-
ical play about Marquette and Joliet. 8m. speaking. 50 other Sc.
Woods on Iowa shore of Mississippi. Midland 8 : 59-77, Feb. 1922.
Land of unborn children, The. Maurice Maeterlinck. Chapter from
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 115
his Bluebird. 2w., 3b.. children. Sc. Woodcutter's cottage. Ladies'
Home Journal 27 : 13-14, Jan. 1910.
Laodice and Danae. Gordon Bottomley.. Verse. 1m., 8w., Chorus Sc.
A lofty chamber. BKL, FOS
Large order, A. H. S. Griffith. 1m., 2\v. Sc. Interior. B
$ Lark, The. Katharine Lord. 7m., 5w. Sc. Before an Indian lodge.
LLR
Larry. Harold Sander. Farce. 4m., 4w. Sc. Public room of hotel.
FP
t Last day of school, The. Edith Brown-Evarts. 13b., 5g., chorus Sc.
Schoolroom. BEY
J Last day of the term, The; a play for eight girls in one act. H. M.
P.-Hill. Sg. Sc. Classroom. FSD
Last drop, The. Lancelot Bellinger and Guy Moyston. 3m. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
Last faring, The. Hermann Hagedorn. Verse. 2m. Sc. Unimpor-
tant. IIP
Last man in, The. AV'lliam B. Maxwell. 6m., l\v. Sc. Parlour of a
humble tavern. REP
Last masks. Arthur Schnitzler. Translated from the German. 5M.,
Iw. Sc. In the public hospital, Vienna. SAA
Last of the Cragills, The. Rita Johnson Young, lin., Iw. Sc. Din-
ing room of an old southern mansion. WHP
Last of the Lowries, The. Paul Greene. 1m. 3w. Sc. Kitchen of a
rude dwelling place. CFP
Last race, The. H. Hoeffer McMechan. 1m., 2w. Sc. Jockey's room
in trainers' quarters. WEP
Last rehearsal, The. Irene Jean Crandall. 2m., 3w. Sc. Room.
DEP
t Last rehearsal, The. E. M. Peixotto. Farce. Gb. Sc. Disorderly
stage. PET
Last sitting, The. Marguerite Merington. From the picture "Mona
Lisa." 1m., Iw. Sc. Artist's studio in Florence in the 16th Century.
MP2
Last straw, The. Bosworth Crocker. 2m. Iw., 2b. Sc. Kitchen in a
basement flat. CK, CL, LC, MA
Last visit, The. Hermann Sudermann. Translated from German 5m.,
3w. Sc. Richly furnished room in garrison quarters. SU
Last woman, The. George Soule. 6m., Iw. Sc. Council room. Little
Review 1 : 20-25, Feb. 1915.
Late delivery, A. John Hay Beith. 3m., 2w. Sc. Dining room. BEC
Laugh and grow wise. Frederick J. Pohl. 8m., 2w. Sc. Fanciful
interior. FSD
Laughing gas. Theodore Dreiser. 7m. chorus. Sc. Operating room in
a hospital. DP, Smart Set 45 : 85-94, Feb. 1915.
Laughter and song. Archibald Humboldt. Farce, 3m., 5w. Sc. In-
terior. MAP
Laughter in court. Captain John Kendall. 4rn. Sc. Den in a com-
fortable residence. FSD
Law. Lester Luther. 3m., 3w. Chorus of children. Sc. Stage entirely
black. Forum 53 : 776-779, June 1915.
Law-suit, The. Roderick Beuedix. Translated by B. H. Clark. 5m.
Sc. Interior. FSD
116 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Lawyer's mistake. A. James Burghlie. 3m.. Iw. Sc. Large, well-
furnished sitting room near Paris. Smart Set 31 : 125-13G, May 1910.
Lay figure, The. Morley Roberts. 1m. Iw. Sc. Painter's studio. RF
Lazarus. Anna Hempstead Branch. Dramatic verse. 3m., 4w., lb., lg.,
chorus. Sc. Exterior. BRC
Laziest man in the world, The. Carl Webster Pierce. Comedy. 4m.
Sc. Room in an apartment. FSD
Leading lady, The. Anita Fallon. Farce-Comedy. Sc. An elegantly
furnished boudoir. B
Lean years. The. Mary Katharine Reely. 2m., 2w. Sc. Front porch
of a prosperous southern farm house. REE
$ Learning lessons. Mrs. C. F. Fernald and Olivia L. Wilson. 2b. 2g.,
Chorus. Sc. School room or sitting room. BAB
f Leave the woman out. Leon Gordon and Charles King. 3m. Sc.
Room which is study, workroom, and library combined. GG
f Left. Mrs. C. F. Fernald and Olivia L. Wilson, lb., lg. Sc. Waiting
room of depot. BAB
Legacy, The. Pierre C de C. Translated from French by Barret H.
Clark. 3m., 3w. Sc. Outside a French house in the 18th century.
FSD
Legend. Floyd Dell. 1m., Iw., Sc. A small room. DK
Legend of Saint Nicholas, A. Beulah Marie Dix. 9m., 2w., 2s. Sc.
Bare stage. Poet Lore 25 : 473-495, Autumn 1914.
$ Lend a hand. Frederic Leighton Fay. Scout play. 8b. Sc. Camp.
FET
L'eroica. Cesare Lodovici. Translated from the Italian by Petronelle
Sombart. 5m., 5w. Sc. Garden with handsome villa at one side.
Poet Lore 34 : 159-176, Summer 1923.
Lesson in harmony, A. Alfred Austin. 2m., Iw. Sc. Exterior.
FSD
Letter, The. Mary Aldis. 3m. Sc. Writing room of a club. AP
Letter from home. Seymour S. Tibbals. Thanksgiving play. 4m. Sc.
Reading room of club. EP
Letter of introduction, A. Ward Macauley. 3m. 2w. Sc. Sitting
room. PPP
Liberty thrift girls, The. Marie Doran. Great War. 8w., lb. Sc.
Living room. FSD
Licensed. Lawrence Langner. 1m., 2w. Sc. Parlor. LAF
Lie, The. Ludwig Lewisolri. 2m., 2w. Sc. Library of attractive apart-
ment. Smart Set 41 : 137-142, Dec. 1913.
Lie that Jack built, The. Georgia Earle. Comedy. 2m.. 2w. Sc.
Interior. DEP
Life. J. M. Machado de Assis. Translated from Portuguese by Isaac
Goldberg. 4m. Sc. A rock, horizon in distance. Stratford Journal
5: 117-129, Sept. 1919.
* Life beyond, The. Rita Benton. From the story by Mrs. Gatty. lOb.
Sc. Stage with upper and under platforms. BSC
* Life in New York. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. Colonial, lb., lg.
Sc. Kitchen in old New York. WCP
Life insurance. Herbert C. Sargent. Farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior.
SAR
Life is a dream. Basil Hall Chamberlain, ed. Japanese lyric drama.
3m., chorus. Sc. Chinese village inn, 8th century. CHB
Life is a dream. Colin Campbell Clements. 3m., chorus. Sc. Yard of
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 117
a village inn, Kantumu. Poet Lore 31 : 204-209, Summer 1920.
Life is always the same. Louise Gebhard Cann. 1m., lw. Sc. Large
room in a rancher's house. Drama 9 : 1—20, May 1919.
Light, The. Frances Gillespy Wickes. 15c. Sc. The hearth-room of
America. WCB
Light-bearer, The. Tapanmohan Chatterji. Translated from the Ben-
gali by the author. Symbolic. (Jm., others. Sc. Very dark room.
Drama 8:383-389, Aug. 1918.
Light from another world, A. C. H. McGurrin. 2m., lw. Sc.
Drawing room in a Fifth avenue mansion. ML
Light gray or dark. Margaret Macnamara. 1m., 2\v. Sc. London
tenement attic. DAN
Light in the window, The. Theodore Dreiser. 10m., 7\v. Sc. Liv-
ing room and street scene at the same time. DP, International 10:6-
8, 32, Jan. 1910.
Light of other days, The. Laura Spencer Portor. From her story The
Christmas dance at Red Oaks. 2m.. 3w. Sc. Library of old south-
ern home. Ladies' Home Journal 23 : 20, Dec. 1905.
Light of the star of peace, The. Elizabeth Montgomery. Any number
of players. Sc. a grotto. Ladies' Home Journal 35 : 87. Dec. 1918.
Lighting of the Christmas tree, The. Josephine L. Palmer and Annie
L. Thorp. From The Christmas Guest of Selma Lagerlof. 3m. 2w.,
2b. Sc. Living room. FSD
Lighting of the torch, The. Fannie R. Buchanan. Masque. 8m., 2w.,
Indians, pilgrims, spectres, etc. Sc. Woods with rustic altar at the
back. Drama 10:350-354, July-Sept. 1920.
Lights of happy land, The. Marion Short. 1m., 3w. Sc. Sitting
room in typical New Orleans home. FSD
Like a book. Grover Theis. 4m., 3w. Sc. Studio-apartment and sec-
tion of hallway leading to it. TN
Like father like son, a bit of domesticity. Leila Weekes Wilson. 2m.,
lw. Sc. Motor car on country road. Drama 13 : 188-191 Feb. 1923.
Likely story, A, a roadside comedy. Laurence Housman. 4m., lw Sc.
Road on the outskirts of a town. FSD
Likes o' me, The. Wilfred T. Coleby. 3m., 2w. Sc. Squalid little shop.
FSD
Lima beans. Alfred Kreymborg. Farce. 2m. lw. Sc. Dining room.
KMP, KMR, MA, P3
Lincoln's birthday, Anychild learns from Lincoln. F. Ursula Payne.
15c. Sc. Room in any house. PP
Line of life, The. Leo Sarkadi. 4m., 3w., 1 parrot. Sc. Magnificent
hall in London town house. International 10 : 341-346, Nov. 1916.
Line of no resistance, The. Percival Wilde. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living
room. FSD
Link, The. August Strindberg. Translated from Swedish. 22m., 3w.,
chorus. Sc. Court room. STQ
Lion and lady, The. Marjorie Benton Cooke. 1m., lw. Sc. A study.
CO
Lion and the mouse, The. Emma L. Johnston, and Madalene Barnum.
2b. Sc. A wood. JB
Listening. John Redhead Froome, Jr. 3w. Sc. Interior of a simple
house. Poet Lore 28 : 422^31, Vacation 1917.
Literati, The. Theodosia Garrison. 8m., 4w. Sc. Drawing room.
Smart Set 13 : 149-150, May 1904.
118 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Literature. Arthur Schnitzler. Translated from German by Pierre Lov-
ing. 2m. Iw. Sc. Sitting room. SAA, SOW, SL, International 9 :
331-336, Nov. 1915.
Lithuania. Rupert Brooke. 5m., 2w. Sc. Inside a hut in Lithuania.
STK
* Little birds, The. Emma L. Johnston and Madaleue D. Barnum. 4g.
Sc. A nest in a tree. JB
Little black devil, The. Gordon V. May. The effect of a hindu image.
2m., Iw. Sc. Interior. DEP
Little blue guinea-hen, The. Martel de Janville, Comtesse de, Sibylle
Gabrielle Marie Antoinette de Riquetti de Mirabeau. Translated by
R. T. House. 5m., 4w. Sc. Large room with Empire furnishings.
Poet Lore 30 : 60-80, Spring 1919,
Little boy out of the wood, The. Kathleen Conyngham Greene. Iw.,
Ib. Sc. Skirts of a small wood near Epping forest. GDL
* Little Bridget. Netta Syrett. Ib., 4g., chorus. Sc. Kitchen in an 18th
century farmhouse. SSF
Little Co-ed. Harry Osborne. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior. B
Little Columbine. Granville Forbes Sturgis. Columbine play. 3m.,
2\v. Sc. Little home of Pierrot and ^Pierrette. STR
* Little Doubt. Mrs. Isabel Anderson. 4b., 2g., chorus. Sc. Forest with
falling snow. AE
Little Face. Roland Oliver. 5m.. 5w. Sc. Cave dwellings in forest
• clearing. Smart Set 44 : 131-141, Sept. 1914.
* Little fish, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2b. Sc. River shore. SCI
Little fowl play, A. Harold Owen. Farce. 2m., 2w., Ib. Sc. Inter-
ior. FSI)
Little game with fate, A. Louise Lathans Wilson. Comedy. 4m., 3w.
Sc. Sitting room. DPP
* Little gray lady, The. Emile Blackmore Stapp and Eleanor Cameron.
A November play. 5b., 5g., 1 group of g. Sc. Attractively furnished
child's bedroom. SCH
* Little helpers. Louise Fallenstein Gauss. Christmas play. 1Gb., 2g.,
chorus group. Sc. Simple living room. PCP
* Little heroes. David Pinski. Gc. Sc. A large living room in a peas-
ant's house, which has been damaged by canonading. PT, PTT, Strat-
ford Journal 1 : 17-24, June 1917.
* Little homemakers. Virginia Olcott. Play of conservation. 4g. Sc.
Kitchen in an American home. OPA
* Little housekeepers. Marie Irish. 4g. Sc. Kitchen. IPP
* Little Jack's Christmas. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Any number of chil-
dren. Sc. Interior. EP
* Little John joins the band of Robin Hood. Alice Cook Fuller.
Robin Hood play. . 2b., chorus. Sc. Forest. FU
Little Johnny. John Drinkwater. 10m., 4w.. others. Sc. Assize Court.
English Review 33 : 292-309, Oct. 1921.
t Little king, The. Witter Bynner. Historical play of the French Revo-
lution. 2m., Iw., 2c. Sc. In the temple at Paris, a room in which was
imprisoned Louis XVII the Boy-King of France. BB, BYL, Forum
51 : 605-632, April 1914.
* Little Miss America and the happy children. Mary Moncure Par-
ker. Jingle history of the U. S. 24c. Sc. Platform or schoolroom.
B
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 119
Little Miss Enemy. Harry L. Newton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior of Palm
Beach hotel. DEP
Little Miss Muffet. Mrs. Herbert Richmond. 2g. Sc. Nursery. BR
Little mortal child, The. Gladys LaDue Evans. lb., lg., 4 wood folk.
Sc. Sheltered nook in the woods. Poet Lore 32 : 409-415, Autumn
1921.
Little mother, The. A. J. Schindler. Comedy. 5m., 3w. Sc. Poorly
furnished room. SCP
Little mother of the slums, The. Emily Hervey Denison. 6m., 5w.
Sc. Palatial office of a large business concern. DL
Little owl. W. A. Stigler. Indian play. 7c. Sc. Open space in the
woods. STA
Little people of Autumn. Virginia Olcott. 8c. Sc. A potato field.
OP
Little Petsy. Lady Bell. Comedy. 3g. Sc. Unimportant. BEJ
Little pilgrims. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. 5b., lg., chorus
characters. Sc. Deck of the Mayflower. TRH
Little pilgrim's progress, A. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. Morality
play. 12c. Sc. An inn. MHH, St. Nicholas 37 : 60-3, Nov. 1909.
Little pink lady, The. Lindsey Barbee. 6g. Sc. Room with open
window. BLP
Little red mare, The. O. E. Young. Farce. 3m. Sc. Kitchen of a
farmhouse. FP
Little red riding hood. Alice Cook Fuller. 2b., 2g. Sc. Interior.
FU
Little shepherdess, The. Andre Rivoire. Trans, from the French by
Barrett II. Clark. 1m., 2w. Sc. In the woods. FSD
Little silver ring, The. Edward Knoblauch. 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Little sparrow, A. Emma L. Johnston and Madaleue D. Barnum. 2b.
Sc. A wood. JB
Little stone house, The. George Calderon. 5m.. 2w. Sc. Sitting
room in a Russian house in a provincial town. CA, REP, SIJ, SL
Little supper, The. Philip Moeller. A comedy of the Grande Maitresse.
2m., Iw.. Is. Sc. A little pavilion in the park of the chateau of Luci-
enne. MF
Little tiff, A. Newell Bent. Farce. 6m. Sc. Interior. B
Little Tuk's dream. E. Harcourt Williams. Adapted from Hans Ander-
sen. 5b., 3g. Sc. Bedroom. WI
Little wax candle. Louise Norton. Farce. 2m., 2w., lg. Sc. A grey
bedroom. NOR
Living. Lillian P. Wilson. 3w., Ic. Sc. Stage with effect of mystery.
WIF
Living dead, The. F. Carmichael Brunton. A fantasy. 6m., 2w. Sc.
Cemetery. International 11 : 31-32, Jan. 1917.
Living hours. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, from the German. 3m. Sc.
Carefully tended garden in a suburb of Vienna. LO, SAA, Translated
by Colin Clements and Alice Ernest. Stratford journal 4 : 155-166,
Mar. 1919; Trans, by Helen Tracy Portor. Poet Lore 17: 36-45,
Spring 1906.
Local and long distance. H. Manley Dana. Farce. 1m., 6w. Sc.
Interior. B
Locked chest, The. John Masefield. 3m., Iw., chorus. Sc. A room
MLS, MTA, SS
120 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Locked door. Malcolm W. Davis. Play of organized charity. 2m., 2w.
Sc. Small bare attic room. DA A
Locust flower, The. Pauline Brooks Quinton. Fantasy. 1m., lw., 7
shades. Sc. Garden. Q
Logical extreme. The. George Soule. 1m., lw. Sc. Private dining
room in a General's house in Berlin. Little Review 1 : 3-G, Jan. 1915.
* Lonely little evergreen tree, The. Lettie C. Van Derveer. 2b., 2
chorus groups. Sc. Stage represents snowy out door scene. VC
t Lonesome like. Harold Brisrhouse. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a cottage
in a village. CBI, LE, REP
Long live the empress! Louis Gilmore. 4m., 2w. Sc. Apartment of
Empress Catherine in the Winter Palace. Double Dealer 3 : 2G-3G, Jan.
1922.
Long time ago, A. Floyd Dell. Fantasy. 3ni.. 2\v. Sc. Courtyard of
a palace. DK, Forum 51:261-277, Feb. 1914.
Long voyage home. Eugene O'Neill. 8m., 3w. Sc. Bar of a low dive
on London water front. OMC, Smart Set 53:83-94, Oct. 1917.
Longing. George Calderon. Fantastic subjective drama. 5m., 5w., 3c.,
chorus. Sc. A bedroom. CA
Look after Louise. Charles Frederick Nirdlinger. 3m., lw. Sc. Liv-
ing room. NI
* "Look of things, The." Clara J. Denton. 3g., 2 chorus groups b. and g.
Sc. Not given. I
Look out for Hezikiah. Louise Rand Bascom. Farce. 3m., lw. Sc.
Office of the college dean. MAP
Looking for more: or, Turn about is fair play. C. M. Lindsey.
Farce. 4m., 2w. Sc. Drawing room. B
Looking for trouble. J. Barnes and Abel Beaman. Cm. Sc. Interior.
B
* Looking-glass, The. Major P. Trevor. 3b., 4g. Sc. Interior. FSD
* Lord Malapert of Moonshine Castle. E. S. Brooks. 5b., 5g., 2 chorus
groups. Sc. A garden. SAB, SAC
Lord of the Harvest, The. Laurence Housman. Morality. 6m., lw.,
2c. Sc. Ground floor of a mill. FSD
f Lord's prayer, The. Francois Coppee. Trans, from the French. Play
of the French Revolution. 3m., 3w., chorus. Sc. Room on ground
floor with windows overlooking a garden. WWS
Lord's will, The. Paul Greene. 1m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen dining room of
tenant house in eastern North Carolina. Poet Lore 33 : 366-384, Au-
tumn 1922.
Loser, The. Paul Eldridge, 2m., lw. Sc. Comfortable living room.
Drama 11 : 166-170, Feb. 1921.
Losing game, A. Lady Augusta Gregory. 6m., 2w., others. Sc. Kit-
chen in farmer's cottge. The Gael 21 : 384-388, Dec. 1902.
£ Lost but found. E. M. Piexotto. Farce. 8b. Sc. Office of The Home
for Lost Boys. PET
t Lost colors, The. Edith F. A. U. Painton. lb., 2g. Sc. Stage with
desk and chairs. PAD
* Lost firewood, The. Emilie Blackmore Stapp and Eleanor Cameron. An
October play. 5b., 5g. 5 groups g. Sc. A forest. SCH
* Lost pocketbook, The. Marie Irish. 3b., 2g. Sc. Out of doors. IPP
Lost saint. The. Douglas Hyde. Trans, by Lady Gregory. 2m., 6c. Sc.
Large dining room. Samhain Oct. 1902. p. 19-23.
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Lost sheep. Belford Forrest. 2m., 4w. Sc. Garden of London villa.
Smart Set 50 : 71-75, Oct. 1916.
Lost silk hat, The. Lord Dunsany. 5m. Sc. Fashionable London
street. DF
Lost toys. May Pemberton. 9c. Sc. In a wood. PC
Lost village; eighteenth century and twentieth century contrast. Marga-
ret F. Hill. U. S. Colonial history. Cm., 5w., chorus. Sc. Commons
of a Massachusetts village. MAP
Lottie sees it through. Ragna B. Eskil. Great War play. 3m., 4w.
Sc. Scantily furnished living room. DEP
Louis Quinze Salon, The; or, A friend of Mrs. Robinson. Richard
Butler Glaeuzer. 2m., Iw. Sc. Art gallery. Smart Set 24 : 102-104,
Feb. 1908.
Louise. J. H. Speenhoff. Trans, from the Dutch by A. V. C. Huizinga
and Pierre Loving. 2m., Iw., Is. Sc. Large fashionably appointed
room. SL
Love among the lions. Lewis Beach. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. A gaud-
ily furnished room in a New York apartment house. BF
Love behind the scenes. Mary Moncure Parker. Stage play. 2m.,
Iw. Sc. Back of the stage. PM
Love child, The. Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce. 1m., lb., 5w. Sc.
Living room poorly furnished. English Review 4 : 409-420, Feb. 1910.
Love conquers revenge. Binney Gunnison, Adapted from "The Cipher
Dispatch" by Robert Byr. 2m., 2w. Sc. Bare room. GU
Love-fibs. Margaret Macnamara. Rustic comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc. Kit-
chen in English cottage. DAN
Love flower, The. Bell Eliott Palmer, lb., 16g. Sc. Indoors or out.
Lawn or garden scene. EP
Love in a French kitchen, a mediaeval farce. Trans, from the old
French by Colin C. Clements and John M. Saunders. 1m., 2w. Sc.
French kitchen in the middle ages. Poet Lore 28 : 722-729, Winter
1917.
Love-in-idleness. E. M. Lent. 1m., 3w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Love magic. Gregorio Martinez Sierra. Trans, from Spanish by John
Garrett Underbill. 3m., 2w., Ig. Sc. Pierrot's garden. Drama 7 :
40-61, Feb. 1917.
Love me, love my dog. Lady Speyer. 3m., Iw. Sc. Drawing room.
Smart Set 58 : 73-82, Jan. 1919.
Love of one's neighbors. Leonid Andreyev. Trans, from the Russian
by Thomas Seltzer. Satire. 15m., 7w., lc., man chorus characters. Sc.
A wild place in the mountains. AND, SL
Love of women. The. Frederic Arnold Kummer. 5m., Iw. Sc. Living
room of a miser in Russia. Smart Set 28 : 123-130 Aug. 1909.
Love passage, A. W. W. Jacobs and Philip E. Hubbard. 3m., Iw. Sc.
Steamer cabin. FSD
Love pirate, The. Grace Ford. 2m., 3w. Sc. Living room. FSD
Love potion, The. Ernest S. Jaros. Farce. 3m., 3w. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Love suit. A. W. Gordon Smythies. Romantic comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Morning room. WEP
Love test, The. Harry Lorenzo Chapin. 3m., 2w. Sc. A hacienda in
California. CHA
Love test, The. Anonymous. 1m., 3w. 7 scenes. Drawing rooms and
dining rooms. Smart Set 2 : 145-156, Dec. 1900.
122 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Lovebird's matrimonial agency. Harold Sander. 3m., 4w. Sc. Par-
lor. FP
Lovliest thing, The. Roland Pertwee. 3m., 3w., lg., voices. Sc.
Comfortable and rather pretentious living room. Ladies' Home
Journal 39: 10-11, 150, 152-154, 157, 158, Dec. 1922.
Lover, The. Gregorio Martinez Sierra. Trans, from the Spanish by John
Garrett Underbill. 1m., 2w. Sc. Salon in a Royal Palace. MR,
Stratford Journal 5 : 33-44, July 1910.
Love's diplomacy. Maurice Hageman and F. A. Small. Comedy. 2m.,
2\v. Sc. Interior. DPP
Love's heavy burden. Yone Noguchi. Noh play of Japan. 4m., lw.,
chorus. Sc. Not given. Poetry Review 10 : 18-22, Jan. 1919.
t Love's stratagem, (Author not given) Verse. Comedy. 2b., 2g.
BU
Love's young dream. Agnes M. Miall. 2w. Sc. Sitting room. FSD
Love's young dream. Robert Garland. 1m., lw. Sc. Poorly furnished
bedroom. Smart Set 40 : 83-87, Aug. 1913.
Loving cup, The. Alice Brown. 4m., 9w. Sc. Interior. B, BO,
Woman's Home Companion 40 : 11-12, 55, 50 May 1913.
Lucinda's whim. H. S. Mackaye. Farce. 3m., 2w. Sc. Interior
FSD
* Luck of Santa Glaus, The. B. C. Porter. 33c. Sc. Santa's work-
shop. FP
Luck of war. The. Gwen John. 3m., 3w. Sc. A kitchen living room
in England. REP
* Luckiest girl, The. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. 4g. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Luckiest man, The. Thomas Grant Springer and Edward Gage. 2m.,
lw., Sc. Living room of city apartment. Smart Set 37 : 135-141,
July 1912.
* Lucky Hallowe'en. A. Eleanore Hubbard. Play of the settlement of
the U. S. 2b., 3g., chorus. Sc. Log cabin in the woods of what is
now Ohio. HUD
Lucky Peter. Robert Higginbotham. 4m., Sc. Waiting room of phy-
sician. FSD
Lucnllus's dinner party. Maurice Baring. Historical farce. 2m., 3w.,
Is. Sc. Room in Lucullus' house. BA
* Lucky Locket. Lady Bell. 3g. Sc. Drawing room. BR
Lumber room, The. Catherine Bellaiis Gaskoin. 1m., lw. Sc. Al-
most empty lumber room. GAL
Lunch in the suburbs, A. Helen G. Ludington. Farce. lOw. Sc.
Parlor. FSD
M
"M - B - S". Delia J. Evans. 3m., 4w. Sc. Living room. EV
* Maccabean case, A. Irma Kraft. Hanukkah play. 10b., 3g. Sc.
Living room. KPP
McDonongh's wife. Lady Isabelle Gregory. Irish comedy. 1m., 2w.,
Sc. A very poor room GRZ
f Mad! Mad! Alice W. Chaplin. 5g. Sc. Reception room in a private
school for girls. CHC
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 123
Madame. Granville Forbes Sturgis. Psychology of a woman. 3m., lw.
So. Boudoir. STR
Madame de Pertinent's school. E. C. Wilkinson. 6w. Sc. Room
in a boarding school. FSD
Made in Heaven. J. J. Bell. 1m., lw. Sc. A ball room. Smart Set
19 : 82-83, July 19(K>.
Made in Heaven. Mathilde Shapiro. Comedy. 2m., 3w. Sc. Living
room in New York apartment. SCT
Mademoiselle Plato, an unplatonic object lesson. Curtis Dunham. 2m.,
2\v. Sc. Studio in New York. Smart Set 40 : 133-140, Aug. 1913.
Mademoiselle Prudence. Thomas Littlefield Marble. 1m., lw. Sc.
Interior. PPP
Mademoiselle's mistake. Clara J. Denton. 2g. Sc. Rooms of a
dancing teacher. EP
Madhouse, The. Henry Bailey Stevens. Cm., lw. Sc. 1 Garden in
front of madhouse walls. Sc. 2. Madhouse library. STE
Madman on the roof, The. Kau Kikuchi, tr. from the Japanese. Mod-
ern Japan. 5m., 2w. Sc. Backyard of a Japanese house. IW
Madonna. George Middleton. 2m., lw., Is. Sc. Living room and li-
brary combined. ME
Madonna Dianora. Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Trans, from the German
by Harriet Betty Boas. 1m., lw., Is. Sc. Garden of a palace in
France. HM, SL
Madretta. Stark Young. 2m., lw. Sc. Levee in Mississippi. YA,
YAT
Maeterlinckian moving day, A. Corinne Rockwell Swain. 3m., 3w.,
Ib. Sc. Neglected garden at back of house. Smart Set 37 : 117-120,
June 1912.
Maggie Ann. E. M. Fotheringham. 3g. Sc. Sitting room. FG
Magic chest. Jean Ross. Hallowe'en play. 12c. Sc. Room in a me-
dieval castle. MAP
Magic glasses, The. George Fitzinaurice. 3m., 3w. Sc. Kitchen in-
terior. FF
Magic sea shell, a play for the sea shore, The. John Farrar. 5b., 2g.,
several others. Sc. Dock at edge of pool. Bookman 57 : 511-520,
July 1923.
Magic tabloid, The. Dorothy Cleather. 2w. Sc. Drawing room. CH
Magic theatre, The. Trans, frcm "El Retablo de las maravillas" of
Cervantes by Edith Fahnstock and Florence Donnell White. 8m., 3w.,
townspeople. Sc. None given. Poet Lore 32 : 234-243, Summer 1921.
Magical city, The. Zoe Akins. 10m. 4w. Sc. Luxurious private sit-
ting room in N. Y. hotel. Forum 55 : 507-550, May 1916.
Magnanimity. Seumas O'Brien. Comedy. 8m., chorus. Sc. Back
parlor of a country public house. OD
Magnanimous lover, The. St. John G. Ervine. Irish play. 3m., 2w.
Sc. Kitchen and living room of a cottage in a North Irish village.
CBI, ER, ERA
Maid, The. Beulah King. Comedy. 1m., 7w. Sc. Study of a fash-
ionable summer home. FSD
Maid of France. Harold Brighouse. 3m., 2w. Sc. Square in a French
town before the statue of Jeanne d'arc Cl, REP
Maid of honour, A. Edward G. Hemmerde. Play of England at the
time of the Puritan Revolution. 6m., lw. Sc. Interior. FSD
124 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Maid to order. Helen Sherman Griffith. Farce of boarding school life.
Gw. Sc. Interior. B
Maid's prologue. The. Arthur Ketchum. 2m., 3w. Sc. Hillside
Poet Lore 2o : 20G-209. Summer I'.tU.
Maiden over the wall. Bertram Bloch. Fantasy. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Garden. Drama 8:43(5-453, Aug. 1918.
Major explains, The. W. R. Walkes. 1m., Iw. Sc. Drawing room
FSD
"Make-believe." E. C. Rackstraw and W. Muskerry. Comedy. 2m.,
2w. Sc. Living room. FSD
f Maker of dreams. The. Oliphant Down. Fantasy. Pierrot play. 2m.,
Iw. Sc. Room in an old cottage. Cl, CBI, DM, FSD, REP
Maker of men, A. Alfred Sutro. A study in sentiment. 1m., Iw. Sc.
A little sitting room. FSD, SFA
Makeshifts. Gertrude Robins. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sitting-room. CBI
* Making a flag. Bertha E. Bush. United States Revolutionary War
play. lb., 3g., chorus. Sc. Room in a colonial house in Philadelphia.
ED
Making a man. Emma Beatrice Brunner. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior
BBS
* Making the best of things. Clara J. Denton. May day play. 5b.,
5g. Sc. Sitting room. DAH
Malinda and the Duke. Mary Bonham. Farce. 2m., Gw. Sc. Sit-
ting room. BUP
Man about the place, The. Harold Brighouse. 3m., Gw. Sc. Lawn
BRP
Man about town, A. Stanislaus Stange. 4m. Sc. An elegant interior.
WHP
Man and a maid, A. Helen M. Palmer. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior. PPP
Man and his wife, A. Colin C. Clements. Farce from the Japanese.
2m., Iw. Sc. Japanese interior. FSD, Poet Lore 31 : 197-203, Sum-
mer 1920.
Man can only do his best, A. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. Gm., 2w.
Sc. An attic room. GQ
t Man from Brandon, The. J. M. Taylor. Football theme. Farce. 3m.,
4w. Sc. Interior. B
Man hunt, The. Harlan Thompson. 2m., Iw. Sc. Pleasant bedroom.
Smart Set 59 : 87-98, June 1919.
Man in the bowler hat, The. A. A. Milne. 3m., Iw. Sc. Ordinary
sitting room. Ladies' Home Journal 40 : 5, 10G, 108, 111-112, Apr.
1923.
Man in the stalls, The. Alfred Sutro. 2m., Iw. Sc. Sitting room of
a little flat. CBI, FSD, SF
Man in the street, The. Louis N. Parker. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior
FSD
Man masterful, The. George Middleton. 2w. Sc. Room in a flat.
ME, Forum 42:369-382, Oct. 1909.
Man next door, The. Edwin Bateman Morris. Farcical comedy. 2m.,
2w. Sc. Hall in a modern apartment building. PPP
Man of the world, A. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. Trans, by R. T.
House. 3m. Sc. Bachelor apartment comfortably furnished. Poet
Lore 22: 128-133. Spring 1911.
t Man on the kerb, The. Alfred Sutro. 1m.. Iw. Sc. An underground
room, bare except for a little broken furniture. FSD, SF, SS
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 125
Man outside, The. Helen Bagg. Farce. 3m., Iw. Sc. Library of a
home. PPP
Man proposes. Sidney Grundy. 1m., 2w. Sc. Simple interior. FSD
Man the life boat. Leedham Bantock and Percy Greenbank. 4m., Iw.
Sc. Interior of sea Captain's cottage. BAO
Man to order, A. Kate Masterson. 2m., Iw. Sc. Hallway of country
club. Smart Set 4 : 155-157, May 1901.
Man upstairs, The. Augustus Thomas. 2m., 2w., Is. Sc. Dining
room. US
Man who came back. Katharine Kavanaugh. 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Man who couldn't say "No," The. Claudia Lucas Harris. 2m., 2w.,
Ic. Sc. Sitting room. SB
Man who didn't believe in Christmas, The. Mary Austin. 1m.,
2w.. 10b., 4g. Sc. Living room of modern house. St. Nicholas 45 :
15(i-l(i2, Dec. 1017.
Man who never worried, The. H. R. Luck. Comedy. 5m., 2w. Sc.
Interior of cafe in France. CU
Man who stole the castle. Tom Gallon and L. M. Lion. 4m., 2w. Sc.
Interior. FSD
Man with the bundle, The. Frayne Williams. Persian play of para-
dox. 7m. Sc. An underground eating house in Persia. WIT
Mandarin coat, The. Alice C. D. Riley. 2m., 3w. Sc. Handsome
drawing room in California. Drama 13 : 132-135, 141-143, Jan. 1923.
Manger service. Rita Benton. Christmas Bible play. 14c., chorus.
Sc. Chancel of the church or platform. BSD
Manikin and minikin. Alfred Kreymborg. lb., Ig. Sc. Conventional
parlor seen through oval frame. A bisque play of fancy. KMP,
KMR, LC, STW, WWS
Manners and modes. Marjorie Benton Cooke. A satire. 9w. Sc.
Millinery shop. CO
Manners make the man. E. E. Bloxam. 20c. Sc. Nursery. BL
Man's honor, A. S. Decatur Smith, Jr. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior. PPP
Mansions. Hildegarde Flauner. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living room. SL
Mantle of the Virgin, The. Vida Ravenscroft Sutton. A miracle play.
3m., 14w. Sc. Shrine and altar of the Virgin in a chapel. Drama
12 : 71-79, 99-100, Dec. 1921.
Marah. May Bell. 3w., 5c. Sc. Small bare chamber of rugged stone,
gloomy and neglected. BRWT
March of truth, The. Katharine Searle. Great War background. 2m.,
Iw. Sc. Wine cellar in the war zone in France. SEA
March wind. A. Alice Brown. 2m., Iw., Ic. Sc. A farmhouse kitchen.
BO
Margot. Hermann Sudermann. Trans, from the German. 3m., 2w. Is.
Sc. Lawyer's office. SU
Marie recites. Elizabeth F. Guptill. lb.. 4g. Sc. Boarding house par-
lor. GUT
Marionettes, a modern fantasy. Gilbert Vivian Seldes. 1m., Iw. (No
scene given.) Harvard Monthly 57:124—129, Jan. 1914.
Marjorie's garden. Sidney Baldwin. Fairy play. 10 or more c. Sc.
A garden. BAL
Markheim. Zellah Macdonald. 3m., Iw. Sc. Old curiosity, jewelry
and clock shop in London. MI'
126 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Marquise and woman, an incident during the reign of terror. Claude
Askew. 1m., Iw. Sc. Small room leading out of the Salle des Morts
in the Conciergerie. Smart Set 7 : 83-86, July 1902.
Marriage, The. Douglas Hyde. 2m., Iw.. neighbor. Sc. A cottage
kitchen. Poet Lore 20 : 135-145. Mar.-Apr. 1900.
Marriage certificate, The. Anna Wolfrom. 2m., Iw., 2b., Ig. Sc.
Interior of a wooden shack. \VOH
Marriage has been arranged, A. Alfred Sutro. Comedy. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Conservatory. FSD, SF, Collier's Weekly 29 : 11, 14, June 14,
1902.
Marriage made easy. D. T. Praigg. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior. MAP
Marriage of Dotty, The. Clare Thornton. 2w. Sc. Drawing room.
PLA
Marriage of Guineth, The. Florence Wilkinson Evans. Verse. '7m.,
3w., Ib, chorus. Sc. A hall in a French chateau in mediaeval times.
EVM
Marriage of little Eva. Kenyon Nicholson. 3m., 3w. Sc. Star's
dressing room in opera house. Smart Set 05 : 75-85, Aug. 1921.
f Marriage proposal. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. English version by
Hilmar Baukhage and Barret H. Clark. 2m., Iw. Sc. Sitting room
in a Russian house. FSD
Marriage will not take place, The. Alfred Sutro. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Interior. FSD
f Marriages are made in heaven — and elsewhere. Graham Price.
2m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a rectory. REP
Married lovers, The, Harold Sanders. 2m., 4w. Sc. Interior. FP
Married to a suffragette. Willis N. Bugbee. 4m., 3w. Sc. Sitting
room. MAP
Marrying Belinda. Grace Cooke Strong. Farce. 4m., 4w. Sc. In-
terior. B
Marrying money. Alice L. Tildesley. 4w. Sc. Room in a bachelor
girls' apartment. B
Marse Covington. George Ade. 5m. Sc. At a steel door of a gam-
bling house. US
Marsh maiden, The. Felix Gould. Fantasy. 1m., Iw., 10 voices. Sc.
Living room of the Peat-gatherer's home. GO
Martha Dixon's parlor. Burns Kattenberg. 1m., lOw. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Martha plays the fairy. Keble Howard. Comedy. 2m., 3w. Sc.
Cottage. FSD
Martha the soothsayer. John K. Bell. (K. Howard, pseud.) Comedy.
2m., 3w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Martha's mourning. Phoebe Hoffman. Comedy. 3w. Sc. A Kitchen.
MA, Drama 8 : 111-121, Feb. 1918.
Martyrdom of Ali, The. Adapted from the Persian miracle play of
Hasan and Husain. Trans, under the direction of Sir Lewis Pelly.
Historical. 10m., 2b., 5w. chorus groups. Sc. Stage in two levels.
ELT4
Martyrs, a life-study, The. William C. DeMille. 1m., Iw. Sc. Din-
ing room. Smart Set 18 : 159-100, Feb. 1900.
Mary Ann. Helen P. Hoornbeek. New England dialect. 5w. Sc. FP
Mary! Mary! Charles Crittenton Baldwin. (George Gordon, pseud.)
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 127
Shakespeare play. 12m., lw. Sc. Taproom of the Mermaid Tavern
in 1599. BAN
Mary's wedding. Gilbert Cannan. 2m., 2w., 2s., chorus. Sc. Living
room in a cottage. CAP, REP, SL
Mask, a tragedy, The. Laura Sherry. 1m., 2w. Sc. Italian interior.
The Play-book 2:3-26, Feb. 1915.
Masks. Perry Boyer Corneau. 1m., lw. Sc. Small pleasantly furnished
iiving room. Drama 12 : 234-236, April 1922.
Masks. George Middleton. 2m., 2w. Sc. Doorway from public stairs
opening immediately upon the living room. MIM
Masks and men. Sarah Humason. Romantic make-believe play. 8m.,
lw. Sc. An English inn in the 17th century. FSD
Masque of conservation, A. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 21c., chorus.
Sc. An American woodland. MBF
Masque of evening, Edward Viets. Verse. Fanciful. 3m., lw. Sc.
Meadow. VI
Masque of morning, The. Edward Viets. Verse. Fanciful. 2m., 6c.
Sc. A small grassy knoll. VI
Masque of Pomona, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. lb., 2g., 4
chorus groups. Sc. A glade. MBF
Masque of the Pied Piper, The. Katharine Lord, lib., lg., Many
chorus characters. Sc. Out of doors. LLS
Masque of the two strangers, The. Lady Alice Egerton. 3m., llw.
Sc. Out of doors — greenwood. Cl
Masque of women poets, A. Amelia Josephine Burr. 25w. Sc. Sim-
ple stage. Stratford Journal 1 : 13-33, March 1917.
Masqueraders; or, A game of dominoes, The. Louise Emile Dubry.
Trans, by L. A. Bradbury. 6m., 4w., chorus. Sc. Ante-room adjoin-
ing a ball room. WEP
Massasoit's illness. Louise E. Tucker and Estellc L. Ryan. 4b., chorus
characters. Sc. A wigwam. TRH
Master, The. Padriac H. Pearse. Verse. Irish play. 10m. Sc. A
little cloister in a woodland. PRZ, PS
Master of the house, The. Stanley Houghton. 4m., 2w. Sc. Parlor.
HF
Master skylark. Anna M. Liitkenhaus. Adapted from the book by John
Bennett. Shakespeare play. 6b., 3g.. chorus. Sc. Out of doors in
Stratford in time of Shakespeare. LU, MTC
Master wayfarer. J. E. Harold Terry. A happening of long ago. 3m.,
lw. Sc. Parlor of an inn in England in 18th century. FSD
Masterpiece, The. Malcolm Morley. 2m., 2w. Sc. Apartment in
Montmarte Paris. MOL
Matchmaker, The. Everett II. Rupert. Comedy. 2m., lw. Sc. Liv-
ing room of bachelor apartment in N. Y. FSD
Matchmakers. Seumas O'Brien. Comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc. Parlor. OD
Mate, The. Arthur Schnitzler. 4m., lw., Is. Sc. An artistic room.
SG
Mates. Wilfred Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., 2w. Sc. Cottage. GID,
GIP
Matinata. Lawrence Langner. Comedy. Pierrot play. 2m., lw. Sc.
Small room in a large city. LAF, SCO
Matrimonial fog. Florence Clay Knox. Comedy. 3m., lw. Sc. A
secluded corner on the veranda of a country club. B
128 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Matrimonial tiff. Harold Sanders. 2m., Iw. Sc. Neatly furnished
room. FP
Matrimonial venture, A. Charles S. Bird. Farce. 2m., 3w. Sc. Re-
ception room. FSD
t Matter of duty, A. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from "The Dolly Dia-
logues" by Anthony Hope. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Afternoon tea.
GU
Matter of husbands, A. Ferenc Molnar. English text by Benjamin
Glazer. 2w. Sc. Drawing room. LO
Maw Moseley's courtin' lamp. Emily Hewitt Leland. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Cabin in the Kentucky mountains. G2
t May. Alice W. Chaplin. 5g. Sc. Living room. CHC
May baskets new, a springtime playlet. 2m.. 2w., 4c., choruses. Sc.
Out of doors. Woman's Home Companion 45 : 39, 81, May 1918.
May-day. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 1m., 2\v. Many chorus characters.
Sc. Interior of a Puritan home. MPP
* Mayflower compact, The. Eleanore Hubbard. Love and order. 9b.,
chorus. Sc. Cabin of the Mayflower. HUC
Maypole morning. Harold Brighouse. Historical background. 5m.,
4w., chorus. Sc. Green near Tunbridge Wells in 1665. BRP
Me and Betty. Ragna B. Eskil. Comedy of rural life. 2m., 5w. Sc.
Room in a house in a village. DEP
"Me and my diary." Gertrude E. Jennings. 1m., 5w. Sc. Interior.
FSD
* Meaning of Thanksgiving Day. Carolyn Wells. 4m., 8w. Sc. Har-
vest Hall. PPP, Ladies' Home Journal 38:30, 79-80, Nov. 1921.
Mechanical Jane. M. E. Barber. 3w. Sc. Sitting room. FSD
Meddler, The. Henry Bailey Stevens. The voice of love. 6m., Ib. Sc.
A room just off the street in an old-fashioned house. STE
Medea. Thomas Sturge Moore. Verse. Greek drama. Suitable for
chamber presentation. 3m., 4w. Sc. Curtain. MOT
t Medicine show, The. Stuart Walker. 3m. Sc. On bank of a river
within sight of a town. SL, WP
Meet my wife. Harry L. Newton. Comedy. Dramatic incident. 2m.,
Iw. Sc. Parlor. WHP
Meeting, The. R. E. Rogers. 4w., 3m. Sc. Tapestry chamber in Po-
lenta's house at Ravenna. Harvard Monthly 42 : 148-153, May 190G.
* Meeting of the ghosts, The. Marie Irish. 3b., 3g. Sc. Sitting room.
IP
Melinda and her sisters. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont and Elsie Maxwell.
Suffrage play. 6m., 13w., chorus. Sc. Pretentious garden. BM,
BMM
Melodrama. J. R. Milne. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living room. Smart Set 60 :
95-99, Sept. 1919.
Melon thief, The. Trans, from the Japanese by Tone Noguchi. 2m.
Sc. A melon patch. Poet Lore 15 : 40-42, Spring 1904.
Melon thief, The. From a mediaeval Japanese farce by Shigeyoshi Obata.
2m. Sc. A melon patch. Drama 10:104-107, Dec. 1919.
Member for literature, The. Maurice Baring. Political farce. 5m.,
many chorus characters. Sc. A platform in a hall in Battersea. BA
* Memorial Day. Eleanore Hubbard. 5b., 4g., chorus. Sc. Cemetery.
HUD
* Memorial day pageant. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 43c., chorus. Sc.
Out of doors or a large stage. MBM
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Men not wanted. Bell Elliott Palmer. 8w. Sc. Interior. DEP
Men who loved Mamie, The. C. W. Hogg. 2m. Sc. Interior. FSD
Meow! Fannie Cannon and Alice E. Ives. Comedy. 2w. Sc. Sitting
room. DEP
Mere man, A. Edith Palmer Painton. 1m., 5w. Sc. Parlor. EP
Merediths entertain, The. Whitney Darrow. 2m., 4w. Sc. Living
room. PPP
f Merry Christmas. Alice W. Chaplin. 4g. Sc. Room in a hotel in a
South Dakota town. CHC
* Merry Christmas Jake. Marie Irish. Christmas play. 3b., 2g. Sc.
Interior. 1C
Merry death, A. Nicholas Evreinov. A Harlequinade. Trans, from the
Russian. 4m., Iw. Sc. A room in which there is a bed. BFR, MR
* Merry Jerry. Mrs. Isabel Anderson. 3b., lg., chorus. Sc. Courtyard
of the palace of Neptune. AE
Merry merry cuckoo, The. Jeanette Marks. Verse. 3m., 2w. Sc.
A garden. MA, MT, SS, The Dramatist 4 : 291-300, Oct. 1912. Met-
ropolitan 36:45-47, July 1912.
Merry widow hat. Helen Sherman Griffith. Farce. 5w. Sc. Inte-
rior. B
* Merrymount. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. lib., Sg. Sc. An open
glade. MPY
Message of Lazarus, The. C. E. Laurence. 1m., 2w. Sc. Doorway of
house in Bethany. Nineteenth Century 91 : 170-6. Jan. 1922.
* Messenger birds, The. Edna Randolph Worrell. Christmas play. Any
number of children. Sc. Interior. GUB
Metal checks, The. Louise Driscoll. Verse. 2m. Sc. Bare room
scantily furnished. Poetry 5 : 49-54, Nov. 1914.
Michael. David Pinski. Authorized translation from the Yiddish by
Isaac Goldberg. 3m., Iw., Is. Sc. Garden of King Saul. PTK,
Stratford Journal 2 : 27-35. April 1918.
* Middle of the night, The. E. M. Fotheringham. 2b., 2g. Sc. Nurs-
ery. FG
Midnight marauders, The. Frank Dumont. Farce. 5m., 2w. Sc.
In front of a house. WHP •
Midnight trespasser. No author given. 1m., Iw. Sc. Handsome
room. DPP
Midsummer eve. Gordon Bottomley. Verse. 2m., 5w. Sc. Interior of
an old barn. BKL
f Miggs' revenge. No author given. Adapted from Dickens' Barnaby
Rudge. lb., lg. Sc. Street. BAB
Milestones. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, from the German. Anatol play.
1m., Iw. Sc. Interior. SAA
Militant God. Clifford Greve. Tragedy. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior of
cabin near volcano in Mexico. GRE
t Military and medicine. Edith Brown-Evarts. From the comedy of
Colman "The Poor Gentleman.'' 2b. Sc. Interior. BEY
* Mill that ground hot porridge, The. Augusta Stevenson, lib., 3g.
Sc. Out of doors. SCI
* Miller, his son and their donkey, The. Augusta Stevenson. 6b., 6g.
Sc. A bridge, near a town, not far from a fair. SC3
Millet group, A. Marguerite Merington. From the picture "The Ange-
lus" by Millet. 3m., 4w., Ic. Sc. A large frame. MPZ
130 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Millions in it, Edwin Bateman Morris. Comedy. 5m., lw. Sc. Inte-
rior. PPP
Milly dear. Alice Brown. 2m., 2w. Sc. A charmingly furnished sitting
room. BO
Miniature, The. Walter Frith. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a flat. FSD
Mining agent, The. Fred H. James. Comedy. 1m., lw. Sc. Busi-
ness office. Stagelore p. 205, Feb. 1912.
Minister pro tem, A. Katharine Kavanaugh. Comedy. 4m., 2w. Sc.
Interior. DEP
f Minister's daughter, The. Clara J. Denton. Christmas play. lb.,
4g. Sc. Plain interior. SI
^ Minister's dream, The. Katharine Lord. Thanksgiving fantasy of
Puritan life. Gb., 7g., chorus of b. Sc. Living room. LLP, LLR
Minister's first at home, The. John Kendrick Bangs. 2m., 3w. Sc.
Drawing room of parsonage. Ladies' Home Journal 20:10, 90-91,
Mar. 1909.
$ Minister's messenger, The. Evangeline L. Bretherton. 14g. Sc.
Large unadorned room with simple furniture. FSD
Ministers of grace. J. Hartley Manners. 3m.. 2w. Sc. Library in
fine house in London. Smart Set 38: 129-142, Sept. 1912.
Minister's wife, The. Helen Sherman Griffith. Farce. Gw. Sc. In-
terior. PPP
Minos, King of Crete. Maurice Hewlett. Verse. Ancient Greek theme.
Tragic. 9m., lw. Sc. Sea wall at Cnossus. HE A
* Minty-Malviny's Santa Glaus. Elsie Hobart Carter. 3b.. 4g. Sc.
Interior of handsome lodging house in New Orleans. CCC
Minuet, A. Louis N. Parker. French Revolution play. 2m., lw. Sc.
Living room of gaoler's quarters. FSD, Century 89 : 370-370, Jan.
1915.
Miracle of the corn, The. Padraic Colum. Irish legend. 3m., 4w., Ic.
Sc. Interior of farmhouse in Ireland in olden times. CDL, Theatre
Arts Magazine 5 : 323-332, Oct. 1921.
Mirage. George M. P. Baird. 2m., 4w. Sc. Roof of an adobe house in
a Hopi Pueblo. SCO, STK
Mirror of time, The. Cyril Wentworth Hogg. 1m., lw. Sc. Cosy
room adjoining a dining room. FSD
$ Mirth-provoking school room, The. Emily David. Farce. Gb., 8g.
Sc. Rural school room. FL
Mis' Mercy. Louise Whitefield Bray. 3m., 2vv. Sc. Old fashioned
kitchen. FS3
f Miss Burnett puts one over. Ethelyn Sexton. College play. Gg. Sc.
College dormitory. EP
Miss Burney at court. Maude Morrison Frank. 2m., • 3w., Is. Sc.
Fanny Burney's drawing room. FSP
f Miss Civilization. Richard Harding Davis. 4m., lw., chorus. Sc.
Dining room of a country house. DAF, FSD, Collier's Weekly 34:
10 -17, 20-21, Dec. 3, 1904.
Miss Deborah's pocket hook. Alice C. Thompson. Gw. Sc. Parlor.
PPP
* Miss Dohson. Lady Bell. Comedy. 4g. Sc. Unimportant. BEJ
Miss Doulton's orchids. Margaret Cameron. Comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc.
Living room of suburban home. CAC
Miss Jones, journalist. J. Butler Haviland. 1m., lw. Sc. Interior.
B
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 131
Miss Judith Macan. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from Charles Lever's
Charles O'Malley. Comedy. 4m., lw., chorus characters. Sc. Draw-
ing room. GU
Miss Julia. August Strindberg. Trans, from the Swedish. Natural-
istic. 1m., 2w. Sc. A large kitchen. STO
Miss Maria. Maude B. Vosburgh. Dramatization of a story by Mar-
garet Deland. 3m., 3\v. Sc. Old fashioned sitting room. FSD
Miss Myrtle says "Yes." Mark O'Dea. 1m. 3w. Sc. Village millinery
store. OR
Miss Oliver's dollars. Emillie Callaway. Farce. 8w. Sc. Interior.
B
Miss Parkington. May E. Countryman. Farce. 1m., 3w. Sc. In-
terior. B
Miss Poinsettia: Christmas play. Lillian Schrciner. •">!>.. 19g. Sc.
Any interior. EP
Miss Sqneers* tea-party. Horace B. Browne. Adapted from Charles
Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby. 2m., 2w. Sc. Parlor. BD
Miss Susan's fortune. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. Gw. Sc. Inte-
rior. Pl'P
Miss Tassey. Elizabeth Baker. 5w. Sc. Dormitory for the use of the
women of a commercial establishment. CBI, SIJ
Miss Todd's vampire. Sally Shute. Comedy. 1m., 4w. Sc. Sitting
room. B
Missing card, The. John Hay Beith. (Ian Hay, pseud.) 2m., 2w.
Sc. Drawing room. BEG
Missing guest, The. Roland K. Young. 3m., 3w. Sc. Dining room of
apartment on Riverside Drive. Smart Set 50 : 79-82, Dec. 1916.
Missing liner. C. Gordon Kurtz. 1m., lw. Sc. Handsomely furnished
room. STB
Mistake at the manor, A. Maude Morrison Frank. 2m., lw., 3s. Sc.
Dining hall. FSP
Mistake in identity, A. Benj. L. C. Griffith. 2w. Sc. Ladies' sit-
ting room in a hotel. GR
Mistletoe. Anne M. Mitchell. Adapted from the story by Alice Brown.
2m., 3w. Sc. Kitchen. DAK
Mistletoe and holly. May Pemberton. 5c. Sc. A bare scantily fur-
nished kitchen. PC
Mistletoe and Holly-berry, an old English Christmas play. Marie
J. Warren. Any number of characters. Sc. Kitchen of a farm. B
Mistress Mary gives a garden party. Mabel R. Goodlander. 13c.
Sc. Stage. CF
Mistress Runaway. M. Lefuse. Romantic comedy. 4w. Sc. Parlor
of small in 11 in England in early- 19th century. FSD
Mobs-woman; or, The cry of Ishmael, The. Leon M. Lion and W.
Strange Hall. 2m., 2w. Sc. Brightly furnished room. FSD
Model growl. Agness Electra Platt. Store window wax figure comedy.
1m., 8w. Sc. Store window. WEP
Modern autocrat, The. Louise Collins. A comedy of cross purposes.
1m., lw. Sc. Breakfast room. Smart Set 8 : 157-158, Dec. 1902.
Modern child. Julieu Gordon. (Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger) lw.
Ig. Sc. Piazza and a hammock. Smart Set 1 :79-85, May 1900.
Modern daughter, A. Julien Gordon (Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger)
2w. Sc. Drawing room in N. Y. Smart Set 1 : 77-82, April 1900.
132 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Modern dialogue. Oliver Herford. 1m., Iw. Sc. On Manhattan Is-
land. Smart Set 7 : 53-54, Aug. 1902.
Modern Harlequinade, A. Colin Campbell Clements. Poet Lore 31 :
579-603. Winter 1920.
Modern masque, A. Mary MacMillan. 3m., 4w. Literary background.
Sc. An open green. MS
Modern menage, A. Harriet Holmes Haslett. Tragic farce. 3m., Iw.,
Ic. Sc. Living room of a bungalow. HAE
Modern minuet, A. Harriet Monroe. Verse. 1m., Iw. Sc. Small
room opening into a dance hall. MOP
Modern Mother, A. Julien Gordon. (Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger)
1m., 2w. Sc. 1. A drawing room. Sc. 2 The garden. Smart Set
1 : 79-8G, Mar. 1900.
Modern prodigal, A. Horace Holley. 2m. Sc. Well furnished li-
brary of a home. HOR
f Modesty. Paul Hervieu. Trans, by Barrett H. Clark. Comedy. 2m.,
Iw. Sc. Parlor. FSD, LC
Mollie and the milliner. Marianne Stayton. Farce. 1m., 3w. Sc.
Hat shop. FSD
Mollusk or suffragette? Elizabeth Overstreet Cuppy. 3m., 3w. Sc.
Cozy living room. Putnam's 7 : 172-181, Nov. 1909.
* Molly's Christmas tree. Willis N. Bugbee. 4b., Gg. Sc. Living room.
BUJ
* Molly's New Year's party. Emilie Blackmore Stapp and Eleanor
Cameron. A January play. 8b., Gg., 17 chorus groups. Sc. Sitting
room. SCH
Monday, a lame minuet. Alfred Kreymborg. Gw. Sc. Box like land-
ing of New York tenement. KMA, Drama 10 : 264-271, May 1920.
Monkey's paw. The. William Wymark Jacobs and Louis N. Parker.
Superstition. 4m., Iw. Sc. Interior. FSD
Monsieur Galespard and Mademoiselle Jeanne. John V. Craven,
Jr. 2m., Iw. Sc. A Parisian restaurant. Smart Set 70 : 69-73,
March 1923.
Monsieur Lamblin. George Ancey. Trans, from the French by Bar-
rett H. Clark. 1m., 3w., Is. Sc. Stylish drawing room. SL, 'Strat-
ford Journal 1 : 34-45, March 1917.
* Monster in the garden, The. Lady Bell. Comedy. lb., 3g. Sc.
Unimportant. BEJ
Mood of a moment, The. George S. Viereck. 2m., Iw., chorus. Sc.
Small room off of main drawing room. VG, International 11 : 13-16,
Jan. 1917.
Moon of the Caribbees, The. Eugene O'Neill. 17m., 4w., chorus m.
Sc. Forward section of main deck of British tramp steamer. OMC,
Smart Set 55 : 73-86, Aug. 1918.
* Moon's silver cloak, The. Augusta Stevenson. lOc Sc. The sky.
SCI
Moon tide. Colin Campbell Clements. 2m. Sc. Shack at end of an
old deserted wharf. CLD
Moonshine. Arthur Hopkins. 2m. Sc. Hut of a moonshiner in the
mountains of N. <C. FSD, LC, Theatre Arts Magazine 3 : 51-62, Jan.
1919.
Moonshine. Laurence Housman. Pierrot play. 4m. Sc. Night in a
quiet street. HAB
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 133
Morals and circumstance. Bertram Bloch. 2m., 3w. Sc. Sun-
parlor of country home. Smart Set 58 : 87-95, April 1919.
More time out. Carolyn F. Rice. Farce. 7w. Sc. Interior of em-
ployment agency. MAP
Morituri: Teias. Hermann Sudermaun. Trans, from the German.
8m., 2w., chorus. Sc. Before the king's tent. MR, Poet Lore 9 :
330-352, July-Sept. 1897.
Mormonizing. Daisy McGeoch. Comedy. 2m., Sw. Sc. Sitting room.
MAC
Morning after the night before, The. Harry L. Newton. Domestic
comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc. Drawing room. WHP
Morning after the play, The. W. Steell. Comedy. 2m., 3w. Sc.
Attractive interior. B
Morning call, A. Charles Dance. Romantic comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Drawing room. PH, WEP
Morraca. Winthrop Parkhurst. 5m., 3w. Others. Sc. Great recep-
tion hall in court of the king of the Chaldeans. Drama 8 : 536-574,
Nov. 1918.
Mortal coils. Aldous Huxley. 4m., 3w. Sc. Terrace outside an Ital-
ian hotel. HU
Moses in the bulrushes. Rita Benton. Bible play. 5g., Ic. chorus.
Sc. A marshy place by a river. BSD
Moth balls. Sallie Kemper. 3w. Sc. Sitting room in cottage. B
Mother, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 2w., Ic. Sc. Lonely
moorland cottage. GID, GIP
Mother and son, tr. from the Yiddish. J. Halpern. 3m. 2w. Sc.
Room in the house of the old Rabbi in a small Polish village. BLK
Mother Autumn and North 'Wind. Eleanor L. Skinner and Ada M.
S. Skinner. 9c. Sc. An open place. SSC
Mother Goose and her flock. Marie Irish. 10b., lOg. Sc. Unim-
portant. IPP
Mother Goose Christmas, A. S. Decatur Smith, Jr. 21 characters.
Sc. Nursery. Ladies' Home Journal 25 : 19, 75, Dec. 1907.
Mother Goose garden. Constance Wilcox. 6b., (5g. Sc. A garden.
WTC
Mother Goose up-to-date. Hester Donaldson Jenkins. A health play.
5b., Gg. Sc. Empty platform. JE
Mother Goose's Christmas party. Winnie Saunders. Christmas play.
lb., llg. Sc. Unimportant. FIL
Mother Goose's gosling. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Play containing songs
with music. 7b., 9g. Sc. No scenery. DEP
Mother-love. Gertrude Buck. 1m., 3w. Sc. Maggie's sewing room-
shabbily furnished. Drama 9 : 1-30, Feb. 1919.
Motherlove. August Strindberg. 4w. Se. Interior of a fisherman's
cottage. SM
Mother love finds a way. Mae Stein Soble. Bible play — Moses 8g.
Sc. Scantily furnished room in a rude hut in ancient Egypt. SOB
Mother Nature's trumpeter. Sidney Baldwin. Admits of dancing in
the play. 12 or more c. Sc. Under the forests in early spring.
BAL
Motherly love. August Strindberg. 4w. Sc. Room with window.
STW
134 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLATS
Mother-of-pearl. Gertrude Jennings. Comedy of slums of London.
1m.. 2\v. Sc. Button stall. FSD
Mothers, The. Mrs. Haveloek Ellis. 1m., 2\v. Sc. Cornish farm
kitchen. EL
f Mothers. George Middleton. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living room in a large
apartment hotel. MIT
Mothers of men. IVrcival Wilde. Great War background. 2\v. Sc.
Sumptuously furnished drawing room. WU
Mothers on strike; or, Local number one. Carl Webster Pierce.
Comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc. Interior. B
Motor mishap, A. Malcolm Morley. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc. The
Bath High Road. MOL
Mountain She-Devil, The. Yoiie Noguchi. 2\v., Is., chorus. Sc.
None given. Poet Lore 29:447-451, Autumn 1918
* Mouths, The. Christina G. Rossetti. A pageant. Gb., 6g., many chorus
groups. Sc. A cottage with its grounds. MTC
"Movies." Thomas King Moylan. Irish farce, run., 2\v. Sc. An Irish
country roadside. MOO
Mr. and Mrs. P. Roe. Martyn Johnson. 1m.. 3w. Sc. Attic chamber
in slum tenement. Drama 13 : 92-95, Dec. 1922.
Mr. Brent's -wife. James Regnart. 4m., 2w. Sc. Narrow garden at
back of a house on the "North Shore." Harvard Monthly 32 : 96-110
May 1901.
Mr. Editor. Ward Macauley. Comedy. 7m., 2w. Sc. Newspaper
office. PPP
Mr. Enright entertains, a possibility. Avery Abbott. 5m., 3w., Ig.
Sc. Tasteful dining room. Poet Lore 34 : 127-144, Spring 1923.
* Mr. February Thaw. Emilie Blackmore Stapp and Eleanor Cameron.
A February play. 7b., Ig., 2 chorus groups g. Sc. Poorly furnished
attic. SCH
Mr. Eraser's friends. Wilbur S. Tupper. A satire. 5m., Iw. Sc.
Simple interior. TU
Mr. George's shooting gallery. Horace B. Browne. From Charles
Dickens' Bleak House. 5m., Iw. Sc. Living room at a "shooting
gallery" BD
Mr. Guppy's proposal. Horace B. Browne. From Dickens' Bleak
House. 1m., Iw. Sc. A room. BD
Mr. Icky, the quintessence of quaintness. F. Scott Fitzgerald. 3m.,
Iw.. several c. Sc. Exterior cottage in West Suffolkshire. Smart
Set 61 : 93-98, March 1920.
Mr. Lorelei, a folk comedy. Paul Armstrong. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living
room in a new house. Smart Set 48 : 233-242, Jan. 1916.
Mr. McArdle's guest. D. S. Maddox. Farce. 3m., 1\V; Sc. Plainly
furnished dining room. B
Mr. Micawber's prospects. Horace B. Browne. From Dickens' David
Copperfield. 3m., Iw. Sc. Room in London. BD
Mr. Pecksniff's pleasant family party. Horace B. Browne. From
Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit. 4m., 5w. Sc. Room. BD
Mr. Richey changes his mind. Lee Owen Snook. Christmas play.
4m., 4w., chorus. Sc. Office of department store. EP
Mr. Shakespeare at school, a short play for women. Caroline
Duer. lOw. Sc. School room. Smart Set 7 : 65-73, June 1902.
Mr. Sprigg's little trip to Europe. Comedy. Dream play. 1m., lOw.
Sc. Interior. PPP
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 135
Mr. Steinmann's corner. Alfred Sutro. A study in sentiment. 2m.,
2w. Sc. Sumptuously furnished drawing room. FSD, SFA
Mr. Venus's shop. Horace Browne. From Dickens' Our Mutual Friend.
'2m., 3b. Sc. A shop. BD
Mr. Willoughby calls. John Jex. 3m., Iw. Sc. Music room. JEP
Mrs. Bompton's dinner party. Bernard Sobel. 6m., lOw. Sc. Din-
ing room of handsome residence. ST
Mrs. Busby's pink tea. Mary Moucure Parker. Comedy, lin., 7w.
Sc. Interior. DPP
Mrs. Carver's fancy ball. Maisie B. Whiting. Comedy. 4m., 3w.
Sc. Interior. DEP
Mrs. Coulson's daughter. Elizabeth Gale. llw. Sc. Sitting room.
FSD
Mrs. Elwell's paper. J. L. Harbour. Comedy. 1m., 4w. Sc. Interior.
G2
Mrs. Flynn's lodgers. H A. Kniffin. 4m., Iw. Sc. Combined bed-
room and studio. FSD
Mrs. Forrester's crusade. C. Leona Dalrymple. Farce against slang.
1m., 2w. Sc. Interior. FI'D
Mrs. Hardcastle's journey. Binney Guunison. Adapted from Gold-
smith's "She stoops to conquer." Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc. The back
of a garden. GU
Mrs. Harrison. John Masefield. 3m., Iw. Sc. Room. MTA
Mrs. Harwood's secret. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from Mrs. Oli-
phant's "The story of a Governess." 5m., 4w. Sc. An unoccupied
wing of a house. GU
Mrs. Hazenby's health. Curtis Brown. 1m., 3w. Sc. Drawing room.
WIA
Mrs. Hoops-Hooper and the Hindu. Mary Moncure Parker. Comedy
12w. Sc. Living room. DEP
Mrs. Jenkins' brilliant idea. Jessie Kelley. Comedy. Sw. Sc.
Room. DEP
Mrs. McGreevy's boarders. Ward Macauley. Cm., 5w. Sc. Back
parlor of a boarding house. PPP
Mrs. Mack's example. Flora Bigelow Dodge. 3m., 2w. Sc. 1. Draw-
ing room, Sc. 2. Bedroom. Sc. 3. Sitting room. Smart Set 5 : 51-00,
Sept. 1901.
Mrs. Marconi. E. M. Fotheringham. 2b., Ig. Sc. Sitting room. FG
Mrs. Molly. Rachel Crothers. 1m., 2w. Sc. Boudoir in a summer cot-
tage. Smart Set 27 : 104-113, Mar. 1909.
Mrs. Pat and the law. Mary Aldis. 2m., 2w., lc. Sc. A small poor
room in tenement flat. AP, MA
Mrs. Pipp's Waterloo. Ellis O. Jones. 2m., 2w. Sc. Reception room
of a home. - Woman's Home Companion 41 : 23-24, Apr. 1914.
Mrs. Pollywigs and her wonderful -wax works. Anna M. Liitken-
haus. 2.~ic. Sc. Platform of a concert hall. LIT
Mrs. Potiphar pays a call. Samuel D. McCoy. 1m.. 2w. Sc. Bil-
liard room of residence of Prince in Egypt. Smart Set 37 : 123-125,
May 1912.
Mrs. Potter buys a present. Harold Susman. 1m., Iw., Sc. Jewel-
er's shop. Smart Set 32 : 107-108, Nov. 1910
Mrs. Randy's Christmas. Ellen M. Willard. Og., 2b. Sc. Bare room.
WY
136 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Mrs. Santa Glaus, militant. Bell Elliott Palmer. Christmas comedy.
5b., 4g. Sc. Living room. EP
Mrs. Snagby's guests. Horace B. Browne. From Dickens' Bleak
House. 2m., 3\v. Sc. Drawing room. BD
Mrs. Stubbin's book agent. Henry Cutler Stearns. Farce. 3m., 2\v.
Sc. Sitting room. DEP
Mrs. Sullivan's social tea. Laura Frances Kelley. Comedy of the
newly rich. 1m., 12w. Sc. Gaudily furnished room. DEP
Mrs. Tibbs boarding bouse. Horace B. Browne. A play from Dick-
ens. 5m., 5w. Sc. Parlor of a boarding house in London. BD
* Mrs. Tubb's telegram. Katharine M. Rice. Comedy. 4w., 3b., 2g.,
other c. Sc. Kitchen. St. Nicholas 32 : 344-355, Feb. 1905.
Much too sudden. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. 7w. Sc. Parlor. B
Mud. Isabel McKiuney. 3rn., lw. Sc. Interior of commodious and
snugly built log cabin. Poet Lore 30 : 417-427, Autumn 1919.
Muddle-Annie. Harold Chapin. 2m., 5w. Sc. Parlor. REP
* Muffin man, The. John Gemmell. lb. Sc. Unimportant. FG
Mulan. Torao Taketomo. 2m., 2w., villagers. Sc. Room in village
house in Northern China. Asia 19 : 1258-12G1, Dec. 1919.
Mummers' play, The. J. Kinchin Smith. Verse. 9m. Sc. Not given.
Theatre Arts Magazine 7 : G3-C8, Jan. 1923.
Murderer, The. Clarendon Ross. 2m. Sc. Depths of a forest. Poet
Lore 30 : 59G-GOO. Winter 1919.
$ Murdering the language. Edith F. A. U. Painton. Gb., Gg. Sc. A
bare room. PAD
Murdering Selina. Margaret Scott Oliver. 4m., 2w., lb. Sc. Interior
of a frame restaurant in the park. OS
* Mushroom meadow. The. Catharine A. Morin. 14c. Sc. A damp
green meadow. BHP
Music hath charms. Grace Luce Irwin. Farce. 1m., lw. Sc. Poor
room in a players' boarding house. ID
Music hath charms. Gerald Pioneer. College comedy. Baseball. IGm.
Sc. Interior. FSD
Mustard plasters, The. George H. Willard. Comedy. 1m., lw. Sc.
Drawing room. DPP
My friend's in town. Emily Herey Denison. 1m., lw. Sc. Library
in a fashionable apartment. DL
My lady dreams. Eugene Pillot. 4w., 2c. Sc. Lady's boudoir. PI,
STW
t My lady's lace. Edward Knoblock. 2m., 2w. Sc. Garden of a small
Dutch house of about 16GO. WWS
My Mexican rose. Katharine Kavanaugh. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Garden. DPP
My milliner's bill. William Clark Stewart. Farce. 1m., lw. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
My son Arthur. Mary F. Kingston. Comedy. 2m., 8w. Sc. Office of
summer hotel. FP
My tailor. Alfred Capus. Trans, by Barrett H. Clark. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Drawing room of Paris apartment. Smart Set 54 : 75-84, Feb. 1918.
My wife's husband. Hilton Coon. Farce, 3m., 4w. Sc. Interior.
APP
Mysterious will, The. Harold Selman. Comedy. 2m., lw. Sc. Inte-
rior. FSD
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 137
Mystery, a one-act comedietta containing a moral for young gentlemen.
Hulbert Footner. 2m., 3w. Sc. Sitting room. Woman's Home
Companion 39 : 8-9, G9, Jan. 1912.
Mystery of Beacon Hill. Emily Herey Denison. 2m., lw., lg., Is. w.
Sc. Living room of a log-house. DL
Mystic seven; or, The law of the fire. Mrs Arthur T. Seymour.
Camp fire play. 8g., chorus. Sc. Sitting roem. B
N
Nakamitsu. Basil Hall Chamberlain. Japanese lyric drama. 4m., lb.,
chorus. CIIB
Nance Oldfield. Charles Reacle. 3m., 2w. Sc. Interior of an English
home in the eighteenth century. B
Nanny Etticoat. Someple. (pseud.) 32c. Sc. Interior. SO
Napoleon and the sentry. P. B. Corneau. 3m., lw. Sc. Sentry's
post. DPP
Napoleon's barber. Arthur Caesar. 3m., lw. Sc. An 18th century
barber shop in a small French village. tSCO
Nari-Kin. Yozan T. Iwasaki. tr. from the Japanese. Farce of modern
Japan. 5m., 2w. Sc. Dwelling in the poor quarter of Asaka.
Narrow escape, A. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. John Smith
and Pocohontas play. Gb., lg. Sc. Small glade in a forest. TRH
Narrow squeak, A. Lillian Bennet Thompson and George Hubbard.
Comedy. 3m., lw. Sc. Office. FSD
Nature play in a city school, A. Anna M. Liitkenhaus. 30c. Sc.
Schoolroom. LU
Naughty comet. The. Laura E. Richards. 7b., chorus b. Sc. Court-
yard of large building. RP
Nazareth. Laurence Housman. Morality. Childhood of Christ. Verse.
10m., 2w., lc. Sc. The Carpenter's shop. FSD
Neath the scepter of Susan. Margaret G. Parsons. 2b., lOg. Sc.
Boarding school about 1840. PR
Necessary evil. The. Charles Rann Kennedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sitting
room. KEN
Neighbors, The. Zona Gale. Picture of village life. Suitable for
women's clubs. 2m., 6w. Sc. Plain room. B, WIP
Nelli.iumbo. Stuart Walker. 4m., 2w., chorus characters. Sc. Room.
WA
Nelson touch, The. F. Fenn. 3m., 2w. Sc. English inn at time of
Napoleon. FSD
Nero's Mother. Stephen Phillips. Ancient Rome. 2m., 3w. Sc. Cham-
ber in a villa on the shore of Lucrine Lake. PHI
Nest, The. John Jex. 2m., 3w. Sc. Interior of a bungalow. JEP
Nettle, The. Ernest Warren. Romantic comedy. 1m., lw. Sc. Poorly
furnished room. PH
Neuters, The. David Carb. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living room of a bungalow.
Harvard Monthly 47 : 167-172, Jan. 1909.
Never stretch your legs in a taxi. S. N. Behrman. 3m., lw. Sc.
Inside of veteran taxi. Smart Set (12 : 71-7G, Aug. 1920.
Nevertheless. Stuart Walker. 1m., lb., lg. Sc. A room just upstairs.
SB, WP, WWS
138
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
New age, The. David Carb. 5m., 9w. Sc. Room in rural house in
Virginia. Harvard Monthly 50:7-20, May 1910.
New day. The. AVilliam T. Demurest. An Arabian play.
A Bedouin camp. DEM
New England fable, A. Ludwig Lewisohu. Verse. 4m.,
Woodland. International 10:110-119, April 1917.
New man in town, A. Clara J. Denton. Farce. Sw.
interior. 1 >A I
New names for old. Alice V. Carey. A safety first play. 12c. Sc.
Interior of American dining room. FSD
New professor, The. Frances Aymar Mathews. Comedy. 12\v. Sc.
Interior. DPP
New Pygmalion and Galatea, The. Sylvan Drey. 3m., 2w. Sc.
Modern office building. FSD
New race. Anna Wolfrom. 8m., 2w., chorus. Sc.
and dilapidated cathedral in N. Y. WOII
New Red Riding-hood, The. E. S. Brooks. 2b.,
uished parlor. SAB, SAC
New reporter, The. Franklin Johnston. Farce.
5m., 3w. Sc.
3w. Sc.
Sc. Handsome
Facade of an ancient
torial office. FP
New school-ma'am,
room. B
New word, The. J.
Ig. Sc. Neatly fur-
Cm., 2w. Sc. Edi-
The. C. H. McArthur. 2m., Iw. Sc. sitting-
M. Barrie. 2m., 2w. Sc. A dining room. BE
New- Year's Day. "The resolutions of Anychild." F. Ursula Payne.
7c.. Sc. Anyhouse. PP
News from home. William Giles and Josephine Giles. Comedy. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. Interior. APP
Newsy wins. Eunice G. Hussey. Book play. log. Sc. Corner of the
Public Library. PPP
Next day, The. Clara J. Denton. Christmas play. 3g. Sc. Sitting
room. I
Nick Bluster's trick. Eleanor L. Skinner and Ada M. Skinner. 2b., Gg.
Sc. A cave beside a brook. SSC
Night. Sholom Ash. Yiddish play. 5m., 3w. Sc. Night in a market
place. SL/
Night. James Oppenheim. Poetic drama. 4m., Iw. Sc. Hilltop. FLS
Night after; or, Rameses of Mummy row, The. Arthur Blanchard.
llm. Iw. Sc. Interior. B
Night at an inn, A. Lord Dunsany. Sm. Sc. A room of an inn. Cl,
DFN, DFP
Night-before-Christmas dream, The. Carolyn Wells, llm. or b., 3w.
or g.. many others. Sc. 1. Child's bedroom.
Ladies' Home Journal 33 : 36, 111, Nov. 1916.
Night brings a counselor. Lillian Saunders.
Drama 13 : 2r>l-2.">3, April 1923.
Night in Alexandria, A. Ludwig Lewisohn. 2m., 2w. Sc. Lofty
chamber. Moods 2 : 143-153, Dec. 1909-Jan. 1910.
Night in Tappan, A. O. B. Dubois. Farce comedy. 2m., 3w. Sc.
Dining room. FP
Night of light. The. Louis Kaplan. A Jewish holiday play. 4m.,
4\v. Sc. Sitting room in a Jewish home. BLO
Night of the wedding, The. Richard Duffy. 1m., 2w. Sc. Room
in an old fashioned tenement in N. Y. Smart Set 25 : 80-90, May 1908.
Sc. 2. School room.
1m., Iw. Sc. Office.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 139
Night-shift, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 4w. Sc. Cottage
in the early morning. GID, GIP
Night watch. Kathleen C. Greene. 4m., lw. Sc. Interior of fisher-
man's cottage. GDL
Night watches. Allan Monkhouse. Great War play. Comedy. 3m.,
lw. Sc. Ante-room to the wards in a small Red Cross hospital. MW
Night wind, a play of Greenwich village, A. Witter Bynner. 2m., 2w.
Sc. A dingy coffee-room in Greenwich Village. BB
Nimble-Wit and Fingerkin. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 9c. Sc.
A somewhat dark room. NIIH
Ninepin Club, The; or, Flora the Queen of Summer. Caroline A.
Creevey and Margaret E. Sangster. 32c. Sc. Room in a private
boarding house. II B
Ninth night, The. Victor Dyk. Trans, from the Bohemian by Cyril
Jeffrey Hrbek. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living room. Poet Lore 29:00-101,
Jan.-Feb. 1918.
Ninth waltz, The. R. C. Carton (pseud, of R. C. Critchett.) Comedy.
1m., lw. Sc. Interior. FSD
• Niobe. Thomas Sturge Moore. Verse. '3 voices. Sc. Screen or curtain.
MOT
Nishikigi. Motokiyo. Trans, by Ernest Fenollosa. 2m., lw., chorus.
Sc. Not given. Poetry 4 : 35^18, May 1914.
No admittance. Evelyn Gray Whiting. Farce. Amateur housekeeping.
7w. Sc. Interior. B
No Christmas in the house. Marie Irish. 2b., 3g. Sc. Living room.
I
No crown. Clara J. Denton. 2b., chorus. Sc. Soldier's camp with tents.
DAI
No girls admitted. Edyth M. Wormwood. 4b., 4g. Sc. Interior. EP
No man is above the law. Eleanore Hubbnrd. Obedience. 4b., chorus.
Sc. Interior of a house in New York City in 1880. HUC
No peddlers admitted. Jeanette Joyce. 2m., lw. Sc. Business
office. MAP
"No presents." Clara J. Denton. Christmas play. 5b. Sc. A street.
I
No servants. Gertrude E. Jennings. 1m., 5w. Sc. Interior. FSD
No smoking. Jacinto Benaveute. Trans, from the Spanish by John Gar-
rett Underbill. 2m., 2w., chorus. Sc. A compartment in a first class
railway carriage. BJP2, Drama 7 : 78-88, Feb. 1917.
Noble lord, The. Percival Wilde. Comedy. 2m., lw. Sc. A secluded
spot in the Maine woods. WED
"Noblesse oblige." William C. DeMille and John Erskine. 3m., lw.
Sc. Hunting lodge in 1358. Smart Set 21 : 72-81, Jan. 1907.
Nocturne. R. L. Roeder. 2 char. Sc. Small room in castle. Moods
1:4-9. Nov. 1908.
Nocturne. Anthony Wharton. Comedy. 2m., 3w. Sc. Lodgings in a
London suburb. FSD
Noon. Edward Viets. Verse. Fanciful interlude. 2m. Sc. A pleasant
meadow. VI
Norah makes a cake. Louise Rand Bascom. Comedy. 2w. Sc. Bare
room. MBP
North-pole expedition, A. Marie Irish. 7b. Sc. Deck of a ship.
IPP
140 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Northern light, A. William Sharp. Psychic poetic. 2m., Iw. Sc. A
desolate district of North Scotland. SHV
Not a bit jealous. Frank Dumont. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc. Parlor.
PPP
Not at home. Benjamin L. C. Griffith. 2ni. Sc. Interior. GR
Not at home. Henry Lavedan. Trans, from the French. 2m., 2w., Is.
Sc. Comfortable sitting room. MR, Poet Lore 28 : 407^13, Vacation
1917.
Not in the lessons. Mark O'Dea. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Boarding
house in a village. OR
Not in the regular army. William Sidney Hillyer. Darky farce. 10m.
Sc. Office. DPP
Not on the bills. Arthur Lewis Tubbs. Farce. 2m.. 2w. Sc. Mana-
ger's office in a theatre. PPP
Not on the programme. Gladys Ruth Bridgham. Comedy. 3m., 3w.
Sc. Interior. B
$ Not so bad after all. Edith Brown-Evarts. Farce. Cb., Gg. Sc.
Sitting room. BEY
f Not wanted — a -wife. Edward B. Fenn. Farce. 3b. Sc. A college
room. BAT
Nowadays call, A. Madeline Bridges. 2vv. Sc. Not given. Smart
Set 23 : 119-120, Oct. 1907.
Numbers. Grover Theis. 2m., 2w. Sc. Officer's quarters at a consid-
erable distance from the front. TN
Nursery maid of heaven, The. Thomas Wood Stevens. Miracle play.
3m., 6w. Sc. 1. Chapter room of convent. Sc. 2. Cell in convent
SL
Nyanysa, a Zulu play. Edith S. Lyttelton. 5m., 3w., w. and c. Sc.
Interior of a round Kaffir hut. Nineteenth Century 70 : 321-338, Aug.
1911.
o
O Joy San. Katharine Kavanaugh. Japanese comedy. American mar-
riage. 2m., 4w. Sc. Japanese interior. DEP
O-Ume's gods. Cale Young Rice. Yerse. 2m., 2w. Sc. A room in a
house near the sea in ancient Japan. RI
Oak settle, The. Harold Brighouse. 3m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a farm-
house. FSD
Object lesson, An. Frederick Sargent. Dramatic episode. 2m., Iw.
Sc. Drawing room. FSD
Obsequies, The. J. L. Morgan. 9m., 2w., many others. Sc. Veranda
of a fashionable residence. Smart Set 55 : 81-8G, June 1918.
Obstacle, The. Stephanie Damianakes. Satire. 2m., Iw. Sc. Studio.
CU
Octavia. Charles V. H. Roberts. Play of the Roman Empire. 3m., 3w.,
chorus. Sc. A chamber in a villa. ROA
Odd streak. The. Roland Pertwee. 4w. Sc. Drawing room. FSD
Off Nags Head; or, The Bell buoy, a tragedy of the North Carolina
coast. Dougald MacMillan. 2m.. 3w. Sc. Fisherman's hut. CFP
O'Flaherty, V. C. George B. Shaw. 2m., 2w. Sc. At the door of an
Irish country house. SH, Hearst's 32 : 87-91, 158-160, 1917.
Oh Dear! Laura E. Richards. 4b., 2g. Sc. Room. RP
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 141
Oh! Helpless man! Edgar Morette. Housing problem play. 2m., 2w.
Sc. Simple interior. B
Oh Lawsy me! Thomas King Moylan. Irish farce. 4m., 2w. Sc. Two
back gardens in the suburbs of Dublin. MOO
Ola, or a Christinas present for Mother. John H. Macdonald.
Christmas play. 2b., 3g. Sc. Sitting room. TMP
Old class reunion, The. Willis N. Bugbee. 7m., 7w. Sc. School hall
or assembly room. BUP
Old friends together. Myrtle C. Cherryman. Christmas play. 7b.,
5g. Sc. Parlor. DAH
Old King, The. Remy de Gourmont. Trans, by Richard Aldington.
3m., 3w., pages, servants. Sc. In castle. Drama 6 : 20G-231, May
191G.
Old lady shows her medals, The. J. M. Barrie. 3m., 4w. Sc. A
poorly furnished room in a basement flat. BE
Old maid's venture, A. Elma M. Logic. Comedy. 3w. Sc. Old
fashioned parlor. B
Old man and his grandson, The. Augusta Stevenson. 3b., Ig. Sc.
Interior of a house. SC3
Old Mother Goose. Someple (pseud.) 30c. Sc. Before the door of
Mother Goose. SO
Old order, The. Evelyn Emig. 1m., 2w. Sc. Old fashioned sitting
room in the U. S. Poet Lore 32 : 586-595, Winter 1921.
Old order. The. Sara Neumann. 3m.. 3w. Sc. Kitchen of typical
West Side Chicago flat. Drama 11 : 147-150, Feb. 1921.
Old Ragpicker. Theodore Dreiser. An episode. 4m., lw., chorus char-
acters. Sc. Street corner in lower West Side in N. Y. DP
Old ship, The. Clara J. Denton. FI
Old shoes. Anna Wolfrom. 4m., 2w. Sc. Old-time restaurant. WOH
Old stuff. Trelawney Dangerfield. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living room. Smart
Set 52 : 77-82, June 1917.
Old tight-wad and the victory dwarf. F. Ursula Payne. 2b. Din-
ing room. PPC
Old toys, The. Netta Syrett. 12c. Sc. Nursery. SSE
Old uncle Fat gives his consent. Marie Irish. 2b., Ig. Sc. Sitting
room. IPP
Old wife's tale. George Peele. Adapted from the old English play.
14m., 6w., 3b., 4 chorus groups. Sc. Room in a cottage in early Eng-
land. ELT3
Old woman, The. Marjorie Allen Seiffert. Morality play. 3m., 2w. Sc.
None. Poetry 13:204-208, Jan. 1919.
Old woman and her pig, The. Someple. (pseud.) 14c. Sc. Kit-
chen which opens out upon a road. SO
Old year and the new. The. Percival Chubb. Dramatization for New
Year's Eve of Hawthorne's "The Sister Years." 3m., 2w. Sc. Out-
side the city hall. Drama 10 : 110-111, Dec. 1919.
Omar and the Rabbi. Fred LeRoy Sargent. Fitzgerald's trans, of the
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Browning's Rabbi Ben Ezra arranged
in dramatic form. 5m., 3w. Sc. A garden. SAQ
On bail. George Middleton. 2m., lw. Sc. Living room of a small flat.
MIT, Smart Set 39 : 135-141, March 1913.
On Baile's strand. William Butler Yeats. Verse. 5m. chorus. Sc.
Great hall in ancient house in Ireland. YC2, YK, YP2, YPP
142 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
On black ice. M. Churchill. 1m., Iw. Sc. Cozy dining room. Har-
vard Monthly 30 : 106-109, May 1900.
* On Christmas eve. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. lie. Sc. Bare liv-
ing room. MHH
* On the dyke. Clara J. Denton. 2b., 2g., chorus. Sc. On one of the
dykes in Holland. DAG
On the high road. Anton Tchekoff. 7m., 3w., Is., chorus. Sc. Inte-
rior of tavern in South Russia. CHD
On the highway. Anton Chekhov. Trans, from the Russian by David
A. Modell. 8m., 3w. Others. Sc. Interior of tavern in South Rus-
sia. Drama G : 294-322, May 1916.
* On the old plantation. Harriet Sabra Wright. Gb. Sc. A cotton
gin-house. WN
* On the path of the child. Anna Wynne. Morality play. lOc. Sc.
Unimportant. DPP ,
On the pier. Laura Sherry. 1m. „ Iw. Sc. A pier in the river. WIP2
On the road. Wilfred Wilson Gibson. Verse. 2m., Iw. Sc. Hedge
by the highway. GID, GIP
On the sight-seeing car. Ernest M. Gould. 7m., 2w. Sc. Any square
in any city. PPP
On the staircase. Frances Aymar Mathews. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc.
On the staircase in a house. WEP
On the stairway of life in seven ages. Mrs. Harry Alston Williams.
6m., 12w. Sc. A series of tableaux. FSD
On the threshold. Wilfred Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Lonely cottage, GIA, GIP, GIS
On the threshold. Perez Hirchbein. Trans, from the Yiddish by Isaac
Goldberg. The old and the new generation. 4m., 2w. Sc. An old
fashioned room. PTT
On the tower. Sara Teasdale. 2m., Iw. Sc. Top of battlemented
tower of a castle. International 4 : 41-42, Aug. 1911.
On the Veldt. Frederick C. Patterson. 2m., Iw. Sc. Room on farm
in South Africa. Smart Set 29 : 113-117, Dec. 1909.
On vengeance height. Allan Davis and Cornelia C. Vercill. 2m., 2w.
Sc. Cabin in the Tennessee mountains. FSD, REM, VI
On with the new. Felicia Goddard. 1m., Iw. Sc. Opera box. Smart
Set 9 : 83-8T), Feb. 1903.
* Once upon a Christmastime. Carolyn Wells. 15b.. 9g. Sc. Clearing
in a forest in winter. Ladies' Home Journal 31 : 75, Nov. 1914.
One a day. Caroline Briggs. Fantasy. 5m. Sc. A trench somewhere
in France. MP
One by one, a mortality play. Ilarlan Thompson. 2m., 2w. So.
Hall of top floor of apartment building. Smart Set 59 : 93-107, May
1919.
One cannot think of everything. Alfred de Mussel. Comedy. 3m.,
2w. So. Interior MUB
One day awake, a morality withont moral. Harold Monro. 6m.,
2w., 13 or more other char. Sc. Black curtains and a grey screen.
Chapbook 32 : 1-32, Dec. 1922.
One day more. Joseph Conrad. 4m., Iw. Sc. Exterior of cottages
near the sea wall. English Review 15 : 16-25, Aug. 1913. Smart Set
42: 126-141, Feb. 1914.
$ 1OO per cent American. Dorothy D. Calhoun. Comedy. Great War
background. 14g. Sc. Reception room. FP
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$1OO,OOO club paper, The. Barbara T. Ring. 4m., 5\v. Sc. Inte-
rior. B
One may spin a thread too finely. Ivan Tourguenieff. Trans, by
Margaret Gough. 5m., 4w. Sc. Sitting room, richly furnished. Fort-
nightly 91 : 786-804, April 1909.
One of the old guard. Constance Campbell. 1m., 3w. Sc. Study.
FSD
One war babe. Rebecca Forbes Sturgis. Tragedy. Great War play.
3m.. 2w. Sc. Room in the cottage of a very poor German peasant.
STR
One way to capture a fort. Eleanore Hubbard. Historical-English-
French rivalry in America. 2b. Sc. Inside a fort on the Mississippi
river. HUD
Oneida's dream. Virginia Olcott. A play of the camp fire. 8g. Sc.
Open forest woodland. OPA
Onesimus. Wilbur S. Tuper. Biblical play. 4m., Iw. Sc. Portico of
house in Colossae in (53 A. n. TU
"Only a girl!" Eleanore Ilubbard. Settlement of the U. S. 4b., lg.,
3 chorus groups. Sc. Block house. HUD
Only jealousy of Emer, The. William Butler Yeats. 7m.. Iw. Bare
space against the wall of any room. YF, Poetry 13 : 175-193, Jan.
1919.
Op-o'-me-thumb. Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce. 1m., 5w- Sc.
Work room of a laundry. CBI, FSD
Open door, The. May Harris. 3m., Iw. Sc. Veranda of cottage at
twilight. Smart Set 20 : 60-G7, Oct. 1906.
Open door, The. Alfred Sutro. Jm., Iw. Sc. Drawing room. FSD,
SF
Open or shut? Binney Gunnison. Adapted from "Proverb" by Alfred
de Musset. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Drawing room. GU
Operation, The. Wilfred Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., 2w. Sc. Room
in tenements late at night. GID, GIP
Orangeman, The. St. John G. Ervine. Irish play. 3m., Iw. Sc.
Kitchen of workmen's home in Belfast. ER
Oranges and lemons. Lady Bell. 5b., 2g., chorus. Sc. Street. BR
Orator of Zapata City, The. Richard Harding Davis. 8m., Iw. Sc.
Western court room. DP, DPP
Organizing a society. Edith F. A. U. Painton. 3b., 5g. Sc. School
room. PAD
Orpheus among the shades. Lady Margaret Sackville. Verse. 2m.,
5w. Sc. Hades. SAS
Orthodoxy. Nina Wilcox Putnam. 18m.. llw., chorus. Sc. Interior
of a church. Forum 51 : 801-820, June 1914.
Other fellow. The. Maverick Terrell. 2m. Iw. Sc. Living room.
Smart Set 43 : 91-92, Aug. 1914.
Other one, The. Arthur Ketchum. "3m. Sc. A clear space under a
railroad bridge. FS3
Other one, The. Charles Townsend. Comedy. Farce. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Sitting room. FP
Other room. The. H. M. Paull. 3m., 2w. Sc. Professor's study.
Nineteenth Century 90 : 807-818, Nov. 1921.
Other side. The. David Carb. 3w. Sc. Untidy living room. Har-
vard Monthly 52 : 44-49, April 1911.
Other voice, The. S. vK. Fairbanks. A novelty. 3 voices. Sc. River
144 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
flowing in open country with lights of a great city on its banks. B
Other woman, The. Louise dosser Hale. 2w. Sc. Drawing room of
apartment. Smart Set 34 : 107-113, June 1011.
Other woman, The. Ellis Kingsley. 2w. Sc. Interior. B
Our aunt from California. Madalene Demarest Barnum. Gw. Sc.
Interior. FSD
Onr Aunt Robertina. Mary Kyle Dallas. 4m., 3w. Sc. Plain in-
terior. B
"Our Career." Edna Riese. Comedy. 5m., 4w. chorus. Sc. Recep-
tion room. FSD
* Our choice. Margaret Knox. Graduation play. 7g. Sc. Interior.
LU
Our first performance; or, Not accustomed to the stage. W. C.
Parker. 6m., Sc. Interior. DPP
* Our friends the food. Hester Donaldson Jenkins. Food play. 19c.
Sc. Anywhere. JE
Our kind. Louise Saunders. 2m., Iw. Sc. Summer cottage. SAM,
Smart Set G4 : 73-84, Feb. 1921.
Our lady of the moon, a phantasy. G. Murray Atkin. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Garden in full bloom. Canadian Magazine 55 : 4G6-470, Oct. 1920.
Our Mary. Granville Forbes Sturgis. Comedy. Servant girl play. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. Breakfast room. STR
Our minister's bride. Evelyn Watson. 8w. Sc. Parlor. FSD
$ Our mother's aid society. Edith Brown-Evarts. Gg. Sc. sitting
room. BEY
* Our uncle from the west. M. Greenwald. Christmas play. 5b., 7g.
Sc. Parlor. GRN
Outcast, The. August Strindberg. Trans, from the German of Emil
Schering by Mary Harned. 2m. Sc. Simple room in the country.
Poet Lore 17 : 8-21, Autumn 1900.
Outcasts. Gilbert V. Seldes. 2m., Iw. Sc. Cheerful living room. Har-
vard Monthly 53 : 122-125, Jan. 1912.
Outclassed. Carl Glick. Melodramatic comedy. 4m. Sc. Barn. STV,
Smart Set 56 : 83-93, Sept. 1918.
f Outcome of a secret, The. Mary M. Russell. 2b., chorus. Sc. Vil-
lage street. RU
Outside, The. Susan Glaspell. 3m., 2w. Sc. Room in a house which
was once a life saving station. GP
f Outsider, a college play, An. Wilhemen Wilkes. Basket ball play
7g. Sc. College girl's den. B
Outwitted, a society sketch. Bob O' Link (pseud.) 3w. Sc. Inte-
rior. FP
Outwitted. Harry L. Newton. Comedy. Dramatic novelty. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Reception room in hotel in Europe. B
Over age. Emma Beatrice Brunner. 1m., 4w. Sc. Living room. BRB
Over the hills. John Palmer. 2m., 2w. Sc. Dining room of attrac-
tive home. Smart Set 46 : 227-235, June 1915.
* Over the hills and far away. Someple (pseud.) 18c. Sc. An open
space before a wall. SO
Overruled. George Bernard Shaw. Marriage theme. 1m.. Iw. Sc.
Retired corner of the lounge of seaside hotel. SHB, English Review
14 : 179-197, May 1913. Hearst's Magazine 23 : 681-96, May 1913.
Overtones. Alice Gerstenberg. 4w. Fashionable living-room GT, WSP
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Owin' to Maggie. John Jason Trent. Comedy. 3m., 4w. Sc. Inte-
rior of lodging house. B
Oysters. Alice C. Thompson. Farce. 9w. Sc. Interior B
P. G's, The. Catherine Bellairs Gascoin. Farce. 3m., 4w. Sc. 1. Sit-
ting room. So. 2. Dining-room. GAL
P's and Q's. Anna Nathan Meyer. Farce comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Interior. FSD
Packet for Popsy, A. Evelyn Simms. 1m., 3w. Sc. Interior. PPP
Packing. Daisy McGeoch. Comedy. 1m., 2\v. Sc. Any interior.
MAC
Paddly pools. Miles Malleson. Fairy play. Gb., 3g., 2 chorus groups.
Sc. Stage strewn with toys. C2
Pagan, The. Lewis Purcell. Trn., Iw. Sc. Enclosure about a house of
roughly squared logs in Ulster, Ireland in the Oth century. PU
Page from the past, A. Marjorie Benton Cooke. Play of ancient
Egypt. 4g. Sc. Interior DPP
Pageant of hours. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 14c. Sc. A green-
sward. MIIII
Pagoda slave, A. Charles Keeler. A play of Burma. 5m., 3w., others.
Sc. Interior of Buddhist monastery. Drama 12 : 1G3-1G6, Feb. 1922.
Pair of burglars. Byron P. Glenn. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior. B
Pair of knickerbockers, A. Eden Phillpotts. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Pair of lunatics, A. W. R. Walkes. Romantic farce. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Interior of lunatic asylum. FSD, PH
Pamperers, The. Mina Loy. 3m., 4w. Sc. Living room. Dial 69 :
03-78. July 1920.
Pan in ambush. Marjory Patterson. 2m., 5w. Sc. Old-fashioned gar-
den somewhere in England. REM, VI
Pan of fudge, A. Maude Burbank. Boarding school comedy. 6w. Sc.
Interior. B
Pan passes northward. John Hanlon. 1m., 2w. Sc. Woodland.
Smart Set 01 : 67-72, April 1920.
Pan pipes, a fairy tale. Constance Wilcox. 2m., 2w. Sc. A wooded
hillside. AVCT
Pandora's box. J. Gordon Amend. A play for a dancer. 2w. Sc.
Massive room, richly furnished with tapestries and antique furniture.
LO
Pandora's box. Seymour S. Tibbals. Fairy play with Greek setting.
3b., 4g. Sc. Quaint old-fashioned room with woodland background.
EP
Pantaloon. J. M. Barrie. 3m., Iw. Sc. A parlor. BH
Pants and the man. Harlan Thompson. 5m., 2w. Sc. Pressing Shop.
Smart Set 53 : 91-99, Nov. 1917.
Panurge's sheep. Henri Meilhac and Ludociv Halevy. Trans, from the
French by Barrett H. Clark. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. A richly fur-
nished drawing room. FSD
Papa and mama. Eduardo Barrios. Trans, by Willis Knapp Jones.
Sc. lb., lg., Ic. Sc. Street of humble homes. Poet Lore 33 : 286-
290, Summer 1922.
146 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Paper match, A. E. W. Burt. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior. B
Paper money. William H. Jefferys. Missionary play of Qhina. lw., Ic.
Sc. In front of a Buddhist temple in China. DOF
Paper -wedding. Charles Nevers Holmes. Comedy of the first anniver-
sary. 1m., ow. Sc. Interior. DEP
Paracelsus. Arthur Schnitzler. Verse-poetic. 4m., 2w. Sc. Well fur-
nished home. SG
* Paradise of children, The. Gladys S. Warren. Pandora play. 4b.,
2g., chorus. Sc. Room with window looking out on the garden. BHP
Parents' progress, The. George Paston. 3m., 3w. Sc. Drawing room.
FSD
Pariah. August Strinderg. Trans, from the Swedish. 2m. Sc. Sim-
ply furnished room in a farm house. STO
Paris and Aenone. John Hall Wheelock. 1m., lw., chorus. Sc.
Mount Ida. Harvard Monthly 44 : 142-150, May 1007.
Paris doctor, The. Harold Brighouse. 3m.. lw. Sc. An old garden
of a small fishing village in Brittany. BRP
Parkin Bros. George Calderon. Comedy. 3m. Sc. Back parlor. CA
* Parlement of foules, The. Evelyn Smith. Adapted from Chaucer.
17c. Sc. Garden. SFR
Parliament of servants, A. Louise Latham Wilson. Comedy. 5w.
Sc. A parlor. DPP
f Parlor patriots, The. Dorothy Donnell Calhoun. Society satire with
Great War background. 12g. Sc. Reception room. FP
Parrot cage, The. Mary Shaw. 7m., Sc. Cage. DPP
Parted by Patience. Bessie Blair Smith. Farce. 2m., 3w. Sc.
Interior. PPP
Parted sisters, The. F. Ursula Payne. Patriotic allegory in verse.
2m., 8w. Sc. None required. FSD
Parthenon, The. Isaac Rieman Baxley. Play of famous architecture.
4m., lw. Sc. Studio. BAX
Parting, The. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. Melodrama. 3m., lw. Sc.
Attic. GQA
* Party in Mother Goose land, A. Effa E. Preston. 33c of primary
grades. Sc. Interior. PAP
Pa's new housekeeper. C. S. Bird. Farce. 3m., 2w. Sc. Living
room. B
Passe. McElbert Moore. 4m., 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Passing of Hiawatha. The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 9m., Gw., 2c.,
many chorus characters. Sc. An Indian encampment. MPP
Passing of Lilith, The. William Sharp. Symbolic poetic, visionary.
3m., lw., 2 chorus groups. Sc. Primal Eden. SHV
Passing of the magi, The. Ecluardo Zamacois. Trans, from the Span-
ish. Comedy. Children's festival play of Spain. 7m., 4w., Ig. Sc.
In a private house in the suburbs of a Castilian city. TTJR
Passing shadow, The. Leo Sarkadi. 2m. Sc. Scantily furnished
bedroom. International 10 : 237-239, Aug. 1916.
Passion of Pere Hilarion, The. William Sharp. Dramatic poetic.
2m., lw. Sc. A small dark room, opening from the sacristy of the
Church of Notre Dame. SHV
Paste cut paste. Louise Closser Hale. 3w. Sc. Drawing room of
home. Smart Set 36 : 125-132, Jan. 1912.
Pastor of Jena, The. Graham S. Rawson. French historical back-
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ground — Napoleonic times. 9m., lw., chorus. Sc. Simple living room.
RA
Pat the apothecary. O. E. Young. Farce. 6m., 2w. Sc. Office of
beauty specialist. DEP
f Fatelin. Guillaume Alecis. Adapted from the farce "Maitre Pierre Pa-
thelin." 4m., lw., lb., lg., chorus. Sc. Double scene on same stage.
ELT2
Pater Noster. Francois Coppee. Trans, from the French by Will Hutch-
ins. Verse. 6m., 2w. Sc. Room in a simple house in France. FSD
t Pathfinder. Martin Studios, Editor. 4b., 2g., chorus. Sc. Primitive
forest in Canada. Indian camp in background. MAT
Patriots. Sara King Wiley. Historical background — American Revolu-
tion. 3m., 2w. Sc. Large and pleasant kitchen in farmhouse. FSD
* Patriot's parade. The. Marjorie H. Davis. Patriotic play. 2b., lg.,
4 chorus groups. Sc. Unimportant. FL»
Patron of art, A. Dora Adele Shoemaker. Farce. 7w. Sc. Reception
room. PPP
* Pat's excuse. No author given, lb., lg. Sc. Kitchen. BBS
Pat's matrimonial venture. Ward Macauley. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Interior. DEP
Patty packs a bag. David Garrow. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc. Sitting
room of a small house in a seaside town. FSD
Pauline Pavlovna; arr. for play presentation, poem by Thomas Bailey
Aldrich. stage business by Marion Short. 1m., lw. Sc. Ante-camber
to grand ball-room in Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. WEP
Pavement artist, The. Herbert C. Sargent. 2m., lw. Sc. Unimpor-
tant. SAR
Pawns. Percival Wilde. Great War play. 6m. Sc. A swampy forest.
WU
Paying the Piper. Frances Aymar Mathews. 1m., 6w. Sc. Elaborately
furnished drawing room. WEP
Peace. George Calderon. Farce. 3m. Sc. Interior. CA
Peace at home. George Courtelaine. Trans, by F. C. Fay. 1m., lw.'
Sc. Library. International 7:365-366, 380-382, Dec. 1913.
Peace at home. Georges (Courteline) Moinaux. Trans, from the French
by Leroy James Cook. 1m., lw. Sc. Workshop of a literary man.
Poet Lore 29 : 331-334, May- June 1918.
Peace manoeuvers. Richard Harding Davis. 3m., lw. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Peace on earth. Van Vechten Hostetter. 4m., lw.. several others. Sc.
Bedroom of a fine New York hotel. Smart Set 62 : 93-95, July 1920.
Peace that passeth understanding, The. John Reed. A fantasy.
12m. Sc. Salon in Paris which was meeting place of the Peace Con-
ference. Liberator 2 : 25-31, Mar. 1919.
Peacemaker, The. E.'M. Bryant (pseud, of E. M. B. Boak). 2m., 3w.
Sc. Interior. FSD
Peacemaker, The. Derby Brown. 3m., 3w. Sc. Interior. B
Peck of trouble, A. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. 5w. Sc. Sitting
room. B
Peggy, a tragedy of tenant farmer. Harold Williamson. 4m., 2w.,
Ic. Sc. Bare room in a tenant shack. CFP
t Peggy's predicament. Eleanor Maud Crane. Farce comedy. 5g. Sc.
Kitchen in a modern New York apartment. FP
148 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Peg's little sister. Anne M. Mitchell. 3m., 2w. Sc. Living room.
DAK
* Pen and the inkstand, The. Augusta Stevenson. 8b. Sc. A poet's
room. SC4
Penelope's affinity. Mary C. Russell. Suitable for women's clubs.
8w., chorus. Sc. Living room. B
* Pennsylvania incident, A. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. Play of
American colonial history. lb., 3g. Sc. A colonial room. WCP
Penny hunch, A. A. Neil Lyons and Vera Beringer. Comedy. 1m.,
2w. Sc. Street. FSD
Penultimate test, The. Leslie T. Peacocke. 2m., 2w. Sc. Richly fur-
nished smoking room in London home. Smart Set 37 : 135-142, June
1912.
People, The. Susan Glaspell. 10m., 2w. Sc. Office of a radical news-
paper. GP, GPC
People -who die. Alfred Kreymborg. Dream play. 1m., Iw. Sc. In
front of a curtain. KMP, KMR
Peregrinations of Polly, The. Helen P. Kane. Comedy. 3w. Sc.
Prettily furnished room. FP
Perfect church, The. Grace S. Richmond. 3m. Sc. Village square.
Ladies' Home Journal 38 : 115, June 1921.
t Perfect holiday, The. Evelyn Smith. From Louisa M. Alcott. "Little
women." lb., 7g. Sc. Shabby sitting room. SFR
Perfect jewel maiden, The. Trans, from the Japanese by Yone Nogu-
chi. 3m., Iw. Sc. None. Poet Lore 28:334-337, Summer 1917.
Perfect machine, The. Arthur Scott Craven and J. D. Beresford. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. A study. English Review 26 : 393-408, May 1918.
Perhaps. Grace Livingston Furniss. Comedy. 2ra., Iw. Sc. Apart-
ment in a hotel in N. Y. FSD
Person in the chair, The; a revelation, Francis Shaw. 3m., 7w. Sc.
Living room in city house. Drama 11 : 171-174, Feb. 1921.
Petalesharoo. Helen Fitzgerald Sanders. Verse. Indian history play.
Based on James' expedition to the Rocky Mountains. 1819-1820. 4m.,
3w., chorus. Sc. A clearing in a dense wood. SAD
Peter. Harry Osborne. Farce. 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior. B
Peter Donelly. Mary Macmillan. 1m., 3w. Sc. Comfortable well-to-do
library. MTT
* Peter Grief. Olive Allen. Moral play. 3b., 6g. Sc. A parlor. BHP
$ Ph.D., The. Clara J. Denton. 3g. Sc. Sitting room. MBP
Pharaoh's knob. Edith J. Craine. 2m., llw. Sc. Lobby in a summer
hotel. FP
* Pheasant's eggs. C. I. Chambers. Scout play, lib., Ig. Sc. A path
near a wood. CB
Philanthropy. Frank G. Tompkins. 2m., 2w. Sc. The maid's room
off the kitchen. LO
Philip the king. John Masefield. Historical play of Spain. 7m., Iw.,
chorus. Sc. Little dark cell in palace. MTA
t Philosopher of Butterbiggens, The. Harold Chapin. Comedy of
Scotch life. 2m., Iw., lb. Sc. Room in tenement. FSD, JOA, LE,
REP
Philosophers. Morris Colman. Satire. 2m., Iw. Sc. Backyard of
apartment house. Smart Set 60 : 87-94, Oct. 1919.
Philosophers, The. Rollo Peters. 5m. Sc. Not given. Forum 54:
240-241, Aug. 1915.
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Philosophy and fairies. E. E. Bloxam. 20c. and chorus. Sc. A
nursery. BL
Phipps. Stanley Houghton. 2m., Iw. Se. Sir Gerald's library. HF
Phoebe Louise. Bernard Sobel. 1m., 2w., Ic. Sc. Luxurious living room.
SB
Phoenix, The. Laurence Irving. 2m., 2\v. Sc. Interior. FSD
Phonograph, The. David Pinski. 14m.. llw., chorus characters. Sc.
Itoom in a home in a remote Russo-Yiddish town. PT
Photographer's troubles, A. Jessie A Kelley. Farce. 4m., 8w. Sc.
Photograph gallery. FSD
Physical torture club, The. Willis N. Bugbee. 2m., 2w. Sc. Bare
Interior. MAP
Pianissimo, an intermezzo. Alfred Kreymborg.. 2m. Sc. Park
bench. KMR Poetry 20 : 175, July 1922.
Piazza parleys. Charles Battell Loornis. 1m., Iw. Sc. Hotel piazza in
White Mts. Smart Set 12 : 95-97, Dec. 1903.
Pickett's Christmas party. Marie Irish. Christmas play. 4b., 3g.
Sc. Living room. 1C
Pickled polliwog. O. E. Young. Farce. 3m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen.
APP
Pickles, bonbons and temper. Alice W. Chaplin. 4g. Sc. Sitting
room. CHC
Pictures. Horace Holley. 2m., Iw. Sc. A studio in Paris. HOR
Picturing. Daisy McGeoch. Comedy. 5m., 3w. Sc. In a cinema.
MAC
Pie. Lawrence Langner. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. A comfortable room
in an apartment. LAF
Pie-dish, The. George Fitzmaurice. 4m., 2w. Sc. Interior of farm-
house kitchen. FF
Pie in the oven, The. John Joy Bell. 2m., 2w. Comedy. Sc. Kitchen
of a cottage in the country. REP
Piece of cheese, A. Augusta Stevenson. 3b. Sc. A kitchen. SCI
Piece of ivory, A. Florence Lincoln. 2m., 2w. Sc. Comfortable li-
brary. Harvard Monthly 52 : 50-57, April 1911.
Pierrot by the light of the moon. Virginia Church. A fantasy. 2m.,
3w. Sc. Moonlit garden. Drama 9 : 139-148, Feb. 1919.
Pierrot in Paris. Colin Campbell Clements. 2m., 3w. Sc. Under an
awning of a cafe in the Latin quarter. CLD
Pierrot of the minute, The. Ernest Dowson. Dramatic fantasy. 1m.,
Iw. Sc. Glade in the Pare du Petit Trianon. B, Cl, DPN, DPO,
FSD, SL
Pilgrims' holiday, The. Vida R. Sutton. American colonial history.
7m., 2w., chorus. Sc. 1. Prologue before curtain. Sc. 2. Pilgrim's
house interior. FSD
Pilgrims in Holland, The. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. 2b.,
2g. Sc. Garden. TRH
Pine tree, The. Mabel Goodlander. 5c. Sc. In the forest. GF
Pine tree, The. Takeda Izumo. 3m., 3w., 9c., Is., chorus. Sc. Class
room in a Japanese school. IPT
Pink scarf, The. Duckie Smith. Christmas play. 8g. Sc. Interior.
MAP
Pioneer boys and girls. Wallace Rice. 4b., 4g. Sc. A clearing in a
wood. RIS
150 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Pioneers, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 3m., 5w.. many chorus char-
acters. Sc. Natural clearing in the Primeval forest. MPP
Pioneers, The. James Oppenhehn. Verse. 5m., 2w. Sc. Stage. OPP
Pious Aeneas. Maurice Baring. Historical farce. 1m. , lw., 2s. Sc.
Room in Dido's palace at Carthage. BA
Pipe of desire, The. George Edward Burton. 2m., lw., chorus. Sc. A
level spot covered with grass. BAR
Pipe of peace, A. Margaret Cameron. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc. Dining
room. CAC, FSD
Piper's pay, The. Margaret Cameron. Comedy. 7w. Sc. Boudoir.
FSD
Pirates. Colin Campbell Clements. Mid- Victorian comedy. 7w. Sc.
Living room. FSD
Pitiless policeman, The. George (Courteline) Moinaux. Trans, from
the French by H. Isabelle Williams. 3m. Sc. Office of the Clerk of
the District Court. Poet Lore 28 : 217-230, Spring 1917.
Pixy, The. Mrs. Havelock Ellis. 3m. Sc. A Cornish farmhouse kitchen.
EL
Pizarro and Rolla. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from Sheridan's Pizarro.
Historical play of Spain. 2m., lw. Sc. Tent on the battlefield. GU
Placing a play. Harry P. Mawson. 6m.. others. Sc. Grill room,
Thespians' club. Smart Set 22 : 121-124, May 1007.
Placing Paul's play, miniature comedy. Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Down-
ing. Comedy of playwright's. 2m., lw. Sc. Study. DOW
* Plaie for Merrie May tyiiie; wherein ye scholars go a-masking.
Johnston Grosvenor. With dances and music. 15c. Sc. Ye village
green. MAP
Playgoers. Arthur Pinero. 2m., Gw. Sc. Morning-room in a fine house
in London. FSD
Play lovers. The. Labor Day musical play with a moral. Carolyn
Wells. Several c. Sc. Pleasant green field. Ladies' Home Journal
39:13, 127, Aug. 1022.
Playing gooseberry; a society comedy. Evelyn Sinuns. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Sitting room. FP
* Playing rabbit. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 8c. Sc. Unimportant. GUT
Playing the game. Leon M. Lion and Austin Philips. Comedy. 3m.,
2w. Sc. Manager's office in bank. FSD
Playing with fire. Percival Wilde. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen.
WED
* Playroom, The. Doris F. Halman. Fantasy. 2b., 4g. Sc. Interior of
a stable belonging to a city house. FS2, HAS
"Play's the thing, The." Ferdinand Reyher. A dramatic nightmare.
20 or more m. and w. Sc. Living room. Smart Set 46 : 99-110, May
1915.
$ Pleasant surprise, A. Edith Brown-Evarts. Farce. 3b., 3g. Sc. Li-
brary. BEY
Please pass the cream. Charles Nevers Holmes. Comedy. 1m., lw. Sc.
Dining room. DEP
Plot of Potzentausend, The. Miss E. H. Keating. Comedy. 10m.
Sc. Large room in frontier village in Germany in 18th century. KE
Plumber, The. Louise Rand Bascom. Comedy. 1m., lw. Sc. Bare
room. MBP
Plume of feathers, A. Gulielma Penn and R. Fitzjohu. Comedy. 3w.
Sc. Poorly furnished room in lodging house in London. FSD
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 151
Po' white trash. Evelyn G Sutherland. 4m., 4w. Sc. Dilapidated
cabin exterior in Georgia. SUP
Pocohontas in London. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. 3b.,
4g. Sc. Ante chamber in fashionable house in London. TRH
Poet at the court of Pan, A. Lady Margaret Sackville. Verse. 2m.,
5w. Sc. A green field. SAS
Poetry and prose. Z. Levin. Trans, from the Yiddish by Isaac Gold-
berg. 1m., Iw. Sc. Room in East Side tenement. PTT
Poet's club, The. M. N. Beebe. Farce, lira. Sc. Interior. B
Poet's heart. Maxwell Bodenheim. 3m., 2w. Sc. Purple wall framing
a window. Little Review 4 : 21-24, July 1917.
Poet's well, The. Mrs. Alice C. Riley. 5b., 2g., chorus groups. Sc.
Garden. RIT
Poet's wife. May Harris. 2w. Sc. Large comfortable living room.
Smart Set 44 : 55-59, Oct. 1914.
Pokey or the beautiful legend of the amorous Indian. Philip
Mooller. A cartoon comedy. 6m., 3w. Sc. On top of a tall cliff.
MF
Poland — 1919. David Pinski. 12m., 4w., 5c., chorus. Sc. A spacious
dark cellar. PT
Police matron, The. Carl Click and Mary Hight. Melodrama. 3m., 2w.
Sc. Office of police matron in Chicago police station. B
Political editor, The. Comedy of newspaper and political life. Charles
T'lrich. 3m., Iw. Committee room of state capitol. DEP
Political promises. E. M. Peixotto. Farce. 7b. Sc. Office. PET
Political pull. J. J. Jackson. Comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc. 'Drawing room.
B
Pollen picks a wife. Ward Macauley. 5m., 4w. Sc. Library of a
home. PPP
Polly puts the kettle on. Lady Bell. Gg. Sc. Cottage. BR
Polyxena, from the "Hecuba" of Euripides. Samuel A. Eliot, ed. 3m.,
3w., 2s., chorus. Sc. An open •space between the sea and the Achaian
camp. ELT1
Pompadour's protege, The. Kate Jordan Vermilye. 2m., 2w., Ib. Sc.
Gardens of Versailles in 1757. Smart Set 12 : 75-87, Sept. 1903.
Pool, The. R. L. Roeder. Symbolic comedy. 4w. Sc. Enchanted for-
est. Moods 1 : 196-207, Ap.-May, 1909.
Pool of answers. The. Anne A. T. Craig. Idyllic play. 5b., 6g., 2
chorus groups. Sc. An opening among forest trees. CD
Poor Harold. Floyd Dell. 1m., 3w. Sc. Room in Washington Square
South. DK
Poor house, The. Louise Driscoll. 2m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen in cottage on
Hudson. Drama 7 : 448-460, Aug. 1917.
Poor John. Gregorio Martinez Sierra. Trans, by John Garrett Under-
bill. 5m., 5w. Sc. Formal garden. Drama 10 : 172-180, Feb. 1920.
Poor little boy. Virginia Olcott. Play of garden production. 6c. Sc.
An open space. OPA
"Poor old Jim." William C. DeMille. 2m., Iw. Sc. Sitting room.
FSD
Poor relations. Mrs. E. H. Keating. Proverb play. "Love me, Love my
dog." 7m. Sc. Interior. KE
Poorhouse, The. Douglas Hyde. Trans, by Lady Gregory. 3m., 2w.
Sc. Poorhouse ward. Samhain Sept. 1903 pp. 19-24.
152 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Popopelka. Lawrence Vail. 1m., 2w. Sc. Beach of desert island.
Smart Set 64 : 89-97, Jan. 1921.
Popping by proxy. O. E. Young. Farce. 2m., 4w. Sc. Neatly fur-
nished room. B
Poppy seller, The. Kathleen C. Greene. 3m., lw., Ib. Sc. Room in a
besieged castle. GDL
t Popular Dick, The. Edith F. A. U. Painton. Comedy. 5b., 4g. Sc.
Room with large dictionary on stand in corner. PAD
Porcelain and pink. F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1m., 2w. Sc. Downstairs
in a summer cottage. Smart Set Gl : 77-85, Jan. 1920.
Portrait, The. Thacher Howlad Guild. Fantasy. 7m., 2w. Sc. A
castle hall, long ago. GUI
Portrait, The. Florine R. Wormser. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sitting room of a
luxuriously furnished house. Smart Set 28 : 70-83, June 1909.
Portrait of Tiero, The. Zoe Akins. Cm., 2w. and others. Sc. Room
in Italian villa in IGth century. Theatre Arts Magazine 4 : 31G-337,
Oct. 1920.
Portrait on the wall. Edward Goodman. 3m., lw. Sc. Library.
Moods 2 : 11-19, Aug.-Sept. 1909.
Possession. Laurence Housman. A peep-show in Paradise. 2m., 5w.
Sc. The everlasting habitations. HA4 HAP
Possession. George Middleton. 1m., 2w., 2s. Sc. Broad entrance hall-
way of a luxuriously appointed residence. MIP
Post of honor, The. Evan Poole. Historical play of France. 3m., 3w.,
chorus. Sc. Boudoir in King's chateau in the IGth century. PA
Postal orders. Rowland Pertwee. Farce. 1m., 4w. Sc. Post office.
FSD
t Postman's knock, The. Barbara Burbank. ed. 2b., 2g., Sc. Kitchen.
BU
Post-script, The. Emile Augier. Trans, from the French by Barrett H.
Clark. 1m., lw., Is. Sc. Elegantly furnished room. AU
Pot boiler, The. Alice Gerstenberg. A satire, 5m., 2w. Sc. A stage
only half set for rehearsal. GT, SL
Pot-luck. Gertrude Robins. Farce. 3m., lw. Sc. Room in a cottage.
FSD
Pot of broth, A. William Butler Yeats. 2m., lw. Sc. Cottage kitchen.
YH, YPP The Gael 22 : 310-313, Sept. 1903.
* Pot of gold, The. Augusta Stevenson. 4b. Sc. Vineyard. SC2
* Potentate of Weatherdom, The. Margaret G. Parsons. May day
play. 14c. Sc. An open green. PR
Potter Thompson. Frederic W. Moorman. Play of King Arthur of the
Round Table legend in Yorkshire dialect. 9m., 3w. chorus. Sc. 1.
Potter's workshop in 15th century. Sc. 2. Out of doors. MOR
Power of a God, The. Thacher Rowland Guild. 3m., lw. Sc. Doc-
tor's office. GUI
Power of flattery, The. Violet Clarke. 3w. Sc. Hat-shop, Paris.
Smart Set 8 : 143-145, Oct. 1902.
* Power of loyalty; a war time play. Helen Dorsen. Great War back-
ground. 20c. Sc. 1. Living room. Sc. 2. Bed room. DOR
* Power of Pnrim. Irma Kraft. 4b., 7g. Sc. Outskirts of a small vil-
lage. KPP
f Prairie princesses. Binney Gunnison. Comedy. 2m., 4w., Is. Sc.
Richly furnished drawing room in an English castle. GU
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 153
Preferences. Fairfax S. Rogers. 3m., Iw. Sc. Small sitting room in
hotel in Boston. Harvard Monthly 39 : 180-192, Jan. 1905.
Prelude. (To "Creation" a drama.) 1m., Iw., several voices and cho-
ruses. Sc. Misty scene. Seven Arts 1 : 240-259 Jan. 1917.
Press cuttings. Bernard Shaw. 3m., 3w. Sc. Office. SPG
Pressing matter, A. Brandon Hurst. 1m., Iw., Ib. Sc. Studio.
WHP
Pretty bequest. Malcolm Watson. 3m., 2\v. Sc. Interior. WIA
Previous engagement, The. Percival Wilde. Comedy. 1m. Sc. Liv-
ing room of a modestly furnished bachelor's apartment. WE
Price of coal, The. Harold Brighouse. 1m., 3w. Sc. Colliery village.
REP
Price of fame, The. Walter R. Matthews. 1m., Iw. Sc. Dining room.
FSD
Price of liberty, The. Eleanore Hubbard. Financial play. 5b. Sc.
Federal Hall in Colonial N. Y. HUC
Price of orchids, The. Winifred Hawkridge. 4m., 2w. Sc. Inside a
florist shop. Smart Set 47 : 103-119, Oct. 1915.
Price of popularity, The. Mrs. Edmond LaBeaume. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Dressing room. BUX
Pride against pride. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from Westlund Mar-
ston's Donna Diana. 4m., 2w., chorus. Sc. Hall in a palace.
GU
Pride and charity; or, A game of pinochle. Fred H. James and
George J. Wetzel. 3m., Iw. Sc. Elegant drawing room.
Pride of the family, The. Agnes L. Crimmins. 3m., Iw. Sc.
Kitchen of New England farm. B
Pride of regiment. F. I). Bone. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior. FSD
Prim Miss Perkins, The. Harry LaMarr. 1m., Iw. Sc. Sitting
room of farm house. B
Primrose lane, a May-day play for out of doors. Cornelia Meigs.
3m., 3w., c. Sc. The edge of a wood. St. Nicholas 40 : 041-647, May
1919.
Prince of court painters, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Living room in cottage in 18th century. MB
Prince of Semberia, The. Branislav Nooshich. Trans, by Luka
Djurichich and Bertha W. Clark. 10m., Iw., others. Sc. Enclosure
before prince's house. Poet Lore 33 : 85-90, Spring 1922.
Prince Patiomkin. Louise Gilmore. 4m., Iw. Sc. Salon communi-
cating with Empress Catherine's private apartments in 1776. Double
Dealer 3 : 144-154, March 1922.
Prince who was a piper, The. Harold Brighouse. 5m., 8w., chorus.
Sc. Palace garden. BRP
Prince's pigeon, The. Francis Walker. Japanese play. 1m., 2w., 2b.
Sc. Room in the tower of a Japanese castle. WAK
Princess and a churn, A. Virginia Olcott. A play of human fitness.
2g. Sc. Cottage. OPA
Princess and the countess, The. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from
R. L. Stevenson's Prince Otto. 2w. Sc. Room in palace. GU
Princess and the crystal pipe, The. Beulah Folmsbee. Ob., 5g. Sc.
Old fashioned garden. St. Nicholas 48 : 61-65, Nov. 1920.
Princess and the pixies, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 8c., chorus
characters. Sc. A bare room. MHH
154 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Princess and the swineherd, The. Lena Dalkeith. From Hans An-
dersen. 2b., 3g., chorus. Sc. Hall in a palace. DLP i
Princess' choice, The. Margaret Kabe. 13m., 5w., others. Sc. Grove
in a garden. Quarterly Journal of Speech Education 5 : 279—286, May
1910.
* Princess Fragoletta. Netta Syrett. 14c., chorus groups. Sc. Palace
garden. SSE
* Princess in the fairy tale, The. Constance Wilcox. Fantastic. 6b.,
9g. Sc. A garden. WTO
Princess innocence, The. Mary Moncure Parker. 8w. Sc. Out of
doors in a wood. I'M
* Princess Moss-Rose. Marguerite Merington. For Everychild's birth-
day. 8m., 4w., 3 animals, many chorus characters. Sc. Hall of a
castle. MFP
Princess on the road, The. Kathleen C. Greene. 1m., l\v., chorus.
Sc. Street of a country village. GDL
rj: Princess Parsimonia. E. M. Fotheringham. 4b., 3g. Sc. Outside the
Palace. FSD
* Princess Pocahontas. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 10b., 13g., chorus
characters. Sc. An open glade. MPY
* Princess Rosy cheeks. Effie Sammond Balph. 2c. 8 chorus groups.
Sc. Child's bedroom. EP
$ Prindle's proposal. Marie Irish. 7b., 5g. Sc. In the wildwood. IL
Prinzessin von Barnhof. Eulora M. Jennings. Farce. 1m., Gw., Is.
Sc. Room in a German castle. FSD
* Priscilla, Mylcs and John. Marguerite Merington. Thanksgiving
plav. 2b., 2g. Sc. Living room in a log cabin in Plymouth Colony.
MFH
Priscilla's room. Louise Latham Wilson. Farce. College play. 4m.,
2\v. Sc. Room in a s'tudent's apartment house. BUP
Prisoner, The. Clarendon Ross. 2m., Iw. Sc. Attic bedroom. Poet
Lore 29 : 590-595, Winter 1918.
Privy council, A. Major W. P. Drury and Richard Pryce. English lit-
erary characters — Pepys. 3m., 4w. Sc. English interior. FSD
Prize, The. John Bargate. Satire on women's bridge clubs. 4m., 3w.
Sc. Interior. FSD
f Prize of learning, The. Edith Brown-Evarts. Adapted from Mrs.
Crowley's "Who's the dupe?" 5b., 2g. Sc. Drawing room. BEY
Prize pictnre, The. Herbert C. Sargent. Farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Stu-
dio. SAR
Problem of the hour. Mrs. E. LaBeaume. 5w. Sc. Apartment in a
hotel. BUX
Prodigal son. Harry Kemp. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc. A hill town in
Galilee sometime before the beginning of the Christian era. FLS
Smart Set 52 : 83-93, July 1917.
Professional visit. Rudolph Raphael. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc. Doc-
tor's office. B
* Professor Frog's lecture. Eleanor L. Skinner and Ada M. Skinner
3b., lg., chorus. Sc. Hill near a pond. SSC
Professor of love, The. Katharine Kavanaugh. Comedy. 3m., 3w.
Sc. Library in a home. DPP
Professor's truant gloves, The. Elliott Palmer Bell. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Interior. FP
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 155
Progress. St. John Ervine. 1m., 2w. Sc. Professor's study. Satur-
day Evening Post 194 : 10-11, 40, 42, 45-46, Feb. 11, 1922.
Prohibition Mother Goose. Anna Pritchard George. 24c. Sc. Liv-
ing room. PR I
Prologue. Carl Click. 3m. Sc. A bridge, a street or a corner of a
park under an arc light. Poet Lore 33 : 553-562, Winter 1922.
Prologue for a marionette theatre. Hugo von Hoffinannsthal. Eng-
lished by Pierre Loving. 1m., Iw. Sc. Clearing in a wood. LO
International 10 : 103-104, April 1916.
Prometheus Pyrphoros. Joseph Trumbull Stickney. 3m., 2w., voices.
Sc. The plain of Haimonia. Harvard Monthly 31 : 45-64, Nov. 1900.
Promise, The. Evan Poole. Historical. 5m., Iw., chorus. Sc. King's
palace in France in 16th century. PA
Promised land, The. Mae Stein Sobel. 5b., 5 chorus groups. Sc.
Tabernacle of the people of Israel. SOB
Proof of the pudding, The. Percy O. Martin. Farce. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Pleasant room in a villa in the suburbs. PLA
Proposal, The. Frances Aymer Mathews. Romantic comedy. 1m., 2w.
Sc. Tastefully furnished drawing room. WEP
Proposal, The. Anton Chekhov. 2m., Iw. Sc. Drawing room. CHD
International 8 : 150-155, May 1914.
Proposal in grandma's day, A. Jeannette Joyce. 2m., -\v. Sc.
Kitchen. MAP
Proposing. Daisy McGeoch. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Unimportant.
MAC
Proposing by proxy. Arthur Helliar and Harold Montague. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Interior. FSD
Pros and cons, The. Gertrude Jennings. 1m., 3w. Sc. Drawing
room of middle-class people. JF
Protegee of the mistress, A. Alexander Ostrovsky. Trans, from the
Russian by George R. Noys. Scenes from Russian village life. 4m.,
4w., chorus characters. Sc. Part of a densely grown garden on a
Russian estate. OST
Protest of the trees, The. Mrs. Arthur T. Seymour. Blue bird play.
8c. Sc. Forest. SE
Proud finger-ring, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2b., 3g. Sc. Bedroom.
SC2
Provident society, The. Edith F. A. U. Painton. Thrift play. Any .
number of children. Sc. Platform. PAS
Public worrier, The. George M. Vickers. 5m., 2w. Sc. Office. PPP
Pumpkin Pie Peter. Marie Irish. Thanksgiving Day play. 6b., 5g.
Sc. Interior. PAP
Punch and Go. John Galsworthy. Comedy. 8m., 2w. Sc. Stage of
a theatre set for a dress rehearsal. GSS
Punch and Judy. No author given. 9b., lg., 3 animals. Sc. Punch
and Judy arrangement. MTC
Punk; or, The amateur rehearsal. Henry Clay Smith. 3m., 4w. Sc.
Interior. FSD
Puppet Princess, The; or, The heart that squeaked, Augusta
Stevenson. Christmas play. 6b., 7g., chorus. Sc. Palace. HOM
STF
Pnrim players. Samuel S. Grossman. Jewish holiday play. 8b., 5g.
Sc. Room in a house. GRS
156 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Puritan Christmas, A. Virginia Olcott. 2b., 2g. Sc. A cottage
kitchen iii early Salem. OP
* Puritan prank, A. Madeline Poole. Thanksgiving Day play. 4b., 4g.
Sc. School in Puritan New England. PO
Purple youth. Robert DeCamp Leland. 2m., Iw. Sc. Studio. FOS
Pursuing a mother-in-law. Ad. H. Gibson. '2m., Iw. Sc. Office of
chief of police. APP
* Puss in boots. Alice Cook Fuller. 8b., Ig. Sc. House of the miller's
son. FU
f "Put to the test" Edith Brown-Evarts. lb., Ig. Sc. Nicely furnished
room. BEY
Putting it across. George C. Hollander. 5m. Sc. Sitting room in
bachelor's quarters. FSD
Putting it over on father. J. W. Lincoln. 2m., Iw. Sc. Office.
PPP
Putting up a prosperous front. Flot Pascal Cowan. 2m., 4w. Sc.
Interior. EP
Q
"Q." Stephen Leacock and Basil MacDonald Hastings. 3m., Iw. Sc.
Interior. FSD
* Quaker way, The. Madeline Poole. Revolutionary War. 3b., 4g. Sc.
Living room of a Quaker home inside the British lines. PO
* Quakers in New England, The. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L.
Ryan. Salem witchcraft. 2b., 5g. Sc. House in old Salem. TRH
Quarry slaves. Lee Byrne. Ancient Sicily. 4m., chorus. Sc. Sicil-
ian underground quarry. BYR
Quay of magic things, The. John Chapin Mosher. 5m.. 7w. Sc.
Scene along the Seine embankment. Drama 10 : 188-191, Feb. 11)20.
Queen and Emperor. Marguerite Merington. Fr<:m the picture "Queen
Louisa" by Richter. 8m., 3w., lc., 2s. Sc. A hall of a house in
Tilsit in 1807. MPZ
Queen Anne cottages. M. E. M. Davis. 4m., 4w., chorus. Sc. Cot-
tage by a lake. DAB
Queen Catherine. Biuney Gunnison. From Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
2m., Iw., chorus. Sc. Room in palace. GU
* Queen Christmas. Carolyn Wells. 10b., 4g. Sc. Interior. PPP
Ladies' Home Journal 37 : 32, 52, Dec. 1920.
* Queen Flora's court. Netta Syrett. A masque of flowers. 34c. Sc.
A wood. SSE
Queen: God bless her! The. Laurence Housman. Scene from home-
life in the Highlands. Queen Victoria. 3m., Iw. Sc. Garden tent
on the lawn of Royal residence. HA, HA4
* Queen loving heart. Jean Ross. May Day play, lie., chorus. Sc.
Unimportant. EP
Queen of diamonds. The. Katharine Kavanaugh. Detective play.
3m., 2w. Sc. Interior. DEP
Queen of hearts, The. Gladys Ruth Bridgham. 3m., 3w. Sc. In-
terior. B
Queen of hearts, The. Ian Hay (pseud, of Ian Hay Beith). 2m., 2w.
Sc. Interior. PPP
Queen of Sheba, The. Stark Young. Verse. 2m.. 2w. Sc. A Gothic
chamber. YA Theatre Arts Magazine 6 : 152-164, April 1922.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 157
Queen's crags, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 2m., lw. Sc.
A fantastic group of rocks. GIB, GIF English Review 13 : 169-182,
Jan. 101.-5.
Queen's enemies, The. Lord Dunsany. 9m., 2w., chorus char. Sc.
An underground temple in Egypt. DFP
Queen's hour, The. Clarice Vallette McCauley. Springtime morality
play. 1m., 2w. 7 char, without speaking parts. Sc. Garden with
hedge at back. Drama 10 : 295-300, June 1920.
Queen's messenger, A. J. Hartley Manners. 1m., lw., Sc: Interior.
FSD
Queen's offer. The. Clara J. Denton. 18b., lg., chorus. Sc. Office of
Queen. DAI
Quest of an ancestor, The. Roy Melbourne Chalmers. 2m., lw. Sc.
Public library. Smart Set 7 : 100, June 1902.
Quest of Christmas, The. Julia Martin. 12c. Sc. Room with Christ-
mas tree. EP
Question of division, A. Marianne Stayton. Comedy. 2w. Sc.
Girl's special sitting room in country home. FSD
Question of fidelity, A. George S. Viereck. 1m., lw. Sc. A library
furnished with massive elegance. VG International 10 : 121-123, Apr.
1917.
Question of morality, A. Percival Wilde. Comedy. 3m., lw. Sc.
Drawing room. MA, WC Century 90 : 609-617, Aug. 1915.
Question of sex, A. Arnold Bennett. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Drawing
room. BP
Questioning fate. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, from the German. Ana-
tol play. 2m., lw. Sc. Interior. SAA
Quick and the dead, The. Fenton B. Elkins. Satire. 4m.. lw., Is.
Sc. Private hall in a house. ET
Quick news. Clara J. Denton. 5b. Sc. Unimportant. MBP
Quiet evening at home, A. Mary Moncure Parker. Comedy. 3m.,
2\v.. 2c. Sc. Young bachelor's room. PM
Quiet game, A. Henri Becque. Trans, by Sheba Harris. 4m. Sc.
Corner of cafe. Playbook 1 : 7-19, Dec. 1913.
Quiet hotel, The. Frank Dumont. Farce. 1m., 2w. Sc. Country
hotel lobby. PPP
Quiet little dinner, A. Thomas Cobb. 3m., 4w. Sc. Drawing room.
PLA
Quilting party in the thirties, A. Evelyn G. Sutherland. 6m., 4w.
Sc. An old fashioned kitchen. SUO
Quite by ourselves. Lady Bell. Comedy. lb., 2g. Sc. Unimportant.
BEJ
Quod wrangle, The. Oliphant Down. Farce. 5m., lw. Sc. Interior.
FSD
R
Rabbit-hutch, The. George Sterling. 1m., 3 char, (rabbits) Sc.
Rabbit hutch. Smart Set 60 : 123-124, Sept. 1919.
Rada. Alfred Noyes. Great War play. 3m., 2w. Sc. Living-room of
a prosperous village doctor in the Balkans. NR
Radio Christmas or Christmas in Room 326, A. J. MacCulp Wick
9g., chorus. Sc. Room in a Y. W. C. A. EP
158 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Rag doll, A. Evangeline M. Lent. 1m., 3w. Sc. Luxuriously furnished
reception room in N. Y. Smart Set 28 : 100-110. May 1909.
Haggles' corner. Bertha M. Wilson. Farce. 2m., 5w. Sc. Street in
Bowery of N. Y. PPP
Raimond released. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from The Vespers of
Palermo by Mrs. Hemans. Verse. Historical Sicily. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Before the gates of Palermo. GU
Rain. Dana Burnett. 6m., Iw. Sc. Kitchen of home in a small town
in Maine. Drama 14 : 20-23, Oct. 1923.
Rain. Horace Holley. 1m., Iw., 2b., Ig. Sc. Parlor of hotel in the
White Mountains. HOR
Raising the wind. W. H. Neall. Tribulations of a playwright. 3m.,
3w. Sc. Poorly furnished room. PPP
Ramlet o'Pnce, A. A. McClure Warnock. Irish play. 2w. Sc. Road-
. side in Donegal. JOA
* Rather a prig. Lady Bell. Comedy. lb., Ig. Sc. Unimportant.
BEJ
Rather rough on Robert. J. W. Lincoln and James Montgomery.
Farce. 3m., 2w. Sc. Interior. PPP
* Raven man. The. Katharine Lord. 3b., Gg. Sc. On the shores of a
lake. LLS
Razor, The. Kichizo Makamura, tr. from the Japanese. Modern Japa-
nese play. 5m., Iw. Sc. Interior of a village barber-shop near
Tokyo. IW
Reader, The. Ada Tully Ammerman. Comedy. Gw., Ig. Sc. Recep-
tion room in N. Y. boarding house. FSD
Reading. Daisy McGeoch. Comedy. 3m., 4w. Sc. A living room.
MAC
Real doctor, The. Frank Dumont. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior. FSD
Real people, The. Charles Frederic Nirdlinger. Circus play. 3m., Iw.
Sc. Dressing room of a circus tent. NI
Real price or Stranger than fiction, The. William H. Jefferys.
Missionary play. China. 2m., 3w. Sc. On a Chinese street. DOF
Real "Q," The. Maverick Terrell and H. O. Stechhan. 3m. Sc. Main
room of doctor's suite. Smart Set 35 : 129-13G, Sept. 1911.
Real thing, The. John Kendrick Bangs. Farce. 2m., 5w. Sc. Office.
BAD Harper's Bazaar 43 : 134-143, Feb. 1909.
Realist, The. Rosa Rosenthal. 1m., 2w. Sc. Attractive living room.
SCT
Reason, The. George Middleton. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sitting room. MIM
Smart Set 53 : 89-97, Sept. 1917.
Rebound, The. Louis Benoit Picard. Trans, from the French by
Barrett II. Clark. Comedy. 4m., 2w. Sc. Room in a house in
Paris in the 18th century. FSD
* Reception for Santa Clans, A. Willis N. Bugbee. 7b., 5g. Sc.
Plainly furnished room. BUJ
Recklessness. Eugene G. O'Neill. 2m., 3w. Sc. Library of a summer
home in the Catskills. OT
Reckoning, A. Percival Wilde. 2m. Sc. Barber shop. B
Recoiling vengeance, A. A. Louis Elliston. 3m., 2w. Sc. Handsome
apartment. B
Recollections. Malcolm Mosley. Matrimonial duologue. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Sitting room. MOL
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Rector, The. Rachel Crothers. 1m., 6w. Sc. Study in a country par-
sonage. FSD
Red feathers, The. A. A. Milne. Fantastic operetta. 3m., 2w. Sc.
Living room of a country house. MSL
Red flag, The. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. Comedy. 4m., 2w. Sc.
Living room of summer home. GQA
Red or white? William Maynadier Browne. 2m., 2w. Sc. Library
in private ho'rne. PWP
Red parasol, The. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. 8w. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Red pearls, heard in a revery. Agnes Lee. Verse. 2 voices. Sc.
Not given. International 10 : 310, Oct. 11)10.
Red roses. Granville Forbes Sturgis. Tragedy. 2m., lw. Sc. Pri-
vate box in a Paris cafe\ STR
Red turf. Rutherford Mayne. 4m., lw. Sc. A peasant kitchen in
Ireland. Ml>
Redeeming their characters. C. I. Chambers. Scout play. 9b. Sc.
Scout's camp. CB
Reflected glory. Helen Sherman Griffith. Farce. 6w. Sc. Women's
room in railroad station. PPP
Reform. Marjorie Benton Cooke. 2w. Sc. Bachelor-maid's apartment.
CO
Reforming Bertie. Charles Saxby. 1m., 2w. Sc. Breakfast room.
FSD
Registry office. The. Herbert C. Sargent. Farce. 4m., 3w. Sc. In-
terior. SAR
Rehearsal, The. Maurice Baring. Farce. 13m. Sc. Globe Theatre,
1595. BA
Rehearsal, The. Joseph Herbach. 5m., 2w. Sc. Sitting room. HER
Rehearsal. Christopher Morley. 6w. Sc. Bare stage. STW
Rehearsal, The. Mary Moncure Parker. Comedy. 4m., 4w. Sc. Out
of doors. PM
Rehearsing the program. Edith F. A. U. Painton. lb., 3g. Sc.
Schoolroom. PAD
Relations. George M. Rosener. 3m., lw. Sc. Interior. FP
Release. Edward H. Smith. Tragedy. 5m. Sc. County jail in up
state New York. REM, STV, VI
Renaissance. Holger Drachmami. Trans, from the Danish by Lee M.
Hollander. 4m., 2w., chorus. Sc. Room in house in Venice. Poet
Lore 19 : 369-419, Winter 1908.
Rescue, The. Rita Creighton Smith. 3w. Sc. Old fashioned living
room. HDI
Resemblance, The. Alice Leal Pollock and Aura Woodin Brantzell.
3w. Sc. Apartment in fashionable hotel. Smart Set 33 : 12 127-134,
Feb. 1911.
Respective virtues of Heloise and Maggie, The. Randolph Bart-
lett. 1m., 3w. Sc. Luxurious apartment in N. Y. hotel. Smart Set 48 :
73-80, Feb. 1910.
Rest cure, The. Marie Muggeridge. 1m., lw. Sc. Sitting room. FSD
Rest cure, The. Gertrude Jennings. 1m., 2w., Is. Sc. A small bed-
room in a nursing home. JF
Restaurant episode, A. Alfred Lester. Farce. 1m., lw. Sc. Restau-
rant. FSD
160 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Restville auction sale, The. S. Decatur Smith, Jr. 5m., 5w. Sc.
Auction room. PPP
Retribution. Seumas O'Brien. Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc. Bedroom in a
country lodging house. OD
Return, The. Edward J. Morgan. 2m.. Iw. Sc. Peasant's one-room
hut in North Russia. Drama 11 : 119-121, Jan. 1021.
Return of Alcestis, The. Laurence Housman. rim., 3w., chorus m. and
w. Sc. A chamber in the house of Admetus, King of Pherae. FSD
Return of Christmas, The. John Kendrick Bangs. Farce. 3m., 2w..
lb., Ig. Sc. Drawing room. BAD
Return of Harlequin, The. Colin Campbell Clements. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Small living room with fireplace. CLD Poet Lore 31 : 59G-G03, Win-
ter 1920.
Return of Letty. Alice C. Thompson. Ow. Sc. Room in a country
home. PPP
Return trip, The. Ford Douglas. 7m. Sc. Cemetery. Smart Set 70 :
71-74, April 1923.
Returning the calculus. Louise Latham Wilson. College comedy.
4m., 5w. Sc. A college girl's room. PPP
Rev. Peter Brice, Bachelor, The. Beulah King. 7w. Sc. Sitting
room. B
t Revolt, The. Ellis Parker Butler. School play. 1m., 8w., chorus. Sc.
Class room of girl's academy. FSD
* Revolt of Santa Glaus, The. Ednah Proctor Clarke. 10b.. 7g. Sc.
Interior of Santa Claus's house. Ladies' Home Journal 19 : 19, Dec. 1901.
* Revolt of the Holidays, The. Edward Irenaeus Stevenson. 24c., bal-
let. Sc. A large drawing room. IIB
* Revolutionary days. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. Colonial history of
U. S. 2b., 5g. Sc. Colonial room. WCP
* Rhoecus. Alice Cook Fuller. A dramatization of the legend. 6 or more
c. Sc. Unimportant. FIT
Rialto and the drama, The. Joseph Bernard Rethy. 4 char. Sc.
Dark street in N. Y. International 12 : 95, Mar. 1918.
Ricardo and Viola. S. A. Eliot, ed. From "The Coxcomb" of Beau-
mont and Fletcher, llm., 4w. Chorus characters. Sc. Elizabethan
tavern room. Fore-stage with grey-brown curtains. ELT1
* Rich citizens. F. Ursula Payne, lb., 10g., chorus. Sc. Path in a city
park. PPC
t Rider of dreams, The. Ridgely Torrence. 2m.. Iw.. lc. Sc. Night in
a room used for kitchen, dining room and laundry by a colored family.
SS, JOA. TPF
t Riders to the sea. John Millington Synge. 1m.. 3w.. chorus characters.
Sc. A cottage kitchen. CBI, Cl. DIC, LE, SYS, SYT. SYU Bibelot
19:247-268. July 1913. Poet Lore 1C: 1-11, Spring 1905. Samhain
p. 25-33, 1903.
Riding to Litlieiicl, The. Gordon Bottomley. Poetic. 9m., 9w. chorus
characters. Sc. Hall in a house in South Iceland. BKL, BOT, LE
Bibelot 16 : 3-G2, Jan.-Feb. 1910.
Rights of the soul, The. Giuseppe Giacosa. Trans, from the Italian by
Theodora Marcone. 2m., Iw.. Is. Sc. Living room in a villa. SL
Stratford Journal 2:26-43, Feb. 1918. (Trans, by Isaac Goldberg.)
"Riley." Herhian D. Levinson. Play of Jewish life. 2m., 2w. Sc. A
plain reception room. BLO
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Rim of the world, The. Floyd Dell. Fantasy. 2m., 2\v. Sc. Room
in a palace. DK
RiiifA, The. Mary MacMillan. Historical background. 4m., 4w. 2s. Sc.
House of Peter Dodsley. MS
Ring-around-a-Rosie. Gladys Ruth Bridgham. Comedy. 2m., 2w.
Sc. Sitting room. B
Ripening wheat. Anna Wolfrom. 2m., 2w. Sc. Low narrow room in
a house in Western Canada. WOH
Rise up, Jennie Smith. Rachel L. Field. Great War patriotic play.
1m., 3w. Sc. Dressmaking shop. FSD
Rising of the moon, The. Lady Gregory. 4m. Sc. Side of a quay in
a seaport town. DIG, GS, WWS The Gael 22 : 376-378, Nov. 1903.
Samhain pp. 45-52, 1904.
Rival speakers; or, The judge and the major. Frank Dumont. 3m.
Sc. Room in a hotel. WHP
River of light, The. Neilson Morris. Gm., 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Road agent, The. Charles Ulrich. Melodramatic western drama. 3m.,
Iw. Sc. Western cabin. DEP
Roadhouse in Arden. Philip Moeller. A whimsicality. 4m., 2w. Sc.
The commercial room in a roadhouse. MF
Road to Christmas, The. Anita B. Ferris. 19 or more b. or g. Sc.
Anywhere. Everyland 8:337-342, 349, Nov. 1917.
Roamy-e-owe and Julie-ate, burlesque on Romeo and Juliet.
9m., 2w. Sc. Garden before a balcony. WHP
Robbery, The. Clare Kummer. 3m., 2w. Sc. Sitting room. FSD
Robert Fulton. Archie Marnier. 1Gb. Sc. Interior. MAR
Robert Morris and the Revolution. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L.
Ryan. 3b., 2g. Sc. Street in Philadelphia. TRH
Robin Goodfellow. Xetta Syrett. 14c. and chorus. Sc. A farmhouse
kitchen. SSE
Robin Hood becomes an outlaw. Alice Cook .Fuller. Robin Hood
play. 1Gb. Sc. Sherwood forest. FU
Rocking chairs. Alfred Kreymborg. A concertino for Katydids. 3w.
Chorus. Sc. Dining room in fairly prosperous home. STW
Rococo. Granville Barker. 3m., 3w. Sc. An ugly drawing room of an
English vicarage. BT, CBI
Rohan the Silent. Evelyn G. Sutherland. Romantic drama of medieval
England. 8m., 2w. Sc. Castle in the 12th century. SUP
Rolling stone gathers no moss, The. Edith Brown-Evarts. 4b., Ig.
Sc. Interior. BEY
Romance by porcelain, A. Rudolph Raphael. Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc.
Dental office. B
Romance by schedule. Mabel H. Crane. Boarding School play. 8g.
Sc. Sleeping room in a girls' boarding school. B
Romancers, The. Edmond Rostand. Trans, from the French. 4m., Iw.,
chorus. Sc. Stage is cut in two by an old wall. WWS
Romantic Molly. Ada S. Macomber. 4m., 3w. Sc. Sitting room.
BUP
Romantic rogue. Carrie W. Colburn. 2m., 3w. Sc. Room in a sub-
urban home used as an office. B
Romany road. Rex Hanter. 2m., 5w., Ic. Sc. Clearing in a forest.
HS
162 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Romeo of the Rancho. James Francis Cooke. Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc.
Hotel bedroom. PPP
Room 83. Morton Weil elaborated by Marion Short. 2m., 2w. Sc. Ho-
tel apartment. FSD
Room without a number. Robert H. Davis. 3m., Iw. Sc. Rich bach-
elor's apartment. Smart Set 51 : 201-207, April 1917.
Rooms to let. ' M. N. Beebe. Play of college life. 3m., 4w. Sc. Room
in a student's boarding house. FSD
Rope, The. Eugene O'Neill. 3m., Iw., Ic. Sc. Interior of old barn.
OMC
Ropes. Wilbur Daniel Steele. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living room of keeper of
a light house. Harper's Magazine 142 : 193-208, Jan. 1921.
Rosalie. Max Maurey. Trans, by B. H. Clark. Comedy. Curtain
raiser. 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Rosalind. Barrie, J. M. 1m., 2w. Sc. Parlor of a cottage by the sea.
BH
Rosamond. Barrett Wendell. Historical, poetic. 2w. Sc. Bower at
Woodstock, in mediaeval England. WR
Rosamund and Eleanor. Maurice Baring. Farce. 3w., Is. Sc.
Room in Rosamund's house. BA
Rose, The. Mary MacMillan. 1m., Iw., Is. Historical background. Sc.
An apartment — a tower room in castle in time of Elizabeth. MS
Rose garden, The. Frayne Williams. Play of Oriental philosophy and
phantasy, lira., 2w. Sc. Interior of a Chinese house in 13th century.
WIT
Rose leaves and asparagus tips; or, Romance and reality. Fletcher
Cowan. Symbolic poem treating of a pi-esent day problem. 1m., 2\v.
Sc. Dining room. Smart Set 8:33-40, Dec. 1902.
Rose of the wind. Anna Hempsted Branch. Fairy play in verse. 2m.,
2w. Sc. Cobbler's cottage. BRD, HOM
Rosedale sewing circle, The. Arlo Bates. Comedy. lOw. Sc. Par-
lor. G2
i Rosie, the girl from Paris. E. M. Peixotto. Farce. 9b. Sc. Parlor.
PET
Rostof pearls. Mary Ross Nevitt. 7w. Sc. Boudoir. FSD
Rounding the triangle. David Quarella. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living room
of bachelor's apartment. Smart Set 40 : 131-140, May 1913.
Row at the Ruggles', A. C. N. Moller. (Harold Hale, pseud.) Farce.
2m., 5w. Sc. Room in a hotel. B
Royal reception, A. Anthony J. Schindler. A comedy of errors. 14m.
Sc. Village street or country lane. SCP
* Royal toy-mender, A. Eleanor L. Skinner and Ada M. Skinner. 5b.,
2g., chorus. Sc. A room in the king's palace. SSC
Ruben Rube; or, My invalid aunt. A. Z. Chipman. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Parlor. APP
Ruby Red, an Oriental satire. Clarence Stratton. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Room in Hotel Oriental, Biskra, on the edge of the desert. Drama 10 :
192-195, Feb. 1920.
* Ruler of the desert, The. Virginia Olcott. 5b., chorus of b. Sc. For-
est. OP
Rummage sale at Hickory Hollow, The. Elizabeth Whitehill. 2m.,
lOw. Sc. Living room. MAP
Rumpus on Olympus, A. Mabel H. Crane. Play of Classical myth-
ology. 8w. Sc. Olympus home of the Gods. PPP
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Rush light, The. Monica Barry O'Shea. 1m., 2w. Sc. Main room
of a cottage in Ireland. Drama 7 : G02-615, Nov. 1917.
Rusty door, The. Howard Forman Smith. Sea fishing play. 7m. Sc.
Cabin on board a trawler on the banks of Newfoundland. STV
Ruth's donation party. Anita Ferris. 4b., 7g. Sc. Living room.
MIS
Ryland. Thomas Wood Stevens and Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. Comedy.
5m., 2w. Sc. Cell in Wengate prison. MA, STG
S. O. S. Preston Gibson. Adapted from a short story by Leonard Merrick.
8m., 2w. Sc. On the deck of a yacht. FSD
Sabotage. Charles Hellem. W. Valcros and Poe d'Estoc. 3m., 2w. Sc.
Living room and bedroom combined. Dramatist 5 : 425-437, Jan. 1914.
Sacred ground. Giuseppe Giacosa. Trans, from the Italian. 2m., 2\v.
Sc. A dignified but simple room. MR
Sacrifice. Ruth L. Baugham. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living room. DAK
Sacrifice. Lawrence I. MacQueen. Story of Abraham and Isaac. 4m.
Sc. Plain of deep sand. Drama 11:210-219, Mar. 1921.
Sacrifice. Rabindranath Tagore. 5m., 2w., lb., chorus. Sc. A temple.
TCS
Sad mistake, A. Tom Masson. 1m., Iw. Sc. Not given. Smart Set
1G: 159 1 GO, July 1905.
Safety first, a vivisection. Randolph Bartlett. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living
room. Smart Set 49:243-251, May 191G.
Sailor man. The. Laura E. Richards. 3b. Sc. A doorway of a house
beside the sea. RP
Saint Cecelia. Pauline Phelps and Marion Short. 1m., 7w. Sc. Sit-
ting room. FSD
Saint-King. Thomas B. Rogers. Medieval England. 7m., Iw., chorus.
Sc. Sheltered chamber in a natural fortress. RO
St. Nicholas. Ruth Arkwright. 3b., 2g. Sc. Interior of a Dutch cot-
tage. AB
St. Valentine's house. Frances Gillespy Wickes. 15c. Sc. Workroom
in St. Valentine's house. WCB
Sallie-for-keeps. Frances M. Jackson. 4m., Iw. Sc. Fashionable
drawing room. FSD
Salome. Oscar Wilde. Historical, llm., 2w. Chorus of m. and w. Sc.
A great terrace in the Palace of Herod. CBI Poet Lore 18 : 199-223,
Summer 1907.
Salon Carre fantasy. Marguerite Merington. From the picture "The
man with the glove" by Titian. 2m., Gw., chorus. Sc. In the Louvre
gallery. MPZ
Salt of life. Alfred Sutro. Comedy. 1m., Iw., Is. Sc. Boudoir.
FSD, SFA
Saltimbank. Herman Heijermans. Trans, by Lilian Saunders and Caro-
line Heijermans-Houwink. 8m., Iw. Sc. Dressing room of traveling
circus. Drama 13:3G3-3G7, Aug.-Sept. 1923.
Salvage. Eleanore Hubbard. Conservation and thrift. 3b., 2g. Sc.
Room. HUG
Sam Average. Percy Mackaye. 3m.. Iw. Sc. An intrenchment in
Canada near Niagara Falls. LC, MA, MY
164 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Sam Tucker. Paul Green. For the negro theatre. 2m., 2w. Sc. Negro
cabin in N. C. Poet Lore 34 : 220-240, Summer 1923.
Sam Weller and his father. Binney Gunnison. From Dickens' Pick-
wick Papers. Comedy. 3m. Sc. Tavern. GU
* Sambo's party. Marie Irish. Gb., Gg. Sc. Living room. IL
Same man The. Lida L. Coghlan. Comedy. 2w. Sc. Sitting room.
B
Same old thing, The. Roi Cooper Megrue. 2m., Iw. Sc. Room fur-
nished with good taste. Smart Set 29 : 128-135, Nov. 1909.
Same to Ye!, The. R. J. FRY. Irish farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Kitchen.
API'
Samson's courtin'. O. E. Young. Rube farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Old fash-
ioned sitting room. BUP
* Samuel Morse's telegraph. Eleanore Hubbard. The invention of tel-
egraphy. 3b. Sc. Morse's work room in New Jersey. HUD
Sancta Susanna, the song of a May night. August Stramm. Trans.
by Edward J. O'Brien. 1m., 3w.. others. Sc. Interior of a convent
church. Poet Lore 25 : 514-522, Winter 1914.
Sanctuary. Percy Mackaye. A bird masque. Gm.. Iw., chorus. Sc.
Sylvan glade of a bird sanctuary. MYS Century 87 : 547-557, Feb.
1914.
Sandbar queen, The. George Cronyn. Gm., Iw. Sc. Low, box-like
room. FS
Santa Glaus. Doris F. Halman. 1m., 3w., lb., Ic. Sc. Toy depart-
ment of a large store. HAS
* Santa Claus brigade, The. Willis N. Bugbee. 4b., 4g. Sc. Interior.
BTJJ
* Santa Clans' garden. Ellen M. Willard. 5b., 3g. Sc. Garden. WY
* Santa Claus gets his -wish. Blanche Proctor Fisher. Christmas play.
Sc. Sc. Interior. B
* Santa Claus in many lands. Ellen M. Willard. 20c. Sc. Interior.
WY
* Santa Claus or papa. Susan E. W. Jocelyn. lb., 4g., chorus b. Sc.
A room with a good sized closet. WEP
* Santa's allies. Anita B. Ferris. 16 to 56c. Sc. Anywhere. Every-
land 8 : 198-205, July 1917.
* Santa's rescue. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Christmas play. 4b., 5g., chorus
groups. Sc. Before the curtain and North Pole. TMP
* Saturday night in New England. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L.
Ryan. 3b., 2g. Sc. Living room in old New England. TRH
Sauce for the Emperor. John Chapin Mosher. Roman history comedy.
5m., 4w. Sc. Room in Caesar's palace. MOS Smart Set 51 : 199-
208, Jan. 1917.
Saved! Percival L. Wilde. From the French of Andre" de Lorde and
Eugene Morel. 8m., 2w. Sc. Grounds of French consulate in China.
Smart Set 46 : 397-409, July 1915.
Savior, The. Aleister Crowley. 10m., Iw. Sc. Council room. Inter-
national 12 : 75-82, March 1918.
Savonarola and Lorenzo. Binney Gunnison. Adapted from "Savo-
narola" by Alfred Austin. Historical. 2m. Sc. Palace in Flor-
ence. GU
Sayonara; or, The testing of the poet. Ernest Hervilly. Englished
and ed. by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie. Verse. Japanese background.
2m., 2w. Sc. Suburbs of Yedda in ancient Japan. HES
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Scales and the sword, The. Farnham Bishop. 5m., 2w., lb., chorus.
Sc. Cheap grocery in a suburban town. HD2
Scapegrace, The. Frances Aymar Mathews. 1m., Gw. Sc. Morning
room. WEP
Scar, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., lw., Sc. Shepherd's
cottage. GIA, GIF, GIS
Scaring off of Teddy Dawsoii, The. Harold Brighouse. Comedy.
2m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a small East End house. FSD
Scene at the ticket office. Marie Irish. Ob., Gg. Sc. It. It. ticket
office. IP
Scene from Robin Hood. Lena Dalkeith. Ob., 2g., chorfcs. /Jc. Open
space in Sherwood forest. DLP
Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin. Lena Ualkeith. 3g. Sc. Bed room.
DLP
Scene shifter's lament, The. Alfred Lester. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Back of the scenes. FSD
Scheming lieutenant, The. Samuel A. Eliot, ed. From St. Patrick's
Day by Itichard Brinsley Sheridan. ELT1
Scholar bound for paradise, The. Hans Sachs. Trans, by Bayard
Quincy Morgan. Shrove-tide comedy. 2m., lw. Sc. >«'ot given.
Play book 1 : 1G-27, Oct. 11)13.
School board in our town. The. C. H. LeVitt. Tragic comedy. 4m.
Sc. Interior. Gl
School for mothers-in-law, The. Eugene Brieux. 2m., 4w. Sc.
A parlor. International 3 : 54-59, Mar. 11)11. Smart Set 41 : 1-1G,
Sept. 1913.
School of life, The. James Platt White. 1m., 4w. Sc. Library. Har-
vard Monthly 30 : 198-209, July 1900.
School opera. Mrs. C. F. Feruald and Olivia Lovell Wilson. 5b., 5g.
Sc. interior. BAB
Scold, the scoundrel and the scout, The. C. I. Chambers. Scout
play. 12b., Ig. Sc. Camp of Scout Troop. CB
Scoop; or, The Billionaire, The. Milton Francis Clark. Satire on
oil magnate. 4m. Sc. Private apartments in an elegant home. CLA
Scoop, The. Harriet Holmes Haslett. Newspaper play. 2m., lw. Sc
Dining room. HAE
Scotch grace. Madalene D. Barnum. Thanksgiving Day play, lb., Gg.
Sc. A kitchen. BS
Scotty, the cowboy. Frank Dumont. 3m. Sc. Room in a hotel.
WHP
Scout's honor, A. Clifton Lisle. Boy Scout play. 13b., chorus. Sc.
A lakeside camp. LB, PPP
Scouts to the rescue. C. I. Chambers. Scout play. 8b., Ig. Sc. Path
through a meadow. CB
Scrambled eggs. Lawton Mackall and Francis R. Bellamy. A barnyard
fantasy. 2m., 2w., chorus. Sc. A barnyard. STK
Scratch race, A. Walt Makee. (pseud, of W. H. Maguire. ) 3m., 2w.
Sc. Interior. B, PWP
Scruples. Octave Mirbeau, tr. from the French by Clyde Barrett. Thief
play. 4m. Sc. Well furnished Louis XVI drawing room. LO
Sea, The. A. H. Hughes. Dramatic fantasy. 1m., 3w. Sc. Sea scene
FSD
Sealed silver; or, Volenti mon fit injuria. H. Field Etherington.
3m., 3w. Sc. Combined dining and living room. FSD.
166 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Search for Mother Goose, The. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Christmas play.
8b., 9g. Sc. Interior. El'
Search me! Charles D. Morgan. 1m., 2w. So. Small bare room on
dock of transatlantic liner. Smart Set 45 : 379-388, Jan. 1915.
Seashell, The. Fullerton L. Waldo. Comedy. 5m., 3w. Sc. Lobby of
a summer hotel. PPP
Seat in the park, a warning, A. Arthur Piiiero. 2m., 2w. Sc. Lawn
in Hyde Park, London. C1I, ESI>
Second childhood. W. C. Parker. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Second-story man, The. Upton Sinclair. 2m., Iw. Sc. Luxuriously
furnished room. SIP
Secret, The. Katharine Metcalf Roof. After Maeterlinck. 3m., 4w. Sc.
Long corridor in Carnegie Hall. Smart Set 19:108-113, Aug. 1906.
Secret of life, The. Leon Kobrin. Trans, from the Yiddish by Isaac-
Goldberg. 2m., Iw. Sc. A garden. PTT
Secret way, The. Preston Gibson. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Room in a
hotel in Washington. ESI)
Secretary, The. John G. Bavtram. 4m., 3\v. Sc. Interior. B
Seeing the animals. Clara J. Denton. Farce. 1m., 2w. Sc. Exte-
rior. MAP
Seeing the pictures. Roy Melbourne Chalmers. Iw., Ib. Sc. Art gal-
lery. Smart Set 8 : 85, Nov. 1902.
Seeker of a secret, The. John Hanlon. Verse. 1m., Iw. Sc. Any-
where. Smart Set G3:115-ll(>, Nov. 1920.
* Seeking information. Clara J. Denton. Ib., Ig. Sc. Interior. MBP
See-saw. Louise Saunders. 2m., 2w. Sc. Garden in the moonlight.
SAM
* Selfish woman, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2g. Sc. Kitchen. SC2
* Senior, The. Clara J. Denton. Graduation play. 1C> or more c. Sc. A
student's room. DAI
Sentence, The. Edith Wheeler. 2m., Iw. Sc. Library in a home.
WIA
Sentimental journey, 19O2, A. Francis M. Livingston. 4m., Iw. Sc.
Cordlandt St. Station (5th- Ave. Elevated. Smart Set G : 105-110, Jan.
1902.
Separation of the Browns, The. Clara B. Batchelder. (Barbara Bur-
bank, pseud. ) 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior. B
Sequel, The. Percival Wilde. Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc. Parlor. WE
Serpent's tooth, The. Essex Dane. Play of India. 5m., Iw. Sc,
House in India at the present time. DAO
Settled out of court. Stanley C. West. 2m. Sc. Solicitor's office.
FSD
Seven kings and the wind. The. Stark Young. Verse. 7m. Sc.
Large chamber in a palace. YA
Seven leagued boots, The. Mildred Plew Merryman. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Attic workroom of an astronomer. American Poetry Magazine 1 : 19-
24, Sept. 1919.
* Seven little soldiers and seven little maids. AVillis N. Bugbee. 7b.,
7g. Sc. An ordinary room. BUP
Seven princesses, The. Maurice Maeterlinck. Trans, from the French.
3m., 8w., chorus. Sc. A spacious hall of marble. MAII, MAI
* Seven sleepers of Ephesos, The. Marguerite Merington. Easter play.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 167
10m., 14b., lw. Sc. Beyond the city bounds, on a holiday. MFP
Seventh doctor, The. M. N. Beebe. Farce. 9m. Sc. Sitting room.
FSD
Sevres tea-cups, The. Stuart Wishing. 2m., 2w. Sc. Drawing room.
PLA
Seizing circle meets at Mrs. Martin's, The. F. M. Kelly. Comedy.
l()w. Sc. Sitting room in a cottage in a suburban village. FP
Sewing machine, The. George Edward Barton. 3m., 3w. Sc. Room
in a dingy tenement. BAR
Sewing society, The. Helen Sherman Griffith. 8\v. Sc. Interior.
DPP
Sganarelle; or, Imaginary horns. Philip Moeller. Freely trans,
from Moliere. (5m., 5w. Sc. Before a house. ELT2
Shadow, The. Howard Mumford Jones. 3m., 3w. Sc. A forest.
WBP2
Shadow, The. Laura E. Richards. 2g., chorus b. and g. Sc. Out of
doors. RP
Shadow in the 'White House, The. James Oppenheim. 2m. Sc.
Room in the White House. Seven Arts 2 : 2(53-209, July 1917.
Shadow of the glen, The. John M. Synge. 3m., lw. Sc. Cottage
kitchen in Ireland. SYT, SYU
Shadowed star, The. Mary Louise MacMillan. Play about late Christ-
mas shopping. 1m., Gw. Sc. A very bare room in a tenement house.
MAM, MS
Shadows. Mary Moncure Parker. Dream play of the south. 3m., 4w.
Sc. Interior. DEP
Shadowy waters, The. William Butler Yeats. Verse. 4m., lw. Sc.
Dock of an ancient ship. YC2, YP2, YPP, YS
Shakespeare garden club, The. Mabel M. Moran. Fantasy of Shake-
speare's women characters. IGw. Sc. Room in Ann Hathaway's
cottage at Stratford-on-Avon. MOA
Shakespeare up-to-date, class day play for girls' schools. Ethelyn Sex-
ton. Gg. Sc. Interior. MAP
Shakespeare's daughters. George Henry Trader. Fantasy of Shake-
speare's women characters, llw. Sc. A glade. FSD
Sham. Frank G. Tompkins. A social satire. 3m., lw. Sc. A darkened
room. SL, STK
Shambles, a sketch of the present war. Henry T. Schnittkind. 3m.,
lw., Ic. Sc. Interior of a shabby shanty in Europe. Poet Lore 25 :
559-571, Winter 1914.
Shamed life. Allan Monkhouse. Great War play. 1m., 3w. Sc. Sit-
ting room of a small house. MW
Sharing, The. Agnes Lee. Poetic. 2m., lw. Sc. Garden in front of a
cottage. LEE Poetry 3:95-99, Dec. 1913.
She couldn't marry three. Joseph J. Slater. Farce. 3m., 2w. Sc.
Interior. APP
She must marry a doctor. Solomon J. Rabinowitsch. 3m., 4w. Sc.
Large parlor in disorder. PTS
She tells her daughter. Djuna Barnes. 2w. Sc. Handsome drawing
room. Smart Set 72 : 77-80, Nov. 1923.
She who was fished. (Tsuri Onna) Ancient Japanese farce. Trans,
by Michio Itow and Louis V. Ledoux. 2m., 2w. Outlook 133 : 218-
219, Jan. 31, 1923.
168 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Shepherd-boy who called wolf, The. Augusta Stevenson. Gb. So.
A hillside near a village. SC2
t Shepherd in the distance, The. Holland Hudson. A pantomine. Cm..
4\v. Sc. A garden. SL
Sheriff of Tnckahoe, The. George M. Rosener. Western play. 3m.,
Iw. Sc. Interior of Sheriff's house. FP
Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet, The. Bernard Shaw. 5m., 7w., chorus
groups. So. A big room. SI IS
Ships on the sand, a play of the Suffolk Broads. Charles A. Myall.
'2m., '2\v. Sc. Kitchen of a wayside public house. Drama 12 : 153-
156, Feb. 1!)'J2.
* Shirkers, The. Elizabeth F. Guptill. lOc. Sc. Any interior. FIL
Shirt, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Poetic. 2w. Sc. A room in tene-
ments near the railway. GID, GIP
Shivaree. Mark O'Dea. 2m., 2w. Sc. Room in an Iowa farmhouse.
OR Drama 11 : 11-15, Oct. 1920.
f Shoes that danced, The. Anna Hempstead Branch. Fanciful fantas-
tic. 3m., 4w. Sc. Watteau's studio. BRA, WWS
Shojo. Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. Noh play of Japan. 2m..
chorus. Sc. Japanese Exterior. FEN
Shop of perpetnal youth, The. Katherine Morse. 2m., 3w., Ic. Sc.
Beauty parlor. FSD
Shopping. Daisy McGeoch. Comedy. 5m., Iw. Sc. Simple. MAC
Short -way with authors, A. Gilbert Cannan. Burlesque. 7m., Iw.
Sc. Dressing room in a London theatre. CAP, REP
* Shouting the battle cry of "Feed 'em." Edna Randoph Worrell.
Patriotic play. 1m., and many c. Ladies' Home Journal 34 : 40, Nov.
1917.
Show actress, The. J. C. McMullen. 3m., 4w. Sc. Dining room. B
Show of hands, The. W. R. Walker. Romantic comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Neatly furnished sitting room. PH
Shower, The: The Moon. Yone Noguchi. Noh play of Japan. 2m.,
Iw., chorus. Sc. None. Poet Lore 29 : 455-458, Autumn 1918.
Poetry Review 8 : 189-193, Aug. 1917.
Shunamite, The. Yehoash, pseud, of Solomon Bloomgarden. Authorized
trans, from the Yiddish by Henry T. Schnittkind. 3m., Iw. Sc. In-
ner chamber of King David's Palace. Stratford Journal 4 : 313-320,
June 1919.
Sibyl, The. Isaac Rieman Baxley. Ancient Greece. 2m., 3w. Sc. An
annex room to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. BAX
Sic passim. Joseph Andrew Galahad. Iw., 2m. Sc. None given. Po-
etry 19: 20-21, Oct. 1921.
Sicilian, The. Jean B. C. Moliere. Trans, from the French by Barrett
H. Clark. 4m., 2w., chorus. Sc. A street with house in the back-
ground. FSD
Sicilian limes. Luigi Pirandello. Trans, from the Italian and edited by
Isaac Goldberg. 2m., 2w., chorus. Sc. Hallway. VE
— Trans, by Elizabeth Abbott. Theatre Arts Magazine G : 329-344,
Oct. 1922.
* Sick deer, The. Augusta Stevenson. 4b., Sc. A meadow. SCI
Side-show, The. John Kendrick Bangs. Farce. Cm., 4w. Sc. Stage
of an improvised theatre. BAD
Sidhe of Ben-Mor, The. Ruth Sawyer (i. e. R. S. Durand) Irish folk
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play. 1m., 5w., 6 fairy women. Sc. Interior of cabin. Poet Lore
21:'300^310, July-Aug. 1910.
Siege, The. Colin Campbell Clements. 3w. Sc. Room in an Oriental
house. CLD, STW
Siefried: a German folk play. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 3b., 2g. Sc.
A deep forest. MST
Siegfried and Brunhilde. Alice Cook Fuller. 5b., lg., chorus. Sc.
Palace. FU
Silas Wegg's stall. Horace B. Browne. From Dickens' Our Mutual
Friend. 2m. Sc. In front of a corner house. BD ,
Silent house, The. Agnes Lee. Poetic. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living room of
a scholar. LEE Poetry 1 : 173-178, March 1913.
Silent waiter, The. Alfred Kreymborg. Satire 3m. Sc. One of the
dimly lighted windows of a cafe seen from the street. KMA, STV
Silly ass, The, Adelaide C. Rowell. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living room.
Drama 12 : 344-350, Sept. 1922.
Silver blade, The. Hermann Hagedorn, Jr. 3m., 2w., chorus. Sc.
Room in a castle in ancient Scotland. HPS
Silver lining, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 1m., lw., Is. Sc. A
pleasant room a trifle littered with books. MB, SS
Silver salt-cellars, The. Stuart Wishing. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sitting
room in a flat. PLA
Simon the Cyrenian. Ridgely Torrence. Historical, llm., lw., chorus
characters. Sc. Garden in Jerusalem. TPF
Simoon. Johann August Strindberg. Trans, from the German. 2m., lw.
Sc. Arabian burial chamber. MR ; Trans, by Emil Sobering. Poet
Lore 17 : 21-28, Autumn 1906 ; Trans, by Edwin Bjorkman. Smart
Set 40 : 135-141, July 1913.
Simp, The. George M. Rosener. Irish comedy. 4m., 3w. Sc. In front
of an Irish cottage. WRP
Simpkins little breakfast party. Charles S. Bird. Farce. 4m., 3w.
Sc. Combined sitting and breakfast room. FP
Sin of Ahab, The. Anna Jane Harnwell with an introduction by Clara
Fitch. Biblical play. 5m., lw. Sc. Private audience chamber in the
palace of the king. HAT
Sing a song of seniors. Lindsey Barbee. Play of college life. 7w.
Sc. Room in a girls' seminary. DEP
Sing a song of sleepy head. James W. Foley. 19c. Sc. Drawing
room. FO
Singer, The. Padraic H. Pearse. Irish play in verse. 5m., 2w. Sc.
Wide clean kitchen of a country house. PRZ, PS
Singing pool, The. Helen L. Mobert. 4m., 2w. Sc. Outside of a cot-
tage in India. Poet Lore 30 : 275-288, Summer 1919.
Singing soul, The. Mrs. Henry Backus. Chinese legend. 4m., 3w.,
chorus. Sc. Interior of Chinese home in Peking 500 years ago. FSD
Sinner, The. Sholom Ash. 15m., lw., chorus. Sc. Jewish cemetery in
a small town in Russian Poland. PTS
Sinstram of Skagerrak. Sada Cowan. (Mrs. Frederick James Pitt)
Impressionistic episode. 1m., lw. Sc. High bare cliff. MA
Sir Bob. George M. Rosener. 2m., lw. Sc. Room handsomely fur-
nished. Stagelore p. 157-, Feb. 1912.
Sir David wears a crown. Stuart Walker. 13m., 4w., chorus. Sc.
Gateway to the King's castle. SCO, STK, WA Ladies' Home Jour-
nal 38 : 6-7, 154, 157-159, June 1921.
170 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Sister Masons. Frank Dumont. Burlesque, llw. Sc. Large room.
PPP
Sister to assist'er, A. John Le Breton. 2\v. Sc. Shabby bed-sitting-
room. FSD
Sisters, The. Harold Goddard. 5m., 5w., chorus. Sc. Interior. GJ
Sisters of Susannah. Philip Moeller. Biblical farce. 5m., Iw. Sc.
Beautiful garden of Myrah. MF
Sisters' tragedy, The. Richard Hughes. '2m., 3w. Sc. Hall of a
house used as a dining room. HUG
Six and eightpence. H. B. Tree. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc. Lawyer's
office. FSD
Six men of Calais, The. Lascelles Abercrombie. Cm. Sc. Not given.
Poetry Review 1 : 529-533, Dec. 1012.
t Six -who pass while the lentils boil. Stuart Walker. Fantasy. 5m.,
2w., chorus. Sc. Kitchen. MA, MTC, SS, STK, WP, WS
68-7O Berkeley Place. Whitney Darrow. Comedy. 3m., 5w. Sc.
Dining room of twin house. PPP
Skeptic's challenge, The. Henry Frank. 8 char. Sc. Vision of a re-
volving globe enwrapped in bright clouds. Open Court 30 : (J-l(:i, Jan.
1922, 36 : 78-88, Feb. 1922,
* Skirmish in Rensselaerswijck. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan.
New York in Colonial days. 5b., 3g. Sc. Living room in Dutch home
in old New York. TRH
* Skyboy. Gertrude Knevels. 15c. Sc. Outdoor setting. CAM
Slacker, The. Jewell Bothwell Tull. Great War play. 2m., 7w. Sc.
Living room. B
Slacker for the cause, A. B. A. Hedges. Great War play. 3m., Iw.
Sc. Interior. FP
Slacks, The. David Garb. 12.. 2w. Sc. Large white washed kitchen.
Harvard Monthly 48 : 20-27, March 1909.
* Slave raiders, The. Anita B. Ferris. 25 or more c. Sc. Unimportant.
Everyland 8 : 244-247, Aug. 1917.
Slave -with two faces, The. Mary Caroline Davies. Allegory. 3m.,
4w. Sc. Path in the woods. FLS, SL
* Slight mistake, A. Marie Irish. 2b., 4g. Sc. A sitting room. IP
Slippers. Anne Macfarlane. Fantasy. 1m., Iw., Ib. Sc. Living room.
Poet Lore 32:425-430, Autumn 1921.
Slump, The. Frederick L. Day. 2m., Iw. Sc. A dingy room in middle
class American home. SL
Smile of Moiia Lisa, The. Jacinto Benavente. Trans, from the Spanish
by J. A. Herman. 4m., Iw. Sc. Studio of Leonardo da Vinci in
Florence. BAG, BSM
Smith's unlucky day. Charles Nevers Holmes. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Interior. DEP
Snare and the fowler, The. Beulah Marie Dix. 3m. A narrow cham-
ber in a chateau in Normandy. DA
Snaring the lion. E. C. Ehrlich. Based on an incident in Judges. 2m.,
2w. Sc. Roof of a house in Palestine. Drama 9 : 60-83, May 1919.
* Snow image, The. E. Antoinette Luques. Miracle play. Ib., 5g. Sc.
Window overlooking garden. LS
Snow man, The. Laurence Housman. Verse. 2m., Iw., Ib., Ig. Sc.
A poor peasant dwelling. CBI, FSD
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Snow-white and rose-red. E. Harcourt Williams. Adapted from
Grimm's story. 2b., 4g. Sc. Interior of cottage. WI
Snow witch, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. A Russian folk play.
Ih., 4g.. chorus characters. Sc. A bare plain room. MST
Snowed-up with a Duchess. C. A. Castell. Comedy. 4w. Sc. Inte-
rior of a cottage. FS1>
Snowstorm, The. Perez Ilirschbein, tr. from the Yiddish. 7m., 4w., 2c.
Sc. Room in a small farmhouse in Russia. BLK
Snubbing of Fanny, The. Winifred St. Clair. Early Victorian. 1m.,
3\v. Sc. Comfortable drawing room. SAI
Soap-box orator, The. F. Ursula Payne. 5b., 3g., chorus. Sc. Cor-
ner near a small city park. PPC
Soap club, The. E. J. Freund. Ow. Sc. A large room. ANP
Sob sister. Lillian Saundors. 1m., 2w. Sc. Disorderly sitting room.
Drama 11:354-357, July 1921.
Socialism and beauty. Bouve Souther. 3m. Sc. A garden at night.
Harvard Monthly 54 : 202-207, July 1912.
Society column, The. Stella T. Payson. Om., 9w., Ig. Sc. Country
editor's office. BEQ
Society notes. Duffy R. West. Gm., 3w. Sc. Handsome morning room.
STK
Soft-soap day, The. Eleanore Hubbard. Pilgrim play. 7b., 4g. chorus.
Sc. Pilgrim village on the edge of a forest. HUD
Sojourners. Anna Harmvell and Isabelle Meeker. 5m.. 2w. Sc. Yard
of cottage in Leyrlen in 1(520. Drama 10 : 357-3G4, July-Sept. 1920.
Solemn pride. George Ross Leigh ton. U. S. Civil War play. 9w. Sc.
Sitting room in New England village in 1SG5. WWS
Solomon's song. Harry Kemp. Historical. 3m.. 2w. Sc. Throne-
room of Solomon's royal palace about 100 B. C. SCO
Some mischief still. Joyce Kilmer. 4m.. Iw. Sc. Living room of
upper West side Apartment. Smart Set 43 : 131-142, Aug. 1914.
Somebody-nothing, a Japanese farce. Trans, by Michio I tow and
Louise V. Ledoux. 3m. Sc. Room in a Japanese house. Asia 21 :
1011-1012, Dec. 1921.
Something to vote for. Charlotte Perkins Gilman. 2m., 7w., other
club w. Sc. Room arranged for a meeting. Forerunner 2: 143-153,
June 1911.
Son of the greater Fatherland. Edward Morgan. Great War play.
4m., Iw., lb., Ig., chorus. Sc. Interior of a room in a town not far
from Liege. MOQ
Song at the castle, A. Evelyn G. Sutherland. Historical background.
Romantic comedy. Gm., 2w. Sc. Drawing room in Dublin Castle.
SUP '
Song of Solomon, The. Mark O'Dea. 2m.. 3w. Sc. Back room of a
farm house. OR Drama 11 : 154-157, Feb. 1921.
Sons of Adam. Mariano Alarcon. 5m.. 3w., peasants. Sc. Interior of
humble home of a peasant. Stratford Journal 4 : 75-93, Feb. 1919.
Soothsayer, The. Verner von Heidenstam. Trans, from the Swedish.
5m., Gw., chorus. Sc. A laurel grove in ancient Greece. FOS, HVS
Sotoba Komachi. Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. Noh play of Ja-
pan. 2m., Iw. Sc. Along a bridge. FEN
Sotoba Komachi. Kwaiiami. Noh play of Japan. 2m., Iw., chorus
Sc. Stage. WAA
172 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Sounding brass. Edward Hale Bierstadt. 3m., Iw. Sc. Living room
of warden's quarters in prison. STK
Souvenir spoons. Irving Dale. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Small recep-
tion room in a fashionable hotel. B
Spark of life, The. Emma Beatrice Brunner. 2m., 2w. Sc. Luxuri-
ous living room. BRB
Sparks divine. Bessie Springer Breene. Comedy. lOw. Sc. Sitting
room. FSD
Sparrow, The. Sahatino Lopez. Trans, from the Italian and edited by
Isaac Goldberg. 2m., 4w., Ib. Sc. Room on the ground floor. VE
Special delivery. D. M. Henderson. Farce. 3m., 2w. Sc. Reception
room. B
Special rehearsal. E. P. Churchill. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior. CHU
Spectator No. 558. R. Clipston Sturgis. Jr. 3m. S<-. Corner in Will's
coffee house. Harvard Monthly 3G : 201-203, July 1903.
* Spider and the fly, The. Emma L. Johnston and Madalene D. Barnum.
.'5b. Sc. A dining room. JB
Spineless. Elsie Garretson Finch. 2m., Iw. Sc. Large living and draw-
ing room in a country house. SCT
* Spirit of Christmas, The. Ellen M. Willard. 4b., 4g. Sc. Interior.
WT
Spirit of Kiwanis, The. Edward Saxon. Patriotic play. dm. Sc.
Interior. SAX
* Spirit of liberty, The. Jessie M. Webb and Lucile Schamberger. 7c., 9
chorus groups. Sc. Children's nursery. FSD
* Spirit of Memorial Day, The. E. Antoinette Luques. 4b., 5g. Sc.
Out-of-doors. LS
Spirit of Pnrim, The. Herman D. Levinson. Jewish holiday play.
1m., Iw. Sc. Room off the ball room. BLD
Spiritual boost at Sallytown, The. Alice Marie Donley. Comedy.
3w. Sc. Study. G3
Spoiling the broth. Bertha N. Graham. 2m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen in a
Yorkshire house. JOA
t Spreading the news. Lady Gregory 7m., 3w. Sc. Outskirts of a fair.
Ci, CBI, GS. KP, LE, SS, Samhain pp. 15-28, 1905.
Spring in Bloomsbury. Harold Brighouse. 3m., 2w. Sc. Bed-sitting
room in Bloomsbury. WIA
Spring recital, The. Theodore Dreiser. 15m., 3w., many chorus char.
Sc. Prosperous church in the heart of a great city. DP, Little Re-
view 2 : 28-35, Dec. 1915.
* Spring time fantasy. Marjory Benton Cooke. Easter play. 9b., 8g.
Sc. Unimportant. DPP
Spy, The. Malcolm W. Davis. 5m., Iw. Sc. Interior. DAA
Square deal, A. Edward Mumford. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Reception
room. PPP
Square pegs. Clifford Bax. 2w. Sc. A garden. BAP, C2
Sqnashville fire brigade, The. Willis N. Bugbee. 3m., 2w. Sc. Sit-
ting room. MAP
Squ-^w-man, The; an idyl of the ranch. Edwin Milton Royle. 7m., Iw.
Sc. Ranch. Adobe house in the distance. Cosmopolitan 37:411-418,
Aug. 1904.
Squaw of Bear Clan. Evangeline M. Lent. Indian play. 3m., Iw. Sc.
Interior of Indian-Agent's house. WEP
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS . 173
Stage struck boarding house. Frank Dumont. 6m., 2w. Sc. Interior.
WHP
Staircase, The. Lascelles Abercrombie. Verse. 2m., Iw. Sc. Small
room in an empty cottage without furniture. ABF
Standing moving. Mary MacMillan. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living room in a
very old frame house. MTT
Standing room only. Dwight Spencer Anderson. 3m., Iw. Sc. Inte-
rior. FP
Star boarder, The. Charles Nevers Holmes. Boarding house comedy.
1m., 8w. Sc. Dining room. DEP
Star brave, The. Helen Fitzgerald Sanders. Verse. Based on Indian
myth. 3m. Sc. Interior of a Blackfoot Indian lodge. SAD
Star dust path, The. Colin Campbell Clements. 1m., Iw.. chorus. Sc.
Pine woods on shore of a lake. Poet Lore 31 : 181-18(5, Summer 1920.
Star in the trees, The. Stark Young. 2m., 15w. Sc. A secret wood.
YA
Star of Bethlehem, The. Clay M. Greene. 5m. Sc. Cosy corner of
a gentlemen's club. GD
Star of Bethlehem, The. Mrs. Alice Corbin Henderson. Nativity play.
10b., 2g. Sc. Stable of the inn at Bethlehem. HAD
Star spangled banner, The. Eleanore Hubbard. U. S. War of 1812
play. 5b. Sc. On board a British battleship. HUD
Star spangled banner, The. Katherine Stagg. Civil War episode.
2m., Iw. Sc. Interior. DPP
State forbids, The. Sada Cowan. Slum play. 1m., 2\v., Ib. Sc. A
desolate one room dwelling. COV
Station episode, A. Louise Rand Bascom. 1m., Iw. Sc. Waiting
room of station. MBP
Stepmother, The. Arnold Bennett. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Study. BP,
CBI
Step mother, The. A. A. Milne. 3m., Iw. Sc. Pleasant room. FSD,
MSM
Stick-up, The. Pierre Loving. Wild west fantastic play. 3m. Sc. In-
side the orbit of Uranos. STK, STV
Stockings' revolt. Elizabeth Ferguson Seat. Christmas play. 15c.
Sc. Living room. FIL
Stoic's daughter, The. Maurice Baring. Historical farce. 4m., 3w-,
Is. Sc. Room in the house of Burrus. BA
Stolen horse, The. Louise Rand Bascom. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc. Sit-
ting room. MBP
Stonefolds. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living
room of shepherd's hut. GIA, GIP, GIS
Store, The. Elizabeth Kellam. 3m., 3w. Sc. Back room of a grocery
store. FSD
Storm, The. John Drinkwater. Poetic. 2m., 3w. Sc. A mountain
cottage. DPA, DR, Theatre Arts Magazine 4:191-199, July 1920.
Storm, The. Mary MacMillan. Farce. 1m., 10w., Is w. Sc. Draw-
ing room. MTT
Storm in a tea shop. Stafford Hillard. 2m., 3w. Sc. Tea room.
FSD
Stormy night, A. Katharine Kavanaugh. Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc.
Drawing room. FP
Stormy times. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. Rebellion in
174 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
early New York. 5b., chorus char. Sc. On the road to a fort. TRH
Story of a famous wedding, The. Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland.
Early New England. (Jm., 4w. Sc. Drawing room in mansion in
early New England. SUO
Story of Corporal Bell, The. Cyril Wentworth Hogg. 3w. Sc. Liv-
ing room. FSD
J Story of Jacob, The. Harris G. Hale and Newton M. Hall. 7b., 2g.
Sc. Interior. HAL
* Story of the poplar tree, The. E. Antoinette Luques. 22c. Sc. For-
est scene. LS
* Strange boy, The. Netta Syrett. 3b., 5g. Sc. Schoolroom. SSG
Strange host, The. Arthur Law. Fanciful. 3m., 2w. Sc. Old fash-
ioned room in a cottage. WIA
Strange physician, The. May Bell. 3m., Iw. Sc. A hall furnished
as a living room in Johannesburg. BRW
Stranger, The. Felix Gould. 3m., 2w. Sc. Before a house. GO
Stranger, The. Perez Hirschbein. Tr. fr. Yiddish. 3m., 2w. Sc. A
small room with tiny windows. BLK
Stranger, The. David Pinski. Trans, from the Yiddish by Isaac Gold-
berg. 9m., 6w., many chorus characters. Market place of Birath Arba
at the time of the destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem. PT, PTT
Strangers. Emma Beatrice Brunner. 2m., Iw. Sc.. Luxurious living
room. BRB
Strangers. Sada Cowan. 1m., Iw. Sc. Office. Smart Set 42 : 115-
11G, Mar. 1914.
Sranger's visit, The. Horace B. Browne. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior of
cottage. BD
* Strategy of Director Kief t, The. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L.
Ryan. 6b., lg., chorus char. Sc. A garden. TRH
Streaks of light. Hermann Sudermann. Trans, from the German. 2m.,
Iw. Sc. Small pavilion in a park. SU
Street singer, The. Jose Echegaray. Trans, by John Garrett Underbill.
2m.. 2w., others. Sc. A public square. Drama 7 : 62-76, Feb. 1917.
* Strike in Santa Clans land, The. Clara J. Denton. Christmas play.
5b., 6g. Sc. Room decorated for Christmas festivities. SI
* Strike in Santa Clans land, A. Effa E. Preston. 14c. Sc. Room in
Santa's house. PAP
* Strike Mother Goose settled, The. Evelyn Hoxie. 5b., 7g. Sc. Inte-
rior. EP
Striker, The. Margaret Scott Oliver. 2m., 3w. Sc. A dining room in
a workman's house. OS
Striped sweater, The. O. E. Young. Cm. Sc. Interior. B
Stroke of Marbot, The; or, The Emperor at Melk. Graham S.
Rawson. Background of France in Napoleonic times. 13m., chorus.
Sc. Great apartment overlooking the Danube. RA
Stronger, The. August Strindberg. 2w. Sc. Corner of a ladies' res-
taurant. LC, LO, STO, Trans, from the Swedish by Edith and
Warner Oland. International 4:58-59, Sept. 1911. Trans, by F. I.
Ziegler. Poet Lore 17:47-50, Spring 190G.
Stronger woman. The. August Strindberg. 2w. Sc. A nook in a
ladies' cafe. STW
t Studying for a test. Edith F. A. U. Painton. 4g. Sc. School room.
PAD
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 175
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Stuff o' Dreams. Rex Hunter. 3m., lw. Sc. Interior of a fisherman's
cottage in Maine. HS
Stuffing. Dorothy Cleather. 7w., Ic. Sc. Cottage room. CH
Stuffing. George Paston. 1m., 2w., Ib. Sc. Living room. FSD
Subjection of Kezia, The. Mrs. Havelock Ellis. 2m., lw. Sc. Inte-
rior of cottage kitchen in a Cornish fishing village. EL, ELA, SL
Substance of ambition. Marie Josephine Warren. 2m., 2w. Sc. Par-
lor of boarding house. B, PWP
Substitute, The. Effie Ellsler Weston. 3m., lw. Sc. Interior of cob-
bler's shop. Smart Set 31 : 115-121, July 1910.
Substitute bride, The. Adelaide Stedman. 2m., 3w. Sc. Luxurious
living room in New York. Smart Set 35 : 129-13G, Oct. 1911.
Substitute for Santa Claus. Carolyn Wells. 7b., Ig. Sc. Father
Time's office. WJ
Success. Marjorie Benton Cooke. 1m., lw. Sc. Garden. CO
Successful failure, A. George M. Rosener. Farce. 4m. Sc. Hotel
parlor. FP
Such a charming young man. Zoe Akins. 6m., 3w. Sc. Balcony
overlooking a fashionable restaurant. Smart Set 48 : 67-78, Apr. 1910.
Such extravagance. George Bloomquest. 2m., lw. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Suffragette, The. Helen G. Ludington. 7w. Sc. Sitting room. FSD
Suffragette baby, A. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. 6w. Sc. Board-
ing house interior. PPP
Suffragette's redemption. Inglis Allen. 1m., lw. Sc. Interior. FSD
Sugar house, The. Alice Brown. 4m., 3w. Sc. A sugar-house in a
New England wood. BO
Suicides. Preston Gibson. 2m. Sc. Poorly furnished apartment.
FSD
Suite B. Fannie Myers Langolis. 3m., lw. Sc. Handsomely furnished
hotel sitting room. DPP
Suited at last; or, Sauce bordelaise. Elizabeth Urquhart. Comedy.
1m., 7w. Sc. Living room. FP
Suitors three; or, Her test for true love. C. Gordon Kurtz. 3m.,
2w. Sc. Interior. STB
Sunia Genji. Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. Noh play of Japan.
•3m. Sc. Japanese exterior. FEN
Sumida Gawa, adapted from the Japanese Noh drama by Motomasa by Colin
C. Clements. 2m., lw., Ic., chorus. Sc. Banks of the Sumida River.
Stratford Journal 2 : 29-39, Jan. 1918.
Summer-dawn. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., lw. Sc. Cot-
tage before dawn. GID, GIP
Sun, The. John Galsworthy. 2m., lw. Great War play. Sc. Stile
close to a river. GSS, LE, Scribner's Magazine 65 : 513-516, May
1919.
Sun goddess, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. Masque of old Japan.
19c., 3 chorus groups. Sc. Not given. MBF
Sunbeam. Federico Mariani. 2m., 2w. Sc. Private parlor in apart-
ment in fashionable N. Y. hotel. Smart Set 29 : 130-138, Oct. 1909.
Sunday on Sunday goes by. Henri Lavedan. 3m. Sc. Plateau in
the country. Poet Lore 27: 185-189, Spring 1916.
Sundial, The. Howard Mumford Jones. 2m., 4w. Sc. A garden.
Texas Review 5 : 93-125, Jan. 1920.
176 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
t Sunny morning, A. Serafin Quintero and Joaquin A. Quintero. Trans,
from the Spanish by Lucretia Xavier Floyd. 1m.. lw., 2s. Sc. Re-
tired part of a park in Madrid. SL, WWS, Trans, by Isaac Gold-
berg. Stratford Journal 1 : 39-51. Autumn 191G.
Sunshine, an idyll. Charles Dickson. Southern play. 2m., lw. Sc.
Garden. WHP
Superior sex, The. Helen Bagg. Farce. 1m., 9w. Sc. Interior. PPP
Suppressed desires. George Cram Cook and Susan Glaspell. Satire.
1m., 2w. Sc. A studio. MA, P2
Surprises. C. Leona Dalyrymple. Farce. 2m., lw. Sc. Interior. FP
* Surprising Santa. Willis N. Bugbee. 3b., 2g., 2 chorus groups. Sc.
Living room. BUJ
Survival. Horace Holley. 1m., lw. Sc. Garden of a home in the sub-
urbs. HOR
Susan's embellishments. Arthur Eckersley. 1m., 3w. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Susan's finish. Alice C. Thompson. Comedy. 7w. Sc. Sitting room.
B
* Susie pays a visit. Kittie Barne. (Mrs. Eric Streatfield) A play with
a dance. Ob., Ig. Sc. Interior. BAS
Swan song, The. Anton Checkhov. Trans, from the Russian. 2m. Sc.
Stage of a country theatre in Russia. CHE, SS
f Swanwhite. August Strindberg. Trans, from the Swedish. Fairy play.
10m., 7w. Sc. Large apartment in Mediaeval stone castle. SMS,
STP
t Sweeps of ninety-eight, The. John Masefield. 7m., lw. Sc. A par-
lor in an inn. MLS, MTA
Sweet-and-twenty. Floyd Dell. Comedy. 3m., lw. Sc. Corner of a
cherry orchard. DK, SCO, STK
Sweet elysium club, The. Alice E. Ives. Comedy. 14w. Sc. Club
room. FSD
* Sweet girl graduate, a commencement play. Carolyn Wells. 9b., 14g.
or all g. Sc. Gay garden. PPP, Ladies' Home 'journal 38 : 19, 38,
May 1921.
f Sweetmeat game. Ruth Comfort Mitchell. 2m., lw.. Ib. Sc. Living
room in a Chinese house in the Chinese quarter. FSD
Swift's pastoral. Padraic Colum. Irish legend' of St. Patrick's purga-
tory. 1m., lw. Sc. Unimportant. CDL, Poetry 17 : 175-180, Jan.
1921.
Swimmin' pools. Belford Forrest. 5m. Sc. Dark 'stage — outside the
city limits. B
* Swineherd, The. Evelyn Smith. From Hans Andersen. 6b., 4g. Sc.
A room in a palace. SFR
Sympathetic souls. Sydney Grundy. From the French of Eugene
Scribe. 2m., 2w. Sc. A sitting room. FSD
Tabarin's wife. Catulle Mendes. Trans, from the French by Frank R.
Arnold. 5m., 3w. Sc. Square of the Dauphin in 1G29. International
5 : 38-41, Feb. 1912.
Tables turned, The. John Kendrick Bangs. Farce. 2b., 3g. Sc. A
nursery. HB
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 177
Tabloid, A. Arthur Eckersley. Tragic farce. 3m. Sc. A bachelor's
room. FSD, Smart Set 44 : 135-142, Oct. 1914.
Tadpole school, The. Emilie Blackmore Stapp and Eleanor Cameron.
A September play. 4b., lg., 2 chorus groups b. and g. Sc. On the
bank of a pond. SCH
Tag, der; or, The tragic man. J. M. Barrie. Great War play. 4m.
Sc. A bare chamber. BET
Tailor's dummy, The. Clara J. Denton. 2b., lg. Sc. Interior.
MBP
Taking father's place. W. C. Parker. Farce. 5m., 3w. Sc. Bro-
ker's office. DEP
Taking teacher's place. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 4b., 4g. Sc. Not im-
portant. GUT
Taking the census. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Farce. 1m., lw., Ib. Sc.
At the door of a house in a poor neighborhood. TMP
Taking •way, A. Innis G. Osborn. Farce. 4m., 2w. Sc. Interior. B
Tale of the tarts. E. M. Fotheringham. 3b., 4g. Sc. Outside the
palace of the King of Hearts. FSD
Talisman, The. Miss E. H. Keating. Proverb play "Truth may be
blamed, but it cannot be shamed." 8m. Sc. Garden of a palace. KE
Tamura. Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. Noli play of Japan. 3m.
Sc. Japanese setting. FEN
Tangled skein, The. Laura E. Richards. 2g. Sc. Room. RP
Tangles. C. Leona Dalrymple. Farce. 4m., 2\v. Sc. Interior. FP
Taniko. (The Valley-Hurling) Zenchiku. Pt. 1. Nob. play of Ja-
pan. 2m., lw., Ib., chorus. Sc. Stage. WAA
Tanks. Hugh Mytton. 2m., 2w. Sc. Bedroom of a Scotch Hydro. FSD
Tatters. Richard Burton. Juvenile Court character sketch. 3m., Ib.
Sc. Lawyer's room. FSD, Drama 12:206-208, March 1922.
Tea and conversation. Colin C. Clements. A comedy of bad manners.
7\v. Sc. Sitting room. FSD
Tea and politics. Irene Jean Crandall. Comedy. 2m., 7w. Sc. Inte-
rior. DEP
Teacher's pet, The. E. M. Peixotto. Farce. 7b., chorus. Sc. School
room. PET
Tears of dawn, a medieval phantasy. Faith Van Valkenburgh Vilas.
2m., 2\v. Sc. Mountain pass. Poet Lore 33 : 105-113, Spring 1922.
Tears of the birds, The. Yone Noguchi. 2m., lw., lc., chorus. Sc.
None given. Poet Lore 29 : 451-455, Autumn 1918.
Tecpancaltzin. Grace E. Taft. Verse. Ancient Aztec. 5m., 2w. Sc.
Garden. TA
Teeth of the gift horse. Margaret Cameron. 2m., 4w. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Teja. Hermann Sudermann. Early Mediaeval. 9m., 2w. Sc. King's
tent. STZ
Telegram from Dad, A. J. M. Taylor. Farce. College play. 6m., lw.
Sc. A student's room. B
Telegrams, The. Horace Holley. 2m. Sc. Front of a shop in Paris.
IIOR
Telephone, The. Charles Ligory Fleming. Farce. 10m. Sc. A room
with telephone boxes. FLE
Telling the truth. Louis Herman Hubbard. Farce. 1m., 9w. Sc.
Sitting room. HUB
178 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLATS
Temperament. Mary Aldis. 1m., 2w. Sc. 1. Library in a private
house : so. 2. A studio in Greenwich Village. AP
Temperament. Maverick Terrell. 2m., 2w. Sc. Star's dressing room
in a theatre. Smart Set 50:215-220, Sept. 191<i.
Templeton tea pot The. Grace Cooke Strong. Farce. 4m., 4w. Sc.
Library. B
Ten days later. Carl Glick. 4m., 2w., crowd. Sc. Street in small
town in Palestine about 1 A. D. Drama 11 : 159-165, Feb. 1921.
Ten fingers of Francois, The. Christmas play of old Provence. Delle
Houghton Oglesbee. 2m., 2w., 3b.. 2g., others. Sc. Kitchen of farm
house. Drama 14 : G5-G9, Nov. 1923.
^ Ten minntes by the clock. Mrs. Alice C. Riley. 7b., 2g. Sc. Break-
fast room in a palace. HIT
Ten P. M., a problem play. Mary Aldis. 1m.. Iw. Sc. A fireside,
under shaded lamps. Drama 11 : 187-188, March 1921.
Ten years after (with apologies to Dumas Pere). Baroness von
Hutton. 1m., Iw. Sc. Not given. Smart Set 12 : 75-77, Oct. 1903.
Tenor, A. Louis Gilmore. 2m., 2w. Sc. Boudoir in winter Palace, 1780
at time of Empress Catherine. Double-Dealer 3 : 301-310, June 1922.
Tenor, The. Frank Wedekind. Trans, from the German by Andre Tri-
don. Comedy. 3m.. 3w., 2s. Sc. A large hotel room. SL
Tents of the Arabs, The. Lord Dunsany. 5m., Iw. Sc. Outside gate
of city of Thalanna. Smart Set 45 : 229-239, Mar. 1915.
Teoteuctli. Grace E. Taft. Verse. Ancient Aztec. 7m., 3w. Sc.
Interior of small Aztec temple. TA
Terrible Meek, The. Charles Rann Kennedy. 2m., Iw. Sc. A wind-
swept hill. KT
Terror of a day, The. M. F. Hutchinson. Ow. Sc. A square sitting
room. WIA
* Tertulla's garden; or, The miracle of good St. Valentine.
Marguerite Merington. 3m., 3w., lc., chorus. Sc. A room in the
town house of Asterius. MFP
Test, The. Helen L. Willcox. Missionary play. 7m. Sc. A room in
a hut in Morocco. MIS
Test kiss, The. John Keble Bell. (Keble Howard, pseud.) 1m., Iw.
Sc. Room in a country house. FSD
* Testing of Sir Gawayne, The. Marguerite Merington. Hallowe'en.
8m., 4w., lc., many chorus char. Sc. King Arthur's Court. MFP,
MTC
f Thankful for Jack. Alice W. Chaplin. <>g. Sc. Sitting room. CHC
Thankful heart, The. Frances Gillespy Wickes. 8c. Sc. Cottage
room which is both kitchen and living room. WCB
$ Thanksgiving conspiracy, A. Marie Irish. 5b., 4g. Sc. Living
room. PAP
* Thanksgiving Day — 1696. Martha B. Bayles and Anna M. Liitken-
haus. American history play. 8g., chorus. Sc. New England kit-
chen. LTJ
* Thanksgiving Day — "Anychild's vision of blessings." F. Ursula
Payne. 29c. Sc. A room in Anyhouse. PP
* Thanksgiving dream, A. Caroline A. Creevey and Margaret E. Sang-
ster. 17c. Sc. Ethel's bedroom. IIB
* Thanksgiving dream. Effa E. Preston. 15c. Sc. Interior. PAP
Thanksgiving festival. Arranged by normal students in the Dept. of
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 179
Hist, of the State Normal and Model Schools, Trenton, N. J. Any no.
of children. Sc. Exterior of Jewish tabernacle. Ladies' Home Jour-
nal 30 : 39, 74-75, Nov. 1913.
Thanksgiving of Praisgod plenty, The. Julia M. Martin. 3b., 2g.
Sc. Interior of Puitan home. EP
That black cat. Bert C. Rawley. Cm., 2w. Sc. Interior. APP
That blessed lady. Edward Mumford. Farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Sea-
shore house. PPP
That blonde person. Helen Bagg. Farce. Gw. Sc. A pretty draw-
ing room. PPP
That boy. Alice W. Chaplin. 4g. Sc. Sitting room. CHC
That brute Simmons. Arthur Morrison and Herbert C. Sargent.
Adapted from Arthur Morrison's story in "Tales of mean streets." 2m.,
Iw. Sc. Interior. FSD
That little rogue next door. Harold Sander. Farce. 2m., 3w. Sc.
Drawing room. FP
Their anniversary. Alice C. D. Riley. 3m., 3w. Sc. Garden side of
a house. Drama 12 : 157-162, Feb. 1922.
Their first dinner. RuTus H. Gillmore. Farce. 3m., 2w. Sc. Dining
room. B
Their first quarrel. Chailes Nevers Holmes. Comedy. 1m. Iw. Sc.
Any room. DEP
Their Godfather from Paris. Lillian Pleasant. Comedy. 2m., 3w.
Sc. Sitting room. PLN
Their point of view. Wilfred T. Coleby. 2m., Iw. Sc. Chaplain's
room in a government Industrial Home. FSD
Their -wife. George Middleton. 1m., Iw., 1 chorus character. Sc.
Room which apparently has been closed for many months. MIT
"Them banns." Catherine Bellairs Gascoin. 1m., 2w. Sc. Back hall
of the vicarage. GAL
Theodat. Remy de Gourmont. Trans, by Richard Aldington. 7m., and
clerks., Iw. Sc. Large hall in Bishop's palace at Clermont in 570.
Drama 0: 184-205, May 191G.
Theodore, Jr. Sally Shute. 1m., 7w. Sc. Library in a home. B
Theorist, The. R. M. Arkush. 1m., 3w. Sc. Small, plainly furnished
room. Harvard Monthly 42 : 46-53, Mar. 1906.
There's a difference. Grover Theis. 2m., Iw. Sc. Professor Sharp's
bedroom. TN
There's always' a reason. Bernard Sobel. lOw. Sc. Living room.
ST
These wild young people. J. M. O'Connor, Jr. 3m., 2w., Is. Sc. A
glassed porch. U\V
They the crucified. Florence Taber Holt. Great War play. 7m., 2w.
Sc. Living room of an old fashioned farm house, somewhere in north-
ern France. HT
Thief, The. Clara J. Denton. 1m., 3w. Sc. Handsome interior. DAI
Thief in the house, A. R. M. Robinson. Comedy. 6m. Sc. Interior.
B
Third chapter. Charles Dickson. 2m., Iw. Sc. Drawing room. WHP
Third man, The. Roderick Benedix. Trans, by Barrett H. Clark. 1m.,
3w. Sc. Room in a small house in Germany. FSD
Thirst. Henry Gordon. Verse. Army play. 7m. Sc. In U. S. Army
Recruit Depot on sea shore. GOR
180 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Thirst. Eugene G. O'Neill. 2m., Iw. Sc. On a raft in a tropical sea.
OT
13 Simon Street. Anthony P. Wharton. 3m., Iw. Sc. Tenement
house. FSD
f Thirteenth domino, The. Harold S. Latham. 16b. Sc. College room
in boy's preparatory school. FSD
This is so sudden. McPherson Janney. Farce. Bachelor girl play.
5w. Sc. Living room of small apartment. B
This is the law. Lillian P. Wilson. 5m. Sc. County jail. WIF
This room is engaged. Florence M. Millward. Farcical comedy. 3m.,
5w. Sc. Room in a building let for concerts. MIF
This way out. Gladys Ruth Bridgham. Cm., 5w. Sc. Room in lodging
house. EP
This youth. — Gentlemen! Margaret Scott Oliver. Fantasy. 1m., Ib.
Sc. A narrow lane sharply ascending the hill-side. OS
Thompson's luck. Harry Greenwood Grover. Tragedy. 3m., Iw. Sc.
Very plain farmhouse kitchen. SCO
Those dreadful Drews. Helen Morrison Howie. Comedy. Gw. Sc.
Parlor. PPP
"Those dreadful vity-mines!" Rea Woodman. Ib., 3g. Sc. Sitting
room. WO
Those husbands of ours. Jessie A. Kelley. Farce. 7w. Sc. Living
room in disorder. FSD
Those landladies. Ina Leon Cassilis. Boarding house comedy. 2w.
Sc. Sitting room of lodging house. PH
Those red envelopes. W. C. Parker. Farce. 4m., 4w. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Thou shalt not steal. Edith Sessions Tupper. 3m., Iw. Sc. Comfort-
able living room. Smart Set 27 : 134-140, Feb. 1909.
* Three bears, The. Katharine Lord. 3b., 2g. Sc. Edge of a wood.
LLS
* Three hears, The. Caroline W. Thomason. 3b., Ig. Sc. In the Bear's
house. (Play for children to be given in English or French.) PPP,
TH
Three hears, The. E. Harcourt Williams. 2b., 2g. Sc. Cottage with
kitchen and bedroom. WI
Three blind mice. William Muskerry. A predicament. 1m., 2w. Sc.
Sitting room. FSD
* Three compromises of the Constitution. Blanche Shoemaker Wag-
staff. Colonial American history. 12b. Sc. Large dignified Colo-
nial room. WCP
Three dear friends. Katharine Roof. Feminine episode. 4w. Sc.
Corner in the drawing room. B
Three false women of Llaiilar, The. Hermann Hagedorn. Verse.
3w. Sc. Unimportant. HP
Three from the earth. Djuna Barnes. 3m., Iw. Sc. Boudoir. Lit-
tle Review 7 : 3-1"), Nov. 1919.
Three graces, The. Edward Granville. Comedy. 4m., 2w. Sc. Hall
used as a sitting room. B
Three is company. Alfred Brand. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc. Drawing
room. BRI
Three lepers of Sul-El-Garah. Colin Campbell Clements. 3m. Sc.
Corner in a narrow cobblestoned street. CLD
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 181
Three of a kind. Gladys Ruth Bridgham. Comedy. 1m., 6w. Sc.
Interior. B
f Three pills in a bottle. Rachel Lyman Field. Fantasy. 5m., 3w.
Sc. Room filled with sunlight. FS1
Three rogues and a rascal. Wilma Wigginton. Farce. 5m. Sc.
Police night court. FSD, US
* Three-score miles and ten. Someple, pseud. 13c. Sc. Ticket office.
SO
* Three sleepy heads. Clara J. Denton. New Year play. lb., 2g. Sc.
Study room in a Public Library. DAH
* Three Sundays in a week. Harriet Sabra Wright. From a story by
Poe. 4b., Ig. Sc. Interior of a house. WN
Three travelers -watch a sunrise. Wallace Stevens, 5m., Iw. Sc.
Forest on a hilltop in Pennsylvania. SL, Poetry 8 : 163-179, July
1916.
* Three wishes. The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. A French folk play.
2b., Ig. Sc. A Breton kitchen. MST, STV
Three -wishes. Thomas Wood Stevens. Comedy. 5m. Sc. An army
billet somewhere in France. STG
Three women. Charlotte Perkins Gilman. 1m., 4w. Sc. Parlor.
Forerunner 2 : 115-123, 134, May 1911.
Threshold, The. Harold Chapin. Play of Welsh mining life. 1m., Iw.,
Sc. Simple room. FSD
Thrift. W. Lloyd Berridge. 4b., 2g. Sc. Sitting room. Ladies' Home
Journal 35 : 57, Nov. 1918.
Thrilling. Daisy McGeoch. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc. Dark stage.
MAC
"Through Christmas bells." Clay M. Greene. 4m., Iw. Sc. The
sacristy of a fashionable Church. GD
* Through the looking-glass. Anna M. Liitkenhaus. From the book
by Lewis Carroll. 6b., 8g. Sc. Room with little furniture except a
large arm chair. LU
Thumbscrew, The. Edith Lyttelton. 2m., 4w., 2b., Ig. Sc. Stage
divided into two rooms. LYA
Thursday evening. Christopher Morley. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc. A
small suburban kitchen in a modest home. SCO, STK
Thy kingdom come. Florence Converse. A drama for Easter Even.
3m., 8c., angels. Sc. Tomb of Christ. Atlantic Monthly 127:352-
362, Mar. 1921.
Tickets for the Sheffield choir. Edith Lowell. Dramatized from the
story by Elizabeth Weir. Comedy. 6w. Sc. Sitting room. B
Tickets, please. Irving Dale. Comedy. 4w. Sc. Reception room in
a hotel. B
Tickless time. Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook. 2m., 4w. Sc.
A garden. GP, SCO
"Tiddville and the radio." Harry Doty. Rural comedy. 3m., 5w.
Sc. Sitting room. DOT
Tides. George Middleton. 2m., Iw. Sc. Simply furnished study. LE,
MIM
Ties of blood. Lillian Sutton Pelee. 3m.. Iw. Sc. Adobe house in
San Gabriel, California. Poet Lore 32:572-580, Winter 1921.
Tiger, a play of the Tenderloin. Witter Bynner. 2m., 3w. Sc. A
room in a house in the Tenderloin district in N. Y. BB, BYT, Forum
49; 522-547, May 1913.
182 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Tilda's new hat. George Paston. 1m., 3w. Sc. Living room in a
tenement house. FSD
Till three P.M. Marvin Hadley. Farce. 2m., Iw. Sc. Well fur-
nished apartment. FP
Time is money. Mrs. Hugh Bell and Arthur Cecil. 1m., 2w. Sc. In-
terior. FSD
Timothy Ryan's return. Harry L. Newton and A. S. Hoffman. Com-
edy. 2m. Sc. Interior. DPP
Tiny Tim's surprise-party. Arthur Guiterman. 5b., 5g. Scr. Kit-
chen. Woman's Home Companion 39 : 40, Feb. 1912.
Tired woman. The. Max Nichelsoii. 9w. Sc. Street of ugly red brick
rooming houses. Poetry 11:255-239, Feb. 1918.
Tit-bits. Herbert Swears. Comedy. 2w. Sc. Room in furnished
apartment. FSD
* Tit for tat. Marjorie Benton Cooke. 3b., 9g. Sc. Interior. DPP
To be perfectly frank. Josephine A. Meyer. 2m., Ivv. Sc. Sitting
room. Smart Set 05 : €9-79, June 1921.
To find our lives. Kenneth Hunter. 1m., Iw. Sc. Hill overlooking
the city. Harvard Monthly 51 : 197-200, Feb. 1911.
* To save his country. Irma Kraft. Pesah. 7b., 3g. Sc. A room in
a private home in a little village in southern France. KPP
Tobacco evil, The. A. P. Tchehoff. Trans, from the Russian by Henry
James Forman. 1m. Sc. Platform of provincial clubhouse. Thea-
tre Arts Magazine 7 : 77-82, Jan. 1923.
Told by the gate. Malcolm Morley. Love cycle. 2m., 2w. Sc. A
picturesque country meadow. MOL
Told in a Chinese garden. Constance Wilcox. Fantastic. Cm., 3w.,
chorus characters. Sc. A Chinese garden. WCT, Drama 9 : 116-
150, May 1919.
Tom, Tom, the piper's son. Irving Pichel. 3m. Sc. A kitchen.
Harvard Monthly 57 : 80-88, Dec. 1913.
Tommy, short character play. Ethel Hale Freeman. 4m., 3w. Sc.
Kitchen. FSD
* Tommy's Thanksgiving party. Willis N. Bugbee. Gb., 4g. Sc. Sit-
ting room. EP
Tomorrow, a nightmare. Henry B. O'Hanlon. 4m. Sc. Interior of
a morgue. Studies G : 48-57, Mar. 1917.
Tomorrow at ten. Lindsey Barbee. Movie play. 1m., Iw. Sc. In-
terior. DEP
"The Tongmen." Adolph Lehmann. 4m., 2w. Sc. Street corner in
Chinese quarter. Little Theatre Monthly 1 : 50-52, July 1917.
Tongues of fire. Patrick Kearney. 2m., 2w. Sc. Room in poor apart-
ment in N. Y. Drama 11 : 397^01, Aug.-Sept. 1921.
Too many wives. Sara Henderson. Domestic comedy. 4m., 2w. Sc.
Living room. MAP
Too much Bobbie. Helen Morrison Hoxie. Farce. 6w. Sc. Living
room. PPP
Too much Galatea. Arthur Lewis Tubbs. Dream play of Greece. 2m.,
2w. Sc. Interior. PPP
Too much married. Charles Townsend. 3m., 2w. Sc. Interior. PPP
f Too much monkey. E. M. Fotheringham. 7b. Sc. Study of a rec-
tory. FSD
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 183
Too much salt. George S. Bryan. Culinary comedy. 3m., 3w. Sc.
Interior. B
Toolip, The. Catherine Bellairs Gascoin. lin., l\v. Sc. Living room.
GAL
Top of the world, The. Emma Mauritz Larson. Christmas play. 6b.,
2g. Sc. Interior of home of Father Christinas. Woman's Home Com-
panion 40 : 43, 120, Dec. 1919.
Topsy turvy Christmas. Elizabeth F. Guptill. loc. Sc. Inner cur-
tain and stage. PAP
Torch, The. Josephine Thorp. Pageant. 57c. Sc. Time's garden.
TKP
Torch of time, The. Laurence llousman. A study in revolution. 4m.
Sc. Suburban interior. HAB
Torches. Kenneth Raisbeck, -in., 2\v., 2c. Sc. An upper terrace by
the side of a castle. FS2
Touch of the child, The. Leon M. Lion. Adapted from Tom Gallon's
story. 2m., 2\v. Sc. Handsomely furnished room. FSD
Touch of truth, The. Henry M. Walbrook. Comedy. 2in. Sc. Din-
ing room. FSD
Tourist agency, The. Herbert C. Sargent. Farce. 3m., 3w. Sc.
Tourist office. SAR
Tower cf silence, The. James Platt White. 3m., 2w. Sc. Circular
room at top of tower. Harvard Monthly 33: 188-208, Feb. 1902.
Toys' rebellion, The. Edna Randolph Worrell. 5b., 7g., other c. Sc.
Kris Kringle s workshop. Ladies' Home Journal 20 : 10, Dec. 1902.
Tracks to the den, The. Augusta Stevenson. 3b., 4g. Sc. A forest.
SCI
Tradition. George Middletou. 1m., 2w. Sc. Sitting room. LC, MIT
Tragedian in spite of himself, A. Anton Chekov. 2m. Sc. A study.
CUD, Poet Lore 33 : 208-273, Summer 1922.
Tragedy of true love, The. a warning to those contemplating matrimony.
C. F. R. liu., Iw. Sc. Drawing room. Smart Set 3 : 143-144, Apr.
1901.
Trained menagerie, A. Marie Irish. Comedy. 7b. Sc. Menagerie
with cages for animals. 1PP
Train leaves in ten minutes, The. Louise Rand Bascom. Farce.
1m., Iw., Ig. Sc. Interior. MAP
Train to Morrow, The. Jeannette Joyce. 3m., 2w. Sc. Country rail-
way station. MAP
Traitor. Percival Wilde. Boer War play. 7m. Sc. Officer's tent in
South Africa. B, WED
Tramp and a night's lodging, A. Mrs. Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen. 1m.,
2w. Sc. Kitchen. TT
Tramp barbers, The. E. M. Peixotto. 7b. Sc. Barber shop. PET
Transaction in stocks, A. Ralph W. Tag. Comedy. 4m., Iw. Sc.
Office. FP
Traveller and peasant. Leo Tolstoy. Trans, by L. and A. Maude.
2m. Sc. Peasant's hut. English Review 5 : 617-624, July 1910.
Travellers and the hatchet, The. Augusta Stevenson. 3b. Sc. A
high road. SC3
Travelling man, The. Lady Gregory. Miracle play. 1m., Iw., Ic. Sc.
A cottage kitchen. GS, MTC
184 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Travelling photographer, The. Kate Alice White. Farce. 3m., 2w.
Sc. Back yard. MAI'
Treason. S. A. Welldon. (5m., lw.. others. Sc. Front of a Southern
colonial mansion. Harvard Monthly 37: 14-29, Oct. 1903.
* Treasure chest, The. Josephine Thorp. Fairy play. Any number of
children. Sc. Forest by the sea. THR
$ Treasure in the trunk, The. William N. Blutt. Play of Jewish life.
3b., 3g. Sc. An attic room. BLD
Trecento. Hanns Heinz Ewers. Cm., lw., servants. Sc. Hall in cas-
tle in 14th century. International 11 : 135-140, May 1917.
Trend, The. Manta S. Graham. 2m., lw. Sc. Front of house in model
factory village. GRL
v Trial for the murder of the King's English. Julia E. Park. Play
for Good Speech Week. 28c. Sc. Court Room. EP
Trial of a heart, The. J. Raines Wilson. 4m. Sc. "Court of the
soul." Smart Set 36 : 141-142, Feb. 1912.
* Trial trip of the Clermont, The. Eleanore Hubbard. 5b. Sc. The
Clermont on the Hudson River. HUD
* Trials of Christmas shopping. Marie Irish. lb., 3g. Sc. Sitting
room. I
Triangle No. V333. Frank T. Kleber. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc. Well
furnished boudoir. KLE
Triangled. Frank T. Kleber. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc. Well furnished
boudoir. KL
Trick of the trade, A. Alice K. Bower. 1m., lw. Sc. Living room.
FSD
Trickery. AVilson Hicks. 3m. Sc. Inside of small pawnshop. Smart
Set <H5: 79-85, Sept. 1921.
Trifles. Susan Glaspell. 3m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen in abandoned farm
house. GP, SL
Trimming of the tree. E. Ethel Mould. IGc. Sc. Living room.
Ladies' Home Journal 30 : 143-144, Dec. 1919.
Trimplet, The. Stuart Walker. 2m., 3w. Sc. A lonely place. WP
Triumph of earth. Eleanour Morton. Poetical phantasy. 5w. Sc.
Wild and desolate shore of the sea. Poetry Review 10 : 89-95 Mar.-
Apr. 1919.
Triumph of instinct, The. Rufus Learsi. 4m., 3w. Sc. Parlor.
Drama 14 : 26-28, Oct. 1923.
Triumph of Pauline. John Jason Trent. 2m., 4w. Sc. Attractively
furnished room. DPP
Triumph of peace. Anita B. Ferris. 35 char. Sc. Any platform of
good size. Everyland 6: 223-231, Sept. 1915.
Triumph of remorse. Gabriel Bellini. Great War play. 3m., lw.,
voice., chorus. Sc. Commander's cabin on board a submarine. BEL
Troll King's breakfast. The. Zakarias Topelius. Trans, by Elizabeth
J. Macintre. 5m., lw., others. Sc. Mountain slope in Lapland. Poet
Lore 28 : 539-595, Autumn 1917.
* Troll magic; a Norwegian folk play. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. lie.,
chorus char. Sc. A field. MST
Troth, The. Rutherford Mayne. 3m., lw. Sc. A farm kitchen in Ire-
land. MD, MDT
Trouble hy mail. John M. Francis. 2m., 3w. Sc. Interior. FSD
* Trouble in the toyroom. Clara J. Denton. Christmas play. Any
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 185
number of b. and g. Sc. In front of the toy room of Santa Glaus.
SIA
Troubles of a house keeper. Comedy. 1m., 7w. Sc. Dining room.
G2
Troublesome flock; Mother Goose play for children. Elizabeth F. Gup-
till. 10b., 15g. Sc. Unimportant. B
Troublesome time. Harry L. Newton. 3m. Sc. Interior. DPP
True Christmas spirit, The. Marie Irish. lb., 4g. Sc. Interior. I
True hero. W. D. Howells. Melodrama. 3m., Iw. Sc. Pastor's study.
Harper's Magazine 119 : 866-875, Nov. 1909.
Trusted friend, The. William and Josephine Giles. 3m., Iw. Sc. A
well furnished room. RE
Truth, The. Jacinto Benavente. Trans, from the Spanish. 1m., Iw.,
Is. Sc. Bachelor's apartment. BJP3
Truth, The. Edna Wahlert McCourt. 2m., 4w. Sc. Living room.
Seven Arts 1 : 475-^192, March 1917.
Truth about Jane, The. Alice C. Thompson. 7w. Sc. Interior. B
Truth about liars, The. Helene Mullins. 2m., Iw. Sc. A garden.
Drama 34 : 145-151, Spring 1923.
Truth for a day, The. Helen T. Darby. Washington's birthday play.
5g. Sc. Room in girl's boarding school. EP
Truth, the mischief. A. Thompson. 4w. Sc. Interior. DPP
Trying a dramatist. William S. Gilbert. 12m., 2w., others. Sc. Crim-
inal court. Century Magazine 83 : 179-1S9, Dec. 1911.
Trying them out. Lillian Stoll. Comedy. 2m., 4w. Sc. A business
office. STN
Trysting place, The. Booth Tarkington. 4m., 3w. Sc. Room just off
the lounge in a fine hotel in the country. C2 STK Ladies' Home
Journal 39 : 3-5, 137, 138, 141, 142, 145, Sept. 1922.
Tsnnemasa. Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound. Noh play of Japan.
2m., chorus. Sc. Japanese temple. FEN
Tsnnemasa. Seami. Noh play of ancient Japan. 2m., chorus. Sc.
Stage. WAA
Tubby and Gawks. F. Kinsey Peile. 4w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Tuff's boarder. Robert Henry Diehl. 3m., 2w. Sc. Interior. APP
Tune of a tune, A. Dan W. Totheroh. 2m., 2w. Sc. Front parlor.
Drama 10 : 184-188, Feb. 1920.
Turtle dove, The. Margaret Scott Oliver. 5m., Iw., chorus. Sc. None
necessary. KP, OS
Turtle-doves. Mellis Twelve. 2m., 3w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Tweedledum. Otis Richardson. 2m., Iw. Sc. Plainly furnished room.
UW
Tweedlednm and Tweedledee. Fannie Wyche Dunn. Alice in Won-
derland play. 4b., Ig. Sc. A wood with a road running through it.
DUN
Twelfth night at Fisher's crossing. John T. Frederick. 4m.. Iw.,
Ig. Sc. Waiting room of a depot in a small town. Midland 2 : 18-24,
Jan. 1916.
Twelve good men and true. Bessie Springer Breene. Comedy. 12w.
Sc. A jury room. FSD
Twelve pound look, The. J. M. Barrie. 1m., 2w., Is m. Sc. Room
in a home. BH, LC
186 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Twice one. Basil Mac-Donald Hastings. 2m., 2w. Sc. Hall of a bunga-
low in England. Smart Set 39 : 120-142, Jan. 1913.
Twice-told tale, A. Anna Cantrell Laws. 1m., 3w. Sc. Living room
of the shabby-genteel. Drama 8 : 400-413, Aug. 1918.
Twilight of tlie Gods, The. Josephine Daskam Bacon. 20 or 30 char,
of the Bible. Sc. Not given. Forum 53 : 7-20, Jan. 1915.
Twilight saint, The. Stark Young. 2m., 2w. Sc. Rather poorly fur-
nished room in Italian house of 13th century. Cl, YA, YO
* Twinkle-Twinkle. Souieple (pseud.) 13c. Sc. Stage. SO
Twins, The; a frothy fragment. Dorothy Cleather. 5w. Sc. Sitting
room. CH
Twins and how they entertained the new mininster, The. Eliza-
beth F. Guptill. Farce. Im., lb., Ig. Sc. Reception room. TMP
Twins of Bergamo. Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. Trans, from the
French by Oliver Farnsworth. 2m., 2w. Sc. Terrace. Drama 8 :
350-303, Aug. 1918.
Twisting of the rope. Douglas Hyde. Trans, by Lady Gregory. 2m.,
3w., others. Sc. Large room in a farm house 100 years ago. C2,
Samhain pp. 30-38, Oct. 1901. Poet Lore IG : 12-22, Spring 1905.
Two aunts and a photo. Maisie B. Whiting. 4\v. Sc. College room
in girl's school. DEP
Two bad fairies, The. Kathleen C. Greene. 4g. Sc. Audience room
in the Palace. GDL
Two barrels, The. Ford Douglas. 8m. Sc. Club grill room. Smart
Set 64 : 65-71, April 1921.
Two blind beggars and one less blind. Philip Moeller. 3m., Iw.
Sc. Rag picker's cellar. FLS
Two blind men and a donkey. Marthurin M. Dondo. 5m., a donkey.
Sc. Public square of a walled town. Poet Lore 32 : 391-402, Autumn
1921.
Two college tramps. Victor Allen. 2m., 3\v. Sc. Interior. B
* Two countrymen, The. Augusta Stevenson. 5b. Sc. A quiet corner
with a high wall in a large city. SC3
Two cowards, The. Eugene Labiche. Trans, from the French by Bar-
rett H. Clark. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc. Parlor. FSD
t Two crooks and a lady. Eugene Pillot. 3m., 3w. Sc. Library in an
old Fifth Ave. mansion. FS1, KP
Two domestics. Netta Syrett. 6w. Sc. Drawing room. FSD
Two girls and him. Harry L. Newton. 1m., 2w. Sc. Outside of de-
pot in a small town. WHP
* Two holes, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2g. Sc. Living room. SCI
Two husbands. Henri Lavedan. Trans, from the French by R. T.
House. 2m. Sc. A study. Poet Lore 19 : 207-211, Summer 1908.
Two in a flat. Mary Elwes. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sitting room. ETE
Two in a fog. Madeline Bridges. 1m., Iw. Sc. Not given. Ladies'
Home Journal 32 : 8, Aug. 1915.
Two in a trap. Albert E. Drinkwater. 1m., Iw. Sc. Drawing room in
a flat. FSD
Two in a tiff. Robert C. V. Meyers. 2m., -Iw. Sc. Interior. PPP
Two jay detectives, a rural riot of comedy. Harry L. Newton. 3m.
Sc. Interior. DEP
Two jolly girl bachelors. Edward Martin Seymour. Romantic farce.
2w. Sc. Parlor of a small flat. PH
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 187
Two merry wagers. Edna Randolph Worell. 2m., 2w. Sc. Break-
fast room. MAP
Two of a kind. Dunne Douglas. 1m.. Iw. Sc. Interior of a hansom
cab. Smart Set 2 : 79-80, Oct.-Nov. 1900.
Two of a kind. Granville Forbes Sturgis. Burglar play. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Handsome bachelor suite. STR
Two prisoners. Judith Matlack. 3m., 2w. Sc. A stone courtyard.
SCT
Two slatterns and a king. Edna St. Vincent Millay. Moral interlude.
Verse. 2m., 2w. Sc. Before a stage curtain. SCO, STK
Two sociable friends. C. Lewis. 3m. Sc. Interior. AMP
Two sons, The. Nerth Boyce. 2m., 2w. Sc. A low room with fish
nets and oilskins hanging on the walls. P3
Two talismans, The. George Calderon. Comedy. 6m., Iw., chorus.
Sc. On a hilltop outside an Arabian city. CA
Two's company. Manta S. Graham. 2m., 4w. Sc. Dining room.
GRL
Typewriter lady, The. Edward Mumford. 3m., 4w. Sc. Office.
PPP
Tyrfing. Thomas Sturge Moore. Verse. Viking play. 6m., 2w. Sc.
Sweep of the out of doors. MOT
u
Ukai. (The Cormorant-fisher) Enami No Sayemon. Noli play of Japan.
4m., chorus. Sc. Stage. WAA
Unborn, The. George Middleton. 1m., 2w. Sc. Simple cozy library.
MIP
Uncertain Silas. H. P. Powell. Rural comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc. Either
interior or exterior. PPP
Uncle Ebeii's s'prise party. W. T. Newton. 7m., 5w. Sc. Interior.
BUP
* Uncle Grouch. Marie Irish. Christinas play. 2b., 2g. Sc. Interior.
IPR
t Uncle Jimmy. Zona Gale. 3m., 5w. Sc. Porch and front yard of a
village house. B, Ladies' Home Journal 38 : 18-19, 98, 101-104, Oct.
1921.
t Uncle Joe's will. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 7b., 2g. Sc. Lawyer's office.
GUT
Uncle Pat. Thomas King Moylan. Irish comedy. 4m., 3w. Sc. A
country kitchen. MOY
Uncle Peter's proposal. W. T. Newton. 3m., 2w. Sc. Sitting room.
BUP
* Uncle Sam to the rescue; or, Saving Santa's job. Margie A. Jerauld.
Patriotic Christmas play. 16c., chorus. Sc. Large roomy stage.
FIL
Uncle Sam's cooks. Lizzie May Elwyn. 7m. Sc. Interior. APP
* Uncle Sam's council. Eva Thomas Nettleton. 43c. Sc. Large stage
or platform. FSD
* Uncle Sam's flower garden; allegorical temperance play. Mrs. W. H.
Preston. 12c. Sc. A garden. EP
188 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Uncle Sam's mistake. Marie Irish. Christmas play. 2b., Ig. Sc. In-
terior. I PR
Under conviction. J. Milnor Dorey. 2m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen in a mil-
ler's house in a small town in Pennsylvania. Drama 9 : 115-127, Feb.
1919.
Undercurrents. Harriet Holmes Haslett. A melodrama. 4m., 2w. Sc.
Entrance hall of an underground cafe. HAE
* Under distinguished patronage. Constance E. Waugh. Christmas
play. 9g. Sc. Dressmaker's workroom. WH
Under London. George M. Rosener. Dramatization of Oliver Twist.
5m., 2w. Sc. Garret in the slums of London. WRP
Under sailing orders. Helen P. Kane. 1m., Iw. Sc. Cabin of a
yacht. FP
* Under the greenwood tree, a pastoral play. Major P. Trevor. 3b.,
4g. Sc. Out of doors. FSD
Under the -white flag. Caroline Newnes. 1m., Iw. Sc. Ball room of
Del Monte hotel. Smart Set 7 : 159-1GO, July 1902.
Under their skins. George Allen England. 5m. Sc. Handsome fur-
nished bachelor apartment in N. Y. Smart Set 44 : 107-113, Nov. 1914.
Underground opportunity, An. Clara J. Denton. 2m., 3w. Sc. Ho-
tel parlor. DAI
* Underground railroad, The. Wallace Rice. 4b., 4g. Sc. A clear-
ing in a wood. RIS
Understudy, The. Agnes M. Miall. 5w. Sc. Dressing room of leading
lady. FSD
Undine. P. D. Notrebal. Based on De La Frouques story of the same ti-
tle. Verse. 3m., 2\v. Sc. Exterior of fisherman's cottage. Ameri-
can Poetry Magazine 1 : 12-20, July 1919.
* Undoing of Giant Hotstoff, The. Samuel Milbank Cauldwell. A
dream play. 3b., Ig. Sc. Nursery. CC
Unequal triangle, An. Van Tassel Sutphen. 2m., Iw. Sc. Upstairs
living room of a house. Smart Set 36 : 127-132, Feb. 1912.
* Unexpected company. Clara J. Denton. Christmas play. 4b., 5g. Sc.
Interior. I
Unexpected guest, The. Edna I. MacKenzie. Gw. Sc. Sitting room.
PAP
Unexpected meeting, The. Horace B. Browne. From Martin Chuzzle-
wit. 3m. Sc. Pawnbroker's shop. BD
Unhoodwinkable. Pierre Wolff. Trans, from the French by Barrett
H. Clark. 1m., 2w. Sc. Living room in Paris. Smart Set 58 : 85-
93, March 1919.
Unimagined Heaven, The. Maxwell Bodenheim. 7m., 2w., Ic. Sc.
Triangular green booth. Seven Arts 2 : 198-198, June 1917.
* Uninvited guest, The. Bertha Irene Tobin. 5b., 7g. Sc. A garden.
TO
* Uninvited member, An. Elizabeth F. Guptill. llg. Sc. Boarding
school room. DEP
Universal impulse, The. Mrs. Wilson Woodrow. 3m., 3w. Sc. Re-
ception room. Smart Set 34 : 71-72, June 1911.
Unknown hand, The. Clifford Bax. Satire. 2w. Sc. Room in a flat.
BAP
Unlucky tip, An. A. Louis Elliston. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a cot-
tage. B
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 189
Unnecessary atom. The. John Jex. 2in., lw., Ib. Sc. In a shanty
in the Canadian northwest. JEP
•(• Unprofitable poultry keeping. Violet M. Methley. 2g. Sc. Sitting
room. FSD
Unseen, The. Alice Gerstenberg. 1m., lw., Is. Sc. Dining room. GT
t Unseen host, The. Percival Wilde. Great War play. Sc. An impro-
vised American hospital in Paris. B, WU, WWS
* Unselfish host; a bluebird play. Mrs. Arthur T. Seymour. 18g. Sc.
Large room or stage. B
* Unsuccessful hunt, An. Clara J. Denton. Christmas play. Any num-
ber of b. and g. Sc. The woods. SIA
Untrue to type. Ina Duvall Singleton. 1m., 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Up against it. Innis Gardner Osborn. 5m., 3w. Sc. Interior. B
Upon the waters. Tacie May Hanna. 2m., 4w. Sc. Sitting room of
a small house. Drama 14 : 58-62, 69, Nov. 1923.
Upstroke, The. F. J. Newboult. 4m., 3w. Sc. Kitchen-living room.
FSD
* Up-to-date America: or, The sweet girl graduate's dream. Erne
Louise Koogle. 10b., lOg. Sc. Art museum. MAP
Up-to-date proposal, An. Jeannette Joyce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Modern
living room. MAP
* Useful coal, The. Laura E. Richards. 3b., chorus of b. Sc. Interior
of palace. RP
Vacuum, The. Preston Gibson. 2m., lw. Sc. Laboratory. FSD
Vagabond, The. Robert E. Rogers. 3m., lw. Sc. Enclosed1 garden
in the heart of Paris. Harvard Monthly 42 : 87-95, April 1906.
* Vain jackdaw. The. Augusta Stevenson. 4b., chorus char. g. Sc. A
public park. SC2
f Valentine problem, A. Alice W. Chaplin. 3g. Sc. Sitting room.
CHC
Valley of gloom, The. Marie Drennan. 4m., many others, Ib., Ig. Sc.
The valley of gloom. Poet Lore 34 : 449-457, Autumn 1923.
Valyrie! Percival Wilde. Great War play. 3m. Sc. A level plain.
WU
Vampire cat, The. Gerard Van Etten. From the Japanese legend. 4m.,
2w. Sc. Japanese room. DPP
Vampire cat of Nabeshima, The. Fuji-Ko. 4m., 2w., cat. Sc. Jap-
anese house. Smart Set 30 : 127-134, Jan. 1910.
Vanishing race, The. Constance D'Arcy Mackay. 7m., lw., chorus
characters. Sc. A cleared space in a forest. MPP
Veal breaded. John M. Francis. 3m., 3w. Sc. Interior. B
Veil of happiness, The. Georges Clemenceau. Trans, by T. M. Cleland.
Chinese play. 5m.. 4w. Sc. Chinese interior in Peking. CLE
Velasquez and the "Venus." Maurice Baring. Farce. 2m., lw. Sc.
Studio of Velasquez. BA
Vengeance of Catullus. Emil Bohnslav Frida. 5m., lw. Sc. Rome
Poet Lore 25 : 536-544, Winter 1914.
Very naked boy, The. Stuart Walker. 2m., lw. Sc. Hallway with
a heavily curtained doorway. WM
190 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Veterans, The. James Henry Ilenle. 2m., l\v. So. Restaurant. In-
ternational 5 : 53-54, Mar. 1912.
Victorious surrender of Lady Sybil, The. Capt Leslie T. Peacocke.
2m., 2w. Sc. Drawing room of country house in England. Smart
Set 32 : 127-133, Oct. 1910.
Victory of love, The. Rex T. Stout. 2m. Sc. House of the soul.
Smart Set 35 : 49-50, Oct. 1911.
* Victory of the good citizen, The. F. Ursula Payne. 8c. Sc. Street
near a school. PPC
Village, The. Octave Feuillet. Trans, hy Barrett H. Clark. Comedy.
2m., 2w. Sc. Parlor in a home in a suburban village. FSD
Villain and victim. W. R. AValker. Matrimonial comedy. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Drawing room. 1'H
Villain in the piece, The. Percival Wilde. 2m., Iw. Sc. Just out-
side a ballroom. WC
Violet souls. John Jex. Satire. 2m., 2w. Sc. Elaborately furnished
bedroom — violet in color. JEP
Violet under the snow. The. Dennis Cleugh. Christmas play. 4m.,
Iw. Sc. Interior of a hut built in a hollow. CLF, Drama 13 : 52-58,
Nov. 1922.
Violin maker of Cremona, The. Francois Coppe"e. Trans, from the
French. Costume play. 3m., Iw., pages. Sc. Plain room. DPP
Virgin and the white slaver. Frank Wedekind. Adapted by Andr6
Tridon. 2m., 5w. Sc. Living room. International 7 : 279-282, Oct.
1913.
* Virgin children of long ago. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan.
lb., 3g. Sc. Sunny room in a large country house on a southern
plantation. TRH
$ Vision of Columbus, The. F. Ursula Payne. Great War background.
Pageant of democracy. 30 or more c. Sc. In front of a curtain.
PPD
Vision of Pagauini, The. Leo Sarkadi. 2m., Iw. Sc. Living room of
Italian house. International 10 : 54—57, Feb. 1910.
Vision of youth, A. Eleanor Colby. 40 char. Graduation play. Sc.
Simple setting with throne in center. Ladies' Home Journal 30:91,
102, Mar. 1913.
Vision splendid, The. Kathleen C. Greene. 5m. Sc. A tavern by
the roadside. GDL
Visit, The. Richard Pryce. Adapted from Freddy's ship by Mary E.
Mann. 2m., 3w. Sc. Drawing room in country rectory. FSD
* Visit from the Brownies, A. Marie Irish. 8b. Sc. Interior of a
kitchen. IL
Visit in Brazil, A. William Cabell Brown. Missionary play of Brazil.
1m., 2w. Sc. A parlor in Brazil. DOF
Visit of the Tomiter, The; A Christmas play, Mabel R. Goodlander.
Any no. of c. Sc. Village square. Woman's Home Companion 43 :
00, Dec. 1914.
* Visit to Santa Clans. Marie Irish. 5b., 4g. Sc. Interior. I
Visiting Mamma. Myra Emmons. 3w. Sc. Living room. Harper's
Bazar. 43: 860-864, Sept. 1909.
* Visitors, The. Florence Kiper Frank. 3b., 3g. Sc. Children's bed-
room. DPP
Visitors from the Colonial period. Anita B. Ferris. Iw., 5g., 4b.
Sc. Ordinary room. Everyland 7 : 75-79, Feb. 1910.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 191
Vital moments. Arthur Schnitzler. Trans, by Edward Goodman. 3m.
Sc. Well kept garden. International 3 : 7-9, 16, Dec. 1910.
Voice on the stair, A. Lillian P. Wilson. 1m., 2w., lb. Sc. Taste^
fully furnished room. W1F
Voices. Hortense Flexner. Poetic drama. 2w. So. Main street of
Domremy in front of a shattered church. MA, Seven Arts Magazine
1 : 135-143, Dec. 1910.
Volcanic island, The. Clifford Bax. Satire. 2w. Sc. Sitting room.
BAP
Vote by ballot. Granville Barker. Comedy. 3m., l\v., Is. Sc. Draw-
ing room with open French window. BT
Vote the new moon. Alfred Kreymborg. Satire. 5m., Iw. Sc. A
dark stage. KMA, STV
Voyage en Cythere, Le. Lady Margaret Sackville. Poetic. 1m., Iw.
Sc. An old garden with high yew hedges. SAS
w
Wager, The. Clara J. Denton. Farce. 4m., 2w. Sc. Handsome in-
terior. DAI
Wager, The. Giuseppe Giacosa. Trans, from the Italian by Barrett H.
Clark. Poetic comedy. 4m., Iw. Sc. Palace in the valley of Aosta
in the 14th century. FSD
Waif's Thanksgiving, The. Elizabeth F. Guptill. 5b., 4g. Sc. In-
terior. MAP
Waiting. George Middleton. 1m., Iw., Ic. Sc. Living. room. MIT
Waiting at the church. Franz Rickaby and Barbara Rickaby. Farce.
5m.. 3\v. Sc. A room in an Episcopal church. B
Waiting for the 'bus. Gertrude E. Jennings. 2m., lOw. Sc. Exte-
rior. FSD
Waiting for the train. Charles Nevers Holmes. 2m., Iw. Sc. Inte-
rior small railroad station. DEP
Waiting for the train. Marie Irish. 7b., 7g. Sc. Waiting room of
depot. IPP
Wake up, John Bull political play. Winifred Dolan. 9m., 5w. Sc.
A green. FSD
Wakuwapi, the hunting. Hartley Alexander. Play of the Dakotah
Indians. 2m., 2w., Ic., others. Sc. Mouth of the canyon in the Bad
Lands. Play Book 2 : 7-32, Apr. 1015.
Wally and the widow. Ethel L. Newman. Iw., Ib. Sc. Living-room.
FSD
Wampun belts. Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. Story of Roger
Williams. 5b., chorus characters. Sc. Interior of wigwam. TRH
Wanderer, The. Maxwell Bodenheim. 4m., 2w. Sc. Fronts of two
village shops. Seven Arts Magazine 2 : G03-007, Sept. 1917.
Wanderer, The. Auberon Kennard. A costume play of English life in
17th century. 2m., 2w. Sc. Parlor of a small country house. FSD
Wanderer, The. Katharine Metcalf Roof. 2m., 4w. Sc. Deck of
steamer. Smart Set 23 : 130-133, Nov. 1907.
Wandering scholar from Paradise, The. Hans Sachs. Trans, from
the German. Medieval play. 2m., Iw. Sc. Outdoors with cottage
in the background. ELT4
192 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLATS
* Wanted: a chimney. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Christmas play. 3b., 2g.
Sc. Living room. GUD
Wanted: a cook. Edith F. A. U. Painton. Comedy. 1m., 6w. Sc.
Interior. DEP
Wanted, a housekeeper. Clement O'Neill. Comedy. 1m., 3w. Sc.
Room in a flat. WIA
Wanted, a license to wed. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Irish farce. 2m.,
lw.. Sc. Sergeant's office. MAP
Wanted — a pitcher. M. N. Beebe. Farce, llm. Sc. Real estate
office. B
Wanted — a valet. Benjamin L. C. Griffith. Ethiopian sketch. 4m.
Sc. Office. GR
Wanted — a wife. E. J. Freund. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Living room
for bachelors. ANP
War. Witter Bynner. 2m., 2w. Sc. Library in home of a Prussian
officer. Stratford Journal 6 : 44-48, Jan-Mar. 1920.
"War." John E. Fillmore. 2m.. lw. Sc. Country district in Central
Europe. Poet Lore 25 : 523-533, Winter 1914.
War brides. Marion Craig Wentworth. Great War background. 3m.,
4w., chorus. Sc. Room in a peasant's cottage. WEN, WW, Century
89 : 527-544, Feb. 1915.
War committee. A.; and The little silver ring. (Each in one act)
Edward Knoblauch. 1m., lOw. Sc. Committee room. FSD
War fly, The. Noel Leslie. 3m. Sc. Private dining room in London
hotel. LET
War woman, The. Caroline C. Lovell. Play of the American Revolu-
tion. 8m., 2w. lOc. Sc. Inside a log cabin. Drama 13 : 23-26, Oct.
1922.
t Wardrobe of the king, The. William J. McKiernan. Burlesque. 5b.
Sc. Private grounds of the King of Borgoloo. FP
War's end. Henry A. Coit. 5m., lw. Sc. Hunting lodge. COI
* Washington's birthday. "Washington's message to Anychild." F.
Ursula Payne. 8c. Sc. A room in Anyhouse. PP
Washington's first defeat. Charles Frederick Nirdlinger. Comedy.
1m., lw., Is. Sc. Drawing room. FSD
Wasp, The. Essex Dane. 2m., lw. Sc. Living room of a deserted inn.
DAO
Waste. Noel Leslie. 2m., 3w. Sc. Sitting room in a cottage in Eng-
land. LET
Watch, a -wallet and a jack of spades, A. Lindsey Barbee. Detec-
tive comedy. 3m., Gw. Sc. Living room. DEP
Watchers, The. R. E. Rogers. A Christmas masque. 3m., Gw. Sc.
Grove of ancient trees on a hill slope. Harvard Monthly 41 : 1GG-174,
Jan. 1900.
"Watchful waiting." Dorothy Potter. 3m., lw. Sc. Headquarters of
the General in a town in Northern Mexico. POT
Watching for Santa Clans. Horace Varney. 1m., lw., 3g., 2b. Sc.
Library. Ladies' Home Journal 21 : 19, Dec. 1903.
Water that has passed, The. Edgar Morette. Dream playlet. 5m.,
lw. Sc. Interior. DEP
Water npon fire. Ercole Luigi Morselli. Trans, from the Italian by
Isaac Goldberg. 5m., 2w. Sc. Interior of a shepherd's hut. VE
T Waterloo. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Historical. 3m., lw. Sc. A
front room in a small house. FSD
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 193
Way of a woman, The. Irving Dale. Comedy of amateur dramatics.
2m., Iw. Sc. Interior. DEP
Way of Yu-Soo, The. William T. Demarest. A play in the Chinese
style. 4m., 4w. Sc. None necessary. DEM
Way out, A. Robert Frost. 3m., and a crowd. Sc. Bachelor's kitchen
bedroom in a farm house. Seven Arts 1 : 347-362, Feb. 1917.
Way the noise began, The. Don and Beatrice Knowlton. 1m., Iw.
Sc. Living room. Drama 12 : 20-21, Oct.-Nov. 1921.
Wayside comedy, A. James Platt White. 1m., 2w. Sc. Reception
room in apartment in hotel in Buffalo. Harvard Monthly 31 : 101-110,
Dec. 1900.
Wayside piper, The. Mary S. Edgar. Based on the story of the Pied
Piper of Hamelin. 21g. Sc. A wayside place. EDG
We and our friends. Marie Irish. Kindness to animals play. 5b., 4g.
Sc. Stage. IPP
We choose a name. Frank Roe Batchelder. 1m., Iw. Sc. Not given.
Smart Set 10 : 73-75, June 1903..
We dine at seven. Angela Cudmore and Peter Davey. 2w. Sc. Inte-
rior. FSD
We live again. Thornton Oilman. Cm., Gw. Sc. Living room. WIP2
Weakest link, The. Beulah Marie Dix. 4m. Sc. Beneath walls of
Pontivet in Brittany. DA
Wearin' o' the green, The. Mary S. Watts. Farce, llm., 7w. Sc.
Living room. WT
"Weary Willie. Charles E. Taylor. Farce. 1m., Iw. Sc. Interior.
APP
Weasel, The. George N. Roberts. Crook play. 4m., 2w. Sc. Living
room. B
Web, The. Alice Brown. 2m., 2w., Is. Sc. Shabbily furnished sitting
room. BO
Web, The. Eugene G. O'Neill. 5m., Iw. Sc. Squalid bedroom in a
rooming house in the lower East Side N. Y. OT
Wedded, a social comedy. Lawrence Langner. 1m., 2w. Sc. Best
parlor in house in cheap district of Brooklyn. Little Review 1 : 8-18,
Nov. 1914.
Wedding, The. Anton Chekhov. 7m., 3w., chorus. Sc. Dining room.
BFR, CHD
Wedding guest, The. Rosialee Kerley. Gm., 2w., others. Sc. Large
hall, of Italian villa. Poet Lore 33 : 232-238, Summer 1922.
Wedding morning, The. Arthur Schnitzler. 2m. Sc. Bedroom in
bachelor's apartment. SA
Wedding of Mali Foy, The. Grace Luce Irwin. 3m., 3w., chorus.
Chinese farce. Sc. Empty stage. ID
Weight of wings, The. Lillian P. Wilson. 1m., 2w., lg. Sc. Living
room in farmhouse. WIF
Welcoming the New Year. Alice Sumner Varney. 18c. Sc. A large
room. VA
Well babies. Anna M. Liitkenhaus. Little Mother's league play. 7g.,
chorus. Sc. Interior. LU
Well matched pair. Beryl Tanner. 2w. Sc. Interior. FSD
Well remembered voice, A. J. M. Barrie. 4m., 2w. Sc. A dark
room which becomes an artist's studio. BE
194 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
t Welsh honeymoon. Jeannette Marks. 3m., 2w. Sc. A Welsh kitchen
Ci, MT, Smart Set 38 : 135-141, Nov. 1912.
West of Omaha. Rachel Barton Butler. Farce. 4m., 3w. Sc. Studio
B
Wet blanket. Margery Stanley Clark. 1m., 2w- Sc. Parlour of sea-
side lodging house. FSD
What about Katie? Mary Aldis. 2w. Sc. Neat bright kitchen.
Journal of Home Economics 9 : 515-519, Nov. 1917.
* What can I do? Carolyn Wilson. A fancy for school children. 49c.
Sc. Office of Uncle Sam. St. Nicholas 45 : 599-003, May 1918.
What charity covers. David Garrow. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Draw-
ing room. FSD
$ What Christmas did for Jerusha Grumble. 5g. Sc. Sitting room.
TMP
* What do you know about ghosts? Elizabeth F. Guptill. Hallowe'en
farce. 4b. Sc. Interior. GUC
* What happened to Henry Penny. Lady Bell. Comedy. Oc. Sc.
Unimportant. BE.T
"What King Christmas brought. Ruth Suckow. 8c. Sc. Room with
fire place. GUB
What married men do. George M. Rosener. Comedy skit. 2m., Iw.
Sc. Apartment. Stagelore p. 132-. Feb. 1912.
What of the night? May Bell. 3m., Iw. Sc. An isolated farmhouse.
BRW
What Rosie told the tailor. Edith J. Broomhall. College farce. 7m.,
3w. Sc. College boy's room. B
What society is coming to. Felicia Goddard. 2m.. 2w., others. Sc.
Dining room table set for 24. Smart Set 12:55-57, Oct. 1903.
What's in a name? Fanny Cannon. 2m.. 3w. Sc. Interior. DEP
What's in a name? Beulah King. 2m., 2w. Sc. Studio. MAP
What's the use? J. II. Kehoe. 1m.. 4w. Sc. Interior. RE
'What's -wrong? Paul Eldridge. 3m., Iw. Sc. Backroom of a cafe.
Stratford Journal 5 : 83-90, Aug. 1919.
* Wheat-field, The. Laura E. Richards. lb., 2g., chorus of b. and g.
Sc. A wheat-field. RP
* Wheatless meal, The. H. M. Hartman. Great War background. 3g.,
chorus. Sc. Kitchen. CAM
When Anne was Queen; or, A gentleman of the road. Comedy,
18th century England. Marie Boileau and Jonathan Erie. 4m., 2w.
Sc. A panelled parlor. FSD
* When Betty saw the Pilgrims. Margaret Howard, lb., 2g., 7 chorus
groups. Sc. Stage divided by curtains. EP
When Danny came marching home. Edgar Selwyn. Farce. 2m.,
2w. Sc. Kitchen. US
* When Do-it school entertained. Mary Bonham. Christmas play.
18b., Og. Sc. Stage with large Christmas tree. EP
When doctors disagree. O. E. Young. Farce. 8m. Sc. Interior of
sailors' lodging house. PPP
When extremes meet. Frank Toipe Kleber. Tragicomedy. Iw., 2g.
Sc. Central Park. N. T. KL
When Greek meets Greek. Maverick Terrell. 1m., Iw. Sc. Table in
Tortoni's restaurant. Smart Set 54 : 125-128, Apr. 1918.
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 195
When Heine -was twenty-one. Maude Morrison Frank. Gm., lw., Is.
Sc. Living room in a house in Hamburg. FSP
When knights were bold; an incident of King Arthur's court. Marjorie
Benton Cooke. Gb., Ig. Sc. Early English setting. DPP
When liberty calls. Josephine Thorp. Pageant. 32c. Sc. The pal-
ace of justice. TKP
When love is blind. Harriet Holmes Halett. Comedy. 1m., l\v. Sc.
Living room. HAE
When love is young. Marjory Benton Cooke. 1m., 3w. Sc. Draw-
ing room. CO
When Mother came to college. Louis Dudley Daird. College comedy.
2m., lw. Sc. Typical college room. FL
When Polly was queen of the May. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Any num-
ber of c. Sc. Out of doors. EP
When Shakespeare struck the town. Lillian F. Chandler. Comedy.
8w. Sc. Living room. EP
When the boys came home. Grace E. Richmond. 4m., lb., 5w. Sc.
Living room well furnished. Ladies' home Journal 33 : 13-14, 72, 74,
7G, 78, Sept. 1918.
When the cat is away. E. M. Peixotto. 7b. Farce. Sc. Living
room of a country home in England. PET
When the dew falleth. Perez Ilirschbein. An idyl trans, from the
Yiddish. 3m., 2\v. Sc. An old orchard. BLK
When the fates decree. Grant H. Code. Greece — Virgil — Aneid. 9b.,
7g. Sc. No scenery necessary. (.'O\V
When the land was young. Lucie T. Burkham. Incident of the
American Revolution. 3m., 8w. Sc. Grounds before a Colonial house.
BUR
When the sun stayed in bed. Doris Holsworth. lOc. Sc. Bedroom
in a palace. B
When the toys awake. Lindsey Barbee. 15b., 5g. Sc. A nursery.
BLP
When the wheels run down. Maude M. Rogers. 3w. Sc. Interior.
FSD
When the whirlwind blows. Essex Dane. 3w. Sc. Roughly fur-
nished room. DAO
When the willow nods. Alfred Kreymborg. A dance-play. 2m., lw.
Sc. A dense wood. KMP, KMR, Poetry 11:287-297, Mar. 1918.
When the young birds go. Pauline B. Barrington. 3m., 2w. Sc.
Living room in a country house. BAQ
When two's not company. Mary MacMillan. 2m. Sc. Large com-
fortable room. MTT
When we are grown up. Marie Irish. Sunday School play. 12b. Sc.
Stage. IPP
When we are women. Marie Irish. 9g. Sc. Stage. IPP
When witches ride, a play of Carolina folk superstitions. Elizabeth A.
Lay. 3m., lw. Sc. The storehouse of a cross roads store. CFP
When women rule. Agnes Electra Platt. Farce. 2m., 4w. Sc. Pri-
vate office in Washington. FP
Where are those men? Alice Gerstenberg. 8w. Sc. Living room.
DPP
Where but in America. Oscar M. Wolff. 2w., ]m. Sc. Dining room.
LC, MA, Smart Set 54 : 79-87, Mar. 1918.
196 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Where is happiness? E. E. Bloxam. 18c. Sc. Out -of doors. BL
Where is my coat? Frank Dumont. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Sitting
room. PPP
* Where love is, there God is also. Rita Benton. From the story by
Tolstoy. 8b., 8g. Sc. Interior of a peasant's shabby hut. BSC
Where shall we go? Henri Lavedan. Tr. from the French. 1m., lw.,
5g. Sc. Bedroom. MR, Poet Lore 28:397-^02, Vacation 1917.
Where the cross is made. Eugene O'Neill. 6m., lw. Sc. Room
erected as a lookout post on the top of a house. OMC
Where the trail ends. George M. Rosener. Life in the Canadian
woods. 2m., lw. Sc. Cabin in the Canadian woods. RE
^ Where -war conies. Beulah Marie Dix. 2b., 5g. Sc. Simple comfort-
able room. AS
* Which shall be king? Anna Van Marter Jones. Christmas play. 17c.,
3 chorus groups. Sc. Large stage. SAB
While the mushrooms bubble. Dan W. Totheroh. Fantasy. 1m.,
2w. Sc. Room of Pierrette. Poet Lore 32:251-201, Summer 1921.
While you wait. Charles Newton Hood. 1m., lw. Sc. Cozy break-
fast room. Smart Set 1 : 101-100, June 1900.
* Whiney-Piney. E. M. Fotheringham. 2g. Sc. Bedroom. FG
Whiskers. Helen F. Bagg. Farce. 3m, 7w. Sc. Den. PPP
Whisperer, The. William Sharp. Imaginative, poetical, philosophic.
2m. Sc. Crowded thoroughfare of London. SHV
* White chief, The. Clara J. Denton. Thanksgiving play. 3b., 7g. Sc.
Dining room of a farmhouse. EP
White Christmas, The. Walter Ben Hare. Morality play. 8m., 7w.
Sc. Winter street in Bethlehem. HW
White dresses. Paul Greene. 2m., 2w. Sc. In a negro cabin. LC
White elephant. Margaret Cameron and Jessie Leach Pector. 3w.
Sc. Small reception room. FSD
White elephants. Kenyon Nicholson. 3m., lw. Sc. Living room of
New York apartment on Riverside Drive. Smart Set 66 : 63-74, Oct.
1921.
"White horse, The. Morley Roberts. 3m., 2\v. Sc. Old oak-panelled
hall in an ancient castle. RF
White lie, The. Marie Metz-Konig, tr. from the Dutch by May Tevis and
Pierre Loving. 1m., 2w. Sc. An artist's studio. LO
* White magic. Netta Syrett. 2b., 3g., many chorus characters. Sc. A
wood. SSF
White messenger, The. Edith M. Thomas. Poetic. Great War back-
ground. 7m., lw., chorus. Sc. Village in Eastern Europe. THO
Who are you? Frank Hall Shepard. Comedy. 2m., lw. Sc. Law
office. B
* Who is queer? Ruth Horton. 4b. Sc. Not given. Everyland 5 : 87,
Mar. 1914.
Who kissed Barbara? Lillian Rickaby and Franz Rickaby. Farce.
3m., 2w. Sc. Interior. B
* Who trimmed the Christmas tree? Marie Battelle Schilling. 3b., 2g.
Sc. Plainly furnished room. BAG
* Who was scared? Elizabeth F. Guptill. Hallowe'en play. 6g. Sc.
Room in a girl's boarding school. GUC
t Who wins? lb., 3g. Comedy. Sc. Sitting room. BU
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS 197
Who wins the bet? John M. Francis. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior. FSD
Whole truth, The. Lindsey Barbee. Comedy. 5m., 4w. Sc. Interior.
DEP
Whole truth, The. Louise Bronson West. Telling the whole truth for
a single day. 2m., 9w. Sc. Interior. B
Whom the Gods destroy. Jaroslav Hilbert. Trans, from the Bohemian
by Charles Recht. Drama of the war of 1866. 12m., Iw. Sc. A
country church yard. Poet Lore 27 : 361-389, Vacation 1916.
Whom the sea calls. Hermann Ford Martin. 1m., Iw. Sc. Rocks at
the sea shore. American Poetry Magazine 5 : 11-13, Dec. 1922.
Who's crazy now? Harvey Den ton. 3m., 2w. Sc. Interior. DEP
Who''s the boss? Ragnia Eskel. Comedy of a hen pecked husband.
3m., 6w. Sc. Interior. DEP
Whose dog? Elizabeth F. Guptill. 3b. Sc. Street. MBP
Whose tree? No author given. Christmas play. 6b., 2g. Sc. Plain
stage. HOL
Whose widow? Helen C. Clifford. Comedy. 4m., 4w. Sc. Living
room. FP
Why? E. M. Fotheringham. lb., Ig. Sc. Room. FG
Why Christinas was late. Lizzie De Armond. 11 or more b. Sc.
Any interior or platform. FIL
Why didn't you tell? Anita B. Ferris. An Easter entertainment. 30c.
Sc. Platform. Everyland 7 : 114-118, Mar. 1916.
Why Jessica! Annie Rogers Knowlton. Comedy. 1m., 9w. Sc. Inte-
rior. B
Why the chimes rang. Elizabeth Apthorp McFadden. 1m., Iw., 2b.,
chorus. Sc. Interior of a woodchopper's hut. FSD
Why not Jim? Helen Bagg. Farce. 3m., 6w. Sc. Summer house.
PPP
Widdy's mite, The. Dan Totheroh. 2m., 2w. Sc. Scantily furnished
living room in home in Ireland. Drama 13 : 13-15, Oct. 1922.
Widow of Wasdale Head. Arthur Pinero. Fantasy. 5m., Iw. Sc.
Gloomy, ancient room. CBI, CH, Smart Set 43 : 63-82, May 1914.
Widow Sabrina, The. Granville Forbes Sturgis. Comedy. College
play. 3m. Sc. Typical college room. STR
Widows. Herbert Swears. 3w. Sc. Shabby living room. FSD
Widow's might, The. Nathaniel Ladd Foster. Comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Sitting room. FSD
Widow's veil, The. Alice Rostetter. 2w., 1 voice. Sc. Dumb-waiter
shaft. FLS
Wife of Marobious, The. Max Ehrmann. 1m., 2w. Sc. Ante-
chamber to bed room in house in ancient Rome. EW
Wife of Usher's Well, a tragedy of the fantastic based on an old English
ballad. John Joseph Martin. 3m., 3w. Sc. A great hall. Poet Lore
30 : 94-111, Spring 1919.
Wife tamer, The. Katharine Kavanaugh. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc.
Parlor. DEP
Wigwam; or, The little girl from town. Lady Bell. Comedy. 3g.
Sc. Unimportant. BEJ
Wild animal play, The. Ernest Seton-Thompson. 9b., 8g. Sc. Woods.
Ladies' Home Journal 17 : 2-3, 28, July 1900.
Wild flower. Mildred Criss McGuckin. Fantasy. 3m., 4w., chorus. Sc.
Garden surrounded with box hedges. BAG
198 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
"Wild goose, The. Rex Hunter. 1m., Iw. Sc. Combined living and
sleeping room. HS
Wiles of the widow, The. Kathleen Crighton Lion. Yorkshire comedy.
2m., 2w. Sc. Room in a cottage in a fishing village. FSD
Will, The. J. M. Barrie. Gm., Iw. Sc. A lawyer's office. BH
Will he come back? Felix Grendon. Comedy. 1m., 2w. Sc. Sitting
room of a modern flat. GRF
Will Soakum's matrimonial bureau. Frank I. Hanson. 10m., 5w.,
Ob., 5g. Sc. Office. EP
t Will-o'-the-wisp. Doris F. Ilalman. Fantasy. 4w. Sc. Interior of
a farmhouse. HAS, KP, MA
Will-o'-wisp, A. Anna Wolfrom. 5m., 2w. Sc. Kitchen of an old
farm house. WOH
"William." W. C. Baker. Farce. 2m., 2w. Sc. Interior. B
* William Penn's treaty with the Indians. Louise E. Tucker and
Estelle L. Ryan. Ob., 2g., chorus char. Sc. An open space. TRH
Willow tree. Yone Noguchi. (im., Iw. Sc. Not given. Pacific Re-
view 1 : 310-313, Dec. 1920.
'Wind and lady moon, The. Emma Sheridan. 1m., Iw., many others.
Drama 12:314-318, June-Aug. 1922.
Wind over the water, The. Philip Merivale. Poetic. Iceland in the
12th century. 3m., 2w. Sc. Interior of house. FOS
Window to the south, A. Mary Katharine Reely. 5m., 3w. Sc.
Farm kitchen. REE
Winds of night, The. John S. Miller. Jr. 4 char, and chorus. Sc. A
graveyard by the river. Harvard Monthly 47 : 100-160, Jan. 1909.
(Can not be staged.)
Windy shot, The. Edward Harold Conway. A subterranean incident.
5m. Sc. A parting in a coal mine. Smart Set 45 : 307-377, Apr.
1915.
Wings, The. Josephine Preston Peabody. Poetic, historical. 2m., Iw.,
Ic. Sc. A low hut in Northumbria about 700 A. D. FSD, Harper's
Magazine 110 : 947-950, May 1905. Poet Lore 25 : 352-309, Vacation
1914.
Wings in the mesh, a colloquy. Milnes Levick. 3w. Sc. Living room.
Smart Set 59 : 95-103, July 1919.
Winning a husband. Granville Forbes Sturgis. Comedy. 2m., 2w.
Sc. Library in a home. STR
Winning a prize. Willis N. Bugbee. Comedy. 3m., 2w. Sc. Photog-
rapher's studio. MBP
Winning of Fuji, The. Eunice T. Gray. A Japanese play. 3m., 3w.
Sc. Interior of a Japanese house. DPP
Winning ways. Walter F. Rice. Farce. 4m., 2w. Sc. Reception
room in hotel. B
Winter. Sholom Ash. 2m., 5w. Sc. A room in an old house in a pro-
vincial town. PTS
Winter bloom. Budget T. Hayes. 2m., 4w. Sc. Comfortable kitchen.
Poet Lore 30 : 385-411, Autumn 1919.
Winter dawn. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Poetic. 1m., 2w. Sc. Shep-
herd's cottage. GIA, GIP, GIS
Wire entanglement. Robert Marshall. 2m., 2w. Sc. Newspaper
office. FSD
AN INDEX TO ONE- ACT PLAYS 199
Wireless. Alice Leal Pollock. 4m. Sc. Interior of wireless station.
Smart Set 24 : 96-103, Mar. 1908.
'Wise crow, The. Augusta Stevenson. 2g. Sc. A meadow. SC2
Wise men, The. Lee Simonson. Christmas play. (Jm., 3w., others. Sc.
New England barn. Harvard Monthly 45 : 139-149, Jan. 1908.
Wish-bird, The. Augusta Stevenson. lb., 2g. Sc. Palace gardens.
SC2
Witch, The. Margaret Macnamara. 5m. Sc. Veranda of a boarding
house for women. DAN
Witch of coos, The. Robert Frost. 2m., Iw. Sc. Not given. Poetry
19 : 175-181, Jan. 1922.
Witch of the woods. The. Mrs. Isabel Anderson. 3b., 3g., chorus. Sc.
Garden with trees. AE
Witchcraft story, A. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. Colonial play.
4g. Sc. A Puritan home. WCP
Witches' hour and candle li^ht. Pauline Phelps and Marion Short.
Hallowe'en play. 3m., Iw. Sc. Living room in colonial house. FSD
Witch's dream, The. Laura Rountree Smith. 12c. Sc. Dimly
lighted stage. SFH
With candle and crucifix. Paul Marietf. 4m.. others. Sc. Large
room of a log cabin. Harvard Monthly 49 : 117-122, Dec. 1909.
With chains of gold. Jose Andres Vasquez. tr. by Willis Knapp Jones.
1m., Iw. Sc. Luxurious drawing room in Spain. Poet Lore 34 : 417-
425. Autumn 1923.
Witness, The. Emil Bohnslav Frida. Trans, by Charles Recht. 4m.,
2w. Sc. Dining room of an apartment. Poet Lore 25 : 546-558,
Winter 1914.
Wives -wanted in Sqnasliville. O. E. Young. Farce. 3m. Sc. In-
terior. DEP
Wolf and the horse, The. Augusta Stevenson. 4b.. lg., chorus char.
Sc. A field of oats. SC2
Wolf and the lamb, The. Augusta Stevenson, lb., lg. Sc. A pas-
ture. SC2
Wolf-hunt, The. Verga Giovanni. Trans, from the Italian by Isaac
Goldberg. 2m., Iw. Sc. A shepherd's hut. VE
Woman, The. Harold F. Norton. 1m.. 2w. Sc. Richly furnished li-
brary in a country house. Yale Sheffield Monthly 20 : 393-401, June
1914.
Woman intervenes, The. J. Hartley Manners. 3m., Iw. Sc. Inte-
rior. FSD, Smart Set 36 : 113-123, Apr. 1912.
Woman juror, The. E. F. Parr. 2m., 2w. Sc. Prettily furnished
room. FSD
Woman of it, The; or, Our friends, the anti-suffragists. Mary
Shaw. Satirical comedy. 9w. Sc. Club room of Anti-Suffrage
Club. DPP
Woman -who was acquitted, The. Andre de Lorde. Trans, from the
French. 5m., Iw. Sc. Judge's chambers of the criminal court. MR
Woman's a woman for a' that, A. Mary MacMillan. 2m., 3w. Sc.
Sitting room in summer cottage. MS
Woman's choice, A. L. H. and C. T. Dazey. 1m., 3w. Sc. Showy
apartment of dressmaker. Smart Set 30 : 123-129, Apr. 1910.
Woman's forever, A. Frances Aymar Mathews. 1m., Iw. Sc. Priv-
ate parlor in hotel. WEP
200 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Woman's honor. Susan Glaspell. 3m., Gw. Sc. Room in a sheriff's
house used for conferences. GP
Woman's way, A. Edith Wheeler. 3m., 2w. Sc. Comfortable room
with fireplace. WIA
Woman's wiles. William Young. Comedy. 2m., Iw. Sc. Interior.
FSD
Womenkind. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 2m., 3w. Sc. Living
room in a lonely cottage. GIP, GW
Women's votes. Mrs. Arthur Hopkinson. 2w. Sc. A small sitting
room. FSD
* Won. Kate Harvey. Fairy play. 23c. Sc. Bank of green. BHP
Won by a kodak. Harold Sander. Comedy. 2m., 3w. Sc. Nicely
furnished sitting room. FP
Won by a wager. O. E. Young. 4m., 4w. Sc. Farmhouse. PPP
f Wonder hat, The. Ben Hecht and Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. Farce.
4m., Iw. Sc. Park in moonlight. MA, STG
* Wonder-hill, The. Virginia Olcott. Play of industry. 2b., 2g. Sc.
A peasant's home. OPA
* Wonderful rose, The. Netta Syrett. lb., 3g. Sc. A big kitchen in
a farmhouse. SSF
Wonderful woman, A. Percival Wilde. Comedy. 3m., Iw. Sc. Liv-
ing room in an apartment. WE
Wondership, The. Leon Cunningham. 3m., 2w. Sc. Lonely island.
Poet Lore 30 : 3G2-37G, Autumn 1910.
Wooden leg, The. Essex Dane. 1m.. Iw. Sc. Public sitting room at
hotel at Nice. DAO
* Wooden shoe, The; or, St. Valentine's Day. Rita Strauss. 3b., 4g.
Sc. Village street. BHP
* Woodland princess, The. Louise Saunders. Fairy play. 12c. Sc.
Cleared space in heart of the forest. FSD
Woods of Ida. Olive Tilford Dargan. Verse. 2m., 4w. Sc. Woods
of Mount Ida. Century 74 : 590-G04, Aug. 1907.
Wooing of Dionysus, The. Lady Margaret Sackville. Verse. Greek.
1m., 9w., chorus. Sc. Sea shore. SAS
Wooing of Ldliiiau, an Indian drama. John Kearns. Verse. 4m.,
Iw. Sc. Interior Indian wigwam. American Poetrv Magazine 1 :
14-22, June 1919.
Wooing of Mary Magdela, The. Joan Alquist Alquist. Symbolic re-
ligions. 2m., 2w. Sc. A quaint humble house. ALQ
Workers at the looms, The. Essex Dane. 12m. and w., chorus. Sc.
Designed to give atmosphere. DAO
f Workhouse ward. Lady Gregory. Farce. Irish background. 2m.,
Iw. Sc. Ward in an Irish workhouse. FSD, GS, SL
World beyond the mountain, The. Katharine Roof. 2m., 2w. Sc.
Woods. International 7 : 322-324, Nov. 1913.
* World-wide baby, A. E. E. Blozam. 17c. Sc. A nursery. BL
* Worm turns, The. Elizabeth F. Guptill. Christmas play. 3b., 4g.
Sc. A living room. GUD
Wound, The. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Verse. 1m., 2w. Sc. Room in
tenements. GID, GIP
Wren, The. Oliver P. Parker. Gin., 9w. Sc. Living room. PAR
Wrens, The. Lady Gregory. 5m. Sc. Outside House of Commons,
Dublin. GI
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Writing a school play. Edith F. A. U. Painton. 2b., 4g. Sc. School-
room. PAD
Wrong again. Catherine Bellais Gascoin. 2w. Sc. Yard. GAL
Wrong baby, The. Alice C. Thompson. Farce of day nursery. 8w.
Sc. Day nursery. DEP
Wrong lessons, The. Clara J. Denton. 2g. Sc. Sitting room. MBP
Wrong man. The. Alice Marie Donley. Comedy. 1m., Iw. Sc. Sit-
ting room. G3
Wrong Miss Mather, The. Helen Sherman Griffith. 6w. Sc. Inte-
rior. B
Wrong numbers. Essex Dane. 3w. Sc. A quiet screened-off corner
in one of the Department stores. B, DAO
Wrong package. Helen Sherman Griffith. Comedy. 4w. Sc. Inte-
rior. B
Wrong side of the road, The. Frank Howell Evans. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Inn. FSD
Wurzel-Flumiuery. A. A. Milne. 3m., 2w. Sc. Morning room of
town house. Cl, FSD, MSL
X
t X = O: A night of the Trojan war. John Drinkwater. Historical.
(Jrn. Sc. Grecian tent on the plain before Troy. WWS
Xantippe and Socrates. Maurice Baring. Farce. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Room in home of Socrates. BA, Yale Review 4 : 590-007, April 1915.
Yagowanea. Helen Kane. Indian tragedy. 7m., Iw. Sc. Indian en-
campment. FSD
Yankee and the pagan, The. Earl Wright. 2m., Iw., other men. Sc.
General store in small village. International 9 : 350-51, Nov. 1915.
Yellow boots, The. Edwin Carty Ranck. 2m., Iw. Sc. Shoemaker's
shop. Stratford Journal 4 : 267-274, May 1919.
Yellow law, The. Clara J. Denton. Play for Thanksgiving. 6b., 2g.
Sc. Throne room of palace. DAG
Yellow yielding. Dorothy Potter. 1m., Iw. Sc. Cabin in the moun-
tains. POT
Yesterday. Colin C. Clements. Comedy for Victorians. 1m., Iw. Sc.
Secluded nook off the ball room of a L/ondon house. LO
Yoshiwara. A. J. Westermaye. Japanese comedy. 2m., 2w. Sc. Inte-
rior of a Japanese house. WES
Yot-che-ka. Helen P. Kane. Indian play of IGth century. 4b., Ig. Sc.
Woodland outside tent. FSD
You know? I know. Shake! Vance C. Criss. 2m., 2w Sc Inte-
rior. PPP
You never can tell about a woman. Maverick Terrell and H. O.
Stechhan. 2m., Iw. Sc. Parlor of a suite in cheap hotel in N Y
Smart Set 37 : 133-141, Aug. 1912.
Young D'Arcy, a short play for the lawn. Jasmine Stone Van Dressen.
2m., 4w. Sc. Lawn of large home. Delineator 99: 24-25 50-52
Aug. 1921.
202 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
* Young gardener, The. Fred L. Pauly. 2b. Sc. Interior. MBP
Young idea, The. Herbert Swears. Comedy. 2w. Sc. Den in coun-
try house. FSD
* Young King Cole, dementia. 301). Sc. Cave in a forest. SIS
* Young Mr. Santa Glaus, a Christinas fantasy. Claudia Lucas Har-
ris, lib., 5g. Sc. Christmas eve on a city street. Drama 12 : -42-47,
Oct.-Nov. 1021.
Young Napoleon. Wilfred T. Coleby. French Revolution. 3m., 2w.
Sc. Interior. FSD
* Young patriot's league, 'Washington's birthday play. Willis N.
Bugbee. 5b., 5g., chorus. ' Sc. Interior. El'
Young wonder. The. Eugene Pillot. Play of modern hero-worship.
1m., l\v., Sc. Living room. Drama 11 : 131-153, Feb. 1021.
Younger son, The. Delia J. Evans. 7m., 2w. Sc. Office in a city in
the Middle West. EV
You're it. II. P. Powell. Comedy. 2m.. 2w. Sc. Interior. PPP
You're such a respectable person, Miss Morrison. Dorothy Kir-
chener Earle. 3m., 2w. Sc. Library of large city home in London.
Smart Set 40 : 87-04, Aug. 1015.
* Yiissouf. Rita Benton. From the poem of Lowell. 4b., chorus. Sc.
Desert sands. BSC
z
Zone police, The. Richard Harding Davis. 4m. Sc. Police station on
the Isthmus of Panama. FSD
AUTHOR LIST
Abbott, Avery.
Mr. Enright entertains
Abbott, Elizabeth.
Sicilian limes, tr.
Abbott, H. R.
Fortune tellers, The
Abbott, Keene.
Hair trigger Smith
Abercrombie, Lascelles.
Adder, The
Deserter. The
Ham and eggs
Six men of Calais, The
Staircase, The
Abrahamsoji, Rebecca P.
Hooverizing Internationalle
Adams, Laura M.
Aunt Deborah's first luncheon
Ade, George.
Marse Covington
Akins, Zoe.
Did it really happen?
Magical city, The
Portrait of Tiero, The
Such a charming young man
Alarcoii, Mariano.
Sons of Adam
Alden, Audrey.
Interlude, tr.
Alden, R. MacDonald.
Burglar alarm, The
Aldington, Richard.
Old King, tr.
Theodat, tr.
Aldis, Mary.
Drama class of Tankaha Nevada
Extreme unction
Letter. The
Mrs. Pat and the law
Temperament
Ten P. M.
What about Katie?
Alexander, Sigmnnd B.
Bird in the hand
Allen, Harold B.
At the movies
Allen, Inglis.
Suffragette's redemption, The
Allen, Lewis.
After-dinner speaker, The
Allen, Margaret F.
Happy prince, The
Allen, Olive.
Aunt Grundy
Peter Grief
Allen, R. A.
Gentlemen all
Allen, Victor.
Two college tramps
Alquist, Joan Alqnist.
Wooing of Mary Magdela
Altrocchi, Rudolph.
Dante in Santa Croce, tr.
Alvarez Qnnitero, Joaquin.
Bright morning, A
By their words ye shall know
them
Sunny morning
Alvarez Qunitero, Serafin.
Bright morning, A
By their words ye shall know
them
Sunny morning
Amend, J. Gordon.
Pandora's box
Amesbnry, Howard.
Finnigan's finish
Ammerinan, Ada Tully.
Reader, The
Ancey, George.
Monsieur Lamblin
Anderson, Dwight Spencer.
Caught at last
Standing room only
Anderson, Mrs. Isabel.
Everyboy
Gee whiz. The
Justice Whiskers' trial
King Foxy of Muir Glacier
Little doubt
Merry Jerry
Witch of the woods, The
Andrews, Kenneth L.
America passes by
203
204
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Crooked man and his crooked
wife, A
Andreev, Leonid.
Incident, An
Love of one's neighbor
Andreyev, Leonid, see Andreev,
Leonid.
Annunzio, Gabriel D'.
Dream of a spring morning, The
Dream of an autumn sunset, The
Archer William.
Interior, tr.
Arkell, Reginald.
Colombine
Arkush, R. M.
Electra
Theorist, The
Arkwright, Ruth.
Baby New Year
Bibi
St. Nicholas
Arlen, Michael.
Ci-devant, The
Armstrong, Louise Van Voorhis.
Dolls
Armstrong, Paul.
Mr. Lorelei
Arnold, F. R.
Tabarin's wife, tr.
Arnstein, Marc.
Eternal song, The
Ash, Sholom.
Night
Sinner, The
Winter
Askew, Claude.
Marquise and woman
Atkin, G. Murray.
Our lady of the moon
Angier, Emile.
Green coat
Post-script, The
Austin, Alfred.
Lesson in harmony, A
Austin, Helen H.
Almost everyman
Austin, Mary.
Man who didn't believe in Christ-
mas, The
Backus, Mrs. Henry.
Singing soul, The
Bacon, Josephine Daskam.
Twilight of the Gods, The
Bagg, Helen.
Behind the lines
First aid
His model wife
If morning glory wins
Man outside, The
Superior sex, The
That blonde person
Whiskers
Why not Jim?
Bailey, Helen Cheyney.
Demigod, The
Bailey, Fearce.
Confession, The
Baily, F. E.
For the defendant — with costs
Baird, George M.P.
Mirage
Baker, Edwin.
Finish of Pete, The
Baker, Elizabeth.
Miss Tassey
Baker, George M.
Freedom of the press, The
Baker, Jessie.
Dream-toy shop, The
Baker, Rachel E.
Her picture
Baldwin, Charles Crittenton.
Mary ! Mary !
Baldwin, Sidney.
Christmas eve
Christmas spirit, The
Enchanted gate, The
Marjorie's garden
Mother Nature's trumpeter
Balph, Effie Sammond.
Princess Rosy Cheeks
Bangs. John Kendrick.
Harrington's "At home," The
Minister's first "At home," The
Real thing. The
Return of Christmas, The
Side-show, The
Tables turned, The
Bantock, Leedham.
Man the life boat
Banville, Theodore de.
Charming Leandre
Gringoire
Barbee, Lindsey.
All for the cause
All on a summer's day
Bluebeard
Christmas tree joke, A
Ever-ever land, The
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205
Forest of every day, The
Her first scoop
"If don't believe is changed into
believe"
Little pink lady, The
Sing a song of seniors
Tomorrow at ten
Watch, a wallet and a jack of
spades, A
When the toys awake
Whole truth, The
Barber, M. E.
Mechanical Jane
Barbour, Ralph Henry.
Conspirators, The
Barclay, Thomas.
Gambetta's love story
Bargate, John.
Prize, The
Baring, Maurice.
After Euripides' "Electra"
Ariadne in Naxos
Aulis difficulty, The
Blue harlequin, The
Caligula's picnic
Calpurnia's dinner-party
Catherine Parr
Death of Alexander, The
Don Juan's failure
Drawback, The
Fatal rubber, The
Greek vase, The
Jason and Medea
King Alfred and the Neat-Herd
Lucullus's dinner-party
Member for literature, The
Pious Aeneas
Rehearsal, The
Rosamund and Eleanor
Stoic's daughter, The
Velasquez and the "Venus"
Xantippe and Socrates
Barker, Granville.
Ask no questions and you'll hear
no stories, ed.
Christmas present, A. ed.
Dying pangs, ed.
Episode, An. ed.
Farewell supper, A. ed.
Farewell to the theatre
Keepsakes, ed.
Rococo
Vote by ballot
Wedding morning, The. ed.
Barnard, Charles.
Katy in Gooseland
Barne, Kitty.
Susie pays a visit
Barnes, Djuna.
She tells her daughter
Three from the earth
Barnes, J.
Looking for trouble
Barnum, Madalene D.
Abraham Lincoln and the little
bird
Bee hive, The
Brethren
Diego's dream
Echo
Fourth of July
Fox and the crow
French maid and the phonograph
George Washington and the
cherry tree
Honest Abe
How sleep the brave
Lady bird
Little birds, The
Little sparrow
Lion and the mouse. The
Our aunt from California
Scotch grace
Spider and the fly
Barr, Robert.
Gentlemen, the King
Barrett, Clyde.
Scruples, tr.
Barrie, J. M.
Barbara's wedding
New word, The
Old lady shows her medals, The
Pantaloon
Rosalind
Tag, Der
Twelve-pound look, The
Well remembered voice, A
Will, The
Barrington, Pauline B.
When the young birds go
Barrios, Eduardo.
Papa and Mama
Bartlett, Randolph.
Respective virtues of H61oise and
Maggie
Safety first
Barton, George Edward.
Pipe of desire. The
Sewing machine, The
Bartram, John G.
Secretary, The
Bascom, Louise Rand.
Bachelor club's baby, The
Boy who found Christmas, The
Claims, The
206 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Etiquette of the occasion, The Love among the lions
Fresh air fiend. The Becqne, Henri.
Look out for Hezikiah Quiet game A
Norah makes a cake B<jeb ^ N> '
Plumber, The An American el The
Station episode A Half-back interference, A
Stolen horse, The p , , , T,
Train leaves in ten minutes, The Rooms to let
Bassett, Willard. Seventh doctor, The
Gold brick, The Wanted— a pitcher
Batchelder, Clara B. Beede, Vincent Van Marter.
Billy's chorus girl High jinks along the milky way
Postman's knock The B Adaline Hohf.
Separation of the Browns, The Christmas rainbow, A
Batchelder, Frank Roe. Behrman, S. N.
^e choose a name Nevpr 8tretph your ]egs in
Bates, Arlo. Beith j R
us.ness meeting, A Crimson cocoanut, The
entle jury, A ^ ddi A
"""^ye Missing card, The
Her deaf ear fa
Interrupted proposal, An
Rosedale sewing circle, The Bell> Elliott Palmer.
Bates, Esther W. Professor's truant gloves, The
Engaging Janet Bel1' Mrs- Hugh.
Garafelia's husband Time is money
Bates, Joshua. Bel1- Jotn J°y-
Decree nisi, The Made in Heaven
' , WTT.,,. r* Pie in the oven, The
Bates, William O.
Asaph Bell, Joh Keble.
Dryad and the Deacon, The Come Michaelmas
In the light of the manger Compromising Martha
T» T- T. it. T Dramatists at home, The
Baugham, Ruth I,. Embarrassed butler. The
Martha plays the fairy
Baukhage, Hilmar. Martha the soothsayer
Boor, The. tr. Test kiSS) The
Marriage proposal, The. tr.
TJ r<i4A> i Bell, Lady.
/'. i i Best children in the world, The
Galahad Green Cat an(] d
Square pegs Cat and the fiddle, The
Unknown hand, The Foolish Jflck
\olcanic island, The Little petgy
Baxley, Isaac Rieman. Lucy Locket
Aegean, The Miss Dobson
Cleopatra Monster in the garden, The
Fool, The Oranges and lemons
In the house of the poet Polly put the kettle on
Lais Quite by ourselves
Parthenon, The Rather a prig
Sibyl, The What happened to Henny Penny
Bayles, Martha B. Wigwam, The
Crowning of the Dryads, The Bell May.
Thanksgiving Day — 1(590 " Bluebeard
Beach, Lewis. Culprit, The
Brothers Marah
Clod, The Strange physician, The
Guest for dinner, A What of the night?
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
20'i
Bellamy, Francis R.
Scrambled eggs
Bellinger, Lancelot.
Last drop, The
Bellini, Gabriel.
Triumph of remorse, The
Belmont, Mrs. O. H. P.
Melinda and her sisters
Benavente, Jacinto.
His widow's husband
No smoking
Smile of Mona Lisa, The
Truth, The
Beiietlix, Roderich.
Law-suit, The
Third man, The
Bennet-Thompson, Lillian.
In the dark
Bennett, Arnold.
Good woman, A
Question of sex, A
Stepmother, The
Benson, Mrs. Mary A.
Fairies' Christmas, The
Bent, Newell.
Hypnotism
Little tiff, A
Bentley, L. D. G.
At Whitsuntide
Bcnton, Rita.
Call of Samuel, The
Christmas story, The
Daughter of Jephthah, The
Esther
Good Samaritan, The
Happy man, The
Judgment of Solomon, The
King Robert of Sicily
Life beyond, The
Manger service
Moses in the bulrushes
Where love is, there God is also
Yussouf
Benton, William Birclsley.
Jack and John
Beresford, J. D.
Perfect machine
Bergstrom, Hjalmar.
Birthday party, The
Beringer, Mrs. Oscar.
Bit of old Chelsea
Holly Tree Inn
Beringer, Vera.
Penny bunch
Bermann, Patty Pemberton.
Familiar quotations
Bernard, Tristan.
French as he is spoke
French without a master
I'm going
Berridge, W. Lloyd.
Thrift
Betts, Frank.
Ingiald Evilheart
Bierstadt, Edward Hale.
Fifth commandment, The
Sounding brass
Bigelow, Julie Helene.
Fascinating Mrs. Osborne, The
Binyon, Lawrence.
Bombastes in the shades
Bird, Charles S.
Advertising for a husband
At the Junction
Matrimonial venture, A
Pa's new housekeeper
Simpkins little breakfast party
Biro, Lajos.
Bridegroom, The
Grandmother, The
Bishop, Farnham.
Scales and the sword, The
Bitney, Mayme Riddle, pseud, see
Irish, Marie, pseud.
Bjorkman, Edwin.
Creditors, tr.
Miss Julia, tr.
Pariah, tr.
Stronger. The, tr.
Simoon, tr.
Blackman, Carree Horton.
Eternal presence, tr.
Blair, Wilfrid.
Consarning Sairey 'Uggins
Blanchard, Arthur.
Night after, The
Bloch, Bertram.
Humpty Dumpty
Maiden over the wall
Morals and circumstance
Bloomgarden, Solomon.
Shunamite, The. tr.
Bloomquest, George.
Such extravagance
Bloxam, E. E.
Best wish, The
Brothers and sisters
Cuckoo !
Growing up
Manners make the man
Philosophy and fairies
Where is happiness
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AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
World-wide baby, A
Blunt, Arthur A.
At retreat
Blutt, •William N.
Treasure in the trunk, The
Boak, E. M. B.
Peacemaker, The
Boas, Harriet Betty.
Madonna Dianora, tr.
Bocleiilieim, Maxwell.
Cloud descends, The
Gentle furniture-shop, The
Poet's heart
Unimagined Heaven, The
Wanderer, The
Boileau, Marie.
When Anne was Queen
Boleskine, Lord.
Elder Eel
Bone, F. D.
Daughter of Japan, A
Pride of regiment
Bonham, Mary.
Malinda and the Duke
When Do-it school entertained
Bornstead, Benlah.
Diabolical circle, The
Bottomley, Gordon.
Crier by night, The
Gruach
King Lear's wife
Loadice and Danae
Midsummer eve
Riding to Lithend
Bouchor, Maurice.
Christmas tale, A
Bonlton, E.
Elegant Edward
Boulton, Matthew.
Brass door-knob, The
Burglar and the girl, The.
His best day
Bower, Alice K.
Trick of the trade, A
Bowker, Thayer Susan.
His lucky day
Bowman, Louise Morey.
And forbid them not
Boyce, Neitli.
Enemies
Two sons, The
Boyce, W. Hanson.
Hotel comfort
Boyesen, Algernon.
Don Juan duped
Bradbury, L. A.
Masqueraders, tr.
Branch, Anna Hempstead.
Lazarus
Rose of the wind
Shoes that danced, The
Brand, Alfred.
Did it really happen?
Infernal masculine, The
Three is company
Brandane, John.
Change-house, The
Glenforsa
Brandon, R. A.
By mutual agreement
Bragdon, Claude.
Gift of Asia, The
Branen, Jeff.
Irish stew, An
Brantzell, Aura Woodin.
Resemblance, The
Bray, Louise Whitefield.
Harbor of lost ships, The
Mis' Mercy
Breed, James E.
Everycreditman
Breeiie, Bessie Springer.
Gracie
Sparks divine
Twelve good men and true
Breiby, Orrin.
Do men gossip?
Bretherton, Evangeline ~L.
"Minister's messenger, The"
Breton, John Le.
Sister to assist 'er, A
Brewster, Emma E.
Aunt Mehetible's scientific experi-
ment
Bridges, Madeline.
Nowadays call, A
Two in a fog
Bridgham, Gladys Ruth.
Children's hour, The
Her first assignment
Not on the programme
Queen of hearts, The
Ring-around-a-Rosie
This way out
Three of a kind
Brieux, Eugene.
School for mothers-in-law, The
Briggs, Caroline.
•One a day
Brighouse, Harold.
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209
Converts
Doorway, The
Followers
Lonesome-like
Maid of France
Man about the place, The
Maypole morning
Oak settle, The
Paris doctor, The
Price of coal, The
Prince who was piper, The
Scaring off of Teddy Dawson, The
Spring in Bloomsbury
Brock, Howard F.
P>ank account, The
Broido, Louis.
Enemies of Israel, The
Brooke, Rupert.
Lithuania
Brooker, Bertram R.
Efficiency
Brookfield, Charles H. E.
Excellent receipt, An
Brooks, C. F.
Fond delusion, tr.
Brooks, E. S.
Lord Malapert of Moonshine
Castle.
New Red Riding-Hood, The
Brooks, F. M.
Fond delusion, tr.
Broomhall, Edith J.
Converting Bruce
What Rosie told the tailor
Brown, Alice.
Crimson lake, The
Doctor Auntie
Hero, The
Joint owners in Spain
Loving cup, The
March wind, A
Milly dear
Mistletoe
Sugar house, The
Web, The
Brown, Charles Ingersoll.
Dizzy's dilemmas
Brown, Curtis.
Mrs. Hazenby's health
Brown, Derby.
Peacemaker, The
Brown, Viola E.
Billy's mishap
Brown, 'William Cabell.
Visit in Brazil, A
Brown-Evarts, Edith.
Honesty's the best policy
Jones family, The
Last day of school, The
Military and medicine
Not so bad after all
Our mother's aid society
Pleasant surprise, A
Prize of learning, The
"Put to the test"
Rolling stone gathers no moss,
The
Browne, Horace B.
At "Jenny Wren's"
Betsy Trotwood at home
Division between friends, A
Friendly waiter, The
Gentleman next door, The
Great Protestant association, The
Hatching a conspiracy
Miss Squeers' tea-party
Mr. George's shooting gallery
Mr. Guppy's proposal
Mr. Pecksniff's pleasant family
party
Mr. Micawber's prospects
Mr. Venus's shop
Mrs. Snagby's guests
Mrs. Tibb's boarding house
Silas Wegg's stall
Stranger's visit, The
Unexpected meeting, An
Brown, Maurice.
King of the Jews, The
Browne, William Maynadier.
Red or white?
Brunner, Emma Beatrice.
Making a man
Over age
Spark of life, The
Strangers
Brunton, F. Carmichael.
Living dead, The
Bryan, George S.
Too much salt
Bryant, E. M. pseud.
see Boak, E. M. B.
Bryant, Louise.
Game, The
Buchanan, Fannie R.
Lighting of the torch, The
Buck, Gertrude.
Mother-love
Buckley, Reginald R.
Comala
Buckton, A. M.
Eager heart
210
AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Bugbee, Willis N.
After the bargain sale
Arrival of Reuben, The
Closing clay at Beanville
Elder Jenkins' reception
Graduation at Gayville
Goose feather bed, The
Hnppyville school picnic, The
Hiram and the peddlers
Married to a suffragette
Molly's Christmas tree
Old class reunion. The
Physical torture club, The
Reception for Santa Claus, A
Santa Claus brigade, The
Seven little soldiers
Squashville fire brigade, The
Surprising Santa
Tommy's Thanksgiving party
Winning a prize
Young patriots' league
Bull, George.
By mutual agreement
Bui-bank, Barbara, pseud.
see Batchelder, Clara B.
Burbank, Maude.
Pan of fudge, A
Burgess, Minnie C.
Four little fir trees
Burgblie, James.
Lawyer's mistake, A
Biirkham, I.ucie T.
When the land was young
Bnrnet, Dana.
Impromptu
Rain
Burr, Amelia Josephine.
Masque of women poets
Bnrrill, Mary.
Aftermath
Burrows, Edith.
Behind the rain curtains
Christmas strike, A
Fairy frolic, A
Key, The
Burnstein, Abraham.
Casting of lots
Burt, E. W.
Paper match, A
Burton, Richard.
Brothers
Tatters
Bush, Bertha E.
Making a flag
Butler, Ellis Parker.
Revolt, The
Butler, Rachel Barton.
West of Omaha
Butts, Dorothy.
Avenues
Bynner, Witter.
Cycle
Iphigenia in Tauris
Little king. The
Night wind, A
Tiger
War
Byr, Robert.
Love conquers revenge
Byrne, Lee.
Quarry slaves
Cabell, James Branch.
Jewel merchants, The
Caesar, Liodovici.
L'eroica
Caesar, Arthur.
Napoleon's barber.
Caillavet, Gaston de.
Choosing a career
Caine, Hall.
Iron hand, The
Calderon, George.
Derelicts
Geminae
Lamp, The
Little stone house, The
Longing
Parkin Bros.
Peace
Two talismans, The
Calhoun, Dorothy Donnell.
Cupid's column
100 per cent American
Parlor patriots, The
Callaway, Emillie.
Miss Oliver's dollars
Calthrop, Dion Clayton.
Gate of dreams, The
Cameron, Margaret.
Burglar, The
Christmas chime, A.
Committee on matrimony, A.
Her neighbor's creed
Holly wreath, The
Kleptomaniac, The
Lost firewood, The
Little gray lady
Miss Doulton's orchids
Molly's New Year's party
Mr. February thaw
Pipe of peace, A
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Piper's pay, The
Tadpole school
Teeth of the gift horse, The
White elephant, The
Campbell, Constance.
One of the old guard
Campbell, Evangeline.
Husking bee, The
Cann, Louise Gebhard.
Life is always the same
Cannan, Gilbert.
Everybody's husband
Gloves
James and John
Mary's wedding
Short way with authors, A
Cannon, Fanny.
Lady of the opera house, The
Meow !
What's in a name?
Capus, Alfred.
My tailor
Carb, David.
Neuters, The
New age, The
Other side, The
Slacks, The
Carey, Alice V.
New names for old
Carlyou, Kathrine F.
Crowning of Columbia, The
Carpenter, Grant.
Dragon's claws, The
Carpenter, Mrs. Myrtle B.
Her uncle's boots
Carr, Dr. Albert.
Cowboy and the baby, The
Carroll, Mrs. S. F.
Dress rehearsal, A
Carter, Elsie Hobart.
Babushka, The
Christmas brownie, The
Hundred, The
Minty-Malviny's Santa Glaus
Carthew, Lily.
American idea, The
Carton, R. C. pseud.
see Critchett, R. C.
Cassilis, Ina Leon.
Those landladies
Castell, C. A.
Snowed-up with a Duchess
Castillo, Carlos C.
Bright morning, tr.
Cauldwell, Samuel Milbank.
Chocolate cake and black sand
Invention of the rat trap, The
Undoing of Giant Hotstoff, The
Cecil, Arthur.
Time is money
Cecil, Edward.
Fourth man
Chalmers, Roy Melbourne.
Quest of an ancestoT, The
Seeing the pictures
Chamberlain, Basil Hall.
Death-stone, The
Life is a dream
Nakamitsu
Chamber liii, Grace Hilton.
Fortissimo music society, The
Chambers, C. I.
Pheasants' eggs
Redeeming their characters
Scold, the scoundrel and the scout,
The
Scouts to the rescue
Chandler, Lillian F.
At the window
When Shakespeare struck the
town
Chapin, Harold.
Augustus in search of a father
Autocrat of the coffee-stall, The
Dumb and the blind, The
Innocent and Annabel
It's the poor that 'elps the poor
Muddle-Annie
Philosopher of Butterbiggins, The
Threshold, The
Chapin, Harry Lorenzo.
Agression won
Love test, The
Chaplin, Alice W.
Because it rained
Behind the screen
Home and mother
Independent Flynn
Mad! Mad!
May
Merry Christmas
Pickles, bonbons and temper
Thankful for Jack
That boy
Valentine problem, A
Chapman, John Jay.
Christmas in Leipsic
Chatterji, Tapanmohan.
Light-bearer, The
Chekhov, Anton.
Anniversary, The
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Boor, The
Jubilee, The
Marriage proposal, A
On the high road
On the highway
Proposal, The
Swan song, The
Tobacco evil, The
Tragedian in spite of himself
Wedding, The
Chenoweth, Lawrence.
After the circus
Clierrymaii, Myrtle C.
Old friends together
Chevalier, Haakon M.
King laughs, The
Child*. Irene M.
Bonnie's Christmas eve.
ChilliiiRworth, Ethel.
Academy picture, An
Chipman, A. Z.
Ruben Rube
Christian, Frances E.
Kingdom of love, The
Chubb, Fercival.
Old year and the new, The
Church, Virginia.
Pierrot by the light of the moon
Churchill, E. P.
Special rehearsal, The
Churchill, M.
On black ice
Clark, Barrett H.
Affected young ladies, tr.
After the honeymoon, tr.
Charming Leandre, tr.
Choosing a career, tr.
Christmas tale, tr.
Crispin, tr.
Fairy, tr.
Franchise' luck, tr.
French without a master, tr.
Gimlet, tr.
Good-bye, tr.
Grammar, tr.
I'm going ! tr.
Indian summer, tr.
Jean-Marie, tr.
Little sheperdess, tr.
Marriage proposal, tr.
Law-suit, The, tr.
Legacy, The, tr.
Modesty, tr.
Monsieur Lamblin, tr.
My tailor, tr.
Panurge's sheep, tr.
Post-script, tr.
Rebound, The, tr.
Rosalie, tr.
Sicilian, tr.
Third man, tr.
Two cowards, The, tr.
Unhoodwinkable, tr.
Village, The, tr.
Wager, The. tr.
Clark, Bertha W.
Prince of Semberia
Clark, Human.
Colonel ;md the lady
Clark, Margery Stanley.
Wet blanket
Clark, Milton Francis.
Scoop, The
Clarke, Ednah Proctor.
Revolt of Santa Clans, The
Clarke, Violet.
Power of flattery, The
Cleather, Dorothy.
Black trouble, A
Just like a story
Magic tabloid, The
Stuffing
Twins, The
Cleland, T. M.
Veil of happiness. The, tr.
Clemencean, Georges.
Veil of happiness, The.
dementia.
Frolic of the bees and the butter-
flies.
Young King Cole
Clements, Colin Campbell.
By the Sumida river
Cherry blossom river, The
Columbine
Desert, The
Father, The
Four who were blind
Growing old together
Harlequin
Ivory tower
Just women
Life is a dream
Living hours, tr.
Love in a French kitchen, tr.
Man and his wife, A
Modern Harlequinade
Moon tide
Pierrot in Paris
Pirates
Return of Harlequin, The
Siege, The
Star dust path, The
Sumida Gawa, tr.
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Tea and conversation
Three lepers of Suk-El-Garab
Yesterday
Cleugh, Dennis.
Violet under the snow, The
Clifford, Helen C.
Alice's blighted profession
Whose widow
Cobb, Mrs. George.
Just advertise
Cobb, Thomas.
Quiet little dinner, A
Cockrell, Maud.
Golliwog in Fairyland
Code, Grant H.
When the fates decree
Coddington, Hester.
He is coming, tr.
Coghlan, Licla L.
Same man, The
Cohan, George M.
Farrell case, The
Coit, Henry A.
War's end
Colburn, Carrie W.
Romantic rogue, A
Colby, Eleanor.
Vision of youth, A
Coleby, Wilfred T.
Aunt Bessie
Bit o' stuff, A
Dusty path, The
Likes o' me, The
Their point of view
Young Napoleon, The
Collins, Louise.
Modern autocrat, The
Collins, Sewell,
Gaspers
Column, Morris.
Philosophers
Colquhoun, Donald.
Jean
Colum, Padraic.
Betrayal, The
Miracle of the corn, The
Swift's pastoral
Condrin, J.
James C.
R. see Richards,
Conger, Margaret L.
Good housewife and her labors,
The
Conrad, Joseph.
One day more
Converse, Florence.
Blessed birthday, The
Thy kingdom come
Conway, Edward H.
Windy shot, The
Con way, Liucie.
"D. H. S."
Cook, George C.
Suppressed desires
Tickless time
Cook, Leroy James.
Peace at home, tr.
Cook, Sherwin L.
Game of comedy, A
Cooke, Marjorie Benton.
Case of Sophronia, The
Child in the house, The
Christmas benefit, A
Confessional, The
Court comedy, A
Dinner, — with complications, A
Fairy ring, The
Finer shades of honor, The
First Thanksgiving, The
In the good greenwood
Lady Betty's burglar
Lion and the lady, The
Manners and modes
Page from the past, A
Reform •
Romeo of the Rancho
Spring time fantasy, A
Success
Tit for tat
When knights were bold
When love is young
Coon, Hilton.
My wife's husband.
Coppee, Francois.
Fennel
Lord's prayer, The
Pater Noster
Violin maker of Cremona, The
Corbin, Alice see Henderson, Mrs.
Alice Corbin.
Corbin, John.
Forbidden guests, The
Corneau, Perry B.
Masks
Napoleon and the sentry
Country man, May E.
Hiram Jones' bet
Miss Parkington
Conrteline George, sec Moinaux,
Georges Courteline.
Cowan, Fletcher.
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Rose leaves and asparagus tips
Cowan, Floyd P.
Hidden love
Putting up a prosperous front
Cowan, Sada.
In the morgue
Sinstram Skagerrak
State forbids, The
Strangers
Cox, Ethel L.
Combat and the dragon, The
Craig Anne A. T.
Course of true love, The
Greatest gift, The
Grasshoppers and the ants, The
Pool of answers, The
Crain, George A.
Kara
Craine, Edith J.
Pharaoh's knob
Crandall, Irene Jean.
For freedom
Last rehearsal, The
Tea and politics
Crane, Eleanor Maud.
Best man, The
Fads and fancies
Her victory
"His soul" ,
"Honor of the class, The"
1'eggy's predicament
Crane, Mabel H.
At the milliner's
Girls, The
Romance by schedule
Rumpus on Olympus, A
Crary, Alice.
Holy scenes of Christmas, The
Craven, Arthur S.
Perfect machine, The
Craven, John V. Jr.
Monsieur Galespard and Made-
moiselle Jeanne
Creevey, Caroline A.
Ninepin club, The
Thanksgiving dream, A
Cripps, A. K.
Hired man's courtship, The
Criss, Vance C.
His methodist foot
You know? I know. Shake!
Critchett, R. C.
Dinner for two
Critchton, Dorothy.
As ye sew
Crocker, Bosworth.
Baby carriage, The
Cost of a hat, The
Dog, The
First time, The
Last straw, The
Cronyn, George W.
Death in fever heat, A
Sandbar queen, The
Crothers, Rachel.
Criss cross
Katy did
Mrs. Molly
Rector, The
Crowley, Aleister.
Bonds of marriage, The
Saviour, The
Cruger, Mrs. Van Rensselaer, see
Gordon, Julien
Crnmmins, Agnes L.
Pride of the family, The
Cudmore, Angela.
We dine at seven
Culbertscn, Ernest H.
Goat alley
Cunningham, Leon.
Dralda Bloom, The
Wondership, The
Cuppy, Elizabeth O.
Mollusk or suffragette?
Curry, Bara Jefferis.
Devil's gold, The
Cutting, Mary S.
Good dinner, A
Dabney, Julia P.
Children of the sunrise
Dale, Irving.
Friend husband
Souvenir spoons
Tickets, please
Way of a woman, The
Daly, Arnold.
Democracy's king
Dominant male, The
Dalkeith, Lena.
King Arthur and the cakes
Princess and the swineherd, The
Scene from Robin Hood
Scene from Uncle Tom's cabin
Dallas, Mary K.
Our aunt Robertina
Dalrymple, C. Leona.
Mrs. Forrester's crusade
Surprises
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Tangles
Damiaiiakes, Stephanie.
Obstacle, The
Damon, S. Foster.
Kiri no Meijiyama
Dana, H. Manley.
Local and long distance
Dance, Charles.
Morning call, A
Dane, Essex.
Cul-de-sac
Fleurette and company
Happy returns
Serpent's tooth, The
Wasp, The
When the whirlwind blows
TIT i i mi
Wooden leg The
Workers at the looms, The
Wrong numbers
T
day, The
Dargan, Olive T.
Flutter of the goldleaf, The
Journey, The
Woods of Ida
Darrow, Whitney.
Meredith's entertainment, The
68-70 Berkeley Place
Davey, Peter.
We dine at seven
David, Emily.
Mirth-provoking, schoolroom, The
David, Louise Dndley.
When mother came to college
Davies, Mary C.
Slave with two faces, The
Davis, Allan.
On vengeance height
Davis, Lillie.
Bumps
Davis, M. E. M.
Bunch of roses, A
Christmas boxes
His lordship
Queen Anne cottages
Davis, Malcolm W.
Locked door, The
Spy' The
Davis, Marjorie H.
Patriot's parade, The
_
Davis, Oswald K.
Dream stone, The
Davis, Richard Harding.
Efficiency
Miss Civilization
Orator of Zapata City, The
Peace manoeuvers
Zone P°llce
Davis, Robert H.
Room without a number, The
Day» Curtiss LaQ.
Bootlegger, The
Dfty> Frederick L.
blump, The
Dazey, L. H.
Woman's choice, A
Dean, Alexander.
Just neighborly
De Armond, Lizzie.
Why Christmas was late
Tk«r»^'« r\ -a
JJCXJOIS, *J. ±5.
Biscuitg flnd bm
Del1' F1°yd-
Angel intrudes, The
Human nature
iDSen revisited
King Arthur's socks
Legend
Long time ago, A
Poor Harold
Rim of the world, The
Sweet-and-twenty
Demarest, William. T.
New day> The
Wav of Yu-Soo, The
DeMille, William C.
"Deceivers"
"Noblesse Oblige"
"Poor old Jim"
Denison, Emily H.
Dolly Madison's afternoon tea
Duped
Little mother of the slums, The
My friend's in town
Mystery of Beacon Hill, The
Denison, T. S.
Great doughnut corporation, The
Is the editor in?
Dennis, O. M.
His honor
Denton, Clara J.
An Mg fjmlt
At the library
Being a hero
Blue pump, The
Boastful weathervane, The
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Bob's and Tom's Thanksgiving
Charlie's pop-corn
Christmas at Holly Farm
Day after the circus, The
Gentle janitor, The
Going shopping
Governor's proclamation, The
Great sale, The
Hanging up the stockings
In the east
"Isabel"
Juniper baby, The
"Look of things, The"
Mademoiselle's mistake
Making the best of things
Minister's daughter, The
New man in town, A
Next day, The
No crown
"No presents"
Old ship, The
On the dyke
Ph.D., The
Queen's offer, The
Quick news
Seeing the animals
Seeking information
Senior, The
Strike in Santa Claus land, The
Tailor's dummy, The
Thief, The
Three sleepy-heads
Trouble in the Toyroom
Underground opportunity, An
Unexpected company
Unsuccessful hunt, An
Wager, The
White chief, The
Who's crazy now?
Wrong lessons, The
Yellow law, The
De Pue. Elva.
Hattie
Dickinson, Thomas H.
In hospital
Dickinson, Charles.
Sunshine
Third chapter
Diehl, Robert H.
Tuff's boarder
Dix, Beulah Marie.
Allison's lad
Captain of the gate, The
Clemency
Dark of the dawn, The
Enemy, The
Glorious game, The
Hundredth trick, The
Legend of St. Nicholas
Snare and the fowler, The
Weakest link, The
Where war comes
Dixon, M. Q.
Blue pincushion. The
Djurichich, Lnka.
Prince .of Semberia, tr.
Dodge, Flora B.
Mrs. Mack's example
Dolan. "Winifred.
Wake up, John Bull
Dondo, Mathurin M.
Two blind men and a donkey
Donley, Alice M.
Cranberry corners
Spiritual boost at Sallytown, The
Wrong man, The
Donnay, Maurice.
Gimlet, The
Doo, Ding TJ.
Empty city, The
Dopp, Katharine E.
Homer and David
Doran, Marie.
Eyes of faith
Girls over there, The
How Nellie made good
Liberty thrift girls, The
Dorey, J. Milnor.
Under conviction
Dorff, M. J.
Firefly night
Dorsen, Helen.
Power of loyalty
Doty, Harry M.
Jonesville board of assessors, The
Just plain Jones
Tiddville and the Radio
Doucet, Theodore A.
Jasper's troubles
Douglas, Charles X.
Hired girl's dream, The
Douglas, Ford.
Return trip, The
Two barrels, The
Down, Oliphant.
Maker of dreams, The
Quod wrangle, The
Downing, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Francis.
Placing Paul's play
Dowson, Ernest.
Pierrot of the minute, The.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan.
Waterloo
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Draflimami, Holger.
"Renaissance"
Dransfield, June.
Blood o' Kings
Dreiser, Theodore.
Blue sphere, The
Dream, The
Girl in the coffin, The
In the dark
Laughing gas
Light in the window, The
"Old Ragpicker"
Spring recital, The
Drennan, Marie.
Valley of gloom, The
Drey Sylvan.
New Pygmalion and Galatea, The
Drinkwater, John.
God of Quiet, The
Honors easy
Little Johnny
Storm, The
Two in a trap
X = O
Driscoll, Louise.
Child of God, The
Garden of the west, The
Metal checks, The
Poor House, The
Drovin, George A.
His first case
Drury, Major William P.
Calamity Jane, R.N.
Privy council, A
Dubois, O. B.
Night in Tappan, A
Bubry. Louis E.
Masqueraders, The
Dner, Caroline.
Ambassador's daughter, The
Mr. Shakespeare at school
Duffy, Richard.
Night of the wedding, The
Dumas, Andre.
Eternal presence
Dumont, Frank.
Depot lunch counter, The
Doubtful victory, A
How a woman keeps a secret
Midnight marauders
Not a bit jealous
Quiet hotel, The
Real doctor, The
Rival speakers
Roamy-e-owe and Julie-ate
Scotty
Sister Masons
Stage struck boarding house
Where is my coat?
Dunbar, Alice.
Author's evening at home, The
Dunbar. Mrs. Paul Lawrence.
see Dunbar, Alice
Dunbar, Olivia Howard.
Blockade
D'Unger, Giselle.
Jack's predicament
Dunham, Curtis.
Blood money
Mademoiselle Plato
Dunn, Fannie Wyche.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Dunn, Gerald.
Fancy dress
Dunne, Douglas.
Two of a kind
Dunning, Ralph Cheever.
Home-coming, The
Dunsany, Lord.
Cheezo
Compromise of the King of the
Golden Isles, The
Fame and the poet
Glittering gate, The
Golden doom, The
Good bargain, A
If Shakespeare lived today
Lost silk hat. The
Night at an inn, A
Queen's enemies, The
Tents of the Arabs, The
Dunton, Edith K.
Is your name Smith?
Dnran, Leo.
Daimyo. The, tr.
Hands in the box, The, tr.
Honor of Danzo, The, tr.
Durand, R. S.
Sidhe of Ben-Mor, The
Duval, Mary V.
Court of fame, The
Dyk, Victor.
Ninth night, The
Earle, Dorothy K.
You're such a respectable person
Earle, Georgia.
Before the play begins
Gettin' acquainted
Lie that Jack built, The
Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von.
Man of the world, A
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Echegaray, Jose.
Street singer, The
Eckersley, Arthur.
Boy's proposal, A
Hartleys, The
Susan's embellishments
Tabloid, A
Edgar, Mary S.
Wayside piper, The
Edridge, Joan.
"First aid"
Edridge, Richard.
''First aid''
Egbert, Frank H.
Capitulation of Mr. Hyleigh
Egerton, Lady Alix.
Masque of the two strangers, The
Ehrlich, E. C.
Snaring the lion
Ehrmann, Max.
Bank robbery. The
Wife of Marobius, The
Elberon, George.
Johnson's busy day
Eldridge, Paul.
Carnival, The
Jest, The
Loser, The
What's wrong
Eliot, Samuel A.
Christmas miracle play, A, ed.
Doctor Faustus, ed.
Polyxena, ed.
Elkins, Fenton B.
Belgian baby, The
Figuratively speaking
Quick and the dead, The
Ellet, Marion.
Germelshausen
Ellis, Mrs. Havelock.
Mothers, The
Pixy, The
Subjection of Kezia, The
Ellis, Kenneth M.
Ketcham pardon, The
Ellis, -William.
Ketcham pardon, The
Elliston, A. Louis.
By woman's wit
Recoiling vengeance, A
Unlucky tip, An
Elwes, Mary.
In time of war
Two in a flat
Elwyn, Lizzie May.
Uncle Sam's cooks
Emerson, M. A.
If I were Bob
Emerson, "William D.
Cabman and the baby, The
Humble pie
Emig, Evelyn.
China pig, The
Old order, The
Emmons, Myra.
Visiting Mamma
Emmy, Fred.
Arrival of a rival, The
England, George Allan.
"Under their skies"
Erie, Jonathan.
When Anne was queen.
Ernest, Alice.
Living hours, tr.
Erskine, John.
Noblesse oblige
Ervine, St. John G.
Critics, The
Magnanimous lover, The
Orangeman, The
Progress
Eskil, Ragna B.
Aunt Harriet's night out
For the sake of Peggy
In the trenches "over there"
Lottie sees it through
Me and Betty
Who's the boss?
Esmond, H. V.
Her vote
Estabrook, Anne L.
Christening robe, The
Estoc, Foe cl'.
Sabotage
Etherington, H. Field.
Sealed silver
Ettlinger, Karl.
Altruism
Evans, Delia J.
"M. R. S."
Younger son, The
Evans, Florence W.
Marriage of Guineth, The
Evans, Frank H.
Wrong side of the road, The
Evans, Gladys LaDue.
Little mortal child, The
Evans, Margaret.
Faith
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Everett, Edith.
Everystudent
Evrcinov, Nicholas.
Beautiful despot, The
Merry death, A
Ewers, Hanns H.
Dead eyes, The
Trecento
Fahnstock, Edith.
Magic theatre, tr.
Fairbanks, S. vK.
Other voice, The
Farnsworth, Oliver.
Twins of Bergano, The, tr.
Farrar, John.
Magic sea shell, The
Fan-ell, J. R.
Casey's daughter, Mary Ann
Farrington, James.
Hulks, The
Fawcett, Marion Roger.
Alarm, The
Faxon, Grace B.
Bachelor's reverie, The
Fay, F. C.
Peace at home, tr.
Fay, Frederick L.
Lend a hand
Feist, Ella.
Fly-away land
Felter, Will D.
Jack for every Jill, A
Fendall, Percy.
Arrival of a rival, A
Fenn, Frederick.
Convict on the hearth, The
Love child, The
Not wanted — a wife
Nelson touch, The
Op-o'-Me-Thumb
Fenollosa, Ernest.
Awoi no Uye
Chorio
Genjo
Hagoromo
Kagekiyo
Kakitsubata
Kayoi Komachi
Kinuta
Nishikigi
Shojo
Sotoba Komachi
Suma Genji
Tamura
Tsunemasa
Fenollosa, Mary.
Lady of the hair-pins, The
Ferguson, J. A.
Campbell of Kilmhor
Fernald, Mrs. C. F.
Cobbler's bargain, The
Honeymoon, The
Irish washerwoman, The
Learning lessons
Left
School opera
Fernald, Chester B.
Cat and the cherub, The
Farrar, Jules.
In "The spirit of "76"
Ferrer, "L. M.
Bobby's dream
Ferrier, Paul.
Codicil, The
Ferris, Anita B.
Children of the Christmas spirit
Road to Christmas, The
Ruth's donation party
Santa's allies
Slave raiders, The
Triumph of peace, The
Visitors from the Colonial period
Why didn't you tell?
Ferris, Helen J.
Extra !
Fetherstronhaugh, V.
Harrison
1 euillet, Octave.
Fairy, The
Village, The
Ff oil, Helena A.
Bill Perkins' proposin' day
Field, Rachel Lyman.
Everygirl
Three pills in a bottle
Rise up, Jennie Smith
Fillmore. John E.
"War"
Finch, Elsie Garreston.
Spineless
Finch, Luciiie.
At the sign of the silver spoon
Fisher, Blanche P.
Finding the Mayflowers
Santa Glaus gets his wish
Fiske, Isabella Howe.
Comedy of the exile, A
Evening musicale, A
Fitzjohn, R.
Plume of feathers
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Fitziiiauricr. George.
Dandy dolls, The
Magic glasses, The
Pie-dish, The
Flanagan, Hallie F.
Curtain, The
Flanner, Hildegarde.
Mansions
Flanner, Mary H.
Christmas burglar, The
Bargain day
Fleming, Charles L>.
Telephone, The
Flexner, Hortense.
Voices
Florance, Richard.
It, the usual play with the usual
ending
Flower, Elliott.
His imitation sweetheart
Floyd, liiicretia Xavier.
Sunny morning, A tr.
Foley, James W.
Sing a song of sleepy head
Foley, Marie H.
Gift, The
Folmsbee, Beulah.
Princess and the crystal pipe, The
Footner, Hulbert.
Mystery
Ford, Grace.
Love pirate, The
Forrest, Belford.
Failures
Honors even
Lost sheep
Swimmin' pools
Forrest, Mark.
At the turn of the year
Foster, Nathaniel L.
Widow's might, The
Fotheringhaiu, E. M.
Bad temper bureau, The
Brummy crock
Cash concern, A.
Good intentions
Maggie Ann
Middle of the night, The
Mrs. Marconi
Princess Parsimonia
Tale of the tarts, The
Too much monkey
Whiney-Piney
Why?
Foucher, Laure C.
Effie's Christmas dream
Francis, John M.
Aunty
Bills
Trouble by mail
Veal breaded
Who wins the bet?
Frank, Florence Kiper.
Garden, The
Jael
Visitors
Frank, Henry.
Skeptic's challenge, The
Frank, Maude Morrison.
Christmas eve with Charles Dick-
ens, A
Fairies' plea, The
Friend in need, A
Miss Burney at court
Mistake at the manor, A
When Heine was twenty-one
'Frederick, John T.
Hunter, The
Twelfth night at Fisher's crossing
Freed, Clarence I.
Absent minded
Freeman, Ethel H.
Tommy
Freund, E. J.
Don't bother Anton
Germ hunters, The
Grape juice
Hatching the lucky egg
Soap club, The
Wanted — a wife
Freybe, C. E.
In Garrison
Frida, Emil Bohnslav.
At the chasm
A'engeance of Catullus
Witness, The
Frith, Walter.
Miniature, The
Froome, John R.
Listening
Frost, Robert.
Way out, A
Witch of coos, The
Fry, R. J.
Same to Ye! The
Fuji-Ko.
Vampire cat of Nabreshima, The
Fulda, Ludwig.
By ourselves
Fuller, Alice Cook.
Christmas idea, The
Cinderella
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Clytie
Gifted givers, The
Golden touch, The
Hans and Grethel
Juno's bird
Little John joins the band of
Robin Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
Puss in boots
Rhoecus
Robin Hood becomes an outlaw
Siegfried and Brunehilde
Furniss, Grace L.
Dakota widow, A
Perhiips
Gage, Edward.
Luckiest man. The
Galahad, Joseph Andrew.
Sic passim
Galbraith, Esther E.
Brink of silence, The
Gale, Elizabeth.
Just a little mistake
Mrs. Coulson's daughter
Gale, Rachel B.
Clinging vine, The
Coats and petticoats
Gale, Zona.
Neighbors, The
Uncle Jimmy
Gallon, Thomas.
Man who stole the castle
Galsworthy, John.
Defeat
Hall-marked
Punch and go
Sun, The
Gamble, Mary R.
Aunt Columbia's dinner party
Gardener, Eden.
Behind the Purdah
Gardner, W. H.
Christmas for Santa Glaus
Garland, Robert.
At night all cats are gray
Double miracle. The
Importance of being a roughneck,
The
Love's young dream
Garnett, Louise Ayres.
Hilltop
Garrison, Theodosia.
Hour of earth, An
Literati, The
At the sign of the cleft heart
Garrow, David.
Patty packs a bag
What charity covers
Gascoin, Catherine Bellairs.
Fickle Juliet
Fortescues' dinner party, The
"John Arbery's dream"
Lumber room, The
P. G.'s, The
"Them banns"
Toolip, The
Wrong again
Gatty, Mrs.
Life beyond, The
Gauss, Louise Fallenstein.
Little helpers
Gavin, Mary.
Curtains
Geijerstam, Gustaf.
Criminals
Gemmell, John.
Authorship
Baby's ill !
Muffin man, The
Gentry, Helen.
Derby
Gerald, Florence.
For love and honor
Gerson, Emily Goldsmith.
Delayed birthday, A
Gerstenberg, Alice.
"Attuned"
Beyond
Buffer, The
Ever young
Fourteen
He said and she said
Hearts
Illuminatti in drama libre, The
Overtones
Pot boiler, The
Unseen, The
Where are those men?
Getchell. Margaret C.
Birthday candles, The
Colette of the Red Cross
Giacosa, Giuseppe.
Rights of the soul, The
Sacred ground
Wager, The
Gibbins, J. R.
Becoming an American
Gibson, A. H.
Pursuing a mother-in-law
Gibson, Preston.
Cupid's trick
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Derelicts
S. O. S.
Suicides
Vacuum, The .
Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson.
Agatha Steel
Betrothed, The
Bloodybush edge
Bridal, The
Call, The
Child, The
"Family's pride, The"
Ferry, The
Firstborn, The
Furnace, The
Garret, The
Holiday
Hoops
House of candles, The
Mates
Mother, The
Night-shift, The
On the road
On the threshold
Operation, The
Queen's crags, The
Scar, The
Secret way, The
Shirt, The
Stonefolds
Summer-dawn
Winter dawn
Womenkind
Wound, The
Gilbert, William S.
Trying a dramatist
Giles, Josephine.
Gabe's home run
Hoosier school, The
It was the Dutch
Jake and his Pa
Just like a woman
News from home
Trusted friend, The
Giles, William.
Gabe's home run
Hoosier school, The
It was the Dutch
Jake and his Pa
Just like a woman
News from home
Trusted friend, The
Gilman, Cbarlotte Perkins.
Something to vote for
Three women
Gilmore, Louis.
Long live the empress!
Prince Patiomkin
Tenor, A
Gillinore, Ruf us H.
Their first dinner
Gilman, Thornton.
We live again
Girardeau, Claude M.
God of the wood, The
Givens, Helen M.
Bull-terrior and the baby, The
Improving a husband
Glaenzer, Richard B.
Louis Quinze salon, The
Glaspell, Susan.
Close the book
Outside. The
People, The
Suppressed desires
Tickless time
Trifles
Woman's honor
Glazer, Benjamin F.
Altruism, tr.
Autumn tides, tr.
Matter of husbands, A, tr.
Gleason, Orissa W.
How the ladies earned their dollar
How the story grew
Glenn, Byron P.
Pair of burglars, A
Glick, Carl.
Immortal, The
It isn't done
Outclassed
Police matron, The
Prologue
Ten days later
Goddard, Felecia.
On with the new
What society is coming to
Goddard, Harold.
Sisters, The
Goldberg, Isaac.
Abigail, tr.
Abishag, tr.
Bathsheba, tr.
Better son, The, tr.
Black sheep, The, tr.
Forgotten souls, tr.
Gastone the animal tamer, tr.
In the harem, tr.
In the dark, tr.
Life, tr.
Little heroes, tr.
Michael, tr.
Poetry and prose, tr.
On the threshold, tr.
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Rights of the soul, tr. Gould, Ernest M.
Secret of life, The, tr. On the sight-seeing car
She must marry a doctor, tr. Gould Felix.
Sicilian limes, tr. In' the marshes
Sinner, The, tr. Marsh maiden, The
Sparrow, The, tr. Stranger, The
Stranger, The tr Gourmont, Remy de.
filter upon fire, tr. Old king, The
w"??ir' l\ Theodat
Wolf-hunt, tr.
f, 11 i -., i i Gow. Ronald.
Goodlander, Mabel. A , ,. . ...
Elves and the shoe-maker, The Breakfast at eight
Honest woodcutter. The Graf, Arturo.
Mistress Mary gives a garden Dante in Santa Croce of the
party Raven
Pine tree, The Graham, Bertha W.
Visit of the Tomiter, The Spoiling the broth
Goodman, Ed-ward. Graham, Manta S.
Colloquy in Hades, A Allied occupations
Eugenically speaking By-product, A
Portrait on the wall, The Goose, The
Vital moments, tr. Trend, The
Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer. Two's company
At the edge of the wood Grahame, Arthur.
Back of the yards Iron Ann, The
Barb«1-a Granville, Edward.
Behind the black cloth Three graces The
Dancing dolls G Eunice ^
Dust of the road Case of spoons
Ephraim and the winged bear Winning of Fuji, The
Game of chess. The
Green scarf, The Greenbank, Percy.
Hand of Siva, The Man the life boat
Hero of Santa Maria, The Greene, Clay M.
Holbein in Blackfriars Awakening of Barbizon, The
Man- can only do his best, A Dispensation, The
Parting, The Star of Bethlehem, The
Red flag. The "Through Christmas bells"
Wonder hat Greene, Kathleen C.
Gordon, Charles, pseud. First Christmas eve, The
see Baldwin, Charles Crittenton Little boy out of the wood, The
Gordon, Henry. Night watch
Thirst Poppy seller, The
Gordon, Julien. Princess on the road, The
Modern child, A J>? bart ,faii;i.e1s'rT1he
Modern daughter, A ^ lslon ^endid, The
Modern Mother, A Greene, Paul.
Gordon-Lennox, Cosmo. Granny Boling
Impertinence of the creature, The Last of the Dowries, The
_ Lord's will, The
Gordon, Leon. gam Tucker
As a Pal White dresses
Leave the woman out Our Uncle from the West
Gornall, H. K. Gregory, Lady Isabelle.
Bogie men, The
Gough, Margaret. Coats
One may spin a thread too finely, Deliverer, The
tr. Dervorgilla
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Full moon. The
Gaol gate, The
Hanrahan's oath
Hyacinth Halvey
Jackdaw, The
Losing game, A
Lost saint, tr.
McDonough's wife
Poorhouse, tr.
Rising of the moon, The
Spreading of the news
Travelling man, The
Twisting of the rope, tr.
Workhouse ward, The
Wrens, The
Grendon, Felix.
Will he come back?
Greve, Clifford.
Militant God
Gribble, Harry Wagstaff.
All gummed up
Griffin, Chester A.
Hicksville burglar, The
Griffith, Benjamin L. C.
Cloudy day. A
For her sake
Forget-me-nots
Mistake in identity, A
Not at home
Wanted — a valet
Griffith, Helen Sherman.
Alarm of fire. An
Borrowed luncheon, A
Case of duplicity
Dumb waiter, The
Fallen idol, A
Getting the range
Her service flag
Knitting club meets, The
Ladies strike, The
Large order, A
Maid to oi'der.
Merry widow hat
Minister's wife, The
Reflected glory
Sewing society, The
Wrong Miss Mather, The
Wrong package
Griffith, William.
Before the fairies came to
America
Before the Pixies came to
America
City pastorals
Grinnell, John E.
John Bargrave, Gentleman
Grissom, Herbert.
Easy victim, An
Griswold, Grace.
Billie's first love
Haunted chamber, The
His Japanese wife
Grossman, Samuel S.
Purim players. The
Grossinith, Weedon.
Commission, A
Grosvenor, Johnston.
Plaie for Merrie May tyme, A
Grover, Harry Greenwood.
Thompson's luck
Grundy, Sidney.
Head of Romulus, The
In honor bound
Man proposes
Sympathetic souls
Guild, Thacher Rowland.
Class of '50, The
Higher good, The
Portrait, The
Power of a God, The
Guiterman, Arthur.
Christmas stockings
Journey's end
Tiny Tim's surprise-party
Gunnison, Binney.
Becket saves Rosamund
Ben-Hur and Iras
Deacon Brodie
Disastrous announcement, A
Extracting a secret
Gentlemen, The King
Love conquers revenge
Matter of duty, A
Miss Judith Macan
Mrs. Hardcastle's journey
Mrs. Ha r wood's secret
Open or shut?
Pizarro and Rolla
Prairie princesses, The
Pride against pride
Princess and the countess, The
Queen Catherine
Raimond released
Sam Weller and his father
Savonarola and Lorenzo
Guptill, Elizabeth F.
Answering the phone
As it will be
Aunt Sabriny's Christmas
Baby show, The
Bo-Peep's Christmas party
Brave little Tom-boy. A
Brownies' vacation, The
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Census man, The
Christmas at Punkiu Holler
Christmas at Skeeter Corner
Christmas at the Cross Roads
Christmas dream, A
Christmas for all nations
Christmas joke, A
Christmas mystery
Color fairies, The
Discouraged worker, A
Dolls' symposium, The
Dose of his own medicine, A
Dot entertains
Fun at Five Point school
Going to school in Mother Goose
land
Grandmother's cat
Imaginary Tommy
Joke, The
Jolliest Christmas ever, The
Little Jack's Christmas
Marie recites
Mother Goose's gosling
Playing Rabbit
Santa's rescue
Search for Mother Goose
Shirkers, The
Taking teacher's place
Taking the census
Topsy turvy Christmas
Troublesome flock
Twins and how they entertained
the new minister, The
Uncle Joe's will
Uninvited member, An
Waif's Thanksgiving, The
Wanted : a chimney
Wanted, a license to wed
What do you know about ghosts?
When Polly was queen of the
May
Who was scared?
Whose dog?
Worm turns, The
Guske, Carl W.
Fata Deorum
Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan.
Sayonara, tr.
Gyalni, Wolfgang.
After the honeymoon
Gyp, see Martel de Janville.
Hailley. Marvin.
Till three p. M.
Hagedorn, Hermann.
Five in the morning
Horse thieves, The
Last faring, The
Three false women of Llanlar,
The
Silver blade, The
Hageman, Maurice.
Love's diplomacy
Hale, Harold, pseud, see C. N.
Moller.
Hale, Harris G.
Story of Jacob, The
Hale, Louise Closser.
Other woman, The
Paste cut paste
Halevy, Ludovic.
Indian summer
Panurge's sheep
Hall, Newton M.
Story of Jacob
Hall, W. Strange.
Mobswoman
Halman, Doris F.
Closet, The
Difficult boarder, The
Dog, The
Famine and the Ghost
It behooves us
Lady Anne
Playroom, The
Santa Glaus
Will-o'-the-wisp
Halpern, J.
Mother and son
Halsey, Forrest.
Empty lamp, The
Hamilton, Cicely.
How the vote was won
Jack and Jill and a friend
Hamilton, Cosmo.
Aubrey closes the door
Jerry and a sunbeam
Hankin, St. John E. C.
Burglar who failed, The
Constant lover
Hanlou, John.
Pan passes northward
Seeker of a secret, The
Hanna, Tacie May.
Hyacinths
Upon the waters
Hannan, Charles.
Electric man, The
Hanshew, T. W.
Harvest, The
Hanson, Frank I.
Father Time's Christmas treat
Will Soakum's matrimonial bu-
reau
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Hapgood, Hutchins.
Enemies
Harbour, J. L,.
Mrs. Elwell's paper
Hardy, Robert T.
Hidden love
Hare, Walter Ben.
Anita's secret
Christmas carol, A
Christmas with the Mulligan's
Her Christmas hat
Isosceles
White Christmas, The
Hargrave, Eustace.
Island sea-dreams, The
Harmed, Mary.
Outcast, The. Tr.
Hani-well, Anna Jane.
Sin of Ahab, The
Sojourners
Harris, Ada L.
Cupid in the kitchen
Harris, Claudia "L.
It's spring
Man who couldn't say "No," The
Young Mr. Santa Glaus
Harris, Frank.
King of the Jews, The
Harris May.
Open door, The
Poet's wife, A
Harris Sheba.
Quiet game, tr.
Hartley, Alexander.
Wakuwapi
Hartman, H. M.
Wheatless meal, The
Karvey, Delia S.
Easter miracle, An
Harvey, Kate.
Courage
Won
Hasbrouch, Louise S.
Elizabeth's young man
Haslett, Harriet Holmes.
Dolores of the Sierra
Inventor, The
Modern menage, A
Scoop, The
Undercurrents
When love is blind
Hastings, Basil M.
Fourth act, The
"Q"
Twice one
Hetteras, Owen.
Eugenical wedding, A
Hauptmann, Gerhart.
Assumption of Hannele, The
Dead are singing, The
Helios
Haviland, J. Butler.
Miss Jones, Journalist
Hawkridge, 'Winifred.
Florist shop, The
Price of orchids, The
Hay, Ian, see Beith, John Hay.
Hay, John.
Happy man
Hayes, Budget T.
Winter bloom
Hazard, Rowland Gibson.
How Robin Hood once was a wait
Head, Cloyd.
Curtains, The
Grotesques
Head, John, Jr.
Death of Titian, tr.
Healy, Joseph P.
Drama of the future, The
Heathcote, Arthur M.
His good genius
Hecht, Ben.
Hand of Siva, The, jt. auth.
Hero of Santa Maria
Wonder hat, The
Hedges, B. A.
Slacker for the cause, A
Heffner, Hubert.
"Dod gast ye both !"
Heidenstam, Verner Von.
Birth of God, The
Soothsayer, The
Heijermans,. Herman.
Jubilee
Saltimbank
Heijermans-Houwink, Caroline.
Saltimbank, tr.
Helbnrn, Theresa.
Enter the hero
Hellem, Ch.
Sabotage
Helliar, Arthur.
Proposing by proxy
Hemmerde, Edward G.
Maid of honour, A.
Henderson, Mrs. Alice Corbin.
Adam's dream
Easter morning
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Star of Bethlehem, The
Henderson, D. M.
Special delivery
Henderson, Jessie E.
Borrowers' day
Henderson, Sara.
Cupid mixes things
Too many wives
Henle, James H.
Veterans, The
Henry, Re.
Fast friends
Herbach, Joseph.
Rehearsal, The.
Herford, Beatrice.
Bride's Christmas tree, The
Herford, Oliver.
Modern dialogue, A
Herman, J. A.
Smile of Mona Lisa, tr.
Herrick, Gertrude.
Full of the moon, The
Herring, E. C.
Lady Flora's namesake
Herts, B. Russell.
Builders, The
Female of the species
Hertz, Henrik.
King Rene's daughter
Hervieu, Paul.
Modesty
Sayonara
Hewlett, Maurice.
Ariadne in Naxos
Death of Hippolytus, The
Minos King of Crete
Hicks, Wilson.
Before the dawn
Trickery
Higginbotham, Robert.
Clearly and concisely
Lucky Peter
Hight, Mary.
Police matron
Hilbert, Jaroslav.
Whom the Gods destroy
Hill, Edward G.
House of Aegues, The
Hill, Frederick Trevor.
"Dinner's served !"
Heathen Chinee, The
Knotty problem, A
Hill, Margaret F.
Lost village, The
Hillard, Stafford.
Storm in a tea shop
Hilly er, Robert.
Dawn of the sunset, The
Hillyer, William S.
Not in the regular army
Hinkley, Eleanor H.
Flitch of bacon, A
Hinks, K. W.
Cave of precious things
Hirschbein, Perez.
In the dark
On the threshold t.
Sno.wstorm, The
Stranger, The
When the dew falleth
Hobart, George V.
Cure for jealousy, A •
Hobart, Margaret JefFery.
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
the least
Hoffman, A. S.
Deacon's sweetheart
Timothy Ryan's return
Hoffman, Phoebe.
Martha's mourning
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von.
' Death and the fool
Death of Titian, The
Idyll
Madonna Dianora
Prologue for a marionette theatre
Hogg, C. W.
Men who loved Mamie, The
Mirror of time, The
Story of Corporal Bell, The
Hogrefe, Pearl.
Every Senior
Hollander, George C.
Putting it across
Hollander, Lee M.
Renaissance
Holies, Alfred.
Duchess of Doherty Court, The
Holley, Horace.
Ellen
Genius, The
Her happiness
His luck
Incompatibles, The
Modern prodigal, A
Pictures
Rain
Survival
Telegram, The
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Hollingshead, J.
Bardwell vs. Pickwick
Holmes, Charles N.
Paper wedding, A
Please pass the cream
Smith's unlucky day
Star boarder, The
Their first quarrel
Waiting for the train
Holsworth, Doris.
When the sun stayed in bed
Holt, Edwin.
Bud's baby
Holt, Florence Taber.
They the crucified
Home, Ina.
Dream on Christmas eve, A
Hood, Charles Newton.
While you wait
Hoornbeek, Helen P.
Mary Ann
Hope, Winifred Ayres.
Friends in bookland
Hopkins, Arthur.
Moonshine
Hopkins, Hester A.
Anybody family on Sunday morn-
ing, The
Hopkinson, Mrs. Arthur.
Women's votes
Horton, Ruth.
Who is queer?
Houghton, Stanley.
Dear departed, The
Fancy free
Fifth commandment, The
Master of the house, The
Phipps
House, R. T.
Little blue guinea-hen, The, tr.
Man of the world, tr.
Two husbands, tr.
Housman, Laurence.
Apollo in Hades
As good as gold
Bird in hand
Brother Sun
Christmas tree, The
Comforter, The
Death of Alcestis, The
Doom of Admetus, The
Fool and his money, A
His favorite flower
House fairy, The
Likely story, A
Lord of the harvest, The
Moonshine
Nazareth
Possession
Queen, The
Return of Alcestis, The
Snow man, The
Torch of time, The
Hovey, Richard.
Blind, The, tr.
Intruder, The. tr.
Seven Princesses, The. tr.
Howard, Margaret.
When Betty saw the Pilgrims
Howard, Homer Hildreth.
Child in the house, The
Howard. Katharine.
House of life, The
Howell-Carter, Josephine.
Hilarion
Howells, W. D.
True hero
Howie, Helen M.
His father's son
Those dreadful Drews
Too much Bobbie
Hoxie, Evelyn.
Strike Mother Goose settled, The
Hrbek, Cyril J.
Ninth night, The. tr.
Hubbard, Eleanore.
America pays her debt to France
Banker's strategy, The
Charter oak, The
Colonial school, A
Daniel Boone's snuff box
Declaration of independence, The
First American library, The
"First in war, The"
Forewarned is forearmed
Gold in California
Homesteaders' Christmas, The
Independence Day
Lucky Hallowe'en, A
Mayflower compact, The
Memorial Day
No man is above the law
One way to capture a fort
"Only a girl !"
"Price of liberty, The"
Salvage
Samuel Morse's telegraph
Soft-soap day, The
Star-spangled banner, The
Trial trip of the Clermont, The
Hubbard, George.
In the dark
Narrow squeak
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Hubbard Louis Herman.
Telling the truth
Hubbard, Philip E.
Love passage
Hudson, Holland.
Action !
Shepherd in the distance, The
Hueffer, Ford Madox.
House, A
Hughes, A. H.
Sea, The
Hughes, Glenn.
Bottled in bond
Hughes, Glenn, jt. author.
Madman on the roof, The
Nari-Kin
Razor, The
Hughes, Richard.
Sisters' tragedy, The
Hughes, Rupert.
For she's a jolly good fellow
Huizinga, A. V. C. P.
Louise, tr.
Huiuason, Sarah.
Masks and men
Humboldt, Archibald, pseud, see
March, George Archibald.
Hung, Shen.
Cow-herd, The
Hunter, Kenneth.
To find our lives
Hunter, Rex.
Hands and the man
Romany Road
Stuff o' Dreams
Wild goose, The
Hunting, Emma M.
Betty's ancestors
Double dummy
Hurst, Brandon.
Pressing matter, A
Hurst, Harry.
Bridal trip, A
Hussey, Eunice G.
Newsy wins
Hutchins, Will.
Day that Lincoln died
Jeanne D'Arc at Vaucouleurs
Pater Noster, tr.
Hntchinson, M. F.
Cresmans, The
Terror of a day, A
Hutten, Baroness von.
Ten years after
Huxley, Aldous.
Among the nightingales
Happy families
Mortal coils
Hyde, Douglas.
Lost saint. The
Marriage, The
Poorhouse, The
Twisting of the rope, The
Hyde, V. D.
Helping Charlie
Idzumo, Takeda.
Bushido from
"Matsu"
"Terakoya" or
Ilsley, S. Marshall.
Feast of the holy innocents, The
Inman, A. C.
Group of poems — Fate
" " " " Dialogue
Ireland, D. L.
Cottage on the moor
Irish, Marie.
Adoption of Bob, The
Baby show, The
Boastful saint, The
Brave foresters
Broken picture, The
Christmas cookies, The
Christmas dinner, The
Christmas eve at the Mulligans
Christmas in the air
Christmas influence
Christmas journey, A
Christmas speakin' at Skagg's
Skule
Christmas surprise for Mother
Goose
Christmas visitors from other
lands
Christmas wishes
Christmas sympathy
Days of long ago, The
Doing away with Christmas
Double Christmas gift, A
Good little girl, A
Grandfather's bright Christmas
plan
Hiawatha
Herbert's discovery
Joy of giving, The
Little housekeepers
Lost pocketbook, The
Meeting of the ghosts, The
Merry Christmas Jake
Mother Goose and her flock
No Christmas in the house
North-pole expedition, A
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Old Uncle Rat gives his consent
Pickett's Christmas party, The
Prindle's proposal
Pumpkin Pie Peter
Sambo's party
Scene at the ticket office
Slight mistake, A
Thanksgiving conspiracy, A
Trials of Christinas shopping
Trained menagerie, A
True Christmas spirit, The
Uncle Grouch
Uncle Sam's mistake
Visit from the Brownies, A
Visit to Santa Clans, A
Waiting for the train
We and our friends
When we are grown up
When we are women
Irwin, Grace Luce.
Art for art's sake
Close call, A
Domestic dilemma, A
Heroes
Innocent villain, An
Intimate acquaintance, An
Music hath charms
Wedding of Mali Foy, The
Irving, Laurence.
Phoenix, The
Irwin, Wallace.
Isle of chestnuts
Isenberger, Glenn H.
Betty Jane's Christmas dream
Isenberger, Susie E.
Betty Jane's Christinas dream
Itow, Micliio.
Fox's grave
She who was fished
Somebody — nothing
Ivan, Rosalind.
Fantasie impromptu, The
Ives, Alice E.
Meow !
Sweet Elysium Club
Iwasaki, Yoznii T.
Nari-Kin
Izuino, Takeda.
Pine-tree, The
J., R. B.
Glimpse into the theatres, A
Jackson, Frances M.
Sallie-for-keeps
Jackson, J. J.
Political pull, A
Jagendorf, Moritz.
Blue morning glory, A
Jakobi, Paula.
Chinese lily
Jacobs, W. W.
Admiral Peters
Boatswain's mate, The
Changeling, The
Ghost of Jerry Bundler, The
Gray parrot, The
In the library
Keeping up appearances
Love passage, A
Monkey's paw, The
James, Fred H.
Cowboy-Jim
David Garrick's masterpiece
Faro-Jane
Japanese romance, A
Mining agent, The
Pride and charity
Janville, Martel de, S. G. M. A.
de R. de M. sec Martel de
Janville
Jaros, Ernest S.
Love potion. The
Jarrell, Myra W.
Case of Mrs. Kantsay Know
Jefferys, William H.
Evening rice
Paper money
Real price or stranger than fic-
tion, The
Jenkins, E. Lawrence.
Lady cook, The
Jenkins, George B.
Beautiful thing, The
Jenkins, Hester D.
In a tenement
Judith and Ariel
Mother Goose up-to-date
Our friends the food
Jciiks, Annabel.
Dinner at seven sharp
Jenks, Tudor.
Dinner at seven sharp
Drifting cloud, The
Jennings, Eulora M.
Dinner at the club
Prinzessin von Barnhof, Die
Jennings, Gertrude.
Acid drops
Allotments
At the ribbon counter
Bathroom door, The
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Bobbie settles down
Elegant Edward
Five birds in a cage
I'm sorry — it's out!
"Me and my diary"
Mother-of-Pearl
No servants
Pros and cons, The
Rest cure, The
Waiting for the 'bus
Jcraulcl, Margie A.
Uncle Sam to the rescue
Jerome, Jerome K.
Barbara
Fennel
Jess, Ellen.
Birth of a nation's flag
Jex, John.
Mr. Willoughby calls
Nest, The
Unnecessary atom, The
Violet souls
Jocelyn, Susan E. W.
Santa Claus or papa
John, Gweii.
"Edge o' dark"
Luck of war, The
Johnson, Martyn.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Roe
Johnson, Sherman F.
Boys will be girls
Johnston, Emma L.
Abraham Lincoln and the little
bird
Echo, The
Fourth of July, The
Fox and the crow, The
George Washington and the
cherry tree
Ladybird
Lion and the mouse, The
Little birds, The
Little sparrow, A
Spider and the fly, The
Johnston, Franklin.
His dinner for two
New reporter, The
Jome, Ellis O.
Mrs. Pipp's Waterloo
Jones, Ann van Marter.
Which shall be king
Jones, Henry Arthur.
Clerical error, A
Goal, The
Grace Mary
Her tongue
Jones, Horatio S.
Cracker, The
Jones, Howard. Mumford.
Shadow, The
Sundial, The
Jones, Willis Knapp.
With chains of gold, tr.
Jordan, Elizabeth.
Confidence, A
Joyce, Jeannette.
Aunt Jane visits school
In a doctor's office
No peddlers admitted
Proposal in grandma's day, A
Train to Morrow, The
Up-to-date proposal, An
Judge, Jane.
Christmas mystery, A
Justema, "William, Jr.
Chi-Fu
Kane, Helen P.
Capture of Ozah, The
Dianthe's desertion
Her nephew-in-law elect
Peregrinations of Polly, The
Under sailing orders
Yagowanea
Yot-che-ka
Kaplan, Louis.
Night of light, The
Kattenberg, Burns.
Martha Dixon's parlor
Kaufman, S. Jay.
Kisses
Kavanangh, Katherine.
Bachelor's baby
Converted suffragist, A
Couple of heroes, A
Daughter of men, The
Easy terms
Four adventurers
1 Friendly tip, A
Girl and the outlaw, The
House across the way, The
In wrong
It ain't my fault
Man who came back, The
Minister pro tern, A
My Mexican rose
O Joy San
Professor of love, The
Queen of diamonds, The
Stormy night, A
Wife tamer, The
Kearney, Patrick.
Great noontide, The
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Tongues of fire
Kearns, John.
Wooing of Lilinau, The
Keating, Miss E. H.
Incog
Plot of Potzentausend, The
Poor relations
Talisman, The
Keeler, Charles.
Pagoda slave, A
Kehoe, J. H.
What's the use?
Kellam, Elizabeth.
Store, The
Holland, C. B.
His wife's place
Kelley, Jessie A.
Employment office, The
Her weekly allowance
Mrs. Jenkins' brilliant idea
Photographer's troubles, A
Those husbands of ours
Kelley, Laura F.
Mrs. Sullivan's social tea
Kelly, F. M.
Sewing circle meets at Mrs. Mar-
tin's, The
Kelly, George.
Finders-keepers
Kemble, Howard, pseud, see Bell,
John Kemble
Kemp, Harry.
Boccaccio's untold tale
Prodigal son, The
Solomon's song
Kemper, Sallie.
Blood will tell
Moth balls
Kendall, John.
Fond of Peter
Laughter in court
Kennard, Auberon.
Wanderer, The
Kennard, Marietta C.
Flight of the herons, The
Kennedy, Charles Rann.
Necessary evil, The
Terrible meek, The
Kennedy, Frank.
Deacon's sweetheart, The
Kenyon, Bernice Lesbia.
Alchemist, The
Kerley, Rosialee.
Wedding guest, The
Kester, M. A., Jr.
Hard heart, The
Ketcham, Arthur.
Maid's prologue, The
Other one, The
Kikuchi, Kan.
Madman on the roof, The
Kilmer, Joyce.
Some mischief still
Kimball, Rosamond.
Call to the Youth of America, The
King, Beulah.
Henry, Where are you?
His sisters
Indifference of Jerry, The
Maid, The
Rev. Peter Brice, Bachelor, The
What's in a name?
King, Charles.
Leave the woman out
Kingsbury, Sara.
Christmas guest, The
Kingsley, Ellis.
Other woman, The
Kingston, Mary F.
My son Arthur
Kinkead, Cleves.
Four-flushers, The
Kinnick, Claude.
As advertised
Kirk, Sara E.
In Betsy Ross's time
Kirker, Katherine.
Lady compassionate, The
Klauber, Adolph.
Green-eyed monster, The
Klauber, Amy Josephine.
Exile, The
Kleber, Frank T.
Triangle No. V333
Triangled
When extremes meet
Knevels, Gertrude.
Fairies' child, The
Skyboy
Kniffin, H. A.
Mrs. Flynn's lodgers
Knight, Percival.
Detective Keen
Knoblauch, Edward.
Little silver ring, The
My lady's lace
War committee, A
Knowlton, Annie R.
Why Jessica !
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Knowlton, Beatrice. Lang, Edith.
"Way the noise began, The" Christmas story, The
Knowlton, Don. Langhanke, Helen.
"Way the noise began, The" Doll shop, The
Knox, Florence Clay. Langlois, Fannie Myers.
For distinguished service Suite B
Matrimonial fog, The Langner, Lawrence.
Knox, Margaret. Another way out
Our choice Family exit, The
America Licensed
Kobrin, Leon. Matinata
Black sheep, The pie
Secret of life, The Wedded
Koogle, Effie Louise. Larson, Emma.
Up-to-date America Christmas of the little pines, The
Kraft, Irma. Top °f the world
Ambition in White chapel La Shire, Louis A.
Because he loved David so Book aSent> The
Maccabean cure, A Latham, Harold S.
Power of Purim, The Thirteenth domino, The
To save his country Lavedan, Henri.
Kreymborg, Alfred. Afternoon walk, The
At the sign of the thumb and nose Along the quays
Blue and green For ever and ever
Jack's house Fraternity
Lima beans Not at home
Manikin and Minikin Sunday on Sunday goes by
Monday Two husbands
People who die Where shall we go?
Rocking chairs Law, Arthur.
Silent waiter, The Artful automaton
Vote the new moon Bright idea
When the willow nods Castle Botherem
Knmmer, Clare. Strange host
Bridges Lawrence, C. E.
Chinese love Hour of Prospero
Choir rehearsal, The Message of Lazarus, The
Inspiration of the play L A c
Robbery, The Twice-told tale, A
Kummer, Frederick Arnold. ^ EH^beth A.
Love of women, The When witcheg ride
Kurtz, C. Gordon. T „„ , c , ,
,,. . ,. .Leacock, Stephen.
Missing lines <,,-.,,
Suitors three
Crooks Learsi, Rufus.
Triumph of instinct, The
LaBeaume, Mrs. Edmond. Ledoux, Louis V.
Elusive Alonzo, The Fox's grave, tr.
Price of popularity, The She who was fished, tr.
Problem of the hour, The Somebody-nothing, tr.
Labiche, Eugene M. Lee, Agnes.
Grammar Blunted age, The
Two cowards, The Eastland waters
Laidlaw, Alexander H. Red pearls
Captain Walrus Sharing, The
La Mare, Harry. Silent house> The
Prim Miss Perkins, The Lee, M. E.
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Black death or Ta-iin, The
Honor cross, The
Lefnse, M.
At the Golden Goose
For lack of evidence
Mistress Runaway
Lielimaiiii, Adolph.
"The tongmen"
Leighton, George R.
Solemn pride
Leinster, Murray.
Beautiful thing, The
Leland, Emily H.
Maw Moseley's courtin' lamp
Leland, Robert DeCamp.
Barbarians, The
Purple youth
Lent, Evangeline M.
Love-in-idleness
Rag doll, A
Squaw of Bear Claw
Leonard, William Ellery.
Glory of the morning
Dream of wings, The
Le Sage, Alain-Rene.
Crispin, Rival of his master
Leslie, Noel.
Cult of content, The
For king and country
War fly, The
Waste
Lester, Alfred.
Restaurant, A
Scene shifter's lament, The
Leverson, Darcy.
Bet, The
Le Vett, C. H.
School board in our town, The
Levi, Ruth E.
Chanukah sketch
King's choice, The
Levick, Milnes.
Wings in the mesh
Levin, Z.
Poetry and prose
Levinger, Elina Ehrlich.
Burden, The
Great hope, The
Jephthah's daughter
Levinson, Herman D.
"Rlley"
Spirit of Purim, The
Levy, Edith M.
At the end of the rope
Lewis, C.
Two sociable friends
Lewisohn, Ludwig.
Garden, The
Lie, The
New England fable
Night in Alexandria
Lincoln, Florence.
Piece of ivory, A
Lincoln, J. Willard.
Father changes his mind
Rather rough on Robert
Lindau, Norman C.
Cooks and cardinals
Lindsay, C. M.
Looking for more
Lion, Leon M.
King who had nothing to learn,
The
Man who stole the castle
Mobswoman, The
Playing the game
Putting it over on father
Touch of the child, The
Wiles of the widow, The
Lipscomb, Mrs. M. A.
Ladies of Athens
Lisle, Clifton.
Fair play
Scout's honor, A
Livingston, Ethel.
Difference in clocks, A
Livingston, Francis M.
Dark man at the feast, The
Double negative, The
Sentimental journey, A
Lloyd, Gladys, see Someple.
Logie, Elma M.
Old maid's venture, A
Loomis, Charles B.
Evening in truth, An
Piazza parleys
Lopez, Sabatino.
Sparrow, The
Lord, Katharine.
Buried treasure
Greatest gift, The
Honorable Miss, The
June magic
Katjen's garden
Lark, The
Masque of the Pied Piper, The
Minister's dream, The
Raven man, The
Three bears, The
Lorde, Andre de.
Saved !
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Woman who was acquitted, The
Louys, Pierre.
At the setting of the sun
Crepuscule
Lovell, Caroline C.
War woman, The
Loving, Pierre.
Autumn
Festival of Bacchus, tr.
His helpmeet, ed.
Hour of recognition, The. tr.
Indian summer
Literature, tr.
Louise, tr.
Prologue for a marionette theatre,
ed.
Stick-up, The
Lowell, Edith.
Tickets for the Sheffield choir
Loy, Mina.
Pamperers, The
Loyd, Gladys, sec Someple, pseud.
Luck, H. R.
Man who never worried, The
Ludington, Helen G.
Lunch in the suburbs, A
Suffragette, The
Luehrmann, Adele.
"Butting in" in French
Disciples of art
Luques, E. Antoinette.
Snow image, The
Spirit of Memorial Day, The
Story of the poplar tree, The
Luther, Leslie.
Law
Liitkenhaus, Anna M.
Barnaby Lee
Birds' story of the trees, The
Every boy
Fairy minstrel of Glenmalure,
The
Geographical squabble, A
Grammar play, A
Master Skylark
Mrs. Pollywigs and her wonderful
wax works
Nature play in a city school, A
Thanksgiving Day— 1(196
Through the looking-glass
Well babies
Lyall, Eric.
Coming of Columbine, The
Lyons, A. Neil.
Pennybunch, A
Lyttelton, Edith.
Christmas morality play. A
Nyanysa
Thumbscrew, The
McArthur, C. H.
New school-Ma'am, The
McCauley, Clarice V.
Conflict, The
Queen's hour, Tire
Macauley, Ward.
His city girl
Letter of introduction, A
Mr. Editor
Mrs. McGreevy's boarders
Pat's matrimonial venture
McClellan, Walter.
Delta wife, The
Pollin picks a wife
McClure, John.
Cruet of Marigolds, The
Doom of Metrodorus, The
McConnell, Genevive K.
Bone of contention, The
McCourt, Edna W.
Truth, The
McCoy, Samuel D.
Mrs. Potiphar pays a call
Macdonald, John D.
Ola
What Christmas did for Jerushu
Grumble
Macdonald, Zellah.
Markheim
McEvoy, Charles.
Dew necklace, The
McFadden, Elizabeth A.
Why the chimes rang
Macfarlane, Anne.
Slippers
Macfarlane, W.
Breakfast breeze, A
McGeoch, Daisy.
Camping
Mormonizing
Packing
Picturing
Proposing
Reading
Shopping
Thrilling •
McGuckin, Mildred C.
Wild flower
McGurrin, C. H.
Light from another world, A
Machado de Assis, J. M.
Life
236
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Mclnroy, Harl.
Honorable Togo
Macintire, Elizabeth J.
Bride's crown, tr.
Field of enchantment, tr.
Ivory tower. The
Macintyre, John see Braiiclane,
John.
Mackall, Lawtoii.
Scrambled eggs
Mackay, Constance D'Arcy.
Abraham Lincoln
Ashes of roses
Beau of Bath, The
Benjamin Franklin
Boston Tea Party. The
Brewing of brains, A
Christmas guest, The
Council retained
Dame Greel o' Portland town
Daniel Boone
Elf child. The
Enchanted garden, The
Festival of Pomona, The
Foam maiden, The
Forest spring. The
Fountain of youth, The
George Washington's fortune
Gift of time, The
Gooseherd and the Goblin, The
Gretna Green
House of the heart. The
In witchcraft days
Little Pilgrim's progress, A
Masque of conservation, A
Masque of Pomona, The
May-day
Memorial day pageant
Merrymount
Nimble-wit and Fingerkin
On Christmas eve
Pageant of Hours, The
Passing of Hiawatha, The
Pioneers. The
Prince of Court painters, The
Princess and the Pixies, The
Princess Pocohontas
Siegfried
Silver lining. The
Snow witch, The
Sun goddess, The
Three wishes, The*
Troll magic
Vanishing race, The
Mackaye, H. S.
Lucinda's whim
Mackaye, Percy.
Antick, The
Cat-boat, The
Chuck
Gettysburg
Sam Average
Sanctuary
MacKenzie, Edna I.
Dearest thing in boots, The
Unexpected guest, The
McKiernan, William J.
Wardrobe of the king, The
McKinnell, Normal.
Bishop's candlesticks
Dick's sister
McKinney, Isabel.
Mud
MoLane. Fannie Moulton.
Behind the khaki of the scouts
Maclaren, Ian, see Watson. John.
McLaurin, Kate.
Discussion with interruptions, A
McMechan, F. Hoeff er.
Last race, The
MacMillan, Dongald.
Off Nags Head
MacMillan, Mary.
Apocryphal episode, An
At the church door
Dress rehearsal of Hamlet, The
Dryad, The
Entr' acte
Fan and two candlesticks, A
Futurists, The
Gate of wishes, The
His second girl
In heaven
Modern masque, A
Peter Donelly
Ring. The
Rose, The
Shadowed star, The
Standing moving
Storm, The
When two's not company
Woman's a woman for a' that, A
McMnllen, J. C.
Boob, The
Show actress, The
Macnamara, Margaret.
Light gray or dark
Love-fibs
Witch, The
Macomber, Ada S.
Romantic Molly
McPherson, Janney.
This is so sudden
MacQueen, Laurence I.
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Sacrifice
McVay, Sunnier.
An amethyst remembrance
Maddox, D. S.
Mr. McArdle's guest
Madison, James.
Bubble's troubles
Maeterlinck, Maurice.
Blind. The
Home
Interior
Intruder, The
Land of unborn children, The
Seven Princesses, The
Maguire, W. H.
Scratch race, A
Makee, Walt, pseud. see Ma-
guire, W. H.
Malleson, Miles.
Paddly pools
Manley, William F.
Crowsnest, The
Mann, Herbert A.
His chance
Manners, J. Hartley.
All clear
Day of dupes. The
God of my faith
God's outcast
Happiness
Just as well
Ministers of grace
Queen's messenger, A
Woman intervenes, The
Mapes, Victor.
Flower of Yeddo, A
Marble, Thomas L.
Giuseppina.
Mademoiselle Prudence
March, George A.
Feast in the wilderness, A
Laughter and song
Marcone, Theodora.
Rights of the soul, tr.
Mariani, Federico.
Sunbeam
Mariett, Paul.
With candle and crucifix
Marion, Paul.
As Molly told it
Courting the widow
Elopers. The
Marivaux, Pierre C. de C.
Legacy, The
Markham, Catharine.
How Christmas was saved*
Marks, Jeaunette.
Deacon's hat, The
Happy thought, The
Merry merry cuckoo, The
Welsh honeymoon
Marnier, Archie.
Robert Fulton
Marsh, Charles A.
Challenge of the cross, The
Marshall, Abigail.
Accomplice, The
Marshall, Robert
Wire entanglement, A
Marston, Westlnnd.
Donna Diana
Martel de Jauville, S. G. M. A.
de R. de M.
Little blue guinea-hen. The
Martin, Hermann Ford.
Whom the sea calls
Martin, John Joseph.
Charlie Barringer
Wife of Usher's well, The
Martin, Julia.
Barbara the great
Quest of Christmas, The
Thanksgiving of Praisgod Plenty,
The
Martin, Percy O.
Proof of the pudding, The
Martin, T.
King Rene's daughter, tr.
Masefield, John.
Good Friday
Locked chest. The
Mrs. Harrison
Philip the King
Sweeps of ninety-eight, The
Fairy Good-will
Massingham, Dorothy.
Goat, The
Masson, Tom.
Husband's advice, A
Sad mistake, A
Masters, Edgar Lee.
Conversation, The
Masterson, Kate.
Man to order, A
Mather, Charles C.
Dispatches from Washington
Double-crossed
Mathews, Frances A.
At the Grand Central
Finished coquette, A
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New professor, The
On the staircase
Paying the piper
Proposal, The
Scapegrace, The
Woman's forever, A
Matlack, Judith.
Two prisoners, The
Matthews, Elva De Pne, see De
Pue, Elva.
Matthews, 'Walter R.
Price of fame, The
Maude, A.
Traveller and peasant, tr.
Maude, L.
Traveller and peasant, tr.
Maurey, Max.
Rosalie
Mawson, Harry P.
Placing a play
Maxwell, Elsie.
Melinda and her sisters
Maxwell, 'William B.
Last man in, The
May, Gordon V.
Little black devil, The
Mayer, Gaston.
French as he is spoke
Mayer, Otto S.
End of the game, The
Immortal Gulick, The
Mayne, Rutherford,
Red turf
Troth, The
Mazaud, Emile.
Holiday, The
Meblin, Rose C.
Dowry and romance
Meeker, Arthur, Jr.
Hardy perennials
Meeker, Isabelle.
Sojourners
Megrne, Roi Cooper.
Double cross
Interviewed
Same old thing, The
Meigs, Cornelia.
Primrose lane
Meilhac, Henri.
Indian summer
Panurge's sheep
Meloney, 'William B.
Knave's move, The
Mencken, H. L.
Artist, The
Mendel, Paula.
Journeys end in lovers' meeting
Mendes, Catulle.
Tabarin's wife
Merington, Marguerite.
Abe Lincoln and little A. D.
Artist — Mother and child
Christmas party, A
Dulce et Decorum club, The
Father Time and his children
First flag, The
Gainsborough lady, A
His mother's face
Last sitting, The
Millet group, A
Princess Moss-Rose
Priscilla, Myles and John
Queen and Emperor
Salon Carre fantasy, A
Seven sleepers of Ephesos, The
Tertulla's garden
Testing of Sir Gawayne, The
Merivale, H. C.
Husband in clover, A
Merivale, Philip.
Knut at Rosekilde
Wind over the water, The
Merriam, Lillie Fuller.
Aunt Abigail and the boys
Merriman, Effie W.
Bachelor's club, The
Emerson club, The
Merrill, Fenimore.
Avenue, The
Merryman, Mildred Plew.
Seven Leagued boots, The
Methley, Violet M.
Buster
Clever kid !
Freckles
Unprofitable poultry keeping
Metz-Konig, Marie.
White lie, The
Meyer, Anna Nathan.
P's and Q's
Meyer, Josephine A.
To be perfectly frank
Meyers, Robert C. V.
Cousin Tom
Dane's dress suit case
Dressing gown, The
Eether or eyther
Forced friendship, A
Two in a tiff
Miall. Agnes M.
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239
Love's young dream
Understudy, The
Michelson, Max.
Haunted hat-shop, The
Tired woman, The
Michelson, Miriam.
Bygones
Curiosity of Kitty Cochraine, The
Middleton, George.
Among the lions
Back of the ballot
Black tie, The
Cheat of pity, The
Circles
Criminals
Embers
Failures, The
Gargoyle, The
Good woman, A
Groove, The
House, The
In his house
Jim's beast
Madonna
Man masterful, The
Masks
Mothers
On bail
Possession
Reason, The
Their wife
Tides
Tradition
Unborn, The
Waiting
Middleton, Richard.
District visitor, The
Mildren, Nan L.
Brownie Night
Millay, Edna St. Vincent.
Aria da capo
Two slatterns and a king
Miller, Agnes.
Finding of the first arbutus, The
First Thanksgiving Day, The
Miller, John S. Jr.
Winds of the night, The
Miller, Max.
Imposition
Mills, Horace.
Admiral Peters
Millward, Florence M.
Alternative, The
Colonel and the lady, The
Henry wakes up
History repeats itself
Irene obliges
This room is engaged
Milne, A. A.
Boy comes home, The
Man in the bowler hat, The
Red feathers, The
Step mother, The
Wurzel-Flummery
Milne, J. R.
Dardanelles puff-box, The
Melodrama
Mirbeau, Octave.
Scruples
Mitchell, Anne M.
Mistletoe
Peg's little sister
Mitchell, Earlc.
Bookmaker's shoes, The
Mitchell, Ruth Comfort.
Sweetmeat game, The
Miyanmasn.
Eboshi-ori
Mobert, Helen L.
Singing pool, The
Mo dell, David A.
On the highway, tr.
Moeller, Philip.
Helena's husband
Little supper, The
Pokey or the beautiful legend of
the amorous Indian
Roadhouse in Arden, The
Sisters of Susannah
Two blind beggars
Moinaux, Georges Courteline.
Blank cartridge
Peace at home
Pitiless policeman, The
Moller, C. N.
Row at the Ruggles', A
Molnar, Ferenc.
Actress, The
Matter of husbands, A
Monkhouse, Allan.
Choice, The
Night watches
Shamed life
Monro, Harold.
One day awake
Monroe, Harriet.
After all
At the goal
It passes by
Modern minuet, A
Montague, Harold.
First aid to the wounded
Proposing by proxy
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Montague, Leopold.
Crystal gazer, The
Montgomery, Elizabeth.
Light of the star of peace, The
Montgomery, James.
Rather rough on Robert
Moore, Bertha.
Bunkered
Happy ending
Moore, E. Hamilton.
Dance of death, A
Dove uncaged. The
Moore, Low 'Wall.
Happy prince, The
Moore, McElbert.
Passe1
Moore, Thomas Stnrge.
Medea
Niobe
Tyrfing
Moorman, Frederick W.
All souls' night's dream, An
Potter Thompson
Moran, Mabel M.
Shakespeare Garden Club, The
More, Federico.
Interlude
Morette, Edgar.
Oh ! Helpless man !
Water that has passed. The
Morgan, Bayard Q.
Scholar bound for Paradise, The,
tr.
Morgan, Charles D.
Search me !
Morgan, Edward.
Son of the greater fatherland, A
Morgan, Edward J.
Return, The
Morgan, Geoffrey F.
First American flag, The
Morgan, J. L.
Obsequies, The
Morgan, Jacque.
At the club
Morin, Catherine A.
Mushroom meadow, The
Morley, Christopher.
Bedroom suite
Rehearsal
Thursday evening
Morley, Malcolm.
Beauty versus the beast
Cosher, The
Masterpiece, The
Motor mishap, A
Recollections
Told by the gate
Morris, B. M.
Batch of proverbs, A
Morris, Edwin Batman.
Man next door, The
Millions in it
Morris, Neilson.
River of light, The
Morrison, Arthur.
Dumb-cake, The
That brute Simmons
Morse, Katherine.
Shop of perpetual youth, The
Morselli, Ercole Luigi.
Gastone the animal tamer
Water upon fire
Morstrom, Louis Cool.
Doll shop
Morton, John Maddison.
Betsy Baker
Moseley, Katharine F.
Daggers and diamonds
Mosher, John C.
Beanstalk. The
Fee Fo Fum
Quay of magic things, The
Sauce for the Emperor
Moss, Harriet Calhouu.
Drama class of Tankaha Nevada
Motokiyo.
Kakitsuhata
Kanawa
Nishikigi
Motomasa.
Sumida Gawa
Motoyazu, Komparu Zembo.
Early snow
Hatsuyuki
Ikuta
Mould, F. Ethel.
Trimming of the tree, The
Mowery, William B.
Election of the Roulette, The
Moylan, Thomas King.
"Movies"
Oh lawsy me !
Uncle Pat
Moyston, Guy.
Last drop, The
Mnggeridge, Marie.
Rest cure, The
Mukerji, Dhan Gopal.
Judgment of Indra, The
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Mulliiis, Helene. Uncle Sam's Council
Truth about liars, The Neumann, Sara.
Mumford, Edward. Old order, The
Square deal, A Nevitt, Mary R.
That blessed baby Rostof pearls
Typewriter lady, The Newboult, F. J.
Munger, Carabel L. Devil's star, The
Just like a woman Upstroke, The
Murdock, Arthur W. Newman, Ethel L.
In a park Wally and the widow
Murphy, Elinor. Newnes, Caroline.
I'll try Under the White Flag
Murray, Josepha Marie. Newton, Alma.
Dream lesson, A Artist and the materialist, The
Muskerry, William. Dawn, The
He. she and it Newton, Harry ~L.
Imaginary aunt, An Burglar's welcome. The
Make-believe Business is business
Three blind mice College chums. The
Musset, Alfred de. Darktown Social Betterment S'ci-
Caprice, A ety. The
Door must be open or shut, A Down in Paradise Alley
Green coat, The Go-between, The
One cannot think of everything Graft
Myall, Charles A. Her second time on earth
Ships on the sand Invitation to the ball, An
„ . _ _, Jack and his queen, A
Mygatt, Tracy D. K Qn thjj ba]1
^ird 's, "«!* Little Miss Enemy
Grandmother Rocker Meet my wife
Mytton, Hugh. Morning after the night before,
First locust, The The
Tanks Outwitted
Timothy Ryan'n return
Nakamnra, Kichizo. Troublesome time, A
Razor, The Two girls and him
Narodny, Ivan. Two jay detectives
Fortune favors fools Newton, W. T.
Nathan, George J. Uncle Eben's s'prise party
Eternal mystery, The Uncle Peter's proposal
Nathan, May R. Nichols, Content S.
Foothills of fame Everychild
Nathan, Robert G. Nicholson, Kenyon.
Atoms Anonymous letter. An
Casino gardens. The
Neall, W. H. Gentle assassin. The
Raising the wind Marriage of little Eva, The
Neihardt, John G. White elephants
Eight hundred rubles Nirdlinger, Charles F.
Nelson, A. D. Aren't they wonders?
Fairy and the witch, The Big Kate
Nethercot, Arthur H. Look after Louise
Funeral march of a Marionette, Real people, The
The Washington's first defeat
Grecian urn, The Nisbet, Wallace.
Nettleton, Eva T. After the honeymoon
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Noble, Kate W.
Colonial tea, A
Noel, Louis.
House of rest, The
Noguchi, Yone.
By Miho's pine-clad shore, tr.
Demon's shell, The, tr.
Love's heavy burden
Melon thief, The, tr.
Mountain she-devil, The
Perfect jewel maiden, tr.
Shower, The
Tears of the birds, The
Willow tree, The
Noosliich, Branislav.
Prince of Semberia, The
Norclenshielcl, Jeanette.
Don't do that
Norris-Lewis, Alice.
Exemption
Norton, Eleanor.
Triumph of earth, The
Norton, Harold F.
Woman, The
Norton, Ida G.
Adopting an orphan
Aunt Sally Saunders' health cru-
sade
How to reduce
Norton, Louise.
Little wax candle
Notrebal, P. D.
Undine
Noyes, Alfred.
Belgian Christmas eve, A
Rada
Noys, Georgi R.
Protegee of the mistress, tr.
Nnsbanm, Julia K.
Golden gifts
O'Brien, Edward J.
At the flowing of the tide
Sancta Susanna, tr.
O'Brien, Senmas.
Blind
Duty
Jurisprudence
Magnanimity
Matchmakers
Retribution
Ocniai, T.
Kanawa
O'Connor, J. M., Jr.
These wild young people
O'Dea, Mark.
Miss Myrtle says "Yes"
Not in the lessons
Shivaree
Song of Solomon, The
Officer, Katberine.
All souls' eve
Ogden, Janet.
Going to school in China
Oglesbee, Delle Hongbton.
Ten fingers of Francois, The
O'Haiilon, Henry B.
Tomorrow •
O'Hanlon, Ruth.
In my day
Oland, Editb.
Stronger, The, tr.
Oland, Warner.
Stronger, The, tr.
Olcott, Virginia.
Dora
Goody Grumble's cottage
Little homemaker
Little people of Autumn
One"ida's dream
Poor little boy
Princess and a churn, A
Puritan Christmas, A
Ruler of the forest, The
Wonder-hill, The
Oliver, Margaret S.
Children of Granada
Hand of the prophet, The
Murdering Selina
Striker, The
This youth-gentlemen !
Turtle dove, The
Oliver, Roland.
Little face
O'Neil, George.
Ladies at twelve
O'Neill, Clement.
Wanted, a housekeeper
O'Neill, Eugene G.
Before breakfast
Bound east for Cardiff
Dreamy kid, The
Fog
He
In the zone
Long voyage home, The
Moon of the Caribees, The
Recklessness
Rope, The
Thirst
Web, The
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Where the cross is made
Oppenheim, James.
Night
Pioneers, The
Prelude to "Creation"
Shadow in the White House, The
Orange, B.
Acacia cottage
Orrick, Johns.
Hero in pink, The
Osborn, Innis G.
Easy mark, An
Taking way, A
TDp against it
Osborne, Duffield.
Xanthippe on woman suffrage
Osborne, Harry W.
After the play
Little Co-ed
Peter
Osborne, Hubert.
"The good men do"
O'Siiea, Monica B.
Rush Light, The
Ostrovsky, Alexander.
Protegee of the mistress, A
Overman, E. L.
Bright morning, tr.
Overstreet, H. A.
Hearts to mend
Overton, Gwendolen.
First love — and second
Owen, Harold.
Little fowl play, A
Owen, Marie B.
At old Mobile
Battle of Manbilla
De Soto and the Indians
How Bienville saved Mobile
Painton, Editli F. A. TJ.
Bairnies' Saturday night, The
Camp-fire girl, The
Class ship, The
Coming home to Grandma's
Country cousin, A
Doll show, The
Good-Bye All!
Graduate's choice, The
Just plain Dot
Lost colors, The
Mere man, A
Murdering the language
Organizing a society
Popular Dick, The
Provident society, The
Rehearsing the program
Studying for a test
Wanted : a cook
Writing a school play
Palmer, Anne.
Hat at the theatre
Palmer, Anne B.
Hanging out the wash
Palmer, Anne M.
At the depot
Buying a suit for Jimmy
Palmer, Belle E.
Christmas mix-up ; or, Mrs. Santa
Glaus, Militant
Love flower, The
Men not wanted
Mrs. Santa Glaus, Militant
Palmer, Mrs. George T.
His old sweethearts
Palmer, Helen M.
Man and a maid, A
Palmer, John.
Over the hills
Palmer, Josephine L.
Lighting of the Christmas tree,
The
Palmer, Mrs. Marina R.
Best sellers, The
Pape, Lee.
Bravest thing in the world, The
Park, Julia E.
Trial for the murder of the King's
English
Parker, Louis N.
Man in the street, The
Minuet, A
Monkey's paw
Parker, Mary M.
Art clubs are trumps
Bread, butter and romance
Killing time
Little Miss America and the
happy children
.Love behind the scenes
Mrs. Busby's pink tea
Mrs. Hoops-Hooper and the
Hindu
Princess Innocence, The
Quiet evening at home, A
Rehearsal, The
Shadows
Parker, Oliver P.
Wren, The
Parker, W. C.
Art for breakfast
Breaking the engagement
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Our first performance ; or, Not ac-
customed to the stage
Second childhood
Taking father's place
Those red envelopes
"William"
Parkhurst, Winthrop.
Beggar and the king, The
Getting unmarried
Importance of being eai-ly
It never happens
Morraca
Parr, E. P.
Escape
Woman juror, The
Parry, Katharine.
Cease fire !
Parsons, James F.
Fun in a photograph gallery
Judge Offerheimer's first case
Parsons, Laura M.
Aunt Jerusha's quilting party
Parsons, Margaret G.
Christmas message, The
Fire-spirits
In a Valentine box
Jack-I-the-Green
'Neath the scepter of Susan
Potentate of Weatherdom, The
Pascal, Floy.
Facing reality
Paston, George.
Feed the brute
Parents' progress, The
Stuffing
Tilda's new hat
Patrick, A., Jr.
Jimmy
Patterson, Frederick C.
Jeanette
On the Veldt
Patterson, Marjorie.
Pan in ambush
Paull, H. M.
Hal, the highwayman
Last day of term, The
Other room, The
Paultou, Edward A.
Dormitory girls, The
Pauly, Fred L.
The young gardener
Payne, F. Ursula.
Arbor Day
Christmas
Columbus Day
Conversion of Mrs. Slacker, The
Decoration Day
Flag Day
Graduation Day
Humane citizens
Lincoln's birthday
New-Year's day
Old tight-wad and the victory
dwarf
Parted sisters, The
Rich citizens
Soap-box orator, The
Thanksgiving day
Victory of the good citizen
Vision of Columbus. The
Washington's birthday
Payson, Stella T.
Society column, The
Peabody, Josephine P.
Fortune and men's eyes
Wings, The
Peacock, Leslie T.
Penultimate test, The
Victorious surrender of Lady
Sybil, The
Pearce, "Walter.
1588 ( Fifteen hundred and eighty-
eight)
Pearse, Padraic H.
losagan
Master, The
Singer, The
Pearson, Lilian.
How the Christmas song was
found
Peile, F. Kinsey.
Tubby and Gawks
Peixotto, E. M.
Chips off the old block
Ding-a-ling
Evil that men do lives after them.
The
Last rehearsal, The
Lost but found
Political promises
Rosie, the girl from Paris
Teacher's pet, The
Tramp barbers, The
When the cat is away
Pelee, Lillian S.
Ties of blood
Pemberton, H. L.
Backward child, A
Pemberton, May.
Christmas in Rhyme-land
Lost toys
Mistletoe and holly
Fender, Mrs. Frederick W.
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His exceptional mother-in-law Finski, David.
Peiiclerecl, Mary L. Abigail
Hymen a la mode Bathesda
„ _ .. . Beautiful nun, The
Penn Gulielma Cripples, The
Plume of feathers, A Diplomacy
Perez, Isaac Loeb. Dollar, A
Champagne Forgotten souls
Pertwee, Roland. God of the newly rich wool mer-
Loveliest thing, The chant, The
Odd streak, The In the harem
Postal orders Inventor and the king's daughter,
Peters, Hollo. .The
Dream assassins, The Little heroes
Philosophers, The Michael
T, , ,, , . , Phonograph, The
Pete"°n' Ffe*erM*; , ™ Poland-1919
Flutter of the goldleaf, The Stranger, The
Pfeiffer Edward H Pioneer, Gerald.
At the setting of the sun, tr. M . fa h cfa
Lamp, The
.,, . „ .. Piper, Edwin F.
Fhelps, Pauline. Land Qf fche Aiou The
Box of powders, A, ed.
Confederates, The, ed. Pirandello, Luigi.
Home from college Sicilian limes
Jack's brother's sister Pitt, Mrs. Frederick J. see Co-
Saint Cecelia wan, Sada.
Witches' hour and caudle light Platt, Agnes E.
Philips, Austin. Model growl
Fourth man, The When women rule
Playing the game Pleasant, Lillian.
Phillips, Stephan. Their godfather from Paris
Nero's mother Pohl, Frederick J.
Phillpotts, Eden. Laugh and grow wise
Pair of knickerbockers, A Pollock, Alice L.
Piaggio, Edward E. Resemblance, The
At the play Wireless
Picard, Louis B. Poole, Evan.
Rebound, The Blood Royal
Pichel, Irving. King's letters, The
Tom, Tom, the piper's son £?st ?f h^or' The
Promise, The
Pierce, Carl W. Poole> Madeline.
Lady to call, A Christmas box, The
Laziest man in the world, The Elf that gt ^ behind The
Mothers on strike ; or, Local, num- Goblins The
ber one Lady to call, A
Pillot, Eugene. Puritan prank, A
Gazing globe, The Quaker way, The
Porter, B. C.
Just two men Luok of ganta
My lady dreams
Two crooks and a lady Porter, Eleanor H.
Young wonder, The Her old sweethearts
Pinero, Arthur. Porter, Helen T.
Play goers Lady with the dagger, The, tr.
Seat in the park. A Living hours, tr.
Widow of Wasdale Head, The Porter, Laura S.
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"Light of other days, The"
Forto-Riche, Georges de.
Frangoise' luck
Potter, Dorothy.
"Bombast and platitudes"
"Watchful waiting"
Yellow yielding
Found, Ezra.
Anachronism at Chinoss, An
Awoi no Uye
Geiyo
Hagoromo
Kagekiyo
Kakit Suhata
Kayoi Komachi
Kinuta
Shojo
Sotoba Komachi
Suma Genji
Tamura
Tsunemasa
Powell-Anderson, Constance.
Heart of a clown, The
Powell, H. P.
Ain't women wonderful?
Embalming Ebenezer
Uncertain Silas
You're it
Powers, Jay C.
Bonnie's Christmas eve
Day in court, A
Elsie in Dreamland
Praigg, D. T.
Marriage made easy
Prentiss, Janet.
Inasmuch
Presbery, Eugene.
Courtship of Miles Standish, The
Preston, E.
A. D. 2000
Gloom ; or, Old grey barn, The
Preston, Eff a E.
Dolls on dress parade, The
In a toy shop
Party in Mother Goose land, A
Strike in Santa Claus Land, A
Thanksgiving dream, A
Preston, Harold P.
Elopement, The
Preston, Mrs. W. H.
Uncle Sam's flower garden
Price, Graham.
Absolution of Bruce, The
Coming of fair Annie, The
Marriages are made in heaven — ;
and elsewhere
Fritchard, George A.
Prohibition Mother Goose
Prosser, William L.
Free speech
Pryce, Richard.
Dumb-cake
Love child
Op-o'-Me-Thumb
Privy council
Visit, The
Prydz, Alvilde.
He is coming
Purcell, Lewis.
Pagan, The
Putnam, Nina W.
Orthodoxy
Quaife, Elise W.
Emancipated ones, The
Knitting girls count one, The
Quarella, David.
Rounding the triangle
Quintero, Joaquin. see Alvarez,
Joaquin Quintero
Quintero, Serafin. see Alvarez,
Serafin Quintero
Quinton, Pauline B.
Locust flower, The
Rabe, Margaret.
Princess' choice, The
Kackstraw, E. C.
"Make-believe"
Radcliffe, Claude.
Holed out in one
Raeder, Henry.
Dream of liberty, A
Raisbeck, Kenneth.
Torches.
Raisin, Abraham.
Bohemians
Ramsey, Alicia.
Henkers Mahlzeit
Ranck, Edwin C.
Yellow boots, The
Rand, Kenneth.
Cliff of tears, The
Randall, William R.
Gray overcoat, The
Randolph, Edith.
Lammas eve
Raphael, Alice.
Dormer windows
Interlude in the life of St. Fran-
cis, An
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247
Raphael, Rudolph.
Professional visit, A
Romance in porcelain, A
Rask, M. A.
How the shrew was tamed
Rawley, Bert C.
That black cat.
Rawson, Graham S.
Dangers of peace, The
Pastor of Jena, The
Stroke of Marbot, The; or, Em-
peror at Melk, The
Recht, Charles.
Bridegroom, The, tr.
Grandmother, The, tr.
Whom the Gods destroy, tr.
Rector, Jessie L.
White elephant, The
Reed, Ethelyn.
Intruder, The
Reed, John.
Freedom
Peace that passeth understanding,
The
Reely, Mary Katherine.
Daily bread
Early Ohios and Rhode Island
Reds
Flittermouse
Lean years, The
Window to the south, A
Rees, Rosemary.
Her dearest friend
Regnart, James.
Mr. Brent's wife
Reim, Adolph E.
Judge's secret, The
Reizenstein, Elmer L.
Diadene of snow, A
Home of the free, The
Relonde, Maurice.
Farce of the worthy master, The
In the dusk of the day
Renard, Jules.
Carrots
Good-bye !
Rcthy, Joseph B.
It might happen again
Rialto and the drama, The
Reyher, Ferdinand.
"Play's the things, The"
Rhoades, Nina.
Girl who paid the bills
Rice, Cale Y.
Ardiun
Giorgione
Immortal lure, The
OUme's gods
Rice, Carolyn F.
More time out
Rice, Katharine M.
Mrs. Tubbs's telegram
Rice, Wallace.
Children of France
Children of the Civil War
Children of the Great War
Children of the Illini
Pioneer boys and girls
Underground railroad, The
Rice, Walter F.
Winning ways
Richard, James C.
Her busy day ; or, Experience in
housekeeping, An
Richards, Laura E.
About angels
Cake, The
Child's play
Cooky, The
For you and me
"Go and Come"
Great feast, The
Naughty comet, The
"Oh Dear!"
Sailor man, The
Shadow, The
Tangled skein. The
Useful coal, The
Wheat-field, The
Richardson, Frank.
Bonnie Dundee
Richardson, Grace.
Battle of the days, The
Goblin guests
Richardson, Otis.
Tweedledum
Richmond, Cecil J.
Jimmy's ghosts
Richmond, Grace S.
Honor — and The girl
Perfect church, The
When the boys came home
Richmond, Mrs. Herbert.
Humpty dumpty
Little Miss Muffet
Rickaby, Barbara.
Waiting at the church
Rickaby, Franz.
Fever ward, The
His wife's place
Waiting at the church
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Who kissed Barbara?
Rickaby, Lillian.
Who kissed. Barbara?
Ricketts, Alex.
Assisted order, An
Riese, Edna.
"Our career"
Riley, Mrs. Alice C.
Poefs well, The
Ten minutes by the clock
Riley, Alice C. D.
Mandarin coat, The
Their anniversary
Ring, Barbara T.
$1,000,000 club paper, The
Rivoire, Andre.
Little sheperdess. The
Robbins, Jack.
Night, tr.
Roberts, Charles V. H.
Octavia
Roberts, George N.
Weasel, The
Roberts, Morley.
Hour of greatness, The
Lamp of God, The
Lay figure, The
White horse, The
Roberts, Octavia.
Happy day, The
Robertson, Marion.
"Afterwards"
Robins, Gertrude.
Makeshifts
Pot-luck
Robinson, Lennox.
Clancy name, The
Robinson, Raymond M.
Amateurs. The
Fooling father
Jerry's job
Thief in the house, A
Robinson, Reed.
His charity patient
Rock, Charles.
Ghost of Jerry Bundler
Gray parrot
Roeder, Ralph L.
Holiday, The, tr.
Nocturne
Poole, The
Rogers, Fairfax S.
Preferences
Rogers, Maude M.
When the wheels run down
Rogers, Robert E.
Behind a Watteau picture
Boy will, The
Cain
Jester, The
King, The
Meeting, The
Vagabond, The
Watchers, The
Rogers, Thomas Badger.
Eyes to the blind
Forfeit, The
Hall of laughter, The
Heirloom, The
Saint-King. The
Roof, Katharine M.
Edge of the wood, The
Secret, The
Three dear friends
Wanderer, The
World beyond the mountain, The
Rosener, George M.
Cure for husbands. A
Great Winglebury duel, The
Relations
Sheriff of Tuckahoe, The
Simp, The
Sir Bob
Successful failure, A
Under London
What married men do
Where the trail ends
Rosenthal, Rosa.
Realist, The
Ross, Clarendon.
Avenger, The
Derelict, The
Murderer, The
Prisoner, The
Ross, Jean.
Magic chest, The
Queen Loving Heart
Rossetti, Christina G.
Months, The
Rostand, Edmond.
Romancers, The
Rostetter, Alice.
Widow's veil, The
Rowell, Adelaide C.
Silly ass, The
Royle, Edwin M.
Squaw-man, The
Ruck, Berta.
G for George
Rupert, Everett H
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Matchmaker, The
Ruschke, Egmont W.
Death speaks
Echo, The
Intangible, The
Russell, Mary C.
Penelope's affinity
Russell, Mary M.
Outcome of a secret, The
Ryan, Estelle L.
Beginning of Negro slavery
Cherry pie
Christmas tree in New England
Departure, The
Easter rabbit
Encounter in the forest
First crop of apples
First winter
Gentlemen of Virginia
Indian gifts
Little pilgrims
Massasoit's illness
Narrow escape
Pilgrims in Holland
Pocahontas in London
Quakers in New England
Robert Morris
Saturday night in New England
Skirmish in Rensselaerswijck
Stormy times
Strategy of Director Kieft
Virginia children of long ago
Wampum belts
William Penn's treaty with the
Indians
Sabao, lao.
Gods, The
Sabin, Edwin I*.
Dinner tale, The
Sackville, Margaret.
Coming of Hippolytus, The
Orpheus among the shades
Poet at the court of Pan, A
Voyage en Cythere, Le
Wooing of Dionysus, The
St. Clair, Winifred.
Snubbing of Fanny, The
St. Claire, Adelaide.
Iron Ann
St. John, Christopher.
Coronation, The
How the vote was won
Salten, Felix.
Count Festenberg.
Sander, Harold.
In other people's shoes
Larry
Lovebird's matrimonial agency
Married lovers, The
Matrimonial tiff
That little rogue next door
Won by a kodak
Sanders, Helen F.
Petalesharoo
Star brave, The
Sandiford, Betti P.
Crows
Sanf ord, Amelia.
Corner in strait-jackets
Sangster, Margaret E.
Nine pin club
Thanksgiving dream
Santayaua, George.
Flight of Helen, The
Hermit of Carmel, A
Knight's return, The
Sargent, Fred L.
Object lesson, An
Omar and the Rabbi
Sargent, Herbert C.
Amateur rehearsal of Hamlet, An
American bar, The
Burlesque pantomime, A
Buying a house
Changeling, The
Emigration
"Hang it!"
In the library
Life insurance
Pavement artist, The
Prize picture, The
Registry office, The
That brute Simmons
Tourist agency, The
Sarkadi, Leo.
Line of life, The
Passing show, The
Vision of Paganini, A
Saunders, John M.
Love in a French kitchen
Saunders, Lillian.
Saltim bank, tr.
Night brings a counselor
Sob sister
Saunders, Louise.
Figureheads
King and Commoner
Knave of hearts, The
Our kind
See-saw
Woodland Princess, The
Saunders, Winnie.
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Mother Goose's Christmas party
Sawyer, Ruth, see Durand, Ruth
S.
Saxby, Charles.
Reforming Bertie
Saxon, Edward.
Spirit of Kiwanis, The
Sayeiuoii, Eiiami No.
Ukai
Schemberger, Lucille.
Spirit of liberty
Scheneck. Frederick.
Death and the dicers
Sobering, Emil.
Debit and credit, tr.
Outcast, tr.
Simoon, tr.
Schilling, Marie B.
Who trimmed the Christmas tree?
Schindler, Anthony J.
Home run, A
Little mother, The
Royal reception, A
Schlumberger, Jean.
Ce"saire
Schnittkind, Henry T.
Shambles
Shunamite, The, tr.
Schnitzler, Arthur.
Anatol's wedding morning
Ask no questions and you'll hear
no stories
Big scene, The
Christmas present, A
Christmas shopping
Countess Mizzie
Dissolution
Duke and the actress, The
Dying pangs
Episode, An
Farewell supper
Festival of Bacchus, The
Gallant Cassian
Green cockatoo, The
His helpmate
Hour of recognition, The
Keepsakes
Lady with the dagger, The
Last masks
Literature
Living hours
Mate, The
Milestones
Paracelsus
Questioning fate
Vital moments
Wedding morning, The
Schreiner, Frances H.
Betty's butler
Cin'n' buns
Schreiner, Lillian S.
Jack's visitors ; or, School boy's
dream, The
Miss Poinsettia
Schriever, Amelia.
Sons of Adam, tr.
Schroll, Eleanor A.
Christmas in Mother-Gooseville
Highway robbers, The
Schuchert, Herman.
Critics' catastrophe, The
Scott, Fitzgerald F.
Debutante", The
Mr. Icky, the quintessence of
quaintness
Porcelain and pink
Scott, Margretta.
Bag o' dreams, The
Heart of Pierrot, The
Seaman, Abel.
Looking for trouble
Seami.
Atsumori
Aya No Tsuzumi
Hachi No Ki
Hagoromo
Haku Rakuten
Ikeniye
Kagekiyo
Tsunemasa
Searle, Katharine.
"Hatred"
Her story
March of truth, The
Searle, Margaret.
Bad debts
Seat, Elizabeth F.
Stockings' revolt, The
Seiffert, Marjory A.
Old woman, The
Seitz, George B.
Hildetna
Seldes, Gilbert V.
Marionettes
Outcasts
Selman, Harold.
Mysterious will. The
Doll's playhouse, The
Seltzer, Thomas.
Love of one's neighbor, tr.
Selwyn, Edgar.
When Danny came marching
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Setoii-Thompsoii, Ernest.
Wild animal play, The
Sexton, Ethelyu.
Busy day in Bangville, A
Miss Burnette puts one over
Shakespeare up-to-date
Seymour, Mrs. Arthur T.
Camp fire Cinderella, A
Flossie's alphabet lesson
Mystic seven ; or, Law of the fire,
The
Protest of the trees, The
Unselfish violet, The
Seymour, Edward M.
Two jolly girl bachelors
Shapiro, Mathil.de.
Made in heaven
Sharp, L. A.
King Christmas
Sharp, William.
Birth of the soul, The
Black Madonna, The
Coming of the Prince, The
Fallen God, The
Finis
Northern night, A
Passing of Lilith, The
Passion of Pere Hilarion, The
Whisperer, The
Shaw, Frances.
Person in the chair, The
Shaw, George B.
Annajanska, the Bolshevik Em-
press
Augustus does his bit
Dark lady of the sonnets, The
How he lied to her husband
Inca of Perusalem, The
O'Flaherty, V. C.
Overruled
Press cuttings
Shewing-up of Blanco, The
Shaw, Mary.
Parrot cage, The
Woman of it, The ; or, Our
friends, the anti-suffragists
Sheehan, P. P.
Efficiency
Sheldon, Edward B.
Her final answer
Shepard, Frank H.
Hunting for Hapgood
Who are you?
Shephard, G. S.
Before the rummage Bale
Shepherd, Edmund E.
Closed door, The
Shepherd, Esther.
Jet
Sheridan, Emma.
Wind and lady moon, The
Sherry, Laura.
Mask, The
On the pier
Shigeyoshi, Ohata.
Melon thief, The
Shipley, Joseph T.
Echo
Shirley, Arthur.
Gringoire, ed.
Shoemaker, Dora A.
Patron of art, A
Short, Marion.
Box of powder, A
Confederates
Jack's brother's sister
Home from college
Lights of happyland, The
Pauline Pavlovna
Room 83
Saint Cecelia
Witches' hour and candle light
Shute, Sally.
Miss Todd's vampire
Theodore, Jr.
Sierra, Gregorio Martinez.
Love magic
Lover, The
Poor John
Simms, Evelyn.
Divided attentions
Hidden Harmonies
Packet for Popsy
Playing gooseberry
Simonson, "Lee.
Death and the young man
Wise men, The
Simpson, Harold.
Adam's apple
Sinclair, Upton.
Second-story man, The
Singleton, Ina D.
Untrue to type
Sites, Will C.
Lady servant, A ; or, Mistress for
an hour
Skinner, Ada M.
Mother Autumn and North Wind
Nick Bluster's trick
Professor Frog's lecture
Royal toy-mender, A
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Skinner, Eleanor L.
Mother Autumn and North Wind
Nick Bluster's trick
Professor Frog's lecture
Royal toy-mender, A
Slater, Joseph H.
She couldn't marry three
Small, F. A.
Love's diplomacy
Smedley, Katharine E.
Hanging out the wash
Smith, Bessie B.
Considerable courtship, A
Parted by Patience
Smith, Beulah.
Christmas shopping
Smith, Dnckie.
Pink scarf, The
Smith, E. E.
Cottage on the moor, The
Smith, Edward H.
Release
Smith, Evelyn.
Cock and the fox, The
Death of Balder, The
Parlement of foules, The
Perfect holiday, The
Swineherd, The
Smith, Henry C.
Bunk
Junk ; or, One of those Sunday
mornings
Punk ; or, Amateur rehearsal,
The
Smith, Howard Forman.
Blackberryin'
Rusty door, The
Smith, J. Kinchin.
Mummers' play, The
Smith, Jay G.
Forbidden fruit
Smith, Jennie S.
Home guard, The
Smith, Jessica B.
Lamp of heaven, The
Smith, Laura R.
Hallowe'en carnival and wax-
work show, A
Hallowe'en Puppet play
Historical Hallowe'en, An
Jack Frost's surprise
Witch's dream, The
Smith, Nora A.
Crowning of peace, The
Smith, Rita C.
Rescue, The
Smith, S. Decatnr, Jr.
Grandpa
Jack and Jill
Man's honor, A
Mother Goose Christmas. A
Restville auction sale. The
Smythies, W. Gordon.
Love suit, A
Snook, Lee O.
Mr. Richey changes his mind
Sobel, Bernard.
Immortal
Jennie knows
Mrs. Bompton's dinner party
Phoebe Louise
There's always a reason
Sobel, Mae Stein.
Call of God, The
First temptation, The
Golden calf, The
Mother love finds a way
Promised land, The
Solon, Israel.
Biteless dog, The
Sombart, Petronelle.
L'eroica, tr.
Someple, pseud.
A. B. C. capers
Bye, Baby Bunting
Cock Robin
Curly locks
House that Jack built The
I have a little nut tree
Nanny Etticoat
Old Mother Goose
Old woman and her pig, The
Over the hills and far away
Three-score miles and ten
Twinkle-twinkle
Sommers, Hobart.
All the world loves a lover
Sonle, George.
Last women, The
Logical extreme, The
Souther, Bouve.
Socialism and beauty
Sowerby, Githa.
Before breakfast
Speare, Florence L.
Bride and the burglar, The
Jones versus Jones
Speenhoff, J. H.
Louise
Spencer, Frances P.
Dregs
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Spenser, Willard.
Carrying out a theory
JTpeyer, Lady.
Love me. love my dog
Springer, Bessie W.
Gassed
Girl to order, A
Springer, Thomas G.
Luckiest man, The
Stafford, John K.
College days
Stagg, Katherine.
Star Spangled TSanner, The
Stange, Stanislaus.
Man about town, A
Stanton, Frank J.
Adam Goodwon
Stapp, Emilie B.
Holly wreath. The
Little gray lady. The
Lost firewood, The
Molly's New Year's party
Mr. February Thaw
Tadpole school, The
Stay ton, Frank.
Double cross, The
Stayton, Marianne.
Mollie and the milliner
Question of division, A
Stearns, Henry C.
Mrs. Stubbins' book agent
Stechhan, H. O.
Branded Mavericks
Real "Q", The
Stedman, Adelaide.
Substitute bride, The
Steele, Asa.
Cure for hypnotism, A
Greater than war
Steele, Wilbur Daniel.
Ropes
Steell, Willis.
Bride from home, A
Brother Dave
Faro Nell
Fifth commandment, The
Morning after the play, The
Stein, J. J.
It's great to be crazy
Stephenson, B. C.
Faithful James
Stephenson, Mary L,.
Dead are singing
Sterling, George.
Dryad, The
Rabbit-hutch, The
Sterling, Sara H.
Hamlet's brides
Stevens, Caroline D.
Elopements while you wait
Stevens, Henry B.
All alone in the country
Bolo and Babette
Madhouse. The
Meddler. The
Stevens, Thomas W.
Gold circle, The
Halbein in Blackfriars
Nursery maid of heaven, The
Ryland
Three wishes
Stevens, Wallace.
Carlos among the candles
Three travelers watch a sunrise
Stevenson, Augusta.
Beautiful song. The
Bernard Palissy. Enameller to his
Majesty
Blind men and the elephant, The
Cat and the mouse. The
Cat that waited, The
Christmas pitcher, The
Clever cock, The
Clever kid, The
Crow and the fox, The
Each in his own place
Endless tale, The
Fairy and the cat, The
Fishing on dry land
Golden bucket, The
Hare and the hedgehog, The
Hare and the tortoise, The
Honest critic, An
Honest woodman. The
House of brick, The
How a prince was saved
In bad company
King Alfred and the cakes
King's good friend, The
Lafayette's toast
Little fish, The
Mill that ground hot porridge, The
Miller, his son, and their donkey,
The
Moon's silver cloak, The
Old man and his grandson. The
Pen and the inkstand. The
Pot of gold, The
Piece of cheese, A
Proud finger-ring. The
Puppet Princess, The : or. Heart
that squeaked. The
Selfish woman, The
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Shepherd-boy who called wolf,
The
Sick deer, The
Tracks to the den
Travellers and the hatchet, The
Two countrymen, The
Two holes, The
Vain jackdaw, The
Wise crow, The
Wish-bird, The
Wolf and the horse, The
Wolf and the lamb, The
Stevenson, Edward I.
Revolt of the Holidays, The
Stewart, Anna B.
Belles of Canterbury, The
Stewart, Charles, pseud. see
Walsh, Charles Stewart
Stewart, William C.
My milliner's bill
Stickney, Joseph T.
Prometheus Pyrphoros
Stigler, W. A.
Be sociable
Little owl
Stock-bridge, Dorothy.
Jezebel
Stockton, Dora H.
Golden wedding, The
Stokes, Charles W.
Door, The
Stoll, Lillian.
Trying them out
Storer, Edward.
Helen
Stork, Charles W.
Idyll, tr.
Stout, Rex T.
Victory of love, The
Stramm, August.
Sancta Susanna
Stratton, Charles.
Coda, The
Ruby Red
Strauss, Rita.
"In bells and motley" ; or, May
Queen, The
Wooden shoe, The ; or, St. Valen-
tine's day
Streatfield, Mrs. Eric, see Barne,
Kitty
Strindberg, August.
Creditor, The
Debit and credit
Link, The
Miss Julia
Motherly love
Outcast, The
Pariah
Simoon
Stronger, The
Stronger woman, The
Swanwhite
Strong, Austin.
Drums of Oude, The
Strong, Grace C.
Girl and the undergraduate, The
Marrying Belinda
Templeton tea pot, The
Stuart, Charles M.
Dent's office boy
Stuart, Muriel.
Andromeda unfettered
Sturgis, Granville Forbes.
Butcher's daughter, The
College joke, A
Fatal pill, The
Just before dawn
Little Colombine
Madame
Our Mary
Red roses
Two of a kind
Widow Sabrina, The
Winning a husband
Sturgis, R. Clipston, Jr.
Spectator No. 558
Sturgis, Rebecca Forbes.
One war babe
Suckow, Ruth.
What King Christmas brought
Sudermann, Hermann.
Far-away Princess, The
Eternal masculine, The
Fritzchen
Last visit, The
Margot
Morituri : Teias
Streaks of light
Teja
Susman, Harold.
In the Ballingers' box
Mrs. Potter Buys a Present
Sutherland, Evelyn G.
At the barricade
Bit of instruction, A
Comedie Royall, A
End of the way, The
Galatea of the Toy-shop
In Aunt Chloe's cabin
In far Bohemia
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Po' White trash
Quilting party in the thirties, A
Rohan the Silent
Song at the castle, A
Story of a famous wedding, The
Sutphen, Van Tassel.
Unequal triangle, An
Sutro, Alfred.
Boy and a girl, A
Bracelet, The
Carrots, tr.
Correct thing, The
Ella's apology
Game of chess
Gutter of time, The
Maker of men
Man in the stalls, The
Man on the kerb, The
Marriage has been arranged, A
Marriage will not take place, The
Mr. Steinman's corner
Open door, The
Salt of life, The
Sutton, Vitla K.
Mantle of the Virgin, The
Pilgrims' holiday, The
Strain, Corrine R.
Christmas babes in the woods
Maeterlinckian moving day, A
Swan, Arthur.
Julie, tr.
Swanson, Roy W.
Criminals
Swears. Herbert.
Cupboard love
Dog days
Granny's Juliet
Hero and heroine
Tit-bits
Widows
Young idea, The
Symon, J. D.
Conscript Fathers, The
Symons, Arthur.
Barbara Roscorla's child
Cleopatra in Judaea
Dance of the seven deadly sins,
The
Death of Agrippina, The
Synge, John M.
Riders to the sea
Shadow of the glen, The
Syrett, Netta.
Christening of Rosalys, The
Christmas in the forest
Dream-lady, The
Enchanted garden, The
Fairy doll, The
In Arcady
Little Bridget
Old toys, The
Princess Fragoletta
Queen Flora's court
Robin Goodfellow
Strange boy, The
Two domestics
White magic
Wonderful rose, The
Taft, Grace E.
Chimalman
Tecpnncnltzin
Teo Teuctli
Taft, Liiiwoocl.
Christmas mystery
Tag, Ralph W.
Conquest of Helen, The
Handy Solomon
Transaction in stocks, A
Tagore, Rabindranath.
Chitra
Sacrifice
Taketomo, Torao.
Mulan
Tanner, Beryl.
Well matched pair, A
Tarkington, Booth.
Beauty and the Jacobin J
Ghost story, The
Trysting place, The
Taylor, Charles E.
Weary Willie
Taylor, J. M.
Man from Brandon, The
Telegram from dad, A
Taylor, ~L. M.
Cockcrow
Tchekoff, Anton, see Chekhov,
Anton
Teasdale, Sara.
On the tower
Teleki, Joseph.
Actress, The
Telford, Mary E.
Children's Christmas dream, The
Terrell, Maverick.
Branded Mavericks
Honi Soit
Other fellow, The
Real "Q," The
Temperament
When Greek meets Greek
You never can tell about a woman
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Terry, J. E. Harold.
Master Wayfarer
Theis, Grover.
Between fires
Crack in the bell, The
Like a book
Numbers
There's a difference
Theuriet, Andre.
Jean-Marie
Thomas. Augustus.
Man upstairs, The
Thomas. Brandon.
Colour-sergeant, The
Thomas, Charles.
Breaking the ice ; or, Piece of
holly. A
Thomas, Edith M.
White messenger, The
Thomas, Kate.
Bit of nonsense, A
Evening at Helen's, An
Thomason, Caroline.
Bluebeard
Three bears, The
Thompson, Alice C.
Auction at Meadowville, An
Aunt Matilda's birthday party
Broken engagement, A
Coming of Annabel, The
Day of the Duchess, The
Fudge and a burglar
Good old days, The
Hannah gives notice
Her scarlet slippers
Honest Peggy
Irish invasion, An
Katie's new hat
Knot of white ribbon, A
Luckiest girl, The
Miss Deborah's pocket book
Miss Susan's fortune
Much too sudden
Oysters
Peck of trouble, A
Red parasol, The
Return of Letty, The
Susan's finish
Suffragette baby, A
Truth about Jane. The
Truth, the mischief
Wrong baby, The
Thompson, Blanche J.
Dream maker, The
Thompson, Harlan.
Geometrically speakinsr
Man hunt, The
One by one
Pants and the man
Thompson, Lillian B.
"Narrow squeak, A"
Thorne-Thomsen, Mrs. Gndrun.
Tramp and a night's lodging, A
Thornton, Clare.
Marriage of Dotty, The
Thorp, Annie L.
Lighting of the Christmas tree,
The
Thorpe, Josephine.
Answer, The
Torch, The
Treasure chest, The
When Liberty calls
Thursby, Charles.
Coronation
Thnrston, Althea.
Exchange, The
Tibbals, Seymour S.
Christmas beyond the trenches
In Dixie land
Letter from home, A
Pandora's box
Tilden, Freeman.
Enter Dora — exit Dad
Tildesley, A. L.
Cast rehearses, The
Marrying money
Tinsley, Lily.
Cinders
Tobey, James A.
Jewels of Cornelia, The
Tobin, Bertha I.
Land of vacation, The
Uninvited guest, The
Tomes, Margaret O.
Children and the Evangelists, The
Tompkins, Frank G.
In front of Potter's
Sham
Topelius, Zakarias.
Bride's crown, The
Field of enchantment. The
Troll King's breakfast, The
Torrence, Ridgely.
Granny Maumee
Rider of dreams, The
Simon the Cyrenian
Totheroh, Dan W.
In the darkness
Tune of a tune, A
While the mushrooms bubble
Widdy's "mite, The
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Tourgenieff, Ivan.
One may spin a thread too finely
Towiie, Charles H.
Aliens, The
Townley, Morris M.
Caught
Townsend, Charles.
Other one, The
Too much married
Trader, George H.
Shakespeare's daughter
Tree, H. B.
Six and eight pence
Trelawney, Dangerfield.
Old stuff
Trent, John J.
O\vin' to Maggie
Triumph of Pauline, The
Trevor, Major P.
Under the greenwood tree
Looking-glass, The
Tridon, Andre.
Tenor, The, tr.
Virgin and the white slaver, The
Tritch, Martha.
Isotta's truinmp
True, Mary E.
In moonbeams
Tubbs, Arthur L.
Double deception, A
Not on the bills
Too much Galatea
Tucker, Louise E.
At anchor
Beginning of Xegro slavery, The
Cherry pie
Christmas tree in New England,
A
Departure, The
Easter rabbit. The
Encounter in the forest. An
First crop of apples, The
First winter, The
Gentlemen of Virginia
How the Indians planted powder
Indian gifts
Little Pilgrims
Massa sort's illness
Narrow escape, A
Pilgrims in Holland, The
Pocahontas in London
Quakers in New England, The
Robert Morris and the Revolution
Saturday night in New England
Skirmish at Rensselaerswijck, A
Stormy timos
Strategy of Director Kieft, The
Virginia children of long ago
Wampum belts
William Penn's treaty with the
Indians
Tull, Jewell B.
Slacker, The
Tupper, Edith S.
Thou shalt not steal
Tupper, "Wilbur S.
Bargain, The
Figs and thistles
In Toscana tavern
Mr. Fraser's friends
Onesimus
Twelve, Mellis.
Turtle-doves
Ukainka, Lesya.
Babylonian captivity, The
Ulrich, Charles.
Editor-in-chief
Political editor, The
Road-agent, The
Underbill, John G.
His widow's husband, tr.
Love magic, tr.
Lover, The, tr.
No smoking, tr.
Poor John. tr.
Street singer, The, tr.
Upper, Joseph.
At the movies
Urquhart, Elizabeth.
Suited at last ; or, Sauce borde-
laise
Vail, Lawrence.
Popopelka
Valcros, W.
Sabotagi
Van Derveer, Lettie C.
Christmas picture, The
Lonely little evergreen. The
Van Dresser, Jasmine S.
Eight-thirty sharp
Young D'Arcy
Vane, Larry.
Great medical dispensary, The
Van Etten, Gerard.
Vampire cat
Van Vechten, Hostetter.
Peace on earth
Van Volkenburg, Carlton.
Found in a closet
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Varney, Alice S.
Christmas
Circus, The
Daisy, The
Don't count your chickens until
they are hatched
In union there is strength
Welcoming the New Year
Varney, Horace.
Watching for Santa Glaus
Vasquez, Jose Andres.
With chains of gold
Vercill, Cornelia C.
On vengeance height
Verconsin, Eugene.
Fond delusion
Verga, Giovanni.
Wolf -hunt, The
Vermilye, Kate J.
Pompadour's protege, The
Vickers, George M.
Public worrier
Viereck, George S.
Butterfly, The
From death's own eyes
Game at love, A
Mood of a moment, The
Question of fidelity, A
Viets, Edward.
Masque of morning, The
Masque of evening, The
Noon
Vilas, Faith Van V.
Fiat Lux (Let there be light)
Tears of dawn
Vizin, Denis von.
Choice of a tutor, The
Vosburgh, Maude B.
Health champions, The
Miss Maria
Vrclilicky, Jaroslav, pseud, see
Frida, Eiuil
Vreeland, F. J.
Fleeing flyer, The
Waddell, Leila.
Hippodrome horror, The
Wagstaff, Blanche S.
Colonial Virginia
Crepuscule
First Thanksgiving, The
Georgia debtors. The
Greater voice, The
Indian story, An
Life in New York
Pennsylvania incident, A
Revolutionary days
Three compromises of the Con-
stitution
Witchcraft story, A
Walbrook, Henry M.
Touch of truth, The
Waldo, Dorothy.
Idowanna
Kid curlers
Waldo, Fullerton L.
Seashell, The
Waley, Arthur.
Early snow, ed.
Walker, Dugald S.
Dream boats
Walker, Francis.
Prince's pigeon. The
Walker, Stuart.
Birthday of the Infanta, The
Medicine show, The
Nellijumbo
Nevertheless
Sir David wears a crown
Six who pass while the lentils boil
Trimplet, The
Very naked boy, The
Walkes, W. R.
Major explains, The
Pair of lunatics, A
Show of hands, A
Villain and victim
Wallace, A. C.
Chrysanthemums
Wallace, Emma G.
Flag of courage, The
Wallis, Ellen L.
Cissy's engagement
Walsh, Charles S.
Chance at mid-night, A
Walsh, Thomas.
Goya in the Cupola
Walter, Elizabeth.
Death and the fool. tr.
Wangenheins, Alice.
Cave of precious things. The
Warden, Florence.
Dolly's week-end : or, Tale of the
speaking-tube, The
Warnock, A. McClnre.
Ramlet o' Puce, A
Warren, Ernest.
"Nettle, The"
Warren, Gladys E.
Cherry-Blossom Princess. The
Paradise of children, The
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Warren, Marie J.
Substance of ambition
Mistletoe and Holly-berry
"Warren, Prescott.
Day that Lincoln died, The
Watkins, Dwight E.
Freddy goes to college
Watson, Evelyn.
Our minister's bride
Watson, John.
Duchess entertains, The
Estamine, The !
Watson, Malcolm.
Conversion of Nat Sturge
Pretty bequest, A
Watson, William.
King without peer, The
Watts, Mary S.
Civilization
Wearin' o' the green, The
Waugh, Constance E.
Aunt Penelope
Under distinguished patronage
Webb, Jessie M.
Spirit of liberty, The
Webber, James P.
End of the rainbow, The
Golden arrow
Wedekind, Frank.
Court singer, The
Heart of a tenor, The
Tenor, The
Virgin and the white slaver, The
Weil, Morton.
Room 83
Weil, P. "L. see Wilde, Percival.
Weinberger, Mildred.
Elaine
Weir, F. Roney.
Cuckoo's nest, The
Welldon, S. A.
Treason
Wellman, Rita.
Dawn
For all time
Funiculi Funicula
Lady with the mirror, The
Wells, Carolyn.
April's lady
Christmas gifts of all nations
Day before Christmas, The
Dolly dialogue
Fairest spirit, The
Greatest day in the year, The
Greatest gift, The
Is Santa Glaus a fraud?
Meaning of Thanksgiving day
Night-before, The
Once upon a Christmastime
Play lovers, The
Queen Christmas
Substitute for Santa Glaus, A
Sweet girl graduate, The
Welsh, Robert G.
Jezebel
Wendell, Barrett.
Rosamond
Wendt, Frederick W.
Dies Irae
Wentworth-James, Gertie de S.
Cure that failed, The
Wentworth, Marion C.
War brides
West, Duffy R.
Society notes
West, Louise Bronson.
Whole truth, The
West, Stanley C.
Settled out of court
Westermayr, A. J.
Yoshiwara
Westlake, A. L.
Boasts — and a Bruise
Weston, Erne E.
Substitute, The
Wetzel, George J.
Pride and charity
Weysz, Hans.
Duke and the actress, tr.
Whaite, H. Hoyle.
Fidelitas
Wharton, Anthony.
Nocturne
13 Simon Street
Wheeler, Edith..
Sentence, The
Woman's way, A
Wheelock, John Hall.
Paris and Aenone
White, Clematis.
Convert, A
White, Ernest G.
Bad beginning, A
White, Florence D.
Magic theatre, tr.
White, James P.
Emancipated, The
School of life. The
Tower of silence, The
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Wayside comedy, A
White, Kate A.
Traveling photographer, The
White, Lucy.
Bird child, The
Whitehill, Elizaheth.
Rummage sale at Hickory Hollow,
The
Whitelock, William W.
All in the family
Whitford, Mary V.
Ingenuous grandmother
Whiting, Eleanor C.
Ashes
Common ground
Whiting, Evelyn G.
Gone abroad
No admittance
'Whiting, Maisie B.
Mrs. Carver's fancy bnll
Two aunts and a photo
•Whitman, A. E.
Getting rid of father
Whitworth, Geoffrey.
Father Noah
Wick, J. Mae C.
Radio Christmas. A ; or(> Christ-
mas in Room 32(5
Wickes, Frances G.
Baucis and Philemon
Captured year, The
First May baskets. The
Light, The
Thankful heart, The
St. Valentine's house
Wied, Gustav.
Autumn fires
Wigginton, Wilma.
Three rogues and a rascal
Wilhur, Harriette.
Haste makes waste
Keeping Christinas
Wilhur, Helen C.
Kidnapping, The
Wilcox, Constance.
Four of a kind
Mother Goose garden
Pan pipes
Princess in the fairy tr.le, The
Told in a Chinese garden
Wild, Caroline S. P.
Kettle sings. The ; or. Domestic
conscience. The
Wilde, Oscar.
Salome
Wilde, Percival.
According to Darwin
Beautiful story, The
Catesby
-Confessional
Culprit, The
Dawn
Dyspeptic ogre, The
Embryo
Finger of God, The
His return
House of cards, A
In the net
In the ravine
Line of no resistance. The
Mothers of men
Noble lord, The
Pawns
Playing with fire
Previous engagement. The
Question of morality, A
Reckoning, The
Saved !
Sequel. The
Traitor, The
Unseen host, The
Valkyrie !
Villain in the piece. The
Wonderful woman, A
Wilder, Marion.
Another man's place
Wiley, Sara K.
Football game, The
Patriots
Wilkss, Wilhemen.
Outsider, An
Wilkie, John E.
Interrupted operation. An
Wilkins, Eva.
Brogues of Kilavain Glen, The
Wilkinson, Ella C.
Freddy's great aunt
Madame de Portment's school
Wilkinson, Geoffrey.
Cure for indifference, A
Willard, Ellen M.
All the year 'round
Boy's Christmas, A
Christmas bargain. A
First Christmas. The
King of the year, The
Mrs. Randy's Christmas
Santa Clans' garden
Santa Clans in many Innds
Spirit of Christmas, The
Willard, George H.
Mustard plasters, The
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Wilcox, Helen L.
Test, The
Willett, Edith M.
His lordship, the burglar
Williams, E. Har court.
Little Tuk's dream
Snow-white and Hose-red
Three bears. The
Williams, Frayne.
Hlue vase. The
Man with the bundle. The
Rose garden. The
Williams, H. Isabelle.
Pitiless policeman. The
Williams, Mrs. Harry A.
On the stairway of life in seven
ages
Williams, M. J.
Helpless couple, A
Williams, Thomas J.
Ici on parle franoais
Williamson, Anne E.
Christmas stars
Williamson, Harold.
Peggy
Wilmarth, Phil. R.
Goo-goo
Wills, Anthony E.
Heirs-at-law
Benjamin, Benny and Ben
Wilson, Bertha M.
Mr. Spriggs' little trip to Europe
Haggles' corner
Wilson, Carolyn.
What can I do?
Wilson, J. Raines.
Trial of the heart, The
Wilson, Leila W.
Like father, like son
Wilson, Leisa G.
Lady loses her hoop, The
Wilson, Lillian P.
Being the fly
Empty shrine, The
Episode, An
Fruit of toil, The
Living
Returning the calculus
This is the law
Voice on the stair, A
Weight of wings, The
Wilson, Louise L.
All on account of an actor
Fortunes of war, The
Little game with fate, A
Parliament of servants, A
Prise-ilia's room
Wilson, Olivia L.
Cobbler's bargain
Honeymoon, The
Irish washerwoman
Learning lessons
Left
School opera
Wishing, Stuart.
Sevres tea-cups. The
Silver salt-cellars. The
Wolff, Oscar M.
Where but in America
Wolff, Pierre.
Unhoodwinkable
Wolfrom, Anna.
Danny
Marriage certificate, The
New race, The
Old shoes
Ripening wheat
Will-o'-wisp, A
Woodbridge, Elizabeth.
Christmas conspiracy, The
Woodhouse, Vernon.
Affinities
How they kept her
Woodman, Rea.
Bad case of microbes, A
Buying a day
Fashionable calls
In the market place
January styles
"Those dreadful vity-mines !"
Woodrow, Mrs. Wilson.
Universal impulse, The
Woodruff, Robert W.
Death
Woods, Marjory.
Birthday ball, The
Woolf, Edgar A.
Bit of the world, A
Woolf, Henry.
Dream book, The
Wormser, Florine R
Portrait, The
Wormwood, Edyth M.
Haunted gate, The
No girls admitted
Worrell, Edna R.
Christmas harvest, The
Corner in hearts, A
Dream come true. A
Flag makers, The
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Messenger birds, The
Shouting the battle cry of "Feed
'em"
Toys' rebellion, The
Two merry wagers
Wright, Earl.
Yankee and the pagan, The
•Wright, Harriet S.
Birthday of the Infanta, The
On the old plantation
Three Sundays in a week
Wuppernian, Carlos S.
Helios, tr.
'Wynne, Anna.
Broken bars. The
On the path of the child
Yasukiyo, Hiyoshi Sa-aini.
Benkei on the bridge
Yeats, -William B.
At the hawk's well
Calvary
Cathleen in Hoolihan
Countess Cathleen, The
Deirdre
Dreaming of the Bones, The
Green helmet, The
Hour glass, The
King's threshold, The
Land of heart's desire, The
On Baile's strand
Only jealousy of Emer, The
Pot of broth, A
Shadowy waters, The
Yelioash. pseud, see Bloomgar-
den, Solomon.
Young, Laurence D.
Iceman, The
Young, O. E.
All stars ; or, Manager's trials, A
Axin' her father
Back from the Philippines ; or,
Major Kelly's cork leg
Backtown spirits ; or, Two under
the table
Betsey's boarders
Little red mare, The
Pat the apothecary
Pickled polliwog
Popping by Proxy
Sampson's courtin'
Striped sweater, The
When doctors disagree
Wives wanted in Squashville
Won by a wager
Young, Rida J.
John Clayton, Actor
Last of the Cargills, The
Young, Roland K.
Missing guest, The
Young, Stark.
Addio
At the shrine
Dead poet, The
Madretta
Queen of Sheba, The
Seven kings and the wind, The
Star in the trees, The
Twilight saint, The
Young, William.
Woman's wiles
Yuill, A. W.
Glenforsa
Zamacois, Eduardo.
Passing of the magi, The
Zenchiku Ujinobu.
Aoi No Uye
Hoko Priests, The
Kumasaka
Taiiiko
Zeigler, Francis I.
Stronger, The, tr.
SUBJECT INDEX
ANCIENT HISTORY
Babylonian captivity, The
Cleopatra in Judea
Hermit of Carmel, A
King, The
Morraca
Page from the past, A
Salome
ARABIAN
Bluebeard
Hand of the Prophet, The
How a prince was saved
New day, The
Two talismans, The
ARBOR DAY
Arbor Day. — "Anychild helps the
baby tree"
April's lady
Birds' story of the trees, The
ARTS
Aegean, The
Disciples of art
Parthenon, The
Prince of court painters, The
Seeing the pictures
Chimalman
Tecpancaltzin
Teoteuctli
Abigail
Call of God, The
Call of Samuel, The
Chaste adventures of Joseph, The
Comedy of the Exile, A
Daughter of Jephthah, The
Esther
Father Noah
First temptation, The
Gift, The
Golden calf, The
Good Friday
Good oamaritan, The
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Jael
Jephthah's daughter
Judgment of Solomon, The
Lazarus
Message of Lazarus
Moses in the bulrushes
Mother love finds a way
Nazareth
Onesimus
Prodigal son, The
Promised land, The
Sacrifice
Shunamite, The
Sin of Ahab, The
Sisters of Susannah
Snaring the lion
Solomon's song
Story of Jacob
Wooing of Mary of Magdela, The
BOARDING SCHOOL
All the world loves a lover
Bit of nonsense, A
Case of Sophronia, The
Fudge and a burglar
Honor of the class, The
In other people's shoes
Mad! Mad!
Madame de Portment's school
Maid to order
Miss Burnett puts one over
'Neath the scepter of Susan
Outsider, An
Pan of fudge, A
Romance by schedule
Sing a song of seniors
Uninvited member, An
BUSINESS
Boob The
Dent's office boy
Everyereditman
Great doughnut corporation, The
Maker of men
Taking father's place
CAMP FIRE
Camp Fire Cinderella, A
Camp-fire girl, The
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.Mystic seven, The
( Midda's dream
Taming of Horrors, The
CANADA
Door, The
Crows
Pathfinder
Unnecessary atom, The
Where the trail ends
Blue vase. The
("at and the cherub, The
Ohi-Fu
Chinese love
Cow-herd and the weaving maid,
The
Dragon's claws, The
Empty city, The
Invention of the rat trap, The
Journey, The
Lamp of heaven, The
Mulan
Singing soul, The
Sweetmeat game. The
"Toiigiiien, The"
Turtle dove, The
Veil of happiness, The
AVedding of Mali Foy, The
CHRISTMAS
All his fault
All the Year 'Hound
Anita's secret
Aunt Sabriny's Christmas
Bachelor Club's baby, The
Betty Jane's Christmas dream
Boastful giant. The
Boastful weathervane. The
Bonnie's Christmas Eve
Bo-Peep's Christmas party
Boy who found Christmas, The
Boy's Christinas, A
Bride's Christmas tree, The
Broken picture. The
Brownie's vacation. The
Bye, Baby Bunting
Children of the Christmas spirit
Children's Christmas dream, The
Christmas •
Christmas at Holly Farm
Christmas at Punkin Holler
Christmas at Skeeter Corner
Christmas at the Cross Roads
Christmas babes in the woods,
The
Christmas bargain, A
Christmas' benefit, A
Christmas box, The
Christmas boxes
Christmas Brownie, The
Christmas Carol, A
Christmas chime, A
Christmas conspiracy, The
Christmas cookies, The
Christmas dinner. The
Christmas dream, A
Christmas eve
Christmas Eve at the Mulligans
Christmas for all nations
Christmas for Santa Glaus. A
Christmas gifts of all nations
Christmas guest. The
Christmas harvest. The
Christmas idea. The
Christmas in Mother-Oooseville
Christmas in Rhyme-land
Christmas in the air
Christmas in the forest
Christmas influence
Christmas joke. A
Christmas journey. A
Christmas message. The
Christmas mix-up. A
Christmas morality play. A
Christmas mystery. A
Christmas of the Little Pines, The
Christmas party, A
Christmas picture, The
Christmas pitcher, The
Christmas rainbow. A
Christmas shopping
Christmas speakin' at Skagg's
Skule
Christmas spirit, The
Christmas stars
Christmas stockings
Christmas story. The
Christmas strike. A
Christmas surprise for Mother
Goose, A
Christmas sympathy
Christmas tree, The
Christmas tree joke. A
Christmas visitors from other
lands
Christmas wishes
Christmas with the Mulligan's
Conspirators. The
Corner in hearts, A
Day before Christmas, The
Discouraged worker. A
Doing away with Christmas
Dolls
Double Christmas gift. A
Dream on Christmas Eve
Dream-toy shop. The
Eager heart
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Fairies' Christmas, The
Fairy Good-will
Father Time's Christmas trial
Feast in the wilderness, A
Fiat Lux. (Let there be light)
First Christmas, The
First Christmas Eve, The
Four little fir trees
Gift of time, The
Gifted givers, The
Grandfather's bright Christmas
plan
Great sale, The
Greatest gift, The
Hanging up the stockings
Herbert's discovery
Holly wreath, The
Holy scenes of Christmas, The
How Christmas was saved
How the Christmas song was
found
In a toy shop
In the East
Inasmuch
Is Santa Glaus a fraud
.Tolliest Christmas ever, The
Joy of giving, The
Keeping Christmas
King Christmas
Kingdom of love, The
"Light of other days, The"
Lighting of the Christmas tree,
The
Little helpers
Little Jack's Christmas
Luck of Santa Glaus, The
Man who didn't believe in Christ-
mas, The
Manger service
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Jake
Messenger birds, The
Minister's daughter, The
Minty-Malviny's Santa Glaus
Miss Poinsettia
Mistletoe
Mistletoe and holly
Mistletoe and Holly-berry
Molly's Christmas tree
Mother Goose Christmas, A
Mother Goose's Christmas party
Mr. Richey changes his mind
Mrs. Randy's Christmas
Mrs. Santa Glaus, Militant
Next day, The
Night-before, The
No Christmas in the house
"No presents"
Ola
Old friends together
On Christmas Eve
Once upon a Christmastime
Our Uncle from the West
Pickett's Christmas party, The
Pink scarf, The
Plaie for Merrie May Tyme, A
Puppet princess, The
Queen Christmas
Quest of Christmas, The
Radio Christmas, A
Reception for Santa Glaus, A
Revolt of Santa Glaus, The
Revolt of the Holidays, The
Road to Christmas, The
Santa Glaus brigade, The
Santa Glaus gets his wish
Santa Glaus in many lands
Santa Glaus or papa
Santa Glaus' garden
Santa's allies
Santa's rescue
Search for Mother Goose, The
Spirit of Christmas, The
Star of Bethlehem, The
Stockings' revolt, The
Strike in Santa Glaus land, The
Substitute for Santa Glaus, A
Surprising Santa
Ten fingers of Francois, The
"Through Christmas bells"
Top of the world, The
Topsy turvy Christmas, A
Toys' Rebellion, The
Trials of Christmas shopping
Trimming of the tree, The
Trouble in the Toy room
True Christmas spirit, The
Uncle Grouch
Uncle Sam to the rescue
Uncle Sam's mistake
Under distinguished patronage
Unexpected company
Unsuccessful hunt, An
Violet under the snow. The
Visit of the Tomiter, The
Visit of Santa Glaus, A
Wanted : a chimney
Watchers, The
Watching for Santa Glaus
What Christmas did for Jerusha
Grumble
What King Christmas brought
When Do-it school entertained
Which shall be king?
White Christmas, The
Who trimmed the Christmas tree?
Why Christmas was late
Wise men, The
Worm turns, The
Young Mr. Santa Claus
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COLLEGE
Arrival of Reuben, The
Aunt Abigail and the boys
College joke, A
Football game, The
Fortunes of war, The
Fraternity
Girl and the undergraduate, The
Girl to order, A
Music hath charms
Priscilla's room
Returning the calculus
Rooms to let
Telegram from dad, A
When mother came to college
Widow Sabrina, The
COLUMBINE
Colombine
Coming of Columbine, The
I/ittle Columbine
Vision of youth, A
COLUMBUS DAY
Columbus Day. — "Columbus helps
Anychild"
Diego's dream
COMMENCEMENT DAY
Class ship, The
Fairest spirit, The
Good-Bye All!
Graduate's choice, The
Graduation Day
Just plain Dot
Land of vacation, The
Last day of school, The
Our choice
Senior, The
Sweet girl graduate, The
Up-to-date America
CONSERVATION
Brave foresters
Salvage
DETECTIVE
Gray overcoat, The
Queen of diamonds, The
Watch, a wallet and a jack of
spades, A
DRAMATIZATIONS
Alcott, Louise M.
Effie's Christmas dream
Jack and Jill
Perfect holiday, The
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey.
Pauline Pavlovna
Austin, Alfred.
Savonarola and Lorenzo
Barr, Robert.
Gentlemen, the King
Beaumont and Fletcher.
Ricardo and Viola
Bennett, John.
Barnaby Lee
Master Skylark
Brown. Alice.
Mistletoe
Browning, Robert
Omar and the Rabbi
Byr, Robert.
Love conquers revenge
Carroll, Lewis.
Through the looking-glass
Chaucer.
Cock and the fox, The
Death and the dicers
Parlement of foules
Colman, George.
Military and medicine
Coppee, Francois.
Fennel
Crawford, F. Marion.
Extracting a secret
Curry, Sara Jefferis.
Devil's gold, The
Deland, Margaret.
Miss Maria
Dickens, Charles.
At "Jenny Wren's"
Bardwell vs. Pickwick
Betsey Trotwood at home
Christmas carol
Christmas eve
Disastrous announcement, A
Division between friends, A
Friendly waiter, The
Gentleman next door, The
Great Protestant association, The
Great Winglebury duel, The
Hatching a conspiracy
Holly Tree Inn
Miggs" revenge
Miss Squeers' tea-party
Mr. George's shooting-gallery
Mr. Guppy's proposal
Mr. Micawber's prospects
Mr. Pecksniff's pleasant family
party
Mr. Venus's shop
Mrs. Snagsby's guests
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Mrs. Tibbs boarding-house
Sam Weller and his father
Silas Wegg's stall
Under London
Unexpected meeting, An
Ellis, William.
Ketcham pardon, The
Euripides.
Iphigenia in Tauris
Polyxena
Ford, John.
Duchess of Pavy, The
Fouque, Friedrich de la Motte.
Undine
Gallon, Tom.
Touch of the child, The
Gatty, Mrs. Margaret.
Life beyond. The
Goldsmith. Oliver.
Innocence rewarded
Mrs. Hardcastle's journey
Hale, Edward E.
Homer and David
Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
Derelict, The
Old year and the new, The
Hay, John.
Happy man, The
Hemans, Mrs. Felicia D. B.
Raimond released
Hope, Anthony.
Matter of duty, A
Hugo, Victor.
Bishop's candlesticks
Kelland, C. B.
His wife's place
Knowles, Sheridan.
Helen and Modus
Lagerlof, Selma.
Lighting of the Xmas tree, The
Lever, Charles.
Miss Judith Macan
Longfellow, Henry W.
Class ship
Hiawatha
King Robert of Sicily
Lowell, James R.
Yussouf
Mann, Mary E.
Visit, The
Marlow, Christopher.
Doctor Faustus
Marston, Westland.
Pride against pride
Mendenhall, Susan.
Slave raiders, The
Merrick, Leonard.
s. o. s.
Moliere, Jean-Baptiste P.
Affected young ladies, The
Sicilian, The
Sganarelle
Morrison, Arthur.
Tales of mean streets
Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret.
Mrs. Harwood's secret
Omar Khayyam.
Omar and the Rabbi
Peele, George.
Old wife's tale, The
Foe, Edgar A.
Three Sundays in a week
Poole, Madeline.
Lady to call, A
Sachs, Hans.
Wandering scholar, The
Sheridan, R. B.
Pizarro and Rolla
Scheming lieutenant
Stevenson, Robert L.
Deacon Brodie
Markheim
Princess and the Countess, The
Tennyson, Alfred Lord.
Becket saves Rosamund
Falcon, The
Tolstoy, Leo.
Where love is, there God is also
Wallace, Lew.
Ben-Hur and Iras
Wilde, Oscar.
Birthday of the Infanta
Happy Prince, The
DREAM PLAY
Assumption of Hannele, The
Chocolate cake and black sand
Elsie in Dreamland
Good old days. The
Hired girl's dream, The
"John Arbery's dream"
Mr. Spriggs' little trip to Europe
Shadows
Undoing of Giant Hotstoff, The
Water that has passed, The
EASTER
Easter miracle, An
Easter morning
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Seven sleepers of Ephesos, The
Spring time fantasy, A
Thy Kingdom Come
Why didn't you tell?
ENGLAND HISTORY AND SOCIAL LIFE
At the Golden Goose
Bonnie Dundee
Captain of the gate, The
Catherine Parr
Comedie Royal, A
Comforter, The
Cottage on the moor, The
Court comedy, A
Cupboard love
Fan and two candlesticks, A
1588 (Fifteen hundred and eighty-
eight)
Flitch of Bacon, A
For lack of evidence
Fortune and men's eyes
"Good men do, The"
His favorite flower
Holbeim in Blackfriars
Honors easy
Hundredth trick, The
King Alfred and the cakes
King Alfred and the meat-herd
King without Peer, The
Maid of honor, A
Masks and men
Master Wayfarer
Maypole mor-ning
Mistress Runaway
Nance Oldfield
Nelson touch, The
Queen Catherine
Queen : God Bless Her ! The
Rohan the Silent
Rosamond
Rose, The
Saint-King, The
Spectator No. 558
Sweeps of ninety-eight, The
Traitor
Wanderer, The
When Anne was Queen
Wings, The
FAIRY
Before the Pixies came to America
Bone of contention, The
Brogues of Kilavain Glen, The
Dream lesson, A
Dryad and the Deacon, The
Dyspeptic ogre, The
Enchanted gate, The
Fairies' plea, The
Fairy frolic, A
Firefly night
Golliwog in Fairyland
Fairy ring, The
Marjorie's garden
Paddly pools
Pan Pipes
Rose of the wind
Swanwhite
Treasure chest, The
Won
Woodland Princess, The
FAMOUS MEN AND WOMEN
Absolution of Bruce, The (Rob-
ert Bruce)
As good as gold (St. Francis of
Assisi )
Benjamin Franklin : Journeyman
Big Kate (Catherine the Great
of Russia)
Bombastes in the Shades (His-
torical characters)
Boy Will, The (William Shake-
speare)
Brother Sun (St. Francis of
Assisi )
Christmas Eve with Charles Dick-
ens, A
Court of fame, The (Play of
great women)
Dante in Santa Croce of. the
Raven
Dark lady of the sonnets, The
(Shakespeare)
David Garrick's masterpiece
Dolly Madison's afternoon tea
Exile, The (Dante)
Friend in need, A (Goldsmith,
Oliver)
Fortune and men's eyes (Shake-
speare)
Gambetta's love story
Giorgione
Goya in the Cupola
Hour of Prospero ( Shakespeare)
Holbein in Blackfriars
Interlude in the life of St. Fran-
cis, An
Jeanne d'Arc at Vaycouleurs
Lady compassionate, The (Dante)
Long live the empress ! (Empress
Catherine of Russia)
Mary! Mary! (Shakespeare)
Miss Burney at Court
Napoleon and the sentry
Napoleon's barber
Paracelsus
Prince Patiomkin (Empress Cath-
erine of Russia)
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Privy council, A (Pepys)
Shoes that danced, The (Wat-
teau)
Smile of Mona Lisa, The (Leo-
nardo da Vinci)
Tenor, A (Empress Catherine
of Russia)
Velasquez and the "Venus"
When Heine was twenty-one
FLAG DAY
Birth of a nation's flag, The
Flag Day
First American flag, The
First flag, The
Flag makers, The
Fourth of July
FRANCE — HISTORY AND SOCIAL LIFE
At the barricade
Beauty and the Jacobin
Blood Royal
Crispin, rival of his master
Dangers of peace, The
Farce of the worthy master Pierre
Patelin, The
Fatal rubber, The
Hulks, The
Incog
King's letters, The
Legacy, The
Little king, The
Little supper, The
Lord's prayer, The
Love in a French kitchen
Marquise and woman
Marriage of Guineth, The
Minuet, A
Pastor of Jena, The
Pater Noster
Pompadour's protege, The
Post of honour, The
Promise, The
Stroke of Marbot, The
Tarbarin's wife
Three wishes, The
Waterloo
Young Napoleon, The
GOOD ENGLISH
Grammar play, A
I'll try
Mrs. Forester's crusade
Murdering the language
Popular Dick, The
Trial for the murder of the King's
English
GREAT WAR — BACKGROUND
All clear
All for the cause
America pays her debt to France
Barbara's wedding
Barbarians, The
Behind the lines
Belgian Christmas eve, A
By-product, A
Children in the Great War
Christmas beyond the trenches
Conversion of Mrs. Slacker, The
Defeat
Democracy's king
Duchess entertains, The
Estaminet, The
Exemption
First aid
Four who were blind
Getting the range
God of my faith
God's outcast
Hand of Siva, The
"Hatred"
Her service Flag
Her story
Hooverizing Internationalle
In heaven
In the ravine
In "The spirit of '76"
In the trenches "over there"
Iron hand, The
It behooves us
Knitting club meets, The
Knitting girls count one, The
Liberty thrift girls, The
Lottie sees it through
Maid of France
March of truth, The
Mothers of men
New word, The
Night watches
Old lady shows her medals, The
One a day
100 per cent American
One war babe
Parlor patriots, The
Pawns
Power of loyalty
Rada
Rise up, Jennie Smith
Shamed life
Slacker, The
Slacker for the cause, A
Son of the greater fatherland, A
Sun, The
Tag, Der
They the crucified
Three wishes
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Triumph of remorse, The
Unseen host, The
Valkyrie !
Vision of Columbus, The
War brides
Well remembered voice
Wheatless meal, The
White messenger, The
GREECE, ANCIENT — HISTORY AND
MYTHOLOGY
After Euripides' "Electra"
Apollo in Hades
Ariadne in Naxos
Aulis difficulty, The
Cliff of tears, The
Coming of Hippolytus, The
Death of Alcestis, The
Death of Alexander, The
Death of Hippolytus, The
Doom of Admetus, The
House of Aegues, The
Jason and Medea
Ladies of Athens
Lais
Loadice and Danae
Medea
Minos, King of Crete
Niobe
Pandora's box
Paris and Aenone
Return of Alcestis, The
Rumpus on Olympus, A
Sibyl, The
Soothsayer, The
Too much Galatea
When the fates decree
Woods of Ida
Wooing of Dionysus, The
X = O : A night of the Trojan
War
Xantippe and Socrates
HALLOWE'EN
"Brownie Night"
Fairy and the witch, The
Fire-spirits
Hallowe'en carnival and wax-
work show, A
Hallowe'en Puppet play
Haunted gate, The
Historical Hallowe'en, An
Jack Frost's surprise
Jimmy's ghosts
Magic chest, The
Testing of Sir Gawayne, The
What do you know about ghosts?
Who was scared?
Witches' hour and candle light
HARLEQUINADE
Aria da Capo
Course of true love, The
Harlequin
Heart of a clown, The
Merry death, A
Return of Harlequin, The
Wonder hat, The
HEALTH
Health champions, The
Jewels of Cornelia, The
Judith and Ariel
Mother Goose up-to-date
"Those dreadful vity-mines !"
HOLLAND HISTORY, LEGEND AND
SOCIAL LIFE
Katjen's garden
My lady's lace
On the dyke
St. Nicholas
Sojourners
HUMANITARIAN
Brothers
Humane citizens
We and our friends
INDIA — BACKGROUND AND PHILOSOPHY
Behind the Purdah
Chitra
Drums of Oude, The
Immortal lure, The
Judgment of Indra, The
Sacrifice
Serpent's tooth, The
Singing pool, The
INDIANS OF AMERICA
Capture of Ozah, The
Glory of the morning
Lark, The
Little owl
Mirage
Passing of Hiawatha, The
Petalesharoo
Squaw of Bear Claw
Star brave, The
Wakuwapi
Wooing of Lilinau, The
Yagowanea
Yot-che-ka
INVENTION
Samuel Morse's telegraph
Trial trip of the Clermont
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IRELAND HISTORY. BACKGROUND AND
SOCIAL LIFE
At the flowing of the tide
Betrayal, The
Blind
Bogie men, The
Cathleen ni Hoolihan
Clancy name, The
Coats
Countess Cathleen, The
Deirdre
Dreaming of the Bones, The
Foam maiden. The
Full of the Moon, The
Gaol gate, The
"Good housewife and her labors,
The"
Green helmet, The
Hyacinth Halvey
In the shadow of the glen
losagan
Jurisprudence
King, The
Kings threshold, The
Land of heart's desire, The
McDonough's wife
Magnanimous lover, The
Master, The
Miracle of the corn, The
O' Flaherty V. C.
"Oh Lawsy Me !"
On Baile's strand
Orangeman, The
Pagan, The
Tot of broth, A
Ramlet o' Puce, A
Red turf
Riders to the sea
Rising of the moon, The
Rush light, The
Shadow of the Glen, The
Sidhe of Ben-Mor, The
Singer, The
Spreading the news
Swift's pastoral
Traveling man, The
Troth. The
Twisting of the Rope, The
Widdy's mite, The
Workhouse ward, The
Wrens, The
ITALY — HISTORY, BACKGROUND AND
SOCIAL LIFE
Alchemist, The
Dove uncaged, The
Dream of a spring morning, The
Dream of liberty, A
Forest spring, The
Hour of greatness, The
Jewel merchants, The
Portrait of Hiero, The
Quarry slaves
Smile of Mona Lisa
Twilight saint, The
JAPAN HISTORY, DRAMA AND SOCIAL
LIFE
Aoi No Uye
Atsumori
Awoi No Uye
Aya No Tsuzumi
Benkei on the bridge
Bibi
Bushido from "Terakoya"
By Miho's pine-clad shore
Case of spoons
Chorio
Chrysanthemums
Daimyo, The
Daughter of Japan, A
Death-stone, The
Demon's shell, The
Early snow
Eboshi-ori
Flower of Yeddo, A
Fox's grave
Genjo
Hachi No Ki
Hagoromo
Haku Rakuten
Hands in the box, The
Hatsuyuki
Hoka priests, The
Honor of Daiizo, The
Honorable Miss, The
Ikeniye
Ikuta
Kagekiyo
Kakitsuhata
Kanawa
Kayoi Komachi
Kinuta
Kiri no Meijiyama
Kumasaka
Kyogen
Life is a dream
Love's heavy burden
Madman on the roof, The
Man and his wife, A
Melon thief. The
Mountain she-devil, The
Nakamitsu
Nari-Kin
Nishikigi
O Joy San
O-Ume's gods
Perfect Jewel maiden, The
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Pine-tree, The
Prince's pigeon, The
Razor, The
Sayonara
She who was fished
Shojo
Shower, The
Somebody — nothing
Sotoba Komachi
Suma Genji
Sumida Gawa
Sun goddess, The
Tamura
Taniko
Tears of the birds, The
Tsunemasa
Ukai
Vampire cat, The
Willow tree, The
Winning of Fuji, The
Yoslnwara
JEWISH HOLIDAYS
Ambition in White chapel
Because he loved David so
Casting of lots
Chanukah sketch
Delayed birthday
Dream book
Enemies of Israel
Golden gifts
King's choice, The
Maccabean cure, A
Night of light, The
Power of Purim, The
Purim players, The
Spirit of Purim, The
To save his country
Eternal song, The
Miss Tassey
Price of coal
Sabatage
LABOR DAY
Bee hive, The
Play lovers, The
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
Abe Lincoln and Little A. D.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln and the little
bird
Day that Lincoln died, The
Honest Abe
Lincoln's birthday
LITERARY CHARACTERS
way, The ( Robin
once was a
reen wood (Robin
End of the
Hood)
How Robin Hood
wait
In the good
Hood)
Little John joins the band of
Robin Hood
Potter Thompson (King Arthur)
Robin Hood becomes an outlaw
Ryland (Literary Characters —
Eng. 18th. cent.)
Silver blade, The (King Arthur)
Shakespeare Garden Club, The
Shakespeare's daughter
When knights were bold (King
Arthur)
MAY DAY
Crowning of the Dryads, The
First May baskets, The
Greatest gift, The
"In bells and motley"
Jack-I-the-Green
Making the best of things
May-day
Potentate of Weatherdom, The
Primrose lane
Queen Loving Heart
When Polly was queen of the
May
MEDIEVAL
Fool, The
Gringoire
Knight's return, The
Swanwhite
Tears of dawn
MEMORIAL DAY
Decoration Day
How sleep the brave
Memorial day
Memorial day pageant
Spirit of Memorial Day, The
MIRACLE
Abraham and Isaac
Adam's dream
Blessed birthday, The
Christmas guest, The
"Isle of chestnuts"
Mantle of the Virgin, The
Nursery maid of heaven, The
Snow image, The
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MISSIONARY
As ye sew
Going to school in China
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
the least
Paper money
Real price, The
Ruth's donation party
Test, The
Visit in Brazil, A
MORALITY
Broken bars. The
Butterfly, The
Cult of content, The
Every boy
Every senior
Everychild
'•Every girl"
Everystudent
Figs and thistles
Game, The
Garden, The
House, A
House of the heart, The
Human nature
Lord of the Harvest, The
Old woman, The
On the path of the child
One by one
One day awake
Queen's hour, The
NATURE
Mother Nature's trumpeter
Protest of the trees, The
Queen Flora's court
Sanctuary
Under the greenwood tree
Unselfish violet, The
When the sun stayed in bed
Wild animal play, The
Aftermath
Black tie
Darktown Social Betterment S'ci-
ety, The
Dreamy kid
Elder Jenkins' reception
Faith
Gabe's home run
Goat alley
Granny Boling
Granny Maumee
Hanging out the wash
In Aunt Chloe's cabin
Not in the regular army
Rider of dreams, The
Sam Tucker
Wanted — a valet
White dresses
NEW YEAR'S DAY
Baby New Year
Father Time and his children
Molly's New Year's party
New Year's Day
Old year and the new, The
Three sleepy-heads
Welcoming the New Year
NEWSPAPER
Editor-in-chief
Extra ! The newspaper minstrels
are out !
Freedom of the Press, The
Her first assignment
Her first scoop
Hicksville Bungler, The
Is the editor in?
Miss Jones, journalist
Mr. Editor
New reporter, The
People, The
Political editor, The
Scoop, The
Society column, The
Wire entanglement, A
ORIENTAL
Beggar and the King, The
Black death, The
Gold circle, The
Man with the bundle, The
Pagoda slave, A
Rose garden, The
Ruby Red
Siege, The
PATRIOTIC
Aunt Columbia's dinner party
Becoming an American
Crowning of Columbia, The
Crowning of peace, The
Dora
Eyes of faith
Girls over here. The
Little Miss America and the
happy children
Parted sisters. The
Patriot's parade. The
Spirit of Kiwanis, The
Star-spangled banner, The
PEACE
Brethren
Clemency
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Enemy, The
Glorious game, The
Peace that passeth understanding,
The
Triumph of peace, The
Where war conies
PHILANTHROPY
Locked door, The
Tramp and a night's lodging, A
PIERROT
Dream maker, The
End of the rainbow, The
Heart of Pierrot, The
Hearts to mend
Love and magic
Maker of dreams, The
Matinata
Moonshine
Pierrot by the light of the moon
Pierrot in Paris
Pierrot of the minute, The
While the mushrooms bubble
PLAYS WITHIN A PLAY
Aria da Capo
In the trenches "over there"
Way of a woman, The
POLITICAL
Daughter of men, The
Graft
His honor
Member for literature, The
Tea and politics
POVERTY
According to Darwin
Rack of the yards
Cost of a hat, The
Daily bread
Dog, The
Down in Paradise Alley
First time, The
Little mother of the slums, The
Mother-of-Pearl
Man on the kerb, The
State forbids, The
PRISON
Fifth commandment, The
Freedom
Release
Sounding brass
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Best seller, The
First American Library, The
Friends in bookland
I'm sorry — it's out !
Newsy wins
Quest of an ancestor, The
In the library
ROME, ANCIENT
Caligula's picnic
Calpurnia's dinner-party
Death of Agrippina, The
Cleopatra
Fata Deorum
Fidelitas
In the house of the poet
Lucullus's dinner-party
Nero's mother
Octavia
Pious AEneas
Sauce for the Emperor
Stoic's daughter, The
Wife of Marobius, The
RUSSIAN LIFE, COSTUMES AND
MANNERS
Anniversary, The
Babushka, The
Boor, The
Diadem of snow, A
Free speech
Jubilee, The
Little stone house, The
Love of women, The
Marriage proposal, A
On the highway
Protegee of the mistress, A
Snow witch, The
Tobacco evil, The
Tragedian in spite of himself, The
Wedding, The
Where love is, there God is also
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY
At the library
Cupid mixes things
Cupid's trick
Goblin guests
In a Valentine box
St. Valentine's house
Tertulla's garden
Valentine problem, A
Wooden shoe, The
SCANDINAVIAN HISTORY AND LEGEND
Combat with the dragon, The
Death of Balder, The
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Hildetua
Ingiald Evilheart
Knut at Roeskilde
Troll magic
Tyrfing
Wind over the water, The
SCOTLAND HISTORY AND SOCIAL, LIFE
Absolution of Bruce, The
Bairnies' Saturday night, The
Campbell of Kilmhor
Coming of Fair Annie, The
Glenforsa
Gruach
Jean
SCOUT
Behind the khaki of the scouts
Clever kid !
Fair play
If I were Bob
Jerry's job
Knotty problem, A
Lend a hand
Pheasants' eggs
Redeeming their characters
Scold, the scoundrel and the scout,
The
Scout's honor, A
Scouts to the rescue
SEA AND SAILORS
Admiral Peters
Boatswain's mate, The
Bound east for Cardiff
Changeling, The
Consarning Sairey 'Uggins
Crowsnest, The
Fog
Gee Whiz, The
Ghost of Jerry Bundler, The
Gray parrot, The
Love passage, A
He
In the Zone
Keeping up appearances
Moon of the Caribees, The
North-pole expedition, A
Rusty door, The
Sen, The
Thirst
Under sailing orders
Wanderer, The
SOUTH AFRICAN BACKGROUND
Culprit, The
On the Veldt
Strange physician, The
SPAIN HISTORY AND SOCIAL LIFE
Bright morning, A
By their words ye shall know
them
Children of Granada
His widow's husband
Passing of the magi, The
Philip the king
TEMPERANCE AND PROHIBITION
Child in the house, The
Flag of courage, The
Prohibition Mother Goose
Uncle Sam's flower garden
THANKSGIVING
Bob's and Tom's Thanksgiving
Charlie's pop-corn
Coming home to Grandma's
First Thanksgiving Day, The
First Thanksgiving dinner, The
Governor's proclamation, The
Letter from home, A
Meaning of Thanksgiving Day,
The
Priscilla, Myles and John
Pumpkin Pie Peter
Puritan prank, A
Scotch grace
Thanksgiving conspiracy, A
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving dream, A
Thanksgiving festival, A
Thanksgiving of Praisgod plenty,
The
Tommy's Thanksgiving party
Waif's Thanksgiving, The
White chief, The
Yellow law, The
THRIFT
Prpvident society, The
Thrift
UNITED STATES — HISTORY AND SOCIAL
LIFE
Colonial
Another man's place
At anchor
Cherry pie
Colonial school, A
Colinial Virginia
Departure, The
Diabolical circle, The
Dowry and romance
Easter rabbit, The
Encounter in the forest, An
Finding the May flowers
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First crop of apples, The
First winter, The
Gentlemen of Virginia
Georgia debtors, The
How the Indians planted powder
In Betsy Ross's time
In witchcraft days
Indian gifts
Indian story, An
John Bargrave, gentleman
Lady Betty's burglar
Life in New York
Little Pilgrims
Lost village, The
Massasoit's illness
Minister's dream, The
Narrow escape, A
One way to capture a fort
Pennsylvania incident, A
Pilgrim's holiday, The
Pilgrims in Holland, The
Quakers in New England, The
Skirmish at Rensselaerswijck, A
Soft-soap day, The
Stormy times
Story of a famous wedding, The
Strategy of Director Kieft, The
Three compromises of the consti-
tution
Virginia children of long ago
Visitors from the Colonial Period
Wampum belts
William Penn's Treaty with the
Indians
Witchcraft story, A
U. S. — Revolutionary War
Birthday ball. The
Boston Tea Party, The
Colonial tea
Declaration of Independence, The
Dianthe's desertion
Dispatches from Washington
"First in war, The"
For love and honor
Independence Day
Just before dawn
Making a flag
Patriots
Quaker way, The
Revolutionary days
Robert Morris and the Revolution
War woman, The
When the land was young
U. S.— Civil War
At retreat
Children of the Civil War
Clod, The
"Cracker, The"
Gate of dreams, The
Solemn pride
Star spangled banner, The
Underground railroad, The
UNITED STATES — PIONEER
Children of the Illini
Daniel Boone : patriot
Daniel Boone's snuff box
Gold in California
Homesteaders' Christmas, The
Lucky Hallowe'en, A
"Only a girl !"
Pioneer boys and girls
Pioneers, The
UNITED STATES, SOUTH HISTORY
AND SOCIAL LIFE
At old Mobile
Battle of Maubilla, The
De Soto and the Indians
How Bienville saved Mobile
Last of the Cargills, The
Lights of happyland, The
Shadows
Sunshine, an idyll
UNITED STATES, WEST — BACKGROUND
Branded Mavericks
Death in Fever Flat
Girl and the outlaw
Orator of Zapata City
Road-agent, The
Sheriff of Tuckahoe, The
Squaw-man, an idyl of the ranch,
The
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
George Washington and the
cherry tree
George Washington's fortune
Truth for a day, The
Washington's birthday
Young patriots' league
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Andromeda unfettered
Back of the ballot
Converted suffragist, A
Coronation, The
Dominant male, The
How the vote was won
Melinda and her sisters
Suffragette, The
Woman of it, The
Women's votes
Xanthippe on woman suffrage
COLLECTIONS
Abercrombie, Lascelles. Four short plays. Lond. Martin Seeker, 1922.
The Adder
The staircase
The deserter
(Also "The end of the world," two acts)
Alabama Centennial Commission. Series of Children's plays in commem-
oration of the close of a century of statehood. Montgomery, Ala. Paragon
Press. 1919.
At old Mobile
The battle of Maubilla
De Soto and the Indians
How Bienville saved Mobile
(Also "Alabama," a longer play)
Aldis, Mary. Plays for small stages. N. Y. Duffield, 1915.
Mrs. Pat and the law
The drama class of Taukaha, Nevada
Extreme unction
The letter
Temperment
Anderson, Mrs. Isabel. Everyboy and other plays for children. N. Y.
Shakespeare Press, 1914.
Everyboy
King Foxy of Muir Glacier
Little Doubt
Merry Jerry
The Gee Whiz
Justice Whisker's trial
The witch of the woods
(Also a longer play)
Arkwright, Ruth. Brownikins and other fancies. Music by J. W. Wilson.
Lond. Wells, Gardner, Darton, n. d.
Bibi ; or, The Japanese foundling
St. Nicholas
Baby New Year
(Also three longer plays)
Baker, George M. and others. Ten plays for boys. Bost. Walter H.
Baker, 1918.
Not wanted — a wife Fenn, Edward B.
The freedom of the Press Baker, George M.
Dizzy's dilemmas Brown. Charles I.
Hypnotism Bent. Newell
•(Also five plays copyrighted before 1900, and a longer play)
Baker, "Walter H. Co., Publishers. Plays in Pinafores. Bost. Walter H.
Baker. 1916.
An Easter miracle Harvey, Delia Shaw
The Doll's playhouse Selman, Ruth
School opera Fernald, Mrs. C. F. and Wilson, Olivia
L.
The honeymoon Fernald, Mrs. C. F. and Wilson, Olivia
L.
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Left Fernald, Mrs. C. F. and Wilson, Olivia
L.
Migg's revenge Dickens, Charles
The Irish washerwoman Fernald, Mrs. C. F. and Wilson, Olivia
L.
The cobbler's bargain Fernald, Mrs. C. F. and Wilson, Olivia
L.
Learning lessons Fernald. Mrs. C. F. and Wilson, Olivia
L.
(Also six other plays of different types)
Baldwin, Sidney. Five plays and five pantomimes. Phila. Penn, 1923.
The Christmas spirit
Christmas eve
Marjorie's garden
Mother nature's trumpeter
The enchanted gate
(Also five pantomimes)
Bangs, John K. The real thing and three other farces. N. Y. Harper, 1909.
The real thing
The Harringtons' "At home"
The return of Christmas
The side-show
Barbee, Liiulsey. Let's pretend. Chic. T. S. Denison, 1917.
The little pink lady
The Ever-Ever Land
When the toys awake
The forest of Every Day
A Christmas tree joke
"If Don't-Believe is changed into Believe"
Baring, Maurice. Diminutive dramas. Lond. Seeker, n. d.
Catherine Parr
The drawback
Pious AEneas
The death of Alexander
The Greek vase
The fatal rubber
The rehearsal
The blue Harlequin
The member for literature
Caligula's picnic
The Aulis difficulty
Don Juan's failure ' i
Calpurnia's dinner-party
Lucullus's dinner-party
The Stoic's daughter
After Euripides' "Electra"
Jason and Medea
King Alfred and the Neat-Herd
Rosamund and Eleanor
Ariadne in Naxos
Velasquez and the "Venus"
Xantippe and Socrates
Barker, Granville. Three short plays. Bost. Little, Brown, 1917.
Rococo
Vote by ballot
Farewell to the Theatre
Barnnm, Madalene D. School plays for all occasions. Newark, N. J. Barse
& Hopkins, 1922.
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The bee hive
Diego's dream
Scotch grace
Honest Abe
Brethren
How sleep the brave
Past, present and future
(Also four longer plays)
Barrie, James M. Echoes of the war. N. T. Scribner, 1918,
The old lady shows her medals
The new ward
Barbara's wedding
A well-remembered voice
Barrie, James M. Half hours. N. Y. Scribner, 1917
Pantaloon
The twelve pound look
Rosalind
The will
Barton, George E. The pipe of desire and other plays. Bost. Old Corner
Book Store, 1905.
The pipe of desire
The sewing machine
(Also "The Image of God," a dramatic story, and "The thing to be done,"
two acts)
Bax, Clifford. Polite satires. Lond. Medici Society, 1922.
The unknown hand
The volcanic island
Square pegs
Baxley. Isaac R. Poems and plays, Vol. 1. San Francisco. A. M. Robert-
son, 1921.
Cleopatra
In the home of the poet
Lais
The Aegean
The Parthenon
The fool
The Sibyl
(Also "The Fire- Woman," two acts)
Beach, Lewis. Four one-act plays. N. Y. Brentano's, 1921
The clod
A guest for dinner
Love among the lions
Brothers
Bechhofer, C. E. Five Russian plays with one from the Ukrainian. N. Y.
Button, 1910.
A merry death, a Harlequinade Evreinov, Nicholas
The beautiful despot Evreinov, Nicholas
The choice of a tutor Vizin. Denis von
The wedding Chekhov, Anton
The jubilee Chekhov, Anton
The Babylonian captivity Ukrainka, Lesya
Beith, John H. (Ian Hay, pseud.) The crimson cocoanut and other plays.
Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1913.
The crimson cocoanut
A late delivery
The missing card
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Bell, Lady, and Richmond, Mrs. Herbert. The cat and the fiddle book.
N. Y. Longmans, Green, 1922.
The cat and the fiddle
Lucy Locket
Polly put the kettle on
Oranges and lemons
Little Miss Muffet
Humpty Dumpty
(Also two longer plays)
Bell, Lady. Nursery comedies. N. Y. Longmans, Green, 1918.
What happened to Henny Penny
Little Petsy
Rather a prig
The monster in the garden
Cat and dog
Miss Dobson
The wigwam ; or, The little girl from town
Foolish Jack
Quite by ourselves
The best children in the world
(Also two longer plays)
Bell, May. What of the night? and other sketches. Lond. Arthur H. Stock-
well, (1918)?
The culprit
What of the night
Bluebeard
The strange physician
Marah
(Also "Britannia goes to war," a pageant)
Bennett, E. Arnold. Polite farces. N. Y. Doran, n. d.
The stepmother
A good woman
A question of sex
Benton, Rita. Shorter Bible plays. N. Y. Abingdon Press, 1922.
Moses in the bulrushes
The call of Samuel
The judgment of Solomon
The Good Samaritan
Manger service
(Also six longer plays)
Benton, Rita. The star-child and other plays. N. Y. Writers Pub. Co., 1921.
Where love is, there God is also
The happy man
King Robert of Sicily
Yussouf
The life beyond
(Also three longer plays)
Block, Etta, tr. One-act plays from the Yiddish. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd,
1923.
Champagne Perez, Isaac L.
Mother and son Halpern, J.
The stranger Hirschbein, Perez
The snowstorm Hirschbein, Perez
When the dew falleth Hirschbein, Perez
The eternal song Arnstein, Marc
Bloxam, E. E. Little pageant plays for children. Lond. Wells, Gardner,
Darton, n. d.
A world-wide baby
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Where is happiness?
Brothers and sisters
The best wish
Manners makyth the man
Cuckoo !
Growing up
Philosophy and fairies
Bot tomley, Gordon. King Lear's wife ; The crier by night ; The riding
to Lithend ; Midsummer eve ; Laodice and Danae. Bost. Small, May-
nard, n. d.
King Lear's wife
The crier by night
The riding to Lithend
Midsummer eve
Laodice and Danae
Brand, Alfred. The infernal masculine a,nd other comedies. Bost. Corn-
hill Co., 1918.
The infernal masculine
Three is company
Did it really happen?
Brighouse, Harold. Plays Tor the meadow and plays for the lawn. N. Y.
French, 1921.
May pole morning
The Paris doctor
The Prince who was a piper
The man about the place
Brown, Alice. One act plays. N. Y. Macmillan, 1921.
The hero
Doctor Auntie
The crimson lake
Milly dear
The web
The loving cup
Joint owners in Spain
The sugar house
A March wind
Browne-Evarts, Edith. Young folks' dialogues and dramas. Chic., M. A.
Donohue, 1902.
Not so bad after all
Our mother's aid society
The last day of school
A pleasant surprise
Put to the test
The prize of learning
The Jones family
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Honesty's the best policy
Military and medicine
(Also two longer plays and six dialogues)
Browne, Horace B. Short plays from Dickens. Lond. Chapman & Hall,
1908.
Mrs. Tibbs boarding-house
Miss Squeers' tea-party
The gentleman next door
Hatching a conspiracy
The stranger's visit
Mr. Pecksniff's pleasant family party
An unexpected meeting
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A division between friends
The friendly waiter
Betsey Trotwood at home
Mr. Micauber's prospects
Mr. Guppy's proposal
Mrs. Snagsby's guests
Mr. George's shooting gallery
Silas Wegg's stall
Mr. Venus' shop
At "Jenny Wren's"
•(Also two longer plays)
Brunner, Emma B. Bits of background in one act plays. N. Y. Knopf,
1919.
Over age
The spark of life
Strangers
Making a man
Bngbee, Willis N. Jolly Christmas book. Syracuse, N. Y. Willis N. Bug-
bee, 1919.
Molly's Christmas tree
The Santa Claus brigade
Surprising Santa
A reception for Santa Claus
(Also two plays in two scenes, and many recitations, monologues, etc.)
Bullivant, Cecil H. Home plays, a collection of new, simple, and effective
plays for boys and girls. N. Y. Dodge Pub. Co., n. d.
The mushroom meadow
The paradise of children
Won
Courage
The Cherry-Blossom Princess
Peter Grief
Aunt Grundy
"In bells and motley"
The wooden shoe
(Also seventeen longer plays and one play in the French language)
Bui-bank. Barbara and others. Comedies for young folks. Bost. Walter
H. Baker, 1902.
Beresford Benevolent Society
Love's Stratagem
Who wins?
The Postman's knock
(Also six longer plays)
Burrows, Edith.; Bridgham, Gladys R. and others. Short plays for
small players. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1915.
The key '.i.'..':
The children's hour
Bouquet of rose spirits
Pat's excuse
(Also four longer plays)
Bynner, Witter. A book of plays. N. Y. Knopf, 1922.
The little king
A night wind
Tiger
Cycle
Iphigenia in Tauris
Calderon, George. Eight one-act plays. Lond. Grant Richards, 1922.
Peace
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The little stone house
Derelicts
Geminae
Parkin Bros.
The two talismans
The lamp
Longing
California University, Idttle Theatre -workshop. Plays of the Univer-
sity of California. Little Theatre Workshop. Univ. of Calif. Little The-
atre Press, 1922.
Derby Gentry, Helen
The man who never worried Liick, H. R.
The King laughs Chevalier, Haakon M.
The obstacle Danuariakes, Stephanie
Cameron, Margaret. Comedies in miniature. N. Y. McClure, Philips, 1903.
Miss Doulton's orchids
The burglar
The kleptomaniac
A pipe of peace
A Christmas chime
The committee on matrimony
Her neighbor's creed
(Also four monologues)
Cannan, Gilbert. Four plays. Lond. Sedgwick & Jackson, 1913.
James and John
Mary's wedding
A short way with authors
(Also Miles Dixon, two acts)
Carolina folk-plays. N. Y. Holt, 1922.
When witches ride Lay, Elizabeth A.
Peggy Williamson, Harold
"Dod gast ye both !" Heffner, Hubert
Off Nags head ; or, The Bell Buoy MacMillan, Dougald
The last of the Lowries Greene, Paul
Carter, Hobart. Christmas candles ; plays for boys and girls. N. Y. Holt,
1915.
The Christmas Brownie
The Babushka
Minty-Malviny's Santa Glaus
The hundred
(Also eight longer plays)
Canldwell, Samuel M. Chocolate cake and black sand, and two other plays.
N. Y. Putnam, 1917.
Chocolate cake and black sand
The undoing of Giant Hotstoff
The invention of the rat trap
Chambers, C. I. The Boy Scouts' book of plays. Lond. Wells, Gardner,
Darton, 1914.
Pheasants' eggs
The scold, the scoundrel
Scouts to the rescue
Redeeming their character
Chapin, Harold. Three one-act plays. N. Y. Samuel French, 1921.
It's the poor that 'elps the poor
The autocrat of the coffee-stall
Innocent and Annabel
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Chaplin, Alice W. A play a month for female characters. Bost. Walter H.
Baker, 1917.
Pickles, bonbons and temper
A Valentine problem
Mad ! Mad !
Because it rained
May
That boy
Independent Flynn
Home and mother
Behind the screen
Thankful for Jack
Merry Christmas
(Also one longer play)
Chekhov, Anton. (Tchekoff, pseud.) Plays. Second series. N. Y. Scrib-
ner, n. d.
On the high road
The proposal
The wedding
The bear
A tragedian in spite of himself
The anniversary
(Also "The three sisters," four acts, and "The cherry orchard," four acts)
Clark, Barrett H., ed. Representative one-act plays by British and Irish
authors. Bost. Little, Brown, 1921.
The widow of Wasdale Head Pinero, Arthur
The goal Jones, Henry A.
Salome Wilde, Oscar
The man in the stalls Sutro, Alfred
Op-'o-Me-Thumb Fenn, Frederick and Pryce, Richard
The impertinence of the creature Gordon-Lennox, Cosmo
The stepmother Bennett, E. Arnold
Rococo Barker, Granville
James and John Cannan, Gilbert
The snow man Housman, Laurence
Fancy free Houghton, Stanley
Lonesome-like Brighouse, Harold
Mtes Tassey Baker, Elizabeth
Makeshifts Robins, Gertrude
The maker of dreams Down, Oliphant
The land of Heart's Desire Yeats, William B.
Riders to the sea Synge, J. M.
Spreading the news Gregory, Lady
Magnanimous lover Ervine, St. John G.
The golden doom Dunsany, Lord
Cleather, Dorothy. A handy book of plays for girls. Chic. Saalfield Pub.
Co., n. d.
A black trouble
Just like a story
The twins
Stuffing
The magic tabloid
(Also "A burning question," two acts)
Clements, Colin C. Plays for a folding theatre. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd,
1923.
Pierrot in Paris
Columbine
The return of Harlequin
Three lepers of Suk-El-Garab
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The desert
The siege
Moon tide
Cohen, Helen L., ed. One-act plays by modern authors. N. Y. Harcourt,
Brace, 1921.
The boy will Rogers, Robert E.
Beauty and the Jacobin Tarkington, Booth
The Pierrot of the minute Dowson, Ernest
The maker of dreams Down, Oliphant
Gettysburg MacKaye, Percy
Wurzel-Flummery Milne, Alan A.
Maid of France Brighouse, Harold
Spreading the news Gregory, Lady
Welsh honeymoon Marks, Jeannette
Riders to the sea Synge, John M.
A night at an inn Dunsany, Lord
The twilight saint Young, Stark
The masque of the two strangers Egerton, Lady Alix
The intruder Maeterlinck, Maurice
Fortune and men's eyes Peabody, Josephine P.
The little man Galsworthy, John
Cohen, Helen L. The junior play book. N. Y. Harcourt Brace, 1923.
Jephthah's daughter Levinger, Elma E.
The forfeit Rogers, T. B.
The trysting place Tarkington, Booth
Square pegs Bax, Clifford
The twisting of the rope Hyde, Douglas
Paddy pools Malleson
Followers Brighouse, Harold
Brother. Sun Housman, Laurence
(Also three longer plays)
Cooke, Marjorie B. Dramatic episodes. Chic. Dramatic Pub. Co., 1904.
A court comedy
Manners and modes
The confessional
The child in the house
The lion and the lady
Success
Lady Betty's burglar
A dinner — with complications
Reform
When love is young
Craig, Anne A. T. The dramatic festival. N. Y. Putnam, 1912.
The grasshoppers and the ants
The greatest gift
The course of true love
The pool of answers
(Also "Minka's wedding," a longer play)
Crocker, Bosworth. Humble folk. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1923.
The last straw
The baby carriage
The dog
The first time
The cost of a hat
Dakota Playmaker plays. First series. Four one-act plays on Colonial
themes. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1923.
The diabolical circle Bornstead, Beulah
John Bargrave, Gentleman Grinnell, John E.
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Another man's place Wilder, Marion
Dowry and romance Meblin, Rose C.
Dalkeith. Lena. Little plays. Lond. T. C. & E. C. Jack, n. d.
The Princess and the swineherd
King Alfred and the cakes
Scene from Robin Hood
Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin
(Also a longer play)
Daly, Arnold. The dominant male, essays and plays. N. Y. Moffat, Yard &
Co., 1921.
The dominant male
Democracy's king
Dane, Essex. One act plays. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1923.
When the whirlwind blows
The wasp
Wrong numbers
A serpent's tooth
Happy returns
The workers at the looms
Cul-de-sac
Fleurette & Company
The wooden leg
Dargan, Olive T. and Peterson, Frederick. The nutter of the goldleaf,
and other plays. N. Y. Scribner, 1922.
The flutter of the goldleaf Dargan, Olive T. & Peterson, Fred-
erick
The journey Dargan, Olive T.
(Also "Everychild" in five scenes, and "Two doctors at Akragas")
Davis, M. E. M. A bunch of roses and other parlor plays. Bost. Small, May-
nard, 1908.
A bunch of roses
Queen Anne cottages
His lordship
Christmas boxes
(Also two longer plays)
Dell, Floyd. King Arthur's socks, and other village plays. N. Y. Knopf.
1922.
Human nature
The chaste adventures of Joseph
The angel intrudes
Legend
Sweet-and-Twenty
A long time ago
Enigma
Ibsen revisited
King Arthur's socks
The rim of the world
Poor Harold
Denison, Emily H. The little mother of the slums, and other plays. Bost.
Gorham Press, 1915.
The little mother of the slums
Duped
My friend's in town
The mystery of Beacon Hill
Dolly Madison's afternoon tea
(Also "The Yeggman," two scenes, and "The dawn of music," a wordless
drama)
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Denton, Clara J. All the holidays. Chic. A. Flanagan Co., 1905.
Three sleepy-heads Denton, Clara J.
At the library Denton, Clara J.
Making the best of things Denton, Clara J.
Bob's and Tom's Thanksgiving Denton, Clara J.
Charlie's popcorn Denton, Clara J.
The Governor's proclamation Denton, Clara J.
Hanging up the stockings Denton, Clara J.
Old friends together Cherryman, Myrtle C.
(Also recitations, dialogues, and exercises)
Denton, Clara J. When the curtain rises. Program book, Volume 2. N. Y.,
J. Fischer & Bros., 1909.
The senior
No crown
The Queen's offer
The wager
An underground opportunity
The gentle janitor
A new man in town
"Isabel"
The thief
(Also recitations, drills, duologues, and longer plays)
Dix, Beulah M. Allinson's lad, and other martial interludes. N. Y. Holt,
1910.
Allison's lad
The hundredth trick
The weakest link
The snare and the fowler
The captain of the gate
The dark of the dawn
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. Voices from everywhere
N. Y. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1914.
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least Hobart, Margaret J.
The real price ; or, Stranger than fiction Jeffreys, William H.
Paper money Jeffreys, William H.
Evening rice Jeffreys, William H.
A visit in Brazil Brown, William C.
At the door of the Igloo An Alaskan Missionary
(Also six dialogues)
Dreiser, Theodore. Plays of the natural and the supernatural. N. Y. Lane,
1916.
The girl in the coffin
The blue sphere
Laughing gas
In the dark
The spring recital
The light in the window
"Old Rag picker"
Drinkwater, John. Pawns : three poetic plays. Lond. Sidgwick & Jackson,
1917.
The storm
The God of Quiet
X = O : A night of the Trojan War
Dnnsany, Lord. Five plays. Bost., Little, Brown, 1914.
The golden doom
The glittering gate
The last silk hat
(Also two longer plays)
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Dunsany, Lord. Plays of gods and men. Bost. Luce & Co., 1917.
The queen's enemies
A night at an inn
(Also "The tents of the Arabs," two acts, and "The laughter of the Gods,"
three acts)
Dunsany, Lord. Plays of near and far. N. Y. Putnam, 1922.
The compromise of the King of the Golden Isle
Cheezo
A good bargain
If Shakespeare lived to-day
Fame and the poet
(Also "The flight of the Queen," a longer play)
Duran, Leo, tr. Plays of old Japan. N. Y. Thomas Seltzer, 1921.
The Daimyo
The honor of Danzo
The hands in the box
(Also two longer plays)
Eliot, Samuel A., Jr., ed. Little theatre classics, Vol. 1. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1917.
Polyxena, from the "Hecuba" of Euripides
A Christmas miracle-play : the pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors in the
Coventry Cycle of Miracles
Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlow
Ricardo and Viola, from "The Coxcomb" of Beaumont and Fletcher
The scheming lieutenant, from "St. Patrick's Day," by Richard Brinsley
Sheridan
Eliot, Samuel A., Jr., ed. Little theatre classics, Vol. 11. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1920.
Pateliu Alecis, Giullaume
Abraham and Isaac Brome & Chester, Cycle of Miracles
Sganarelle Moliere
(Also two longer plays)
Eliot, Samuel A., Jr., ed. Little theatre classics, Vol. III. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1921.
Bushido Idzumo, Takeda
Old wife's tale . Peele, George
The Duchess of Pavy Ford, John
(Also one longer play)
Eliot, Samuel A., Jr., ed. Little theatre classics, Vol. IV. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1922.
The wandering scholar from Paradise Sachs, Hans
All for love Dryden, John
The martyrdom of Ali Miracle play of Hasan and Husain
(Also a longer play)
Elkins, Fenton B. Three tremendous trifles. N. Y. Duffield, 1919.
The Belgian baby
The quick and the dead
"Figuratively speaking"
Ellis, Mrs. Havelock. Love in danger. Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1915.
The subjection of Kezia
The pixy
The mothers
Elwes, Mary. Temporary engagements and other plays. Lond. Francis Grif-
fiths, 1920.
Two in a flat
In time of war
(Also "Temporary engagements," two acts)
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Ervine, St. John G. Four Irish plays. Dublin. Maunsel, 1914.
The magnanimous lover
The critics
The Orangeman
(Also "Mixed marriage," four acts)
Evans, Delia J. Two plays and a preface. Bost. Richard G. Badger, 1921.
"M— R— S"
The younger son
Fay, Frederick L. and Emerson, M. A. Three plays for boys. N.Y.
Association Press, 1919. (The International Commission of the Young
Men's Christian Ass'n)
Lend a hand
If I were Bob
(Also "A regular fellow," three acts)
Fenollosa, Ernest and Pound, Ezra. 'Noh ; ' or, Accomplishment, a study
of the classical stage of Japan. N. Y. Knopf, 1917.
Sotoba Komachi
Kayoi Komachi
Suma Genji
Shojo
Tamura
Tsunemasa
Kinuta
Hagoromo
Kagekiyo
Awoi no Uye
Kakitsubata
Chorio
Genjo
(Also "Kumaska," two acts, and "Nishikigi," two acts)
Fitzmaurice, George. Five plays. Bost. Little, Brown. 1914.
The pie-dish
The magic glasses
The dandy dolls
(Also "The country dressmaker," three acts, and "The moonlighter," four
acts)
Flying Stag plays. N. Y. Egmont Arens, 1918.
The Sandbar queen Cronyn, George
Night Oppenheim, James
The angel intrudes Dell, Floyd
Enter the hero Helburn, Theresa
Two blind beggars and one less blind Moeller, Philip
The slave with two faces Davies, Mary C.
Blind O'Brien, Seumas
47 Workshop. Plays. First series. N. Y. Brentano's, 1918.
Three pills in a bottle Field, Rachel L.
"The good men do" Osborne, Hubert
Two crooks and a lady Pillot, Eugene
Free speech Prosser, William L.
47 Workshop. Plays. Second series. N. Y. Brentano's, 1920.
Torches Raisbeck, Kenneth
Cooks and cardinals Lindan, Norman C.
A Flitch of Bacon Hinkley, Eleanor H.
The playroom Halman, Doris F.
47 Workshop. Plays. Third series. N. Y. Brentano's, 1922.
The crowsnest Manley, William F.
The hard heart Kister, M. A., Jr.
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Mis' Mercy Bray, Louise W.
The other one Ketchum, Arthur
Fotheringham, E. M. and Gemmell, John. Tiny plays for tiny people.
N. Y. French, 1921.
Good intentions
The Muffin man
The middle of the night
Why?
Whiney-Piney
Baby's ill
Mrs. Marconi
Authorship
Maggie Ann
Frank, Maude M. Short plays about famous authors. X. Y. Holt, 1915.
A mistake at the manor
When Heine was twenty-one
Miss Burney at Court
A Christmas Eve with Charles Dickens
The fairies' plea
Fuller, Alice C. Dramatized stories, myths, and legends. Franklin, Ohio.
Eldridge Entertainment house, 1913.
Puss in boots
Hans and Grethel
Little John joins the band of Robin Hood
Robin Hood becomes an outlaw
Cinderella
Rhoecus
Little Red Riding Hood
The golden touch
Juno's bird
Clytie
Siegfried and Brunehilde
(Also two longer plays and a dialogue)
Galsworthy, John. Six short plays. N. Y. Scribner, 1915-21.
Hall-marked
Defeat
The sun
Punch and Go
(Also "The first and the last," three scenes, and "The Httle man." three
scenes)
Gascoin, Catherine B. The lumber room, and other plays. N. Y. Vaughan
& Gomme, 1914.
The lumber room
Fickle Juliet
The Fortescues' dinner party
John Arbery's dream
The P. G.'s. (two scenes)
Them banns
The Toolip
Wrong again
Gerstenberg, Alice. Ten one-act plays. N. Y. Brentano's, 1921.
He said and she said —
Overtones
The unseen
The buffer
Attuned
The pot boiler
Hearts
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Beyond
Fourteen
The illuminatti in drama libre
Gibson, Wilfrid W. Battle and other poems. N. Y. Macmillan, 1917.
Stonefolds
The bridal
The scar
Winter dawn
The ferry
On the threshold
(Also many poems)
Gibson, Wilfrid W. Borderlands and Thoroughfares. N. Y. Macmillan,
1914.
The queen's crags
Bloodybush edge
Hoops
Gibson, Wilfrid W. Daily Bread. N. Y. Macmillan, 1916.
The house of candles
On the road
The betrothed
The first born
"The family pride"
The garret
The shirt
The mother
The furnace
The child
The night-shift
Agatha Steel
Mates
The operation
The call
The wound
Summer-dawn
Holiday
Gibson, Wilfrid W. Poems (1904-1917). N. Y. Macmillan, 1912-1917.
Stonefolds
The bridal
The scar
Winter dawn
The ferry
On the threshold
The house of candles
On the road
The betrothed
The first-born
"The family's pride"
The garret
The shirt
The mother
The furnace
The child
The night-shift
Agatha Steel
Mates
The operation
The call
The wound
Summer-dawn
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Holiday
Womenkind
The Queen's Crags
Bloodybush Edge
Hoops
(Also includes many poems)
Gibson, Wilfrid W. Stonefolds. Lond. Elkin Mathews, 1916.
Stonefolds
The bridal
The scar
Winter dawn
The ferry
On the threshold
Glaspell, Susan. The people and Close the book. N. Y. Shay, 1918.
The people
Close the book
Glaspell, Susan. Plays. Bost. Small, Maynard, 1920.
Trifles
The people
Close the book
Woman's honor
Tickless time (In collaboration with George C. Cook)
The outside
(Also "Bernice," three acts, and "Suppressed desires," two scenes)
Goodlander, Mabel R. Fairy plays for children. Chic. Rand McNally,
1915.
The honest woodcutter
Mistress Mary gives a garden party
The pine tree
The elves and the shoe-maker
(Also five longer plays)
Goodman, Kenneth S. More quick curtains. Chic. The Stage Guild, 1923.
The green scarf
The red flag
The parting
Behind the black cloth
At the edge of the wood
Dancing dolls
Goodman, Kenneth S. Quick curtains. Chic, the Stage Guild, 1915.
Dust of the road
The game of chess
Barbara
Ephraim and the winged bear
Back of the yards
Dancing dolls
A man can only do his best
Gould, Felix. The marsh maiden and other plays. Bost. Four Seas, 1918.
The marsh maiden
The stranger
In the marshes
Graham, Manta S. Light weights. Bost. Cornhill Pub. Co., 1921.
The goose
The trend
Two's company
A By-product
Allied occupations
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Grange plays — Number one. One-act plays compiled by J. A. Darrow.
N. Y. Chatham, 1914.
His lordship
The golden wedding
The school board in our town
The drifting clouds
The burglar alarm
(Also two longer plays and recitations, tableaux, and entertainments)
Grange plays — Number two. One-act plays, compiled by J. W. Darrow.
N. Y. Chatham, 1915.
Troubles of a housekeeper
The Rosedale sewing society
Maw Moseley's courtin' lamp
Mrs. Elwell's paper
(Also two longer plays and dialogues, pantomimes, etc.)
Grange plays — Number three. One-act plays. Pub. by J. W. Darrow.
N. Y. Chatham, 1915.
The spiritual boost at Sallytown
The wrong man
Cranberry corners
(Also one longer play)
Greene, Clay M. The dispensation and other plays. N. Y. Doran, 1914.
The dispensation
The star of Bethlehem
"Through Christmas Bells"
The awakening of Barbizon
Greene, Kathleen C. The little boy out of the wood and other dream plays.
Lond. John Lane, 1917.
The little boy out of the wood
Night watches
The poppy seller
The first Christmas Eve
The vision splendid
The Princess on the road
The two bad fairies
Gregory, Lady Isabelle A. The image and other plays. N. Y. Putnam,
1922.
Hanrakan's oath
The wrens
(Also "The image," three acts, and "Shanwalla," two acts)
Gregory, Lady Isabelle A. New comedies. N. Y. Putnam, 1913.
The Bogie men
The full moon
Coats
McDonough's wife
(Also "Danner's gold," two acts)
Gregory, Lady Isabelle A. Seven short plays. N. Y. Putnam, 1903.
Spreading the news
Hyacinth Halvey
The rising of the moon
The Jack daw
The workhouse ward
The travelling man
The Gaol Gate
Griffith, Benjamin L. C. Plays and monologues. Phila. Penn Pub. Co.,
1901.
Forget-me-not
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A cloudy day
Wanted — a valet
For her sake
A mistake in identity
Not at home
Guild, Thacher H. The power of a God and other one-act plays. Urbana,
111. University of Illinois Press, 1919.
The class of '50
The higher good
The power of a God
The portrait
Gnnnison, Biimcy. New dialogues and plays for young people. N. Y.
Hinds, Hayden, Eldredge, 1905.
Mrs. Hardcastle's journey. Goldsmith, Oliver
A matter of duty Hope. Anthony
Pride against pride Marston, Westland
A disastrous announcement Dickens, Charles
Miss Judith Macan Lever, Charles
Helen and Modus Knowles, Sheridan
Sam Weller and his father Dickens, Charles
Extracting a secret Crawford, F. M.
Open or shut? Musset, Alfred de
The Prairie Princesses Gunnison, Binney
"Gentlemen, the King !" Barr, Robert
Ben-Hur and Iras Wallace, Lew
Savonarola and Lorenzo Austin, Alfred
Love conquers revenge Byr, Robert
Becket saves Rosamund Tennyson, Alfred Lord
The Princess and the Countess Stevenson, Robert L.
Queen Catherine Shakespeare, William
Deacon Brodie Henley and Stevenson
Pizarro and Rolla Sheridan, Richard B.
Raimond released Hemans, Mrs. Felicia
Mrs. Harwood's secret Oliphant. Mrs. M. O. W.
Innocence rewarded Goldsmith, Oliver
(Also five longer plays)
Guptill, Elizabeth F. and Hunting, Ema S. and others. Bright ideas
for Christmas. Lebanon, Ohio. March Bros., 1920.
The messenger birds
The boy who found Christmas
The jolliest Christmas ever
What King Christmas brought
(Also a longer play and many recitations, drills, exercises)
Guptill. Elizabeth F. The complete Hallowe'en book. Lebanon, Ohio.
March Bros., 1915.
Who was scared?
What do you know about ghosts?
(Also a longer play and many recitations, dialogues, drills, etc.)
Guptill, Elizabeth F. Guptill's new Christmas book. Lebanon, Ohio.
March Bros., 1915.
A discouraged worker
The worm turns
Wanted — a chimney
(Also recitations, dialogues, and drills)
Guptill, Elizabeth F. Twelve plays for children. Chic. Beckley-Cardy Co.,
1910.
The Census man
The baby show
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The color fairies
Taking teacher's place
Grandmother's cat
Imaginary Tommy
Marie recites
Playing Rabbit
Uncle Joe's will
A dose of his own medicine
CAlso two longer plays)
Halmau. Doris F. Set the stage for eight. Bost. Little, Brown. 1923.
Lady Anne
Santa Claus
The playroom
Fannie and the ghost
The difficult border
The closet
The dog
Will-o'-the-wisp
Hare, Walter B. The white Christmas and other merry Christmas plays.
Chic., T. S. Denison, 1917.
The white Christmas
Anita's secret : or, Christmas in the steerage
Christmas with the Mulligan's
A Christmas Carol ; or, The Miser's Yuletide dream
Her Christmas hat
(Also "The wishing man," three acts)
Harper's book of little plays. Selected by Madalene D. Barnum. N. Y.
Harper. 1910.
The revolt of the Holidays Stevenson. Edward I.
The Ninepin Club Creevey. Caroline A. & Sangster, Margaret E.
Familiar quotations Bermann, Patty P.
The tables turned Bangs. John K.
A Thanksgiving dream Creevey, Caroline A. & Sangster, Margaret E.
(Also "The frog party," three acts)
Harvard Dramatic Club. Plays. N. .Y Brentano's. 1918.
The florist shop Hawkridge. Winifred
The bank account Brock, Howard
The rescue . Smith, Rita C.
America passes by Andrews, Kenneth
Harvard Dramatic Club. Plays. Second series. N. Y. Brentano's, 1919.
The harbor of lost ships Bray, Louise W.
Garafelia's husband Bates, Esther W.
The scales and the sword Bishop, Farnham
The four-flushers Kinkead, Cleves
Haslett, Harriet H. Dolores of the Sierra, and other one-act plays. San
Francisco. Calif., Paul Elder, 1917.
Dolores of the Sierra
The scoop
Undercurrents
A modern menage
The inventor
When love is blind
Henderson, Mrs. Alice C. (Alice Corbin). Adam's dream and two other
miracle plays for children. N. Y. Scribner, 1909.
Adam's dream
The star of Bethlehem
Easter morning
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Hewlett, Maurice. Agonists : a trilogy of God and man. N. Y. Scribner,
1911.
Minos, King of Crete
Ariadne in Naxos
The death of Hippolytus
Hill, Frederick T. High school farces. N. Y. Stokes, 1920.
"Dinner's served !"
The heathen Chinee
A knotty problem
Holley, Horace. Read-aloud plays. N. Y. Kennerley, 1916.
Her happiness
A modern prodigal
The incompatibles
The genius
Survival
The telegram
Rain
Pictures
His luck
Holt, Florence T. They the crucified and Comrades. Bost. Houghton, 1918.
They the crucified
(Also "Comrades," two scenes)
Houghton, Stanley. Five one-act plays. N. Y. French, 1913.
The dear departed
Fancy free
The master of the house
Phipps
The fifth commandment
Housman, Laurence. Angels and ministers. Lond. Cape, 1921.
The Queen, God Bless Her !
His favorite flower
The comforter
Housman, Laurence. Angels and ministers ; four plays of Victorian shade
and character. N. Y. Harcourt, Brace, 1922.
The Queen, God Bless Her !
His favorite flower
The comforter
Possession
Housman, Laurence. False premises : five one-act plays. Oxford. Basil
Blackwell, 1922.
The Christmas tree
The torch of time
Moonshine
A fool and his money
The house fairy
Houseman, Laurence. The wheel: three poetic plays on Greek subjects.
N. Y. French, 1920.
Apollo in Hades
The death of Alcestis
The doom of Admetus
Hubbard, Eleanore. Citizenship plays : a dramatic reader for upper grades.
Chic. Benjamin H. Sanborn, 1922.
The Mayflower compact
The Charter Oak
The Declaration of Independence
A Colonial school
The first American library
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"The price of Liberty"
The banker's strategy
The homesteader's Christmas
Salvage
Forewarned is forearmed
No man is above the law
(Also twenty longer plays)
Hubbard, Eleauore. Little American history plays for little Americans.
Chic. Benjamin H. Sanborn, 1919.
The soft-soap day
"The first in war"
Independence day
The Star-Spangled Banner
One way to capture a fort
"Only a girl !"
A lucky Hallowe'en
Daniel Boone's snuff box
Gold in California
The trial trip of the Clermont
Samuel Morse's telegraph
Memorial day
America pays her debt to France
(Also fourteen longer plays)
Hunter, Rex. Stuff o' Dreams and other plays. Chic., T. S. Denison, 1919.
The wild goose
Stuff o' Dreams
Hands and the man
The Romany Road
Irish., Marie. Choice Christmas dialogues and plays.' Dayton, Ohio. Paine
Pub. Co., 1922.
The boastful giant
The broken picture
Herbert's discovery
Doing away with Christmas
Merry Christmas, Jake
The joy of giving
The Pickett's Christmas party
The Christmas dinner
A double Christmas gift
Grandfather's bright Christmas plan
(Also many dialogues, two longer plays, and plays of another type)
Irish, Marie. Little people's plays. Chic., T. S. Denison, 1913.
A good little girl
Prindle's proposal
Sambo's party
A visit from the Brownies
(Also nine longer plays)
Irish, Marie. Plays and comedies for little folks. Chic., A. Flanagan", 1912.
Hiawatha
Mother Goose and her flock
The baby show
Brave foresters
The days of long ago
Little house keepers
The lost pocket book
A North-pole expedition
Old Uncle Rat gives his consent
A trained menagerie
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Waiting for the train
We and our friends
When we are grown up
When we are women
(Also longer plays and entertainments)
Irish, Marie. The primary Christmas book. Dayton, Ohio. Paine Pub.
Co., 1922.
Uncle Sam's mistake
Uncle Grouch
The Christmas cookies
(Also recitations, drill, dialogues)
Irish. Marie, Denton, Clara J., Smith, Laura R., and others. Thirty new
Christmas dialogues and plays. Chic. Flanagan, 1909.
A Christmas surprise for Mother
Goose Irish, Marie
A Christmas journey Irish, Marie
Christmas wishes Irish, Marie
The boastful weather vane Denton, Clara J.
A visit to Santa Glaus Irish, Marie
The next day Denton, Clara J.
Christmas visitors from other lands Irish, Marie
"No presents" Denton, Clara J.
All his fault Denton, Clara J.
Christmas influence Irish, Marie
Christmas sympathy Irish, Marie
"The book of things" Denton, Clara J.
The true Christmas spirit Irish, Marie
Unexpected company Denton, Clara J.
Christmas at Holly Farm Denton, Clara J.
No Christmas in the house Irish, Marie
Trials of Christmas shopping Irish, Marie
Christmas in the air Irish, Marie
The great sale Denton, Clara J.
(Also eleven other dialogues and sketches)
Irwin, Grace Ii. Drawing room plays. San Francisco, Calif., Paul Elder,
1903.
A domestic dilemma
Heroes
An innocent villain
Art for art's sake
An intimate acquaintance
The wedding of Muh Foy
Music hath charms
Iwasaki, Yozan T. and Hughes, Glenn. Three modern Japanese plays.
Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1923.
The razor Nakamura, Kichizo
*The madman on the roof Kikuchi, Kan
Nari-Kin Iwasaki, Yozan
Jenkins, Hester D. Five playlets, written for the Department of Social
Betterment. Brooklyn, N. Y., Bureau of Charities, 1915.
Mother Goose up-to-date
Judith and Ariel
Our friends, the foods
In a tenement
(Also "Killing giants," three scenes)
Jennings, Gertrude. Four one act plays. N. Y. French, 1914.
The rest cure
Between the soup and the savoury
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The pros and cons
Acid drops
Jex, John. Passion playlets. Bost. Cornhill Co., 1918.
Violet souls
The nest
Mr. Willoughby calls
The unnecessary atom
Johnson, Gertrude E. Dialects for oral interpretation. N. Y. Century,
1922.
A Ramlet o' Puce Warnock, A. McClure
Spoiling the broth Graham, Bertha N.
The rider of dreams Torrence, Ridgeley
"The Philosopher of Butterbiggins" Chapin, Harold
(Also Discussion of dialect, poems, and recitations)
Johnston, Emma "L. and Barnum, Madalene D. A book of plays for
little actors. Chic. American Book Co., 1907.
The lion and the mouse
The echo
A little sparrow
The spider and the fly
The little birds
Abraham Lincoln and the little bird
Ladybird
George Washington and the cherry tree
The fox and the crow
The Fourth of July
(Also eight longer plays)
Jones, Henry A. The theatre of ideas : a burlesque, allegory, and three one-
act plays. N. Y. Doran, 1915.
The goal
Her tongue
Grace Mary
Keating, Miss E. H. Dramas for boys. N. Y. French, n. d.
Plot of Potzentausend
Incog
The poor relation
The talisman
Kleher, Frank T. Three plays. N. Y. Kleber, 1922.
Triangled
When extremes meet
(Also "Men of Fame," in eight scenes)
Knickerbocker, Edwin Van B., ed. Plays for classroom interpretation.
N. Y. Holt, 1921.
The golden doom Dunsany, Lord
Two crooks and a lady Pillot, Eugene
Will o' the wisp Halman, Doris F.
Spreading the news Gregory, Lady
The turtle dove Oliver, Margaret S.
Allison's lad Dix. Beulah M.
(Also scene II, act III of "Ulysses," by Stephen Phillips)
Kraft, Irma. The power of Purim and other plays. Designed for Jewish
religious schools. Phila. Jewish Publication Society of America, 1915.
The power of Purim (Purim)
A Maccabean cure (Hanukkah)
To save his country (Pasach)
Ambition in White chapel (Shabuot)
Because he loved David so (Closing of school)
300 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Kreymborg, Alfred. Plays for Merry Andrews. N. Y. The Sunwise Turn,
1920.
Vote the new moon
At the sign of the thumb and nose
The silent waiter
Monday
(Also "Uneasy street," two scenes)
Kreymborg, Alfred. Plays for poem-mimes. N. Y. The Other Press, 1918.
When the willow nods
Jack's house
Lima beans
Manikin and Minikin
People who die
(Also "Blue and Green," three scenes)
Kreymborg, Alfred. Puppet plays. N. Y. Harcourt, Brace, n.d.
When the willow nods
Blue and green
Manikin and Minikin
Jack's house
Lima beans
People who die
Pianissimo
Langner, Lawrence. Five one-act comedies. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd,
1922.
Matinata
Another way out
The family exit
Pie
Licensed
Lee, Agnes. The sharing. Bost. Sherman, French, 1914.
The sharing
The silent house
(Also many poems)
Leslie, Noel. Three plays. Bost. Four Seas, 1920.
Waste
The war-fly
For king and country
Lewis. B. Roland. Contemporary one-act plays. N. Y. Scribner, 1922.
The twelve-pound look Barrie, James M.
Tradition Middleton, George
The exchange Thurston, Althea
Sam Average Mackaye, Percy
Hyacinth Halvey Gregory, Augusta
The gazing globe Pillot, Eugene
The boor Tchekov, Anton
The last straw Crocker, Bosworth
Manikin and Minikin Kreymborg, Alfred
White dresses Greene, Paul
Moonshine Hopkins, Arthur
Modesty . Hervieu, Paul
The Deacon's hat Marks, Jeannette
Where but in America Wolff, Oscar M.
A dollar Pinski, David
The diabolical circle Bornstead, Beulah
The far-away princess Sudermann, Hermann
The stronger Strindberg, August
Lisle, Clifton. Boy scout entertainments. Phila. Penn Pub. Co., 1918,
A scout's honor
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Fair play
Jerry's job
(Also "On the Greenboro Nine"; "The Daniel Boone pageant"; "A Sema-
phore Flag Drill," longer plays)
Lord, Katharine. The little playbook. N. Y. Duffield, 1920.
Katjen's garden
June magic
The minister's dream
(Also three longer plays)
Lord, Katharine. Plays for school and camp. Bost. Little, Brown, 1922.
The Raven man
Buried treasure
The three bears
The Pied Piper
The Honorable Miss
(Also "Kris Kringle makes a flight")
Loving, Pierre, ed. Ten minute plays. N. Y. Brentano's^ 1923.
Prologue for a' Marionette Theatre Hoffmannstahl, Hugo von
Echo Shipley, Joseph T.
Living hours Schnitzler, Arthur
In the darkness Totheroh, Dan
Pandora's box Amend, J. Gordon
Scruples Mirbeau, Octave
Firefly night Dorff, M. J.
A matter of husbands Molnar, Ferenc
Philanthropy Tompkins, Frank G.
At the setting of the sun Louys, Pierre
Yesterday Clements, Colin C.
The stronger Strindberg, August
Indian summer Loving, Pierre
The white lie Metz-Konig, Marie
Luques, E. Antoinette. The snow image. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1914.
The snow image
The spirit of Memorial Day
The story of the poplar tree
(Also "A dramatization of Hiawatha's childhood," three acts)
Liitkenhaus, Anna M. Plays for school children. N. Y. Century, 1915.
Master Skylark Bennett, John
Barnaby Lee Bennett, John
Through the looking glass Carroll, Lewis
The fairy minstrel of Glenmalure Leamy, Edmund
A nature play in a City School Burroughs Nature Club. Public
School 188 and 15, Manhattan
Our choice Knox, Margaret
Every boy Liitkenhaus, Anna M.
Thanksgiving Day — 1696 Bayles, Martha B. & Liitkenhaus,
Anna M.
The crowning of the Dryads Bayles, Martha B.
The birds' story of the trees Liitkenhaus, Anna M.
Well babies Liitkenhaus, Anna M.
A geography squabble Liitkenhaus, Anna M.
A grammar play Liitkenhaus, Anna M.
Mrs. Pollywigs and her wonderful wax
works Liitkenhaus, Anna M.
(Also six plays of another type)
McGeoch, Daisy. Concert Cameos. N. Y. French, 1922.
Shopping
Mormonizing
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Proposing
Packing
Picturing
Thrilling
Camping
Reading
(Also two longer plays)
Mackay. Constance D. The Beau of Bath and other one-act plays of eigh-
teenth century life. N. Y. Holt, 1915.
The Beau of Bath
The silver lining
Ashes of roses
Gretna Green
Counsel retained
The prince of court painters
Mackay, Constance D. The Forest Princess and other masques. N. Y.
Holt, 191G.
The gift of time
The masque of conservation
The masque of Pomona
The sun goddess
(Also two longer masques)
Mackay, Constance D. The house of the heart and other plays for children.
N. Y. Holt, 1909.
The house of the heart
The gooseherd and the goblin
The enchanted garden
Nimble-wit and Fingerkin
A little Pilgrim's progress
A pageant of hours
On Christmas eve
The elf child
The Princess and the Pixies
The Christmas guest
Mackay, Constance D. Patriotic plays and pageants for young people N.
Y. Holt, 1912.
Abraham Lincoln : rail-splitter
Benjamin Franklin : journeyman
The Boston tea party
Daniel Boone : patriot
George Washington's fortune
In witchcraft days
Merrymount
Princess Pocahontas
Mackay, Constance D. Plays of the pioneers. N. Y. Harper, 1915.
A book of historical pageant-plays
The pioneers
The fountain of youth
May-day
The vanishing race
The passing of Hiawatha
Dame Greel o' Portland Town
Mackay, Constance D. The silver thread and other folk plays for young
people. N. Y. Holt, 1910.
The forest spring
The foam maiden
Troll magic
The three wishes
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A brewing of brains
Siegfried
The snow witch
Mackaye, Percy. Yankee fantasies. N. Y. Duffield, 1912.
Chuck : an orchard fantasy
Gettysburg : a woodshed commentary
The antick : a wayside sketch
The cat-boat : a fantasy for music
Sam Average : a silhouette
MacMillan, Mary. More short plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1917.
His second girl
At the church door
The dress rehearsal of Hamlet
The dryad
(Also three longer plays)
Macmillaii, Mary. Short plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1913.
The shadowed star
The ring
The rose
Entr' Acte
A woman's a woman for a' that
A fan and two candlesticks
A modern masque
The futurists
The gate of wishes
(Also "Luck," four acts)
MacMillan, Mary. Third book of short plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd,
1922.
The storm
In heaven
When two's not company
Peter Donelly
An Apocryphal episode
Standing moving
(Also "The week-end," three acts)
Maeterlinck, Maurice. The intruder, tr. by Richard Hovey. N. Y. Dodd,
Mead, 1911.
The intruder
The blind
The seven Princesses
(Also one longer play)
Maeterlinck, Maurice. Plays of Maurice Maeterlinck, Vol. I. tr. by Rich-
ard Hovey. Chic. Herbert S. Stone, 1894.
The intruder
The blind
The seven Princesses
(Also one longer play)
Manners, J. Hartley. Happiness and other plays. N. Y. Dodd, Mead,
1914.
Happiness
Just as well
The day of dupes
Manners, J. Hartley. Thre plays. N. Y. Doran, 1920.
All clear
God of my faith
God's outcast
March Brothers, Publishers. Petite plays. Lebanon, Ohio. March Bros.,
1912.
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After the bargain sale Bugbee, Willis N.
The etiquette of the occasion I'.nscom, Louise R.
The joke Guptill, Elizabeth F.
As it will be Guptill, Elizabeth F.
Whose dog? Guptill, Elizabeth F.
Winning a prize Bugbee, Willis N.
The young gardener Panly, Fred C.
The plumber Bascom, Louise R.
The fresh air fiend Bascom, Louise R.
The stolen horse Bascom, Louise R.
Norah makes a cake Bascom, Louise R.
The claims Bascom, Louise R.
A station episode Bascom, Louise R.
Quick news Denton, Clara J.
The tailor's dummy Denton, Clara J.
Seeking information Denton, Clara J.
Being a hero Denton, Clara J.
The wrong lessons Denton, Clara J.
Going shopping Denton, Clara J.
The blue pump Denton, Clara J.
The Junipes baby Denton, Clara J.
The day after the circus Denton, Clara J.
The Ph.D. Denton, Clara J.
Marks, Jeannette. Three Welsh plays. Bost. Little, Brown, 1912.
The merry, merry cuckoo
The deacon's hat
Welsh honeymoon
Masefielcl, John. The locked chest and The sweeps of Ninety-eight. N. Y.
Macmillan, 1916.
The locked chest
The sweeps of Ninety-eight
Masefield, John. Poems and plays. Vol. II. N. Y. Macmillan, 1918.
Mrs. Harrison
The locked chest
The sweeps of Ninety-eight
Philip the king
Good Friday
(Also four longer plays)
Mayorga, Margaret G., ed. Representative one-act plays by American
authors. Bost. Little, Brown, 1919.
Sam Average Mackaye, Percy
Six who pass while the lentils boil Walker, Stuart
"Voices" Flexner, Hortense
The merry merry cuckoo Marks, Jeannette
Sinstram of Skagerrak Cowan, Sada
Will-o'-the-wisp Halman, Doris F.
"Beyond" Gerstenberg, Alice
A good woman Middleton, George
Funiculi Funicula Wellman, Rita
Hunger Pillot, Eugene
In the zone O'Neill, Eugene G.
The brink of silence Galbraith, Esther E.
Allison's lad Dix, Beulah Marie
Mrs. Pat and the law Aldis, Mary
Lima beans Kreymborg, Alfred
The wonder hat Hecht, Ben and Goodman, Kenneth
S.
Suppressed desires Cook, George C. and Glaspell, Susan
Where but in America Wolff, Oscar M.
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A question of morality Wilde, Percival
Martha's mourning Hoffman, Phoebe
Ryland Stevens, Thomas W. and Goodman,
Kenneth S.
The last straw Crocker, Bosworth
Hattie De Pue, Elva
Dregs Spencer, Frances P.
Merington, Marguerite. Festival plays. N. Y. Duffield, 1913.
Father Time and his children
Tertulla's garden ; or, The miracle of good St. Valentine
The seven sleepers of Ephesos
Princess Moss Rose
The testing of Sir Gawayne
A Christmas party
Merington, Marguerite. Holiday plays. N. Y. Duffield, 1910.
Priscilla, Myles and John
The first flag
Abe Lincoln and Little A. D.
The Dulce et Decorum Club
(Also "Washington Birthday pageant.")
Merington, Marguerite. Picture plays. N. Y. Duffield, 1911.
The last sitting
A Salon Curre fantasy
His mother's face
A Gainsborough lady
Artist-mother and child
Queen and Emperor
Millet group
Middleton, George. Embers and other one-act plays. N. Y. Holt, 1911.
Embers
The failures
The gargoyle
In his house
Madonna
The man masterful
Middleton, George. Masks. N. Y. Holt, 1920.
Masks
Jim's beast
Tides
Among the lions
The reason
The house
Middleton, George. Possession. N. Y. Holt, 1915.
Possession
The groove
A good woman
The black tie
Circles
The unbopn
Middleton, George. Tradition. N. Y. Holt, 1913.
Tradition
On bail
Their wife
Waiting
The cheat of pity
Mothers
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Millward, Florence M. Four short plays. Lond. Joseph Williams, 1922.
Irene obliges
The alternative
Henry wakes up
This room is engaged
Milne, A. A. First plays. Lond. Chatto & Windus, 1919.
Wurzel-Flumnery
The boy comes home
The red feathers
(Also two longer plays)
Moeller, Philip. Five somewhat historical plays. N. Y. Knopf, 1916.
Helena's husband
The little supper
Sister Susamiah
The roadhouse in Arden
Pokey ; or, The beautiful legend of the Indian amorous
Monroe, Harriet. The passing show : five modern plays in verse. Bost.
Houghton, Mifflin, 1903.
At the goal
After all
A modern minuet
It passes by
(Also "The thunderstorm," two acts)
Moore, Thomas S. Tragic mothers. Lond. Grant Richards, 1922.
Medea
Niobe
Tyrfing
Morley, Malcolm. Told by the gate and other one-act plays. Bost. Gorham
Press, 1916.
Told by the gate
The masterpiece
Recollections
The Cosher
Beauty versus the Beast
A motor mishap
Morningside plays. N. Y. Frank Shay, 1917.
Hattie De Pue, Elva
One a day Rriggs, Caroline
Markheim Macdonald, Zellah
The home of the free Reizenstein, Elmer L.
Moses, Montrose J., ed. Representative one-act plays by continental au-
thors. Bost. Little, Brown, 1922.
Countess Mizzie Schnitzler, Arthur
Death and the fool Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
The blind Maeterlinck, Maurice
The birthday party Bergstrom, Hjalmar
The woman who was acquitted Lorde, Andre de
Among the quays Lavedan, Henri
For ever and ever Lavedan, Henri
Where shall we go? Lavedan, Henri
The afternoon walk Lavedan, Henri
Not at home Lavedan, Henri
Franchise" Luck Porto-Riche, Georges de
Morituri : Teias Sudermann, Hermann
The Court singer Wedekind. Frank
Sacred ground Giacosa, Giuseppe
An incident Andreyev, Leonid
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A merry death Evre"inov, Nikolai
By their words ye shall know them Quintero, Serafin & Quintero, Joaquim
A.
The lover Sierra, Gregorio M.
Simoon Strindberg, Johann A.
Moses, Montrose J., ed. A treasury of plays for children. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1921.
The testing of Sir Gawayne Merington, Marguerite
Punch and Judy Anon
Six who pass while the Lentils boil Walker, Stuart
.Master Skylark Liitkenhaus, Anna M.
The months : a pageant Rossetti, Christina G.
The traveling man Gregory, Lady
(Also eight longer plays)
Moylan, Thomas K. "Oh Lawsy Me !" and "Movies." Dublin. James Duffy,
1917.
"Oh Lawsy Me !"
"Movies"
Musset, Alfred de. Barberine and other comedies. Chic. (Sergal) Dra-
matic Pub. Co., 1911.
A door must be open or shut
A caprice
One cannot think of everything
(Also three longer plays)
Nirdlinger, Charles F. Four short plays. N. Y. Kennerly, 1916.
Look after Louise
Big Kate
The real people
Aren't they wonders?
Norton, Ida G. Club stunts. La Junta, Colo., Ida G. Norton, 1922.
Aunt Sally Saunders' health crusade
How to reduce
Adopting an orphan
(Also a monologue and an entertainment)
O'Brien, Seumas. Duty and other Irish comedies. Bost. Little, Brown,
1916.
Duty
Jurisprudence
Magnanimity
Matchmakers
Retribution
O'Dea, Mark. Red Bud women : four dramatic episodes. Cincinnati. Stew-
art Kidd, 1922.
The song of Solomon
Shivaree
Miss Myrtle says "Yes"
Not in the lesson
Olcott, Virginia. Patriotic plays for young people. N. Y. Dodd, Mead,
1918.
Goody Grumble's cottage
Dora : her flag
Little homemaker
The wonder-hill
Oneida's dreams
Poor little boy
A Princess and a churn
(Also two longer plays)
308 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Olcott, Virginia. Plays for home, school and settlement. N. Y. Moffat,
Yard, 1916.
The ruler of the forest
A Puritan Christmas
Little people of Autumn
(Also three longer plays)
Oliver, Margaret S. Six one-act plays. Bost. Richard T. Badger, 1916.
The hand of the Prophet
Children of Granada
The turtle dove
This youth — gentlemen !
The striker
Murdering Selina
O'Neill, Eugene G. The moon of the Caribbees and six other plays of the
sea. N. Y. Boni and Liveright, 1919.
The moon of the Caribbees
Bound east for Cardiff
The long voyage home
In the zone
lie
Where the cross is made
The rope
O'Neill, Eugene G. Thirst and other one act plays. Bost. Gorham Press,
1914.
Thirst
The web
Fog
Recklessness
(Also "Warnings," two scenes)
Painton, Edith F. A. TJ. Dialogues and plays for entertainment days. Chic.
Beckley-Cardy, 1917.
Studying for a test
Writing a school play
Organizing a society
The Popular Dick
The Bairves' Saturday night
Rehearsing the program
Murdering the language
The lost colors
The Camp-fire girl
A country cousin
(Also one longer play and several dialogues)
Painton, Edith F. A. U. Specialty entertainments for little folks. Chic.
Beckley-Cardy, 1917.
The doll show
Good-bye all !
Coming home to Grandma's
The Provident society
(Also many entertainments)
Parker, Mary M. Monologues, stories, jingles and plays. Chic. Frederick
J. Drake, 1917.
Killing time
Love behind the scenes
The Princess Innocence
A quiet evening at home
The rehearsal
(Also dialogues, jingles and "Powder and patches," a play in two acts)
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Payne, Fanny U. Plays and pageants of citizenship. N. Y. Harper, 1920.
The soap-box orator
The victory of the good citizen
Old tight-wad and the victory dwarf
Rich citizens
Humane citizens
(Also three longer pageants)
Parsons, Margaret G. Red letter day plays. N. Y. Womans Press, 1921.
Fire-spirits
The Christmas message
In a Valentine box
Jack-I-The-Green
The potentate of Weatherdom
'Neath the scepter of Susan
(Also ten longer plays)
Payne, F. Ursula. Plays for Anychild. N. Y. Harper, 1918.
New Year's Day
Lincoln's birthday
Washington's birthday
Arbor Day
Decoration Day
Flag Day
Graduation Day
Columbus Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Payne, F. Ursula. Two war plays for schools. Brooklyn, N. Y. Training
School for teachers. Bulletin II., 1918.
The vision of Columbus
The conversion of Mrs. Slacker
Pearse, Padraic H. Collected works. Dublin. Maunsel, 1917.
The singer
The king
The master
losagan
(Also many stories and poems)
Pearse, Padraic. The singer and other plays. Dublin, Maunsel, 1918.
The singer
The king
A morning call
Those landladies
Breaking the ice
A pair of lunatics
Pinski, David. King David and his wives, tr. fr. Yiddish by Isaac Gold-
berg. N. Y. Huebsch, 1923.
Michal
Abigail
Bathsheba
In the harem
Abishag
Pinski, David and others. Six plays of the Yiddish Theatre, tr. and ed.
by Isaac Goldberg. Bost. John W. Luce, 1916.
Abigal Pinski, David
Forgotten souls Pinski, David
She must marry a doctor Rabinowitsch, Solomon J.
Winter Ash, Sholom
The sinner Ash, Sholom
In the dark Hirschbein, Perez
310 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Pinski, David and others. Six plays of the Yiddish Theatre. Second
series tr. & ed. by Isaac Goldberg. Bost. John W. Luce, 1918.
Little heroes Pinski, David
' The stranger PJnski, David
On the threshold Hirschbein, Perez
Poetry and prose Levin, Z.
The black sheep Kobrin, Leon
The secret of life Kobrin, Leon
Pinski, David. Ten plays tr. from the Yiddish. N. Y. Huebsch, 1920.
The phonograph
The God of the newly rich wool merchant
A dollar
The cripples
The inventor and the king's daughter
Diplomacy
Little heroes
The beautiful nun
Poland— 1919.
The stranger
Playbits: fragments for concert folk. N. Y. French, 1922.
A breakfast breeze
"Hand it !"
Gloom
A. D. 2000
(Also dialogues, a monologue and one scene series)
Plays for amateur actors. (New ed. ) Lond. Pearson, 1921.
G for George Ruck, Berta
The silver salt-cellars Wishing, Stuart
The Sevres tea-cups Wishing, Stuart
Cupid in the kitchen Harris, Ada L.
The proof of the pudding Martin, O. Percy
The marriage of Dotty Thornton, Clare
A quiet little dinner Cobb, Thomas
For the defendant — with costs Baily, F. E.
The cure that failed Wentworth-Jones, Gertie de S.
(Also "The black and white Pierrot," two acts)
Plays with a punch. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1916.
A crooked man and his crooked wife Andrews, Kenneth L.
His chance Mann, Herbert A.
The alarm Fawcett, Marion R.
A bride from home Steell, Willis
Brother Dave Steell, Willis
Faro Nell Steell, Willis
A game of comedy Cook, Sherwin L.
A scratch race Makee, Walt
The substance of ambition Warren, Marie F.
Her picture Baker, Rachel E.
R*d or white? Browne, William M.
Poole, Evan. An age of steel. Lond. Heath, Cranton & Ouseley, 1913.
The post of honour
Blood Royal
The promise
The King's letters
Poole, Madeline. The elf that stayed behind and other plays for children.
Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1918.
The elf that stayed behind
The master
(Also "losagan," a longer play)
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Peixotto, Eustace M. Ten boys' farces. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1916.
Ding-a-ling
The last rehearsal
Rosie, the girl from Paris
The teacher's pet
Lost but found
Political promises
When the cat is away
Chips off the old block
The tramp barbers
(Also one longer play)
Pemberton, May. Christmas plays. N. Y. Crowell, 1915.
Lost toys
Mistletoe and holly
Christmas in Rhyme-Land
Plielps. Pauline and Short, Marion, ed. Sixteen two-character plays.
N. T. Edgar S. Werner, 1906.
A box of powders
A husband in clover
Villain and victim
Fast friends
A happy ending
Two jolly girl bachelors
A show of hands
A backward child
The crystal-gazer
The confederates
"The nettle"
He, she and it
The goblins
The Quaker way
The Christmas box
A Puritan prank
Potter, Dorothy. Under the eagle : three plays with a prologue and epilogue.
Bost. Gorham Press, 1916.
"Watchful waiting"
Yellow yielding
"Bombast and Platitudes"
(Also a Prologue and Epilogue)
Practical Publishing Co. Christmas plays for children. Series I. West-
field, N. J. Practical Pub. Co., 1916.
Little helpers
Christmas stars
King Christmas
Four little fir trees
(Also two long plays and three plays of a different type)
Provincetown plays. First series. N. Y. Shay, 1916.
Bound east for Cardiff O'Neill, Eugene G.
The game Bryant, Louise
King Arthur's socks Dell, Floyd
Provincetown plays. Second series. N. Y. Shay, 1916.
Freedom Reed, John
Enemies Boyce, Neith & Hapgood. Hutchins
Suppressed desires Cook, G. C. & Glaspell, Susan
Provincetown plays. Third series. N. Y. Shay, 1916.
The two sons Boyce, Neith
Lima beans Kreymborg, Alfred
Before breakfast O'Neill, Eugene G.
312 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Rawson, Graham S. The stroke of Marbot and two other plays of Napo-
leonic times. Lond. T. Fisher Unwin, 1917.
The stroke of Marbot
The dangers of peace
The Pastor of Jena
Reely, Mary K. Daily Bread ; A window to the south ; The lean years ;
one-act plays. N. Y. Wilson, 1919.
Daily bread
A window to the south
The lean years
Rice, Cale Y. The immortal lure. Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Page,
1911.
Giorgione
Arduin
O-Ume's gods
The immortal lure
Rice, Wallace. Suggestions for giving six little plays for Illinois children.
Illinois Centennial Commission. State of Illinois, 1918.
Children of the Illini
Children of France
Pioneer boys and girls
The underground railroad
Children of the Civil War
Children in the Great War
Richards, Laura E. The pig brother play-book. Bost. Little, Brown, 1915.
The shadow
For you and me
The useful coal
The sailor man
The cooky
"Oh, dear !"
"Go" and "Come"
Child's play
The naughty comet
The tangled skein
The cake
About angels
The great feast
The wheat-field
(Also "The pig brother" and "Hokey Pokey," longer plays)
Richardson, Grace. Summer snow and other fairy plays. Chic. Saalfield
Pub. Co., 1916.
The battle of the days
Goblin guests
(Also two longer plays)
Roberts, Morley. Four plays. Lond. Nash, 1911.
The hour of greatness
The lamp of God
The white horse
The lay figure
Rogers, Thomas B. Five plays. Lond. Philip Allan, 1920.
The forfeit
The hall of laughter
Eyes to the blind
The Saint-King
The heirloom
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Rusclike, Egmont W. "The echo" and "A bit o' verse." Bost. Stratford
Co., 1918.
The echo
Death speaks
The intangible
(Also many poems)
St. Nicholas book of plays and operettas. Second series. N. Y. Cen-
tury, 191G.
The dream-toy shop Baker, Jessie M.
Christmas babes in the woods Swain, Corinne R.
Which shall be king? Jones, Anna Van Marter
The Christmas conspiracy Woodbridge, Elizabeth
How Christmas was saved Markham, Catharine
The first Thanksgiving Miller, Agnes
Everychild Nichols, Content S.
"Everygirl" Field, Rachel Lyman
Lord Malapert of Moonshine Castle Brooks, E. S.
A friend in need Frank, Maude M.
The new Red Riding-Hood Brooks, E. S.
(Also two operettas and a Shadow play)
Sanders, Helen F. Petalesharoo, and The Star Brave. Butte, Montana.
McKee Printing Co., 1910.
Petalesharoo
Star Brave
Sargent, Herbert C. Pierrot playlets. N. Y. French, 1920.
A burlesque pantomime
The registry office
The pavement artist
The tourist agency
An amateur rehearsal of Hamlet
Buying a house
Emigration
Life insurance
The American bar
The prize picture
Sannders, Louise. Magic lanterns, a book of plays. N. Y. Scribner, 1923.
Figureheads
Our kind
See-saw
King and Commoner
(Also "Poor Maddalena," a longer play
Schafer, Barbara L., ed. A book of one-act plays. Indianapolis. Bobbs-
Merrill, 1922.
Nevertheless • Walker, Stuart
The heart of Pierrot Scott, Margretta
The bank robbery Ehrmann, Max
The Dryad and the Deacon Bates, William O.
In the light of the manger Bates, William O.
Phoebe Louise Sobel, Bernard
Ever young Gerstenberg, Alice
The man who couldn't say "No" Harris, Claudia L.
The Deacon's hat Marks, Jeannette
The exchange Thurston, Althea
Schnitzler, Arthur. Anatol. (Paraphrased by Granville Barker) Bost.
Little, Brown, 1917.
Ask no questions and you'll hear no stories
A Christmas present
An episode
314 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Keepsakes
A farewell supper
Dying pangs
The wedding morning
Schnitzler, Arthur. Anatol ; Living hours ; The Green Cockatoo, tr by
Grace Isabel Colbron. (The Modern library of the World's Best Books)
N. Y. Boni & Liveright, 1917.
Anatol — Questioning fate
Anatol— Christmas shopping
Anatol— Episode
Anatol — Milestones
Anatol — The farewell supper
Anatol — Dissolution
Anatol — Anatol's wedding morning
Living hours
The lady with the dagger
Last masks
Literature
The green Cockatoo
Schnitzler, Arthur. Comedies of words and other plays. Cincinnati.
Stewart Kidd, 1917.
The hour of recognition
The big scene
The festival of Bacchus
Literature
His helpmate
Schnitzler, Arthur. The green Cockatoo and other plays. Lond. Gay &
Hancock, n. d.
The green Cockatoo
The mate
Paracelsus
Searle, Katharine. Three war sketches. Cambridge, Mass. Powell Pub.
Co., 1916.
Her story
The march of truth
"Hatred"
Seymour, Mrs. Arthur T. The protest of the trees and Flossie's first alpha-
bet lesson : two blue bird plays. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1918.
The protest of the trees
Flossie's alphabet lesson
Sharp, William. Vistas, the gypsy Christ and other imaginings. N. Y.
Duffield, 1912.
Finis
The passion of P6re Hilarion
The birth of a soul
A northern night
The black Madonna
The fallen God
The coming of the Prince
The passing of Lilith
The whisperer
Shaw, George B. Heartbreak House ; Great Catherine, and playlets of the
war. N. Y. Brentano's, 1919.
O'Flaherty, V. C.
The Inca of Perusalem
Augustus does his bit
Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress
(Also "Heartbreak House," three acts; and "Great Catherine," four scenes)
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Shay, Frank, ed. Contemporary one-act plays of 1921. (American) Cin-
cinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1922.
Mirage Baird, George M. P.
Napoleon's barber Caesar, Arthur
Goat alley Culbertson. Ernest H.
Sweet and twenty Dell, Floyd
Tickless time Glaspell, Susan & Cook, George C.
The hero of Santa Maria Goodman. Kenneth S. & Hecht, Ben
All gummed up Gribble, Harry Wagstaff
Thompson's luck Grover, Harry G.
Fata Deorum Guske, Carl W.
Finders-keepers Kelly, George
Solomon's song Kemp, Harry
Matinata Langner. Lawrence
The conflict McCauley, Clarice V.
Two slatterns and a king Millary, Edna St. V.
Thursday evening Morley, Christopher
The dreamy kid O'Neill, Eugene
Forbidden fruit Smith, George J.
Jezebel Stockbridge, Dorothy
Sir David wears a crown Walker. Stuart
(Also "Pearl of Dawn" by Holland Hudson, ten scenes)
Shay, Frank. A treasury of plays for men. Bost. Little, Brown, 1923.
Four who were blind Clements, Colin
• The Devil's gold Curry, Sarah J.
Blood o' Kings Dransfield, Jane
It isn't done Glick, Carl
Outclassed Glick, Carl
The hand of Siva Goodman. K. S. & Hecht, Bess
Action ! Hudson, Holland
The Alchemist Kenyon, Bernice L.
The silent waiter Kreymborg, Alfred
Vote the new moon Kreymborg, Alfred
The stick-up Loving, Pierre
The accomplice Marshall, Abigail
The judgment of Indra Mukerji, Dhan G.
The beggar and the King Parkhurst, Winthrop
Just two men Pilot. Eugene
Freedom Reed. John
Release Smith, Edward H.
The rusty door Smith, Howard F.
The gold circle Stevens, Thomas W.
Three wishes Stevens, Thomas W.
In front of Potter's Tompkins, Frank G.
Shay, Frank, ed. A treasury of plays for women. Bost. Little, Brown,
1922.
The siege Clements, Colin C.
Columbine Clements, Colin C.
The china pig Emig, Evelyn
Ever young Gerstenberg, Alice
For distinguished service Knox, Florence Clay
Rocking chairs Kreymborg, Alfred
Manikin and Minikin Kreymborg, Alfred
The conflict McCauley, Clarice V.
Rehearsal Morley, Christopher
Before breakfast O'Neill. Eugene
My lady dreams Pillot, Eugene
Blackberryin' Smith. Howard Forman
The stronger woman Strindberg, August
Motherly love Strindberg, August
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(Also a monologue and two longer plays)
Shay, Frank & Loving, Pierre, ed. Fifty contemporary one-act plays.
Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1920.
Madonna Dianora
Literature
The intruder
Interlude
Monsieur Lamblin
Francoise Luck
Altruism
The tenor
A goodwoman
The little stone house
Mary's wedding
The baby carriage
The Pierrot of the minute
The subjection of Kezia
The constant lover
The judgment of Indra
The workhouse ward
Louise
The grandmother
The rights of the soul
Love of one's neighbor
The boor
His widow's husband
A sunny morning
The creditor
Autumn fires
Brothers
In the morgue
A death in fever flat
The slave with two faces
The slump
Mansions
Trifles
The pot boiler
Enter the hero
The shepherd in the distance
Boccaccio's untold tale
Another way out
Aria da capo
Helena's husband
The shadowed star
He
The nursery maid of heaven
Three travellers watch a sunrise
Sham
The medicine show
For all time
The finger of God
Night
Forgotten souls
Sindelar, Joseph C.
Cardy. 1922.
In the east
The minister's daughter
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
Schnitzler, Arthur
Maeterlinck, Maurice
More, Federico
Ancey, George
Porto-Riche, Georges de
Ettlinger, Karl
Wedekind, Frank
Bennett, E. Arnold
Calderon, George
Cannan, Gilbert
Crocker, Bosworth
Dawson, Ernest
Ellis, Mrs. Havelock
Hankin, St. John
Mukerji, Dhan G.
Gregory, Lady
Speenhoff, J. H.
Biro, Lajos
Giacosa, Giuseppe
Andreyeo, Leonid
Tchekoff, Anton
Benevente, Jacinto
Alvarez, Sera fin Q. & Alvarez, Joa-
quin Q.
Strindberg, August
Wied, Gustav
Beach, Lewis
Cowan, Sada
Cronyn, George W.
Davies, Mary C.
Day, Frederic L.
Flanner, Hildegarde
Glaspell, Susan
Gerstenberg, Alice
Helburn, Theresa
Hudson. Holland
Kemp, Harry
Langner, Lawrence
Millay, Edna St. V.
Moeller. Philip
MacMillan, Mary
O'Neill, Eugene G.
Stevens, Thomas W.
Stevens, Wallace
Tompkins, Frank G.
Walker, Stuart
Wellman, Rita
Wilde, Percival
Asch, Sholom
Pinski, David
Bright entertainments for Christmas. Chic. Beckley-
Denton, Clara J.
Denton, Clara J.
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The strike in Santa Glaus Land Denton, Clara ,T.
(Also recitations, drills, dialogues, and duologues)
Sindelar, Joseph C. The new Christmas book. Chic. A. Flanagan, 1910.
An unsuccessful hunt Denton, Clara J.
Trouble in the toy room Denton, Clara J.
Skinner, Eleanor L. & Skinner, Ada M. Children's plays. N. Y. Apple-
ton. 1918.
Nick Bluster's trick
Professor Frog's lecture
Mother Autumn and North Wind
A royal toy-mender
(Also seven longer plays)
Smith, Alice M., ed. Short plays by representative authors. N. Y. Mac-
millan, 1920.
The Merry Merry Cuckoo Marks, Jeannette
The locked chest Masefield. John
Six who pass while the lentils boil Walker, Stuart
The silver lining Mackay. Constance D.
By ourselves Fulda, Ludwig
The rider of dreams Torrence, Ridgely
Spreading the news Gregory, Lady
The Swan song Chekhov, Anton
The man on the Kerb Sutro, Alfred
The shadowed star MacMillan, Mary
(Also "The Hraun farm," by Sigurjonsson, three acts, and "The post office,"
by Tagore, two acts)
Smith College. Theatre workshop plays — an anthology, 1918-1921. The
Theatre workshop. Smith College, Northampton, Mass. 1921.
Isotta's triumph Tritch, Martha
Made in heaven Shapiro, Mathilde
Spineless Finch, Elsie G.
Ingenuous grandmother Whitford, Mary V.
At the end of the rope Levy, Edith
The two prisoners Matlack, Judith
The realist Rosenthal, Rosa
In my day O'Hanlon, Ruth
Avenues Butts, Dorothy
Germekhausen Ellet, Marion
Smith, Evelyn. Form-room plays. Junior book. N. Y. Dutton, 1920.
The swineherd (fr. Hans Andersen)
The Parlement of Foules (fr. Chaucer)
The death of Balder (Norse legend)
The cock and the fox (fr. Chaucer)
The perfect holiday (fr. Alcott — Little women)
(Also eight longer plays)
Smith, Laura R. Helps and hints for Hallowe'en. Lebanon, Ohio. March
Bros., 1920.
Jack Frost's surprise
A historical Hallowe'en
The witch's dream
A Hallowe'en carnival and wax-work show
Hallowe'en puppet play
(Also exercises, drills, and dialogues)
Sohel, Bernard. Three plays. Bost. Gorham Press, 1913.
Jennie knows
Mrs. Bompton's dinner party
There's always a reason
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Soble, Mae Stein. (Mrs. John J. Soble) Bible plays for children. N. Y.
Jas. T. White, 1919.
The first temptation
Mother love finds a way
The call of God
The golden calf
The promised land
(Also a longer play and four story interpretations)
Someple, pseud. Mother Goose dramatized. Lebanon, Ohio. March Bros.,
1923.
Old Mother Goose
Three-score miles and ten
Cock Robin
The old woman and her pig
Curly locks
Over the hills and far away
Bye, Baby Bunting
I have a little nut tree
Twinkle-Twinkle
Nanny Etticoat
(Also two longer plays)
Stapp, Emilie Blackmore & Cameron, Eleanor. Happyland's fairy
grotto plays. Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1922.
The tadpole school
The lost firewood
The little gray lady
The holly wreath
Molly's New Tear's party
Mr. February than
Stevens, Henry B. A cry out of the dark. Bost. Four Seas, 1919.
The meddler
Bolo and Babette
The madhouse
Stevenson, Augusta. Children's classics in dramatic form. Book I. Bost.
Houghton, Mifflin, 1911.
The two holes
The little fish
The hare and the tortoise
How a prince was saved
A piece of cheese
In bad company
The sick deer
The golden bucket
The house of brick
The cat that waited
The honest woodman
The tracks to the den
The moon's silver cloak
The clever cock
The King's good friend
The fairy and the cat
The beautiful song
The mill that ground hot porridge
The Christmas pitcher
(Also five longer plays)
Stevenson, Augusta. Children's classics in dramatic form. Book II. Bost.
Houghton, Mifflin, 1909.
The elevpr Hd
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The wolf and the horse
The wise crow
The wolf and the lamb
The selfish woman
The blind men and the elephant
The shepherd-boy who called wolf
The wish-bird
The proud ring-finger
The vain jack daw
The endless tale
The pot of gold
The hare and the hedgehog
Fishing on dry land
King Alfred and the cakes
(Also eight longer plays)
Stevenson, Augusta. Children's classics in dramatic form. Book III.
Boston. Houghton, Mifflin, 1908.
The travellers and the hatchet
The old man and his grandson
The crow and the fox
The miller, his son, and their donkey
Each in his own place
The cat and the mouse
The two countrymen
(Also nine longer plays)
Stevenson, Augusta. Children's classics in dramatic form. Book IV.
Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1910.
The pen and the inkstand
An honest critic
Bernard Palissy, Enameller to his majesty
Lafayette's toast
(Also eleven longer plays)
Stigler, W. A. Three plays. Memphis, Tenn. National Drama Co., 1923.
Be sociable
Little owl
(Also "Where east meets west," three acts)
Strindberg, August. Plays. Second series, tr. by Edwin Bjorkman.
N. Y. Scribner, 1913.
Miss Julia
The stronger
Creditors
Pariah
Sturgis, Granville F. Little plays for all occasions. Bost. Cornhill Pub.
Co., 1923.
Madame
The fatal pill
Red roses
Two of a kind
Just before dawn
Winning a husband
Little Colombine
Our Mary
A college joke
The butcher's daughter
The widow Sabrina
One war babe
Sturgis, Rebecca F.
320 AN INDEX TO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Sndermann, Hermann. Morituri : three one-act plays. N. Y. Scribner,
1910.
Teja
Fritzchen
The eternal masculine
Sndermann, Hermann. Roses : four one-act plays. N. Y. Scribner, 1916.
Streaks of light
The last visit
Margot
The far-away princess
Sutherland, Evelyn G. In office hours and other sketches. Bost. Walter
II. Baker, 1900.
In office hours
A quilting party in the thirties
In Aunt Chloe's cabin
The story of a famous wedding
Sutherland, Evelyn G. Po' White trash and other one-act dramas. Chic.
Herbert S. Stone, 1900.
Po' White trash
In far Bohemia
The end of the way
A comedie" Royall
A bit of instruction
A song at the castle
Rohan the Silent
At the barricade
Galatea of the toy-shop
Sntro, Alfred. Five little plays. N. Y. Brentano's, 1914.
The man in the stalls
A marriage has been arranged
The open door
The man on the kerb
The bracelet
Sutro, Alfred. Women in love : eight studies in sentiment. Lond. George
Allen, 1902.
The correct thing
The gutter of time
Ella's apology
A game of chess
The salt of life
Mr. Steinmann's corner
A maker of men
(Also "Maggie," a monologue)
Symons, Arthur. Tragedies: N. Y. John Lane, 1916.
The death of Agrippina
Cleopatra in Judaea
(Also "The harvesters," three acts)
Synge, J. M. The shadow of the glen, and Riders to the sea. Lond. Elkin
Mathews, 1911.
The shadow of the glen
Riders to the sea
Synge, J. M. The Tinker's wedding ; Riders to the sea ; and The shadow of
the glen. Dublin, Maunsel, 1911.
The riders to the sea
The shadow of the glen
(Also "The Tinker's wedding," two acts)
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Syrett, Netta. The fairy doll and other plays for children. N. Y. Dodd,
Mead, 1922.
The fairy doll
Christmas in the forest
The Christening of Rosalys
The enchanted garden
The strange boy
Syrett, Netta. Robin Goodfellow and other fairy plays for children. Lond.
Lane, 1918.
Robin Goodfellow
Princess Fragoletta
The old toys
Queen Flora's court
(Also "Venus and Cupid," and "The Dryad's awakening," both sketches for
a ballet)
Syrett, Netta. Six fairy plays for children. N. Y. John Lane, 1903.
The dream lady
Little Bridget
White magic
The wonderful rose
In Arcady
Taft, Grace E. Chimalman and other poems. N. Y. The Cameo Press, 1916.
Chimalman
Tecpancaltzin
Teoteuctli
(Also seven poems)
Theis, Grover. Numbers and other one-act plays. N. Y. Nicholas L. Brown,
1919.
Numbers
Between fires
The crack in the bell
There's a difference
Like a book
Thorp, Josephine and Kimball, Rosamond. Patriotic pageants of today.
N. Y. Holt, 1918.
The answer Thorpe, Josephine
When Liberty calls Thorpe, Josephine
The torch Thorpe, Josephine
The call to the Youth of America Kimball, Rosamond
Torrence, Ridgley. Plays for a Negro Theatre. N. Y. Macmillan,* 1917.
Granny Maumee
The rider of dreams
Simon the Cyrenian
Tucker, Louise E. and Ryan, Estelle L. Historical plays of Colonial days
for fifth year pupils. N. Y. Longmans, 1912.
The departure
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians
Cherry pie
The Quakers in New England
Gentlemen of Virginia
Massasoit's illness
Little Pilgrims
The beginning of Negro slavery
The strategy of Director Kieft
An encounter in the forest
Wampum belts
The Pilgrims in Holland
Pocahontas in London
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The Easter rabbit
The first crop of apples
A skirmish at Rensselaerswijck
How the Indians planted powder
Indian gifts
A Christmas tree in New England
Robert Morris and the Revolution
At anchor
A narrow escape
Stormy times
The first winter
Virginia children of long ago
Saturday night in New England
Tupper, Wilbur S. Six short plays. Bost. Four Seas, 1922.
Mr. Fraser's frien'ds
In Toscana tavern
Onesimus
The bargain
Figs and thistles
(Also "The wise man of Nineveh," two acts)
University of Washington Plays. First series. Seattle, Wash. Uni-
versity of Washington Press, 1921.
Jet Shepherd, Esther
Imposition Miller, Max
These wild young people O'Connor, J. M., Jr.
Tweedledum Richardson, Otis
Vagabond plays. First series. Baltimore. Norman, Remington Co., 1921.
The double miracle Garland, Robert
On Vengeance Height Davis, Allan and Vencill, Cornelia C.
Pan in ambush Patterson. Marjory
Release Smith, Edward H.
The importance of being a roughneck Garland, Robert
The conflict McCauley, Clarice Vallette
Viarney, Alice S. Story plays old and new. Book III. N. Y. American
Book Co., 1915.
The daisy
In union there is strength
Don't count your chickens until they are hatched
The circus
Christmas
Welcoming the New Year
(Also twelve longer plays)
Verga, Giovanni and others. Plays of the Italian Theatre, tr. by Isaac
Goldberg. Bost. John W. Luce, 1921.
The wolf-hunt Verga, Giovanni
Water upon fire Morselli, Ercole L.
Gastone, the animal tamer Morselli, Ercole L.
The sparrow Lopez, Sabatino
Sicilian times Pirandello, Luigo
Viereck, George S. A game at love and other plays. N. Y. Brentano's,
1906.
A game at love
The mood of a moment
From death's own eyes
A question of fidelity
The butterfly : a morality
Viets, Edward. The masque of morning and other poems. Bost. Four Seas,
1921.
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The masque of morning
Noon, an interlude
The masque of evening
(Also poems)
Wagstaff, Blanche S. Colonial plays for the school-room. Bost. Educa-
tional Pub. Co., 1912.
Colonial Virginia
The first Thanksgiving
A witchcraft story
A Pennsylvania incident
Life in New York
The Georgia debtors
An Indian story
Revolutionary days
Three compromises of the Constitution
(Also "The Columbus story," a longer play)
Waley, Arthur. The No plays of Japan. N. Y. Knopf, 1922.
Atsumori Seami
Ikuta Zembo Motoyasu
Isunemasa Seami
Kumasaka Zenchi Ku Ujinobu
Eboshi-ori Miyamasu
Bcnkei on the bridge Hiyoshi Sa-ami Yasukiyo
Kagekiyo Seami
Hachi No Ki Seami
Sotoba Komachi Kwanami
Ukai Enami No Sayemon
Aya No Tsuzumi Seami
Aoi No Uye Zenchiku Ujinobu
Kantan Anon
The Hoka Priests Zenchika Ujinobu
Hagoromo Seami
Taniko Zenchiku
Ikeniye Seami
Hatsuyuki Koparu Zembo-Motoyasu
Haku Rakuten Seami
Kyogen Esashi Juo
Walker, Stuart. Portmanteau adaptations. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd,
1921.
The birthday of the Infanta
Sir David wears a crown
Nellijumbo
(Also "Gammer Gurton's needle," five acts)
Walker, Stuart. Portmanteau plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1917.
The trimplet
Nevertheless
The medicine show
The six who pass while the lentils boil
Washington Square plays. Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Page, 1916.
The clod Beach, Lewis
Eugenically speaking Goodman, Edward
Overtones Gerstenberg, Alice
Helena's husband Moeller, Philip
Watt, Mary S. Three short plays. N. Y. Macmillan, 1917.
Civilization
The wearin' o' the green
(Also "An ancient dance," two acts)
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Waugh, Constance E. Holiday plays for girls. Lond. Wells, Gardner, Dar-
ton, n. d.
Under distinguished patronage
Aunt Penelope
(Also "Wanted a governess," two acts)
Webber, James P. and Webster, Hanson H., ed. One-act plays for sec-
ondary schools. Bost. Houghton, Mifflin, 1923.
The boy comes home Milne, A. A.
Followers Brighouse. Harold
A sunny morning Alvarez, Serafin Q. & Alvarez, Joa-
quin Q.
The falcon Tennyson, Alfred Lord
The coming of Fair Annie Price, Graham
The Romancers Rostand, Edmoud
My Lady's lace Knoblach, Edward
The Lord's prayer Coppee, Frangois
The cottage on the moor Smith, E. E. and Ireland, D. L.
Solemn pride Leighton, George R.
X = O : A night of the Trojan War Drinkwater, John
The rising of the moon Gregory, Lady
Nevertheless Walker, Stuart
Manikin and Minikin Kreymborg, Alfred
The Beau of Bath Mackay, Constance D.
The unseen host Wilde, Percival
The shoes that danced Branch, Anna H.
Colombine Arkell, Reginald
Wells, Carolyn. Jolly plays for holidays. Bost. Walter H. Baker, 1903.
The greatest gift
Christmas gifts of all nations
The greatest day in the year
Is Santa Glaus a fraud?
A substitute for Santa Glaus
The day before Christmas
Wickes, Frances G. A child's book of holiday plays. N. Y. Macinillan, 1910.
The captured year
The light
St. Valentine's house
The first May baskets
The thankful heart
Baucis and Philemon
(Also three longer plays)
Wilcox, Constance. Told in a Chinese garden and four other fantastic, plays
for out-doors or in-doors. N. Y. Holt, 1920.
Told in a Chinese garden
Pan pipes
Four of a kind
The Princess in the fairy tale
Mother Goose garden
Wilde, Percival. Confessional and other American plays. N. Y. Holt, 1915.
Confessional
The villain in the piece
A question of morality
The beautiful story
(Also "According to Darwin," two scenes, same setting)
Wilde, Percival. Dawn with The Noble Lord ; The traitor : A house of
cards ; Playing with fire ; The finger of God. N. Y. Holt, 1915.
Dawn
The Noble Lord
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The traitor
A house of cards
Playing with fire
The finger of God
Wilde, Percival. Eight comedies for little theatres. Bost. Little, Brown,
1922.
The sequel
The previous engagement
The dyspeptic ogre
In the net
A wonderful woman
Catesby
His return
Embryo
'Wilde, Percival. The unseen host and other war plays. Bost. Little,
Brown, 1917.
The unseen host
Mothers of men
Pawns
In the ravine
Valkyrie !
Willard, Ellen M. Yuletide entertainments. Chic. T. S. Denison, 1910.
All the year 'round
A boy's Christmas
A Christmas bargain
The first Christmas
The King of the year
Mrs. Randy's Christmas
Santa Clans' garden
Santa Glaus in many lands
The spirit of Christmas
(Also recitations, monologues, drills etc.)
Williams, E. Harcourt. Four fairy plays. N. Y. French, 1920.
Snow-white and Rose-red
Little Tuk's dream
The three bears
(Also "Puss in Boots," a longer play)
Williams, Frayne. Three Oriental plays. Los Angeles, Calif., J. A. Alles,
1921.
The rose garden
The blue vase
The man with the bundle
Wilson, Lillian P. The fruit of toil and other one-act plays. Indianapolis
Bobbs-Merrill, 1916.
The fruit of toil
An episode
Being the fly
A voice on the stair
The empty shrine
The weight of wings
This is law
Living
Wisconsin plays, ed. by Thomas H. Dickinson. N. Y. Huebsch, 1914.
The neighbors Gale, Zona
In hospital Dickinson, Thomas H.
Glory of the morning Leonard, William E.
Wisconsin plays. Second series. N. Y. Huebsch, 1918.
The Feast of the Holy Innocents Ilsley, Marshall S.
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On the Pier Sherry, Laura
The shadow Jones, Howard M.
We live again Oilman, Thornton
Wolfrom, Anna. Human wisps : six one-act plays. Bost. Sherman, French,
1917.
The marriage certificate
Old shoes
A will-o'-wisp
Ripening wheat
The new race
Danny
Woodman, Rhoa. The Bobby Bennett plays for children. Chic. Dramatic
Pub. Co., 1922.
Fashionable calls
A bad case of microbes
In the market place
Buying a day
January styles
Those dreadful Vity-Mines
'Wright, Harriet S. New plays from old tales. N. Y. Macmillan, 1921.
The birthday of the Infanta
Three Sundays in a week
On the old plantation
(Also five longer plays)
Yeats, William Butler. Collected works. Vol. II. Lond. Chapman &
Hall. 1908.
The King's threshold
On Baile's strand
Deirdre
The shadowy waters
Yeats, William Butler. Four plays for dancers. N. T. Macmillan, 1921.
At the Hawk's well
The only jealousy of Emer.
The dreaming of the Bones
Calvary
Yeats, William Butler. The King's threshold and On Baile's Strand.
(Vol. Ill of Plays for an Irish theatre) Lond. A. H. Bullen, 1904.
The King's threshold
On Baile's strand
Yeats, W. B. Plays in prose and verse written for an Irish theatre. N. Y.
Macmillan, 1922.
Cathleen in Hoolihan
The pot of broth
The hour-glass (in prose)
The King's threshold
On Baile's strand
The shadowy waters, (stage version)
Deirdre
The green helmet
The hour-glass (in verse)
Yeats, W. B. The hour-glass and other plays. N. Y. Macmillan, 1904.
The hour glass
Cathleen Ni Hoolihan
A pot of broth
Yeats, William B. Poetical works. Vol. II. Dramatic poems. N Y
Macmillan, 1907.
The Countess Cathleen
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The land of Heart's Desire
The shadowy waters (stage version)
On Baile's strand
The King's threshold
Deirdre
Yeats, "William B. and Gregory, Lady Isabellc A. The Unicorn from
the stars. N. Y. Macmillan, 1908.
The Unicorn from the stars Yeats, William B. & Gregory, Lady
Cathleen Ni Hoolihan Yeats, William B.
The hour-glass Yeats, William B.
Young, Stark. Addio ; Madretta and other plays. Chic. Dramatic Pub.
Co., 1912.
Addio
Madretta
The star in the trees
The twilight saint
The dead poet
The seven kings and the wind
The Queen of Sheba
Young, Stark. Three one-act plays. Cincinnati. Stewart Kidd, 1921.
Madretta
At the shrine
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