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 A, Selected List of Plays 
 
 FOR 
 
 Amateurs and Students of Dramatic 
 
 Expression in Schools 
 
 and Colleges 
 
 Compiled by 
 
 Elizabeth A. McFadden 
 
 AND 
 
 Lilian E. Davis 
 
 ■With an Introduction by 
 
 LUDELLA L. PECK 
 
 Professor of Elocution. Smith College 
 
 CINCINNATI 
 
 E. A. McFadden 
 
 Box 328 
 1908 
 
 MW ^90/
 
 Copyright 1908 
 
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 E. A. McFADDEN
 
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 Introduction 
 
 A list of plays suitable for amateurs and students 
 of dramatic expression in schools and colleges seems 
 to me to meet a distinct need. There is a growing 
 feeling in our educational institutions that dramatic 
 study not only serves to afford pleasurable enter- 
 tainment, but forms an important element in educa- 
 tional discipline. There are few schools that do 
 not give one or more plays each year, often devoting 
 to them much serious study. 
 
 During the past few years I have received fre- 
 quent letters from teachers and superintendents of 
 schools asking me to recommend plays suitable for 
 their purpose. It is a difficult matter to give advice 
 in individual cases, and involves a considerable 
 amount of work: I welcome most heartily this 
 systematized effort to give in compact form the 
 information needed. I have carefully examined the 
 Hst of plays here presented and I gladly give it my 
 sincere commendation. 
 
 LuDELLA L. Peck. 
 
 Smith College, 
 Northampton, Mass., September, igoy.
 
 Preface 
 
 The list herewith offered is intended to be a 
 "first aid" to the amateur actor and dramatic stu- 
 dent : to suggest the various firms who pubhsh 
 plays, to note some of their publications which seem 
 to the compilers to be especially adapted to amateur 
 standards, to collect the elusive but valuable material 
 existing in manuscript form or published by the 
 author, and to call to mind the beautiful dramatic 
 poems by our standard authors which lie at hand in 
 every library. The work of putting these poems 
 into acting form is often one of the most interesting 
 tasks of the presentation. 
 
 The list makes no pretense at being compre- 
 hensive. Whatever value it may possess lies rather 
 in its exclusiveness. Any one seeking a large 
 knowledge of the dramatic literature open to amateur 
 >j players should secure the theatrical trade catalogues 
 \t and the lists of the play-brokers who handle the 
 -^ recent professional successes. These with a 
 ' thorough searching of the classics, ancient and 
 modern, and of the best magazines, will about cover 
 the field. The excellent catalogues issued by the 
 theatrical publishers and sent free to any address, 
 render an extensive listing of the standard drama 
 unnecessary. 
 
 /Every play here entered has been read by one 
 of the compilers, and a list of those read and dis- 
 carded would fill a book many times the size of the 
 
 5
 
 present volume. The basis of selection has been 
 high moral tone, literary distinction and suitability 
 for amateur production. The second of these qual- 
 ities implies the last, since the chief good of amateur 
 dramatics, as of all other amateur work, lies in its 
 cultural value to the actor himself, and the lines 
 which one tediously makes one's own should, if 
 possible, be worth memorizing. 
 
 Other attempts to meet the needs of the amateur 
 play-giver may prove of interest and are here given : 
 
 Burton, C. E. Selected Parlor Plays. (In his 
 Burton's Amateur Actor. 1876. p. 142-9.) 
 
 Hodson, Shirley. Plays Suitable for Private 
 Performance, (In his Private Theatricals, Lond. 
 1881. Allen.) 
 
 Hogg, Wentworth. Guide to Selecting Plays. 
 New ed. N. Y. 1906. French. 25c. [Lists some 
 two thousand plays.] 
 
 James, M. E. What Shall We Act; or, A 
 Hundred Plays from Which to Choose. Ed. 3. 
 Lond. 1882. Bell, 
 
 Salem Public Library. [List of] Amateur Theat- 
 ricals, (In Salem Public Library Bulletin, v. 7, 
 no, 24, October, 1905,) 
 
 The compilers owe much to the suggestions and 
 assistance of librarians and publishers, and to per- 
 sonal friends, and are especially indebted to the 
 kindness of Miss Ludella L, Peck of Smith College 
 and Mr, F. E. Chase of Boston,
 
 Contents 
 
 General List 9 
 
 Plays for Children 51 
 
 Christmas Plays 65 
 
 Bibliographies of Christmas Literature .... 71 
 
 Appendix A : 
 
 Outdoor Plays yj 
 
 Outdoor Plays for Children 75 
 
 Appendix B : 
 
 Old English Plays 77 
 
 Addenda 79
 
 A Selected List of Plays
 
 GENERAL LIST 
 
 Aeschylus. 
 
 Prometheus Bound; tr. by E. B. Browning, 
 mythical, tragical play, expurgated, condensed 
 and arranged for schools. N. Y. Werner 
 Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Parts: any number; time: 1 hour; scene: a deso- 
 late place in Scythia. Also published in Werner's 
 Magazine, v. 27, April, 1901. 
 
 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. 
 
 Corydon : a pastoral. (In his Sisters' Tragedy, 
 and Other Poems. Bost. 1891. Houghton.) 
 Parts: 2 men ; time : 5 minutes ; scene : a roadside 
 in Arcady. 
 
 J^ Pauline Pavlovna. (In his Sisters' Tragedy, 
 
 ' and Other Poems. Bost. 1891. Houghton.) 
 
 Parts : 1 man, 1 woman, attendants ; time : about 
 
 15 minutes ; scene : interior of a palace in St. 
 
 Petersburg. 
 
 Alma-Tadema, Laurence. 
 
 The Silent Voice : a play. (In Harper's Mag- 
 zine, V. 93, 1896.) 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 4 women, a little page ; time: about 
 45 minutes ; scene : the Duchess's room. 
 
 Austen, Jane. 
 
 Novels. 
 
 For dramatizations of her works see Rosina Filippi's 
 Duologues and Scenes from the Novels of Jane 
 Austen, also Mrs. Steele Mackaye's Pride and 
 Prejudice. 
 
 9
 
 10 
 
 Aus-Bar 
 
 Austin, Alfred. 
 
 A Lesson in Harmony. N. Y. 1904. French. 
 25c. 
 
 Parts : 3 men, 1 woman ; time : about 45 minutes ; 
 scene : a suburban garden near London. 
 
 ^ Bangs, John Kendrick. 
 
 The Bicyclers, and Three Other Farces. 
 
 N. Y. 1896. Harper. 
 Contents: 
 
 The Bicyclers. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 3 women ; time: about 30 minutes ; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 A Dramatic Evening. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 3 women ; time: about 30 minutes ; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 The Fatal Message. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 4 women 5 time: about 30 minutes ; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 A Proposal under Difficulties. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women ; time: about 30 minutes ; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 The Worsted Man: a musical play for ama- 
 teurs. N. Y. 1905. Harper. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 8 women, attendants, etc.; time: 
 about lYz hours ; scene: the office of a summer 
 hotel. The music required for this play is from 
 the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. 
 
 Barnum, Madelene Demarest. < 
 
 Our Aunt from California: a farce in 1 act. 
 N. Y. 1903. French. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 6 women; time: about 30 minutes; scene: 
 an interior.
 
 Bat-Bra 11 
 
 Batchelder, C. B. 
 
 The Revenge of Shari-Hot-Su : a Japanese 
 comedy in 2 acts. Bost. 1904. Baker. 15c. 
 Parts: 3 men, 4 women ; time: l}i hours; scenes: 
 1 interior and 1 exterior in Japan. 
 
 Bates, Arlo. 
 
 A Business Meeting : a parlor play in 1 act. 
 Boston, n. d. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 10 women ; time: about 30 minutes ; scene: 
 an interior. Publislied also in the Ladies' Home 
 Journal, March, 1903. 
 
 A Gentle Jury : a farce in 1 act. Bost. 1897. 
 Baker. 15c. 
 Parts: 1 man, 12 women ; time: 30 minutes ; scene: 
 
 a bare interior. 
 These two plays by Mr. Bates are satires on the 
 " new woman." 
 
 Beaumont, Francis, and Fletcher, John. 
 
 The Knight of the Burning Pestle, (In the 
 
 Mermaid edition of their works, also in that 
 
 edited by Alexander Dyce,) 
 
 Parts: 19 men, 5 women, attendants; time: a full 
 evening ; scenes : English streets, interiors, and 
 forests of the 16th century. 
 
 Bell, Mrs. Hugh. 
 
 Dean of St. Patrick's : a play in 4 acts. Lond. 
 
 1903. Arnold. 
 
 Parts: 13 men, 8 women ; time: a full evening ; 
 scenes : 4 early 18th century interiors. Deals with 
 events in the life of Dean Swift. 
 
 Branch, Anna Hempstead. 
 
 The Shoes that Danced. (In her The Shoes 
 that Danced and other Poems. Bost. 1906. 
 Houghton.) 
 
 Parts : 3 men, 5 women, 1 boy ; time: about 1^ 
 hours ; scene: Watteau's studio. Recently pre- 
 sented at Smith College.
 
 12 Bri-Bro 
 
 Bridges, Robert. 
 
 Achilles in Scyros. (In his Poetical Works, 
 vol. 3. Lond. 1901. Smith, Elder.) 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 2 women, attendants ; time: about 
 2 hours ; scene: in the palace garden on the island 
 of Scyros. 
 
 Brown, Abbie Farwell. 
 
 Quits : a comedy in 1 act. Bost. 1896. Baker. 
 15c. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 3 women ; time: 45 minutes ; scene: 
 the drawing-room of a boarding-school. 
 
 Browne, William Maynadier. 
 
 Red or White ? a decision in 1 act. Bost. 1895. 
 Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women ; time: 30 minutes; scene: 
 a home interior. Serious in tone. 
 
 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, tr. 
 
 Prometheus Bound. See Aeschylus. 
 
 Browning, Robert. 
 
 Colombe's Birthday : a play. 
 
 Parts: 8 men, 2 women; time: a full evening ; 
 scenes: palace interiors. Presented at Smith Col- 
 lege in 1892, as the senior dramatics. 
 
 In a Balcony. 
 
 Parts : 1 man, 2 women ; time : about 1 hour ; 
 scene: an ante-chamber or balcony of a palace, or 
 the scene might be laid in a garden. 
 
 The Return of the Druses : a tragedy. 
 
 Parts : 9 men, 2 women, attendants ; time: about 
 214. hours ; scene: a palace interior of the 15th 
 century.
 
 Bun-Cam 13 
 
 Bunner, Henry C. 
 
 Three Operettas . . . music by Oscar Weil. 
 
 N. Y. 1897. Harper. $2.50. 
 Contents: 
 
 The Three Little Kittens of the Land of Pie. 
 
 Parts: 6 men, 3 women, attendants ; time: about 
 1 hour ; scene: a palace interior. 
 
 The Seven Old Ladies of Lavender Town . . . 
 
 in 2 acts. 
 Parts: 8 men, 8 women, a page; time: about 1 
 
 hour ; scene: interior of a booth at a fair. 
 
 Bobby Shaftoe ... in 3 acts. 
 Parts: 9 men, 8 women, attendants ; time: about 1 
 hour ; scenes: 2 exteriors and 1 interior. 
 
 Burnett, Mrs. F. H. 
 
 Little Lord Fauntleroy : 3 acts. N. Y. French. 
 
 25c. 
 
 Parts: 8 men, 3 women, 1 child ; time: a full even- 
 ing ; scenes: 2 interiors. 
 
 Cameron, Margaret. 
 
 Comedies in Miniature. N. Y. 1903. Mc- 
 Clure. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 Miss Doulton's Orchids, 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 3 women; time: about 1^ hours; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 The Burglar. 
 
 Parts: 5 women ; time: about 45 minutes; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 The Kleptomaniac. 
 
 Parts: 7 women; time: 1^ hours; scene: an 
 interior. 
 
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 14 Cam-Chu 
 
 • A Pipe of Peace: a comedy in 1 act. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 women ; time: 45 minutes ; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 A Christmas Chime. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women ; time: 45 minutes ; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 The Committee on Matrimony. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman ; time: 30 minutes : scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 Her Neighbor's Creed. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman ; time: 20 minutes ; scene: 
 
 an interior. 
 "The Burglar" and "The Kleptomaniac" are 
 
 also published separately. N. Y. French. 25c. 
 
 Campbell, Marian D. 
 
 An Open Secret: a farce in 2 acts. Bost. 1898. 
 
 Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 10 women; time: 1 hour; scena: a girl's 
 room at college. Originally written for the Em- 
 manuel Club of Radclifle College. 
 
 Cavazza, E. 
 
 When Angry Count One Hundred. (In the 
 Delsarte Recitation Book. N. Y. Werner 
 Pub. Co. $1.25 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman ; time: about 12 minutes ; 
 scene: at a dinner. Also published under the title 
 of " The Re-engagement." 
 
 Churchill, Winston. 
 
 The Title-mart : a comedy in 3 acts. N. Y. 
 
 1905. Macmillan. 
 
 Parts : 8 men, 3 women ; time : a full evening : 
 scenes: outside a country store, the porch and the 
 drawing-room of an Adirondack camp.
 
 Cle-Cro 15 
 
 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. 
 
 Meisterschaft: in 3 acts. (In his Merry Tales. 
 N. Y. 1892. Webster.) 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 4 women; time: about 2 hours; 
 scene: a simple interior. 
 
 The Confederates: a comedy romance, ed . . . by 
 Pauline Phelps and Marion Short. N. Y. 
 1906. Werner Pub. Co. 15c. 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: about 15 minutes; 
 scene: a garden. Also published in Werner's Read- 
 ings and Recitations, v. 36. 
 
 Cooper, Elise. 
 
 Death or the Emperor? and A Sprig of White 
 
 Heather. Lond. 1901. Dent. 6d. 
 Contents : 
 
 Death or the Emperor.'' 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 3 women, 1 child ; time: 15 minutes ; 
 scene: a cottage interior. 
 
 A Sprig of White Heather. 
 
 Parts : 4 women ; time . 15 minutes ; scene : an 
 interior. 
 
 Coppee, Franq:ois. 
 
 The Violin Maker of Cremona : a comedietta 
 in one act. Chic. 1892. Dramatic Pub Co. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 1 woman, attendents ; time: 30 min- 
 utes ; scene: an Italian interior of 1750. 
 
 Cross, Margaret B. 
 
 A Lucky Trifle. Lond. 1903. Dent. 6d. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman ; time: 10 minutes ; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 Spoken Thoughts. Lond. 1903. Dent. 6d. 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 women ; time: 15 minutes ; scene: 
 reading room of a hotel.
 
 16 Dar-Dav 
 
 Dargan, Olive Tilford. 
 
 Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas. N. Y. 
 1906. Scribner. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 Lords and Lovers, 
 
 Parts: 18 men, 4 women, attendants ; time: 2 even- 
 ings (2 parts of 4 acts each); scenes: English 
 interiors and exteriors of the 13th century. 
 
 The Shepherd : a play in 3 acts. 
 
 Parts : 14 men, 5 women, peasants ; time : a full 
 evening; scene: a peasant's home in Russia 
 in 1905, 
 
 The Siege : a drama in 5 acts. 
 
 Parts: 17 men, 4 women, attendants ; time: a full 
 evening ; scenes: exteriors and interiors in Syra- 
 cuse, Sicily, 356 B. C. 
 
 Davis, Mrs. Mary E. M, 
 
 A Bunch of Roses, and Other Parlor Plays. 
 Bost, 1903, Small, 
 
 Contents : 
 
 A Bunch of Roses, 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 3 women ; time: about 45 minutes ; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Queen Anne Cottages. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 4 women, attendants ; time: 45 min- 
 utes ; scene: an interior. 
 
 His Lordship. 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 5 women ; time: 45 minutes ; scene: 
 a garden, 
 
 Christmas Boxes. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 4 women; time: 45 minutes; scene: 
 an interior.
 
 Dav-Dek 17 
 
 A Dress Rehearsal. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 4 women; time: about IK hours; 
 scene: a garden. 
 
 The New System, 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 4 women; time: about 1 hour; scene: 
 a garden. 
 
 Davis, Richard Harding, 
 
 Farces: The Dictator. — The Galloper. — Miss 
 Civilization, N, Y, 1900, Scribner, 
 
 Contents: 
 
 The Dictator. 
 
 Parts: 14 men, 3 women; time: a full evening; scenes: 
 deck of a steamer and a bare interior. 
 
 The Galloper. 
 
 Parts: 17 men, 4 women; time: a full evening; scenes: 
 2 hotel interiors, a wharf with steamers moored be- 
 side It. 
 
 Miss Civilization. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 1 woman, attendants; time: about 
 45 minutes; scene: an interior. Has also been 
 published separately by Scribner. 
 
 The Princess Aline. 
 
 For dramatization of this story see S, D. Smith's 
 The Princess Aline Play, 
 
 Dekker, Thomas, 
 
 The Shoemaker's Holiday; or, A Pleasant Com- 
 edy of the Gentle Craft. N. Y. n, d. Scrib- 
 ner. (Mermaid series.) 
 
 Parts: 17 men, 4 women, neighbors; time: a full 
 evening; scenes: London streets, 2 gardens, and 
 16th century interiors. Originally published in 
 1599,
 
 18 Die-Dob 
 
 Dickens, Charles, 
 
 Bardell vs. Pickwick; a farcial sketch in 1 act 
 
 from Dickens' Pickwick Papers. Bost. n d. 
 
 Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 6 men, 3 women; time: 30 minutes; scene: 
 a court room. 
 
 The Holly Tree. 
 
 For dramatization of this story see Mrs. Oscar Ber- 
 inger's Holly Tree Inn in the List of Christmas 
 plays. 
 
 Our Mutual Friend. 
 
 For dramatization of this story see H. R. Shat- 
 tuck's Our Mutual Friend. 
 
 Dobson, Austin. 
 
 Au Revoir: a dramatic vignette. (In his At the 
 Sign of the Lyre. Lond. Paul.) 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman, onlookers; time: about 5 
 minutes; scene: a garden. 
 
 The Idyll of the Carp. (In his Old-world 
 
 Idylls. Lond. Paul.) 
 
 Parts: 2 women; time: about 10 minutes; scene: a 
 garden. 
 
 In the Royal Academy. (In his At the Sign of 
 the Lyre. Lond. Paul.) 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 3 women; time: about 5 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Proverbs in Porcelain. (In his Old-world 
 Idylls. Lond. Paul.) 
 
 Contents: 
 
 The Ballad A-la-mode. — The Metamorpho- 
 sis. — The Song Out of Season. — ^The Cap 
 That Fits. — The Secrets of the Heart. — 
 Good-night, Babette. 
 
 These poems of Mr. Dobson's were acted with suc- 
 cess at the Bartholomew-Clifton School, Cincin- 
 nati. They are quite short, take few characters 
 and simple interior scenes.
 
 Dob-Dug 19 
 
 Tu Quoque. (In his Old-world Idylls. Lond. 
 
 Paul.) 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: 5 minutes; scene: a 
 conservatory. 
 
 Dugan, Caro Atherton. 
 
 The King's Jester, and Other Short Plays for 
 Small Stages. Bost. 1899. Houghton. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 The King's Jester; 4 acts. 
 
 Parts : 5 men, 1 woman, 1 boy; time: about 1 hour; 
 scenes: a garden, and palace interiors. 
 
 Cinderella. 
 
 Parts: 2 boys, 4 girls; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scenes: a icitchen, palace interior, and drawing- 
 room. 
 
 A Gypsy Girl of Hungary; 4 acts. 
 Parts: 2 men, 3 women; time: about 1 hour; scenes: 
 a forest and garden. 
 
 The Queen's Coffer; 2 acts. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scene: a palace interior. 
 
 The Sleeping Beauty. 
 
 Parts: 5 boys, 11 girls; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scenes: palace interiors, and a woods. 
 
 Pandora. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women; time: 45 minutes; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 The Gift of Aphrodite; 3 acts. 
 Parts: 3 men, 2 women; time: 30 minutes; scenes: 
 a sculptor's studio and the temple of Aphrodite. 
 
 Nino's Revenge; 4 acts. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women, 1 boy; time: about 1 hour; 
 
 scenes: a woods, a street, and the interior of a 
 
 church.
 
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 20 Dug-Ers 
 
 The Apple of Discord; 2 acts. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 3 women; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scenes: Mount Ida and tiie interior of Jove's pal- 
 ace. 
 
 * Undine; 5 acts. 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 3 women; time: 1^ hours; scenes: 
 interiors of a hut and a palace, and on the Danube 
 river. 
 
 The Flight of the Sun Goddess; 3 acts. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 7 women; time: about 1^ hours; 
 scenes: Japanese exteriors and interiors. 
 
 Eliot, George. 
 
 The Spanish Gypsy. 
 
 Parts: 19 men, 3 women, attendants; time: a full 
 evening; scenes: very elaborate. Presented at 
 Smith College in 1891 as the senior dramatics. 
 
 Enebuske, Sarah Folsom. 
 
 A Detective in Petticoats: a comedy in 3 acts. 
 Bost. 1900. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 7 women; time: 2 hours; scenes: 3 interiors. 
 Originally produced by the Emmanuel Club of 
 Radcliffe College. 
 
 Erskine, Mrs. Stewart. 
 
 The Spade Heresy: a comedy in 1 act. Lond. 
 1904. Dent. 6d. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women; time: 35 minutes; scene: 
 a London drawing-room. 
 
 Euripides. 
 
 The Alkestis: adapted and arranged for ama- 
 teur performance in girls' schools by Elsie 
 Fogerty. Bost. 1902. Baker. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 6 men, 12 women, 2 children, attendants; 
 time: a full evening; scene: a palace exterior.
 
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 Eva- 21 
 
 Evans, Herbert Arthur, comp. and ed. 
 
 English Masques: with an introduction. N. Y. 
 1897. Scribner. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 Introduction [on the masque from its historical 
 and literary viewpoints.] — List of Extant 
 Masques. — Samuel Daniel's Vision of the 
 Twelve Goddesses. — Ben Jonson's Masque 
 at Lord Haddington's Marriage; Masque of 
 Queens; Oberon. — Thomas Campion's 
 Lords' Masque. — Francis Beaumont's 
 Masque of the Inner-Temple and Gray's 
 Inn. — Anonymous, The Masque of Flow- 
 ers. — Ben Jonson's Golden Age Restored; 
 Lovers Made Men; News from the New 
 World Discovered in the Moon; Masque of 
 Augurs; Pan's Anniversary; or. The Shep- 
 herd's Holyday; Neptune's Triumph for the 
 Return of Albion; Fortunate Isles and their 
 Union. — James Shirley's Triumph of Peace. 
 — Sir William Davenant's Salmacida Spolia. 
 
 Everyman: a moral play. N. Y. 1903. Fox. $1. 
 
 Parts: 13 men, 4 women; time: 1^ hours; no special 
 scenery. Originally published about 1500. 
 
 The Farce of Master Pierre Patelin composed by 
 an unknown author about 1469 A. D. Englished 
 by Richard Holbrook. Bost. 1905. Houghton. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 1 woman; time: about Ihour; scenes: 
 a market-place and an interior. With a little cut- 
 ting and arrangement this play would be well 
 adapted to presentation by college men, as the one 
 woman's part could be easily assumed by a man.
 
 22 Fil- 
 
 Filippi, Rosina. 
 
 -Duologues and Scenes from the Novels of Jane 
 Austen, Arranged and Adapted for Drawing- 
 room Performance. Lond. 1895. Dent. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 Literary Tastes. (Northanger Abbey.) 
 Parts: 2 women; time: 5 minutes; scene: an interior. 
 
 The Settlement Question. (Sense and Sensi- 
 bility.) 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: 5 minutes; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 The Readingof Jane Fairfax's Letter.(Emma.) 
 Parts: 3 women; time: 5 minutes; scene: an interior. 
 
 A Strawberry Picnic. (Emma.) 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: 5 minutes; scene: an 
 interior. 
 
 Three Loves. (Emma.) 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 2women; time: 20 minutes; scene: an 
 interior. 
 
 The Proposal of Mr. Collins. (Pride and 
 
 Prejudice.) 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 women; time: 10 minutes; scene: an 
 interior. 
 
 Lady Catherine's Visit. (Pride and Prejudice.) 
 Parts: 2 women; time: 10 minutes; scene: an interior. 
 
 In the Italian Quarter. Lond. n. d. Dent. 6d. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 2 women, 3 or 4 children; time: 30 
 minutes; scene: a street in London. 
 
 The Mirror. Lond. 1901. Dent. 6d. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 1 women; time: 15 minutes; scene: 
 an interior in Japan.
 
 Fit-Fog 23 
 
 Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair. 
 
 The Parting, and Waiting for the Train. Lond. 
 1901. Dent. 6d. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 The Parting. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 1 woman; time: 15 minutes; scene: an 
 interior. 
 
 Waiting for the Train. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: 10 minutes; scene: a 
 country railway station. 
 
 Fogerty, Elsie. 
 
 Scenes from the Great NoveHsts, adapted and 
 arranged for amateur performance. Lond. 
 1906. Sonnenschein. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 Scene from "The Abbot." 
 
 Parts: 4 women, 3 boys; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scene: room in a castle. 
 
 Scene from "The Mill on the Floss." 
 
 Parts: 3 women, 2 children; time: about 15 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Scene from "Adam Bede. ' 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 3 women; time: about 15 minutes; 
 scene: a kitchen. 
 
 Scene from "A Christmas Carol." 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 women, 3 boys, 2 girls; time: about 
 30 minutes; scene: a kitchen. 
 
 Fogerty, Elsie, ed. 
 
 The Alkestis. See Euripides.
 
 24 Fre-Gol 
 
 Freeman, Mrs. Mary E. W. 
 
 Giles Corey, Yeoman: a play. N. Y. 1893. 
 Harper. 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 7 women, the people of Salem village; 
 time: a full evening; scenes: 2 home interiors, the 
 Salem meetinghouse, a cell in the Salem jail, and 
 a field. The theme of the play is the witchcraft 
 delusion in colonial Nev/ England. 
 
 Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth. 
 
 Cranford. 
 
 For dramatizations of Cranford see M. B. Home's 
 Ladies of Cranford, Marguerite Merington's Cran- 
 ford, and Lucian Oldershaw's Cranford at Home 
 
 Gilbert, William S. 
 
 Sweethearts: a comedy in 2 acts. Best. n. d. 
 Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women; time: Ihour; scene: a gar- 
 den with some changes in the 2d act. Also pub- 
 lished in his Original Plays, 2d series. 
 
 Givens, Helen M. 
 
 The Bull Terrier and the Baby. (In the Ladies' 
 Home Journal, October, 1906.) 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women; time: about 20 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Goldsmith, Oliver. 
 
 The Good-natured Man. 
 
 Parts: 11 men, 5 women; time: a full evening; 
 scenes: 2 home interiors and the Talbot inn. 
 Originally published in 1768. 
 
 She Stoops to Conquer: a comedy in 5 acts. 
 
 Bost. n. d. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 7 men, 3 women ; time : a full evening ; 
 scenes: 2 eighteenth century interiors and a garden.
 
 Gre-Har 25 
 
 Greene, Robert. 
 
 Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay. (In Alexander 
 Dyce's edition of the Dramatic and Poetical 
 Works of Robert Greene and George Peele. 
 Lond. Routledge.) 
 
 Parts: 25 men, 4 women, attendants; time: a full 
 evening; the scenery may be as elaborate as de- 
 sired. This play dates from 1594. It has been 
 recently produced at the University of Illinois and 
 at the University of Cincinnati. Also published in 
 Gayley, C. M. ed. Representative English Come- 
 dies. N. Y. 1903. Macmillan. 
 
 Grundy, Sydney. 
 
 -Man Proposes: an original comedietta in 1 act. 
 Boston. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 2 women, 1 man; time: 35 minutes; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 Guptill, Mrs. Elizabeth F. 
 
 In the Wake of Paul Revere: an historical play. 
 Lebanon, O. 1906. March. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 11 men, 5 women, 4 children; time: about 2 
 hours; scenes: a home interior and 2 wood scenes. 
 
 A Little Heroine of the Revolution: an histori- 
 cal play for all ages. Lebanon, O. 1906. 
 March. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 10 men, 4 women, 2 little girls; time: about 
 1 hour; scenes: 2 simple interiors and 2 wood 
 scenes. 
 
 -Harr.son, Mrs. Burton. 
 
 The Mouse-trap : a comedietta in 1 act. Chic. 
 1892. Dramatic Pub. Co. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: 20 minutes; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 N
 
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 26 Har-Hoo 
 
 Tea at Four O'clock : a drawing-room comedy 
 
 in 1 act. Chic. 1892. Dramatic Pub. Co. 
 
 15c. 
 
 Parts: 7 men, 4 women ; time: 1 hour ; scene: a 
 drawing-room. 
 
 Two Strings to her Bow : a comedy in 2 acts. 
 Chic. n. d. Dramatic Pub. Co. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 2 women ; time: about IX hours; 
 scenes: an interior and a garden. 
 
 Weeping Wives: a comedietta in 1 act, adapted 
 from the French. Chic. 1892. Dramatic 
 Pub. Co. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 2 women; time: about 45 minutes ; 
 scene: a hotel parlor. 
 
 Hertz, Hendrik. 
 
 King Rene's Daughter: a Danish lyric play in 
 verse. N. Y. n. d. Werner Pub. Co. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 6 men, 2 women ; time: about 1 hour ; scene: 
 a garden in the 15th century. There is also a ver- 
 sion of this play in Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays, 
 V. 36. 
 
 Hooper, Rebecca L. and Daniels, M. W. 
 
 Alice in Wonderland Continued : an operetta. 
 Parts: 8 men, 4 women, 2 small choruses, 1 large 
 chorus; time: a full evening; scene: an exterior. 
 
 A Copper Complication : an operetta. 
 
 Parts : 6 men, 5 women, sextette, chorus ; time : a 
 full evening ; scene: an exterior. 
 
 The Court of Hearts : an operetta. 
 
 Parts : 6 men, 7 women, 1 small chorus, 1 large 
 chorus ; time: full evening ; scene: an exterior. 
 
 Note. These operettas, the books of which are by 
 Miss Hooper and the music by Miss Daniels, 
 were written entirely for women's voices, the two
 
 Hoo-How 27 
 
 latter works being originally produced at Radcliffe 
 College. The costuming of the men's parts has 
 been so planned tiiat the roles may be assumed by 
 women without difficulty. The plays exist in 
 manuscript only, but are available on application 
 to Miss Hooper, 71 St James Place, Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Home, Mary Barnard. 
 
 Ladies of Cranford : a sketch of English village 
 
 life fifty years ago ; in 3 acts. Bost. n. d. 
 
 Baker. 25c. 
 
 Parts : 13 women ; time : 2 hours ; scenes : 18th 
 century interiors. A dramatization of Mrs. Gas- 
 kell's story. For other versions see Merington, 
 Marguerite, and Oidershaw, Lucian. 
 
 Housman, Laurence, and Barker, H. G. 
 
 Prunella; or, Love in a Dutch Garden. Lond. 
 
 1906. Bullen. 
 
 Parts: 11 men, 10 women, 1 boy ; time: about 2 
 hours ; scene: a garden with a house in the back- 
 ground. , 
 
 Howells, William Dean. 
 
 The Albany Depot. N. Y. 1892. Harper. 
 
 Parts : 4 men, 2 women ; time : about 30 minutes ; 
 scene: ladies' room at the Boston depot. 
 
 The Elevator. Bost. 1889. Houghton. 
 
 Parts: 7 men, 5 women ; time : about 30 minutes ; 
 scenes : a drawing room, and interior of, hall 
 showing elevator. 
 
 Five O'clock Tea. N. Y, 1889. Harper. 
 
 Parts: 6 men, 9 women; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 The Garroters: afarce. N. Y. 1894. Harper. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 5 women ; time : about 45 minutes; 
 scene:' an interior. 
 
 >-
 
 28 How-Hyd 
 
 An Indian Giver. Bost. 1900. Houghton. 
 
 Parts : 1 man, 3 women ; time: about 45 minutes ; 
 scene: a porch. 
 
 A Likely Story. N. Y. Harper. 
 
 Parts : 2 men, 4 women ; time: about 45 minutes ; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 The Mouse-trap: farce. N. Y. 1904 ^885. 
 Harper. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 6 women ; time: 45 minutes ; scene: 
 a modern drawing-room. 
 
 The Parlor Car. Bost. 1889. Houghton. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 1 woman ; time: about 20 minutes ; 
 scene: interior of a parlor car. 
 
 The Register. Bost. 1889. Houghton. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women ; time: about 30 minutes ; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 The Smoking Car. Bost. 1900. Houghton. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 3 women ; time: about 30 minutes ; 
 scene: interior of a smoking car. 
 
 The Unexpected Guests. N. Y. 1893. Harper. 
 
 Parts: 7 men, 7 women ; time: about 30 minutes j 
 scene: an interior. \ 
 
 Hyde, Douglas. 
 
 The Lost Saint. (In Lady Gregory's Poets 
 
 and Dreamers : studies and translations from 
 
 the Irish. N. Y. 1903. Scribner.) 
 
 Parts: 2 men, any number of children ; time: 15 
 minutes ; scene: an Irish schoolroom. 
 
 The Marriage. (In Lady Gregory's Poets and 
 Dreamers.) 
 
 Parts: 6 men, 4 women, 3 little boys, neighbors; 
 time: about 45 minutes; scene: an Irish cottage 
 interior. 
 
 \
 
 Hyd-Kal 29 
 
 The Twisiing of the Rope. (In Lady Greg- 
 ory's Poets and Dreamers.) 
 
 Parts : 2 men, 3 women, neighbors ; time : about 
 30 minutes; scene: an Irish cottage interior. 
 
 Jerome, Jerome Klapka. 
 
 Barbara: a play in 1 acto Bost. 1903. Baker. 
 15c. 
 
 Parts; 2 men, 2 women ; time: 45 minutes ; scene: 
 a simple interior. Serious in tone. 
 
 Fennel. N. Y. French. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 1 woman ; time: 45 minutes ; scenes 
 an Italian interior of 1750. This is a version of 
 Copp6e's Violin Maker of Cremona. 
 
 Miss Hobbs: a comedy in 4 acts. N. Y. 
 French. 50c. 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 5 women; time: 2%. hours; scenes: 
 2 home interiors and the cabin of a yacht. The 
 play deals with the conversion of Miss Hobbs who 
 is a "man-hater" to matrimony. 
 
 Sunset: a comedy in 1 act. Bost. 1903. Baker. 
 15c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 3 worhen; time: 50 minutes ; scene: 
 a home interior. Serious in tone. 
 
 Kalidasa. 
 
 Sakoontala; or, The Lost Ring: an Indian 
 drama, tr. into English prose and verse from 
 the Sanskrit by Monier Williams. N. Y. 
 1885. Dodd. 
 
 Parts: 16 men, 11 women, attendants ; time: a full 
 evening ; scenes : palace interiors, sacred groves 
 of India, etc. This play was recently presented 
 at Smith College as the senior dramatics, the ver- 
 sion there used having been arranged by Miss 
 A M. Wright. Her adaptation is now out of 
 print.
 
 30 Kin-Lon 
 
 Kingsley, Charles. 
 
 Saint Elizabeth. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 Parts: 5 men, 5 women ; time: about 15 minutes ; 
 scenes: 2 interiors. Also published in Werner's 
 Readings and Recitations, v. 1. 
 
 Loch, Emil. 
 
 Citoyenne Denise. Lond. 1904. Dent. 6d. 
 Parts: 4 men, 2 women ; time: 45 minutes ; scene: 
 room in a French inn at the time of the Revolution. 
 
 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. 
 Courtship of Miles Standish. 
 
 For a dramatization of this poem see Stanley Schell's 
 Maid of Plymouth. 
 
 Dramatization of Longfellow's Song of Hia- 
 watha ; in nine scenes for home and school 
 theatricals by Florence Holbrook. Bost. 1902. 
 Houghton. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 10 men, 2 women, any number of at- 
 tendants ; time: about \% hours ; scenes: 2 for- 
 est clearings and the interior of a wigwam. 
 
 Giles Corey of the Salem Farms ; with an in- 
 troductory note and an appendix containing 
 hints and directions for the representation of 
 the play on the stage. Bost. [1868-1900.] 
 Houghton. 15c. 
 
 Parts : 6 men, 3 women, neighbors ; time : about 
 2y2 hours ; scenes : New England interiors, street 
 and wood scenes in 1692. Deals with the witch- 
 craft delusions of that time. 
 
 The Golden Legend. 
 
 Parts: any number desired; time: a full evening ; 
 scenes: exteriors and interiors, very elaborate. This 
 dramatic poem has been effectively given by ama- 
 teurs, but it requires much cutting and arrangement.
 
 Lon-Mac 31 
 
 Hiawatha, dramatized by Stanley Schell, with 
 
 music. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Parts: any number ; time: 2 hours ; scenes: in the 
 forest, and Indian wigwams. Book of Indian 
 music supplied by the publisher for $1.25 extra. 
 
 Masque of Pandora. 
 
 Parts : 6 men, 7 women, various choruses ; time : 
 about 1 hour : scenes: can be made very elaborate 
 if desired. 
 
 Lovejoy, Edward S. 
 
 Valley For^e. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 15c. 
 Parts : any number of men, 1 woman ; time : 1 
 hour ; scene : exterior in winter. Also published 
 in Werner's Magazine, December, 1901. 
 
 Lyly, John. 
 
 Campaspe, Played Beefore the Queenees Majes- 
 tic on New Yeares Day at Night by Her 
 Majesties Children and the Children of Paules. 
 Lond, 1584. (In his Complete Works ed. 
 by R. W. Bond. v. 2. Oxford, 1902. 
 Clarendon.) 
 
 Parts : about 28 men, 2 women ; time: 2 hours ; 
 scenes : exteriors and interiors in Athens. Also 
 published in Gayley, C. M. ed. Representative 
 English Comedies. N. Y. 1903. Macmillan. 
 
 -^ Mackaye, Mrs. Steele. 
 
 Pride and Prejudice; a play founded on Jane 
 Austen's novel. N.Y. 1906. DufHeld. $1.25. 
 Parts: 10 men, 10 women ; time: about 2]4. hours ; 
 scenes: 1 garden, 3 interiors of the 18th century. 
 
 MacMillan, Mary. 
 
 The Ring : a comedy. 
 
 Parts : 7 men, 3 women ; time : about 1 hour ; 
 scene: an English living-room in the 16th century. 
 Handled by Mrs DeMille of New York City. 
 Amateurs may present this play on payment of a 
 royalty of $10 a performance which includes the 
 loan of manuscript and parts.
 
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 32 Mac-Mat 
 
 The Rose : a dramatic poem. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 1 woman ; time: 30 minutes ; scene: 
 a palace interior of the 16th century. Tragic in 
 tone. Haijdled by Mrs DeMille of New York 
 City. Amateurs may present this play on payment 
 of a royalty of $10 a performance which includes 
 the loan of manuscript and parts. 
 
 A Woman's a Woman for a' That. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 3 women ; time: 45 minutes ; scene: 
 a cottage interior. This is a humorous satire on 
 the woman physician. For terms and manuscript 
 address the author, 1915 Bigelow St. Mt Auburn, 
 Cincinnati. 
 
 McMechan, F. H. 
 
 The Last Race. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 
 15c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 women ; time: about 20 minutes ; 
 scene: an interior. Also published in Werner's 
 Magazine, November, 1901. 
 
 Maeterlinck, Maurice. 
 
 The Intruder. (in his Plays, translated by 
 
 Richard Hovey. Chic. 1895. Stone. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 5 women; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scene: a gloomy room in an old chateau. 
 
 Mapes, Victor. 
 
 A Flower of Yeddo : a Japanese comedy in 1 
 
 act, adapted from the French. N. Y. 1906. 
 
 French. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 3 women; time: about 40 minutes; 
 scene: a Japanese interior. 
 
 Matthews, Edith V. B. 
 
 Six Cups of Chocolate: a piece of gossip freely 
 
 Englished from the Kaffeklatsch of E. Schmit- 
 
 hof. N. Y. 1897. Harper. 
 
 Parts: 6 women; time, about 45 minutes; scene: 
 an interior.
 
 Mat-Mer 33 
 
 Matthews, James Brander. 
 
 The Decision of the Court. N. Y. 1893. 
 Harper. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Merington, Marguerite. 
 
 Captain Lettarblair: a comedy in 3 acts written 
 for E. H. Sothern. Indianapolis, 1906. 
 Bobbs- Merrill. 
 
 Parts: 8 men, 3 women; time: a full evening; 
 scenes: 3 interiors and a garden. 
 
 Cranford: a play in 3 acts, made from Mrs. 
 
 Gaskell's famous story. N. Y. 1905. Fox. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 9 women; time: about 45 minutes; 
 
 scene: an interior. Originally published in the 
 
 Ladies' Home Journal, February, 1901. For other 
 
 versions see Home, M. B. and Oldershaw, Lucian. 
 
 Daphne; or, The Pipes of Arcadia: 3 acts of 
 singing nonsense. N. Y. 1896. Century. 
 Parts: 9 men, 5 women, any number of shepherds 
 and Fijis; time: about 2 hours; scenes: a pas- 
 toral scene in Arcadia, and an exterior in the d,o- 
 main of Gumbo, the Fiji monarch. 
 
 The Gibson Play: a two-act comedy based 
 upon Mr. C. D. Gibson's series of pictures, 
 "A Widow and Her Friends." Phil. Curtis 
 Pub. Co. 50c. 
 
 Parts: 6 men, 4 women; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scenes: interiors. Also published in the Ladies' 
 Home Journal, March, 1901. 
 
 Merivale, H. C. 
 
 Husband in Clover: a matrimonial comedy.- 
 N. Y. 1906. Werner Pub. Co. 15c. 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: 1 hour; scene: an 
 interior. Also published in Werner's Readings 
 and Recitations, v. 36.
 
 34 Mil-Mor 
 
 Milton, John. 
 
 Comus: "A maske presented at Ludlow Castle, 
 1634". Reproduced in facsimile from the 
 first ed. of 1637, with an introductory note by 
 L. S. Livingston. N. Y. 1903. Dodd. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 2 women, attendants; time: about 1 
 hour; scenes: a wild wood, a palace interior, and 
 the court of a castle. 
 
 These are the scenes as given in the text but the en- 
 tire play might well be given an outdoor setting. 
 
 A musical setting for this poem, consisting of inci- 
 dental music through which the lines are spoken, 
 songs and dances, has been composed by Miss 
 Josephine Sherwood, Newtonville, Mass. and may 
 be obtained from her for a fee of $10 for each per- 
 formance. 
 
 Montague, Leopold. 
 
 The Crystal Gazer: a fortune telling farce. 
 N. Y. 1906. Werner Pub. Co. 15c. 
 Parts: 2 women; time: 30 minutes; scene: an in- 
 terior. Also published in Werner's Readings and 
 Recitations, v. 36. 
 
 Morgan, Agnes Bangs. 
 
 In April 75. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 3 women; time: about 2 hours; 
 scene: the living-room of a house on the road from 
 Concord to Lexington. 
 
 In the Reign of King James, 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 3 women, a page, other attendants; 
 \ time: about 1% hours; scenes: rooms at Windsor 
 Castle and in the king's hunting-lodge. 
 
 The Orange Girl: a comedy in 1 act. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 3 women; time: about 1 hour; scene: 
 
 a handsomely furnished studio. 
 These plays by Miss Morgan, originally produced at 
 
 Radcliffe College, exist in manuscript only. Foi 
 
 terms address the author. No. 395 Ocean Ave. 
 
 Brooklyn, N. V.
 
 Nan-Pee 35 
 
 Nance Oldfield: a comedy in 1 act adapted and 
 
 arranged from Charles Reade's dramatic tale 
 
 "Art" by M. A. Bost. n. d. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 2 women; time: 40 minutes; scene: 
 
 an interior. 
 
 Oldershaw, Lucian, ed. 
 
 Cranford at Home : a play for ladies, adapted 
 
 from Mrs. Gaskell's famous novel. Lond. 
 
 1905. Dent. 6d. 
 
 Parts: 9 women; time: about 1% hours; scenes: 
 3 simple interiors. For other adaptations of C an- 
 ford see Merington, Marguerite, and Home, M. B. 
 
 Packard, Winthrop. 
 
 The Man in the Case: a comedy in 3 acts. 
 
 Bost. 1896. Baker. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 6 women; time: 2 hours; scenes: 2 interiors. 
 Written for and originally produced by the Em- 
 manuel Club of Radclitfe College, Cambridge, 
 Mass. 
 
 A Pair of Lunatics: a dramatic sketch in 1 act. 
 N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 15c. 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: 15 minutes; scene; 
 
 an interior. Also published in Werner's Magazine, 
 
 V. 27, August, 1901. 
 
 Peabody, Josephine Preston. 
 
 Marlowe: a drama in 5 acts. Bost. 1901. 
 
 Houghton. 
 
 Parts: 17 men, 4 women; time: a full evening; 
 scenes: 16th century interiors and a garden. 
 
 Peele, George. 
 
 The Arraignment of Paris: a pastoral. (In 
 Alexander Dyce's edition of the Dramatic 
 and Poetical Works of Robert Greene and 
 George Peele. Lond. Routledge.) 
 Parts: 17 men, 15 women, attendants; time: about 
 2 hours: any sylvan scene. This play dates from 
 1584.
 
 36 Pin-Pol 
 
 Pinero, Arthur Wing. 
 
 The Amazons: a farcial romance in 3 acts. 
 Best. 1895. Baker. 50c. 
 
 Parts: 7 men, 5 women; time: a full evening; scenes: 
 1 exterior and 1 interior. Amateurs presenting 
 this play must pay a royalty of $10 for each per- 
 formance. 
 
 Trelawney of the "Wells": a comedy in 4 acts. 
 Chic. n. d. Dramatic Pub. Co. 50c. 
 
 Parts: 13 men, 9 women; time: a full evening; 
 scenes: 3 interiors. 
 
 Pollard, Alfred W. comp and ed. 
 
 English Miracle Plays, Moralities and Interludes: 
 specimens of the pre-Elizabethan drama, with 
 an introduction, notes and glossary. Ed. 4. 
 Oxford 1904. Clarendon. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 Introduction. — The Barkers, (The Creation 
 and Fall of Lucifer.) — Noah's Flood. — 
 The Sacrifice of Isaac. — Secunda Pastor- 
 um. — Mary Magdalene. — The Castle of 
 Perserverance. — Every-man. — Interlude of 
 the Four Elements. — Skelton's Magnyfy- 
 cence. — Heywood's The Pardoner and the 
 Frere. — Thersytes. — Bale's King John. — 
 Mysterium Resurrectiones D. N. Jhesu 
 Christi. — Ludus super Iconia. 
 
 Many of these early plays would not be adapted to 
 the stage of to-day but two at least, Noah's Flood 
 and Everyman, have been given recently with 
 success.
 
 Por-Ric 37 
 
 Porter, Bertha Currier. 
 
 Pictures in the Fire : a tableau entertainment. 
 Bost. 1905. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 3 women, 3 children, any number ad- 
 ditional for tableaux; time: about 1'4 hours; 
 scene: an interior. Especially appropriate for 
 Thanksgiving day. 
 
 Renard, Jules. 
 
 Carrots : a play in 1 act translated by Alfred 
 Sutro. N Y. 1904. French. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 women, a boy of fourteen ; time : 
 about 45 minutes ; scene : a courtyard and ex- 
 terior of a gloomy house. Pathetic in tone. 
 
 Rice, Beatrice E. 
 
 The Matchmakers: a Hallowe'en comedy. 
 
 (in the Werner's Magazine, v. 27, July, 1901.) 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 9 women ; time: about 25 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. Also published in Werner's 
 Readings and Recitations, v. 31. 
 
 Rice, K. McDowell. 
 
 Good as Gold : a comedy in 4 short acts. 
 
 Worthington (Mass.) 1902. Author. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 10 women, 1 man, musicians ; time: about 
 1 hour ; scene: simple interior and exterior. 
 
 Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day : a comedy in 2 acts. 
 Worthington (Mass.) Author. 25c. 
 
 Parts : 2 men, 9 women, 4 children ; time : about 
 30 minutes ; scenes : the interior of a department 
 store and a home interior. 
 
 Mrs. Tubb's Telegram : a comedy in 1 act- 
 Worthington (Mass.) Author. 25c. 
 
 Parts : 5 women, 5 children ; time : 20 minutes ; 
 scene: a kitchen. Also published in the St. Nich- 
 olas Magazine, February, 1905.
 
 38 Ric Sch 
 
 A Successful Stratagem: a comedy in 1 act. 
 
 Worthington (Mass.) Author. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women ; time: about 30 minutes ; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Permission to act or make use of these plays must be 
 obtained from the author K. M. Rice, Worthing- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 Richmond, Grace S. 
 
 Honor and the Girl: a parlor love play, (In 
 the Ladies' Home Journal, February, 1903.) 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman , time: about 20 minutes ; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Riviere, Freda. 
 
 Roses and Thorns: a duologue, and Tantrums- 
 
 a comedy. Lond. 1904. Dent. 6d. 
 Contents : 
 
 Roses and Thorns: 
 
 Parts : 2 women ; time : 15 minutes ; scene : an 
 interior. 
 
 Tantrums. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 women ; time: 10 minutes ; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 Rostand, Edmond. 
 
 The Romancers : a comedy in 3 acts. Best, 
 n. d. Baker. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 1 woman, attendants ; time : a full 
 evening ; scene : a garden. Another version has 
 been published by Russell of New York under the 
 title of " The Fantasticks." 
 
 Schell, Stanley. 
 
 Convention of Laborers : cantata for schools, 
 
 etc. especially suited for Labor Day. N. Y. 
 
 Werner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Parts: any number ; time: 45 minutes ; no special 
 scenery. Also published in Werner's Magazine, 
 V. 29, June, 1902.
 
 Sch-Sea 39 
 
 Maid of Plymouth: colonial play in 8 scenes, 
 taken from Longfellow's " Miles Standish." 
 N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 1 woman, any number of Puritans, 
 Indians, etc.; time : 1 hour ; scenes: interiors, 
 street and forest. Also published in Werner's 
 Magazine, v. 29, April, 1902. 
 
 Real Thanksgiving : comedy romantic play. 
 N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Parts : any number ; time: 1 hour ; scene: an ex- 
 terior. It may be given on a lawn well covered 
 with trees or on a stage. Also published in Wer- 
 ner's Magazine, November, 1899. 
 
 Temple of Fame; allegorical play. N. Y. 
 Werner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Parts: any number ; time: 40 minutes ; scenes: a 
 wood and an interior. Also published in Werner's 
 Magazine, March, 1901. 
 
 Schell, Stanley, comp. 
 
 Hallowe'en Festivities. (Werner's Readings 
 and Recitations no. 31.) N. Y. 1903. Wer- 
 ner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 This is a collection of prose and verse with sugges- 
 tions for celebrating Hallowe'en ; it contains a 
 short play, " The Clever Matchmakers." 
 
 Searle, Katherine. 
 
 Moving Out: a comedy in 1 act. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 4 women ; time : about 40 minutes ; 
 scene : a home interior. Originally produced at 
 Radclifle College. For terms and manuscript ad- 
 dress : Miss Katherine Searle, 41 Concord Ave. 
 Cambridge, Mass.
 
 40 Sey-Sha 
 
 Seymour, Edward Martin. 
 
 Two Jolly Girl Bachelors : a romantic farce. 
 N. Y. 1906. Werner Pub. Co. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 2 women; time: 40 minutes ; scene: an in- 
 terior. Also published in Werner's Readings and 
 Recitations, v. 36. 
 
 Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate. 
 
 Elizabeth of England : a dramatic romance in 
 five parts. Bost. 1903. Houghton. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 The Coronation. 
 
 Parts: 27 men, 5 women, 1 child, number of at- 
 tendants. 
 
 The Rival Queens. 
 
 Parts: 32 men, 3 women, attendants. 
 
 Armada Days. 
 
 Parts: 17 men, 3 women, attendants 
 
 The Death of Essex. 
 
 Parts: 31 men, 3 women, attendants. 
 
 The Passing of the Queen. 
 
 Parts: 25 men, 6 women, 1 child, attendants. 
 
 Without cutting, each of the 5 parts of this poem 
 would play a full evening. A presentation would 
 call for much arrangement and very elaborate 
 scenery. 
 
 Shattuck, Harriette R. 
 
 Our Mutual Friend : a comedy in 4 acts dram- 
 atized from the novel by Charles Dickens. 
 Bost. Baker. 25c. 
 
 Parts : 4 men, 4 women ; time : a full evening ; 
 scenes: 3 interiors.
 
 Sha-She 
 
 41 
 
 Shaw, George Bernard. 
 
 The Man of Destiny. (In his Plays, Pleasant 
 and Unpleasant, v. 2. Chic. 1905. Stone.) 
 Parts : 3 men, 1 woman ; time: 1 hour ; scene: a 
 room in an Italian inn in the time of Napoleon. 
 
 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. 
 
 The Critic ; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. 
 
 Parts : 19 men, 5 women ; time : about 2 hours ; 
 scenes : an 18th century interior and a bare stage. 
 
 The Rivals: a comedy in 5 acts. Bost. n. d. 
 Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 9 men, 5 women; time: a full evening; 
 scenes: 18th century interiors, street scenes, and a 
 field. 
 
 "The School for Scandal: a comedy in 5 acts. 
 Bost. n. d. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 12 men, 4 women; time: a full evening; 
 scenes: 18th century interiors. 
 
 Sherwood, Josephine. 
 
 Musical setting to Milton's Comus. See Mil- 
 ton, John. 
 
 Princess Perfection: an operetta in 2 acts. 
 
 Parts: 7 men, 13 women, chorus, any number; time: 
 2X hours; scene: a royal park with a terrace, in 
 mediaeval times. 
 
 Sherwood, Josephine, and Berry, K. C. 
 The Orientals: an operetta in 2 acts. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 12 women, chorus, any number; time: 
 2X hours; scene: a tropical garden showing a 
 palace exterior. 
 
 These two operettas were originally produced at Rad- 
 clifFe College. For manuscripts and terms address: 
 Miss Josephine Sherwood, Newtonville, Mass.
 
 42 Shi-Sop 
 
 Shirley, Arthur. 
 
 Gringoire, the Ballad-monger: a play in 1 act 
 
 adapted from the French of De Banville. 
 
 Chic. n. d. Dramatic Pub. Co. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 2 women; time: 45 minutes; scene: 
 
 a Gothic interior of the 15th century. Pathetic in 
 
 tone. This play has also been published under 
 
 the title of "Pity." 
 
 Shore, W. Teignmouth. 
 
 Two Old Children. Lond. 1903. Dent. 6d. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women; time: 30 minutes; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 Smith, Margaret H. 
 
 A Pair of Frauds. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 
 25c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 women; time: about 40 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. Also published in Werner's 
 Magazine, February, 1902. 
 
 Smith, S. Decatur. 
 
 The Princess Aline Play: a two-act comedy 
 
 from Richard Harding Davis' story. (In the 
 
 Ladies' Home Journal, April, 1901.) 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 4 women, attendants; time: about 45 
 minutes; scene: a hotel interior and palace ball- 
 room. 
 
 Snowe, Lucy. 
 
 Croesus: a classical play, arranged and adapted 
 
 from Herodotus. Lond. 1903. Dent. 6d. 
 
 Parts: 10 men, attendants; time: about 1}^ hours; 
 scene: a room in a palace. 
 
 Sophocles. 
 
 Antigone: a tragedy in 5 acts, adapted for ama- 
 teur performance by girls' schools. Bost. 
 1902. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 3 women; time: about 1 hour; scen- 
 ery may be dispensed with.
 
 Sto- 43 
 
 Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher. 
 
 Dialogues and Scenes from the Writings of Har- 
 riet Beecher Stowe, arranged by Emily 
 Weaver. Bost. 1888. Houghton. 15c. 
 (The Riverside Literature Series.) 
 
 Contents: 
 
 Senator Bird: in 5 scenes. (Uncle Tom's 
 
 Cabin.) 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 3 women, 4 children; time: about 40 
 minutes; scenes: 3 interiors. 
 
 The Way She was Raised. (Oldtown Folks.) 
 
 Parts: 5 women, 1 child; time: about 20 minutes; 
 scenes: 2 interiors. 
 
 Dinah's Kitchen. (Uncle Tom's Cabin.) 
 Parts: 3 men, 2 women; time: about 10 minutes; 
 scenes: 2 interiors. 
 
 Who Would Marry a Minister.? (The Min- 
 ister's Wooing.) 
 
 Parts: 4 women, attendants; time: about 5 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 The Art of Bedmaking. (Uncle Tom's 
 Cabin.) 
 
 Parts: 2 women, 2 children; time: about 5 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 The Power of Love. (Uncle Tom's Cabin.) 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman, 2 children; time: 5 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 The Practical Test. (The Minister's Woo- 
 ing.) 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women; time: .5 minutes; scene: an 
 interior. 
 
 The Village Do-nothing. (Oldtown Folks.) 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: 5 minutes; scene: a 
 kitchen.
 
 44 Sto-Sut 
 
 Sam Lawson's Thanksgiving Dinner. (Old- 
 town Folks.) 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 woman, 2 boys; time: 3 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Sturgis, Julian. 
 
 Comedy Sketches for Two and Three Charac- 
 ters. Bost. 1902. Baker. 25c. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 Apples. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 women; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scene: a studio. 
 
 Fireflies. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: 15 minutes; scene: 
 an exterior. 
 
 Picking up the Pieces. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Half-way to Arcady. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: about 10 minutes; 
 scene: an exterior. 
 
 Contains also two other pieces less suited to amateur 
 acting. 
 
 Sutherland, Mrs. Evelyn Greenleaf. 
 
 A Bit of Instruction: a little comedy. (In her 
 Po' White Trash and Other One-act Dramas. 
 Chic. 1900. Stone.) 
 
 Parts: 2 men; time: about 30 minutes; scene: an 
 interior. 
 
 A Comedie Royall: being a forgotten episode 
 of Elizabeth's day. (In her Po' White 
 Trash.) 
 
 Parts: 4 men, 2 women; time: about 40 minutes; 
 scene: an audience chamber of the palace.
 
 Sut-Ten 45 
 
 Galatea of the Toy-shop: a fantasy in 1 act. 
 (In her Po' White Trash.) 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scene: the woricroom of a German toy-maker. 
 
 A Song at the Castle: a romantic comedy in 1 
 act. (In her Po' White Trash.) 
 
 Parts: 6 men, 2 women; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scene : the state drawing-room of Dublin castle in 
 1798. 
 
 The other plays in Mrs. Sutherland's "Po' White 
 Trash" are perhaps better adapted to the profes- 
 sional than the amateur stage. 
 
 Tarkington, Booth. 
 
 Kisses of Marjorie. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 
 35c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 2 women; time: about 15 minutes; 
 scene: a garden. Also published in Werner's 
 Readings and Recitations, v. 34. 
 
 Tarpey, W. Kingsley. 
 
 Crabbed Age and Youth. Lond. 1901. Dent. 
 6d. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 2 women; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Taylor, Tom. 
 
 A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing: a domestic drama 
 in 1 act. Bost. n. d. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 7 men, 4 women; time: 1 hour; scene: an 
 English interior in 1685. 
 
 Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. 
 The Falcon. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women; time: about 1 hour; 
 
 scene: an interior. 
 
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 46 Ten-Tho 
 
 The Foresters: Robin Hood and Maid Marian. 
 Parts: 12 men, 3 women, attendants; time: a fuH 
 evening; scenes: a garden, a banqueting hall and 
 Sherwood forest. 
 
 The Princess; recast as a drama. Bost. 1881. 
 Baker. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 8 men, 4 women, numerous attendants; time: 
 afuli evening; scenes: can be made very elaborate. 
 Swan Sonnenschein and Co. of London also pub- 
 lish a version of "The Princess" in their series of 
 Standard Plays for Amateur Performance in Girls' 
 Schools. 
 
 Terris, Carhon H. 
 
 The King's Command: a comedietta in 1 act. 
 Lond. 1902. Dent. 6d. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 1 woman; time: 20 minutes; scene: 
 interior in Paris during the reign of Louis 15th. 
 
 Thackeray, WilHam Makepeace. 
 
 The Rose and the Ring: adapted for the pri- 
 vate stage. Cambridge, Mass. 1880. Kent. 
 25c. 
 
 Parts: 15 men, 5 women, attendants, any number; 
 time: a full evening; scenes: palace interiors and 
 forest scenes. 
 
 "Thank Goodness the Table is Spread:" comedy 
 
 play in 1 act. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 3 women; time: 30 minutes; scene: 
 
 an interior. Published in Werner's Magazine, 
 
 May, 1902. Also published under the titles "A 
 
 Woman's Won't" and "The Obstinate Family." 
 
 Thomas, Charles. 
 
 Breaking the Ice; or, A Piece of Holly. N. Y. 
 
 1906. Werner Pub. Co. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: about 50 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. Also published in Werner's 
 Readings and Recitations, v. 36.
 
 Tif-Tru 47 
 
 Tiffany, Esther B. 
 
 Bachelor Maids: a comedy in 1 act. Bost. n. d. 
 Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 6 women; time: 30 minutes; scenes: very 
 simple interiors. 
 
 Trent, John Jason. 
 
 Owin' to Maggie: a comedy in 1 act. Bost. 
 1904. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 4 women; time: 40 minutes; scene: 
 tenement house interior. Amateurs presenting 
 this play must pay a royalty of $5 a performance. 
 
 The Triumph of Pauline: a comedy in 1 act. 
 Chic. 1903. Dramatic Pub. Co. 25c. 
 Parts: 2 men, 4 women; time: 20 minutes; scene: 
 an attractive interior. 
 
 Trumbull, Annie Eliot. 
 
 As Strangers: a comedietta in 1 act. (InScrib- 
 ner's Magazine, August, 1896.) 
 Parts: 1 man, 2 women; time: about 1 hour; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 A Confidence Game; in 1 act. Hartford, 
 
 Bureau of Amateur Entertainment. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 3 women; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. For information concerning 
 the royalty on this play address the publishers. 
 
 The Green-room Rivals: a comedietta in 1 act. 
 Bost. 1894. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 woman; time: 30 minutes; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 A Masque of Culture. Hartford, Conn. 1894. 
 
 Bureau of Amateur Entertainment. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 10 women; time: about 2 hours; 
 scenes: an arbor near Olympus and a hall. The 
 experience of Socrates and Confucius at a women's 
 convention supplies the plot. For information 
 concerning the royalty on this play address the 
 publishers. 
 
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 48 Tru-Uda 
 
 Mind Cure; or, When Doctors Agree, a farce. 
 Hartford, Conn. 1896. Bureau of Amateur 
 Entertainment. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 2 women; time: about 1 hour; scene: an 
 office. For information concerning royalty on 
 this play address the publishers. 
 
 Problems of a Philanthropist. Hartford, 1900. 
 Bureau of Amateur Entertainment. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, Swomen; time: about 1 hour; scene: 
 an interior. For information concerning the 
 royalty on this play address the publishers. 
 
 St Valentine's Day: a comedy in 1 act, Bost. 
 1892. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 2 women; time: about 30 minutes; scene: a 
 home interior. 
 
 The Wheel of Progress. Hartford, 1898. 
 Bureau of Amateur Entertainment. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 20 women; time: about 2 hours; scenes: 2 
 interiors. For information concerning the royalty 
 on this play address the publishers. 
 
 Writing a Play: comedy. N. Y. Werner 
 Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman; time: 30 minutes; scene: 
 an interior. Also published in Werner's Magazine, 
 V. 21, April, 1898. 
 
 Udall, Nicholas. 
 
 Ralph Roister Doister: edited by Edward Ar- 
 ber. Birmingham, 1869. (English Reprints.) 
 
 Parts : 9 men, 4 women ; time : a full evening ; 
 scenery : none. Also published in Gayley, C. M. 
 ed. Representative English Comedies. N. Y. 
 1903, Macmillan.
 
 War-Yea 49 
 
 Warren, Ernest. 
 
 "The Nettle;" a romantic comedy. N. Y. 
 
 1906. Werner Pub. Co. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman ; time: 1 hour ; scene: an 
 interior. Also published in Werner's Readings 
 and Recitations, v. 36. 
 
 Warren, Marie Josephine. 
 
 The Elopement of Ellen : a farce comedy in 3 
 acts. Bost. 1906. Baker. 25c. 
 Parts: 4 men, 3 women; time: about 2 hours; 
 scenes: 1 exterior, 1 interior. 
 
 Tommy's Wife : a farce in 3 acts. Bost. 1906. 
 
 Baker. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 5 women ; time: 1% hours ; scenes: 
 2 interiors. 
 
 Whitehead, Lucy. 
 
 A Rustic Maid. Lond. 1901. Dent. 6d. 
 Parts : 2 men, 4 women ; time : about 1 hour ; 
 scene : a garden. 
 
 Yeats, William Butler. 
 
 The Hour-glass, and Other Plays. N. Y. 
 1904. Macmillan. (Plays for an Irish 
 Theatre, v. 2.) 
 Contents ; 
 
 The Hour-glass : a morality. 
 Parts: 4 men, 2 women, 2 children ; time : about 1 
 hour ; scene: a simple interior. 
 
 Cathleen Ni Hoolihan. 
 
 Parts : 2 men, 3 women, 1 boy, neighbors ; time : 
 about 1 hour ; scene: a cottage kitchen. 
 
 A Pot of Broth. 
 
 Parts: 2 men, 1 woman ; time: about 45 minutes ; 
 scene: a cottage kitchen.
 
 50 Yea-You 
 
 The Land of Heart's Desire: a play of faery. 
 Bost. n. d. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 3 women ; time: 30 minutes ; scene: 
 a plain interior. 
 
 Young, Sir Charles. 
 
 Petticoat Perfidy : a comedietta in 1 act. 
 Chic. Dramatic Pub. Co. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 3 women ; time: about 30 minutes ; scene : 
 an interior. Also published in Werner's Maga- 
 zine, October 1901.
 
 Plays for Children 
 
 Alcott, Louisa M. 
 
 Jack and Jill. 
 
 For a dramatization of a scene from this story see 
 S. D. Smith's Jack and Jill in list of Christmas 
 plays. 
 
 Little Men. — Little Women. 
 
 For dramatizations of these stories see E. L. Gould's 
 The "Little Men" Play.— The "Little Women" 
 Play. 
 
 Alcott, Louisa M. and Pratt, Mrs. A. B. A. 
 
 Comic Tragedies: written by "Jo" and "Meg" 
 and acted by the "Little Women". Bost. 
 1893. Roberts. 
 Contents : 
 
 Noma ; or the Witch's Curse. 
 Parts : 6 men, 3 women ; time : about 2 hours ; 
 scenes: homemade but can be as elaborate as desired 
 in all these plays. 
 
 Captive of Castile ; or. The Moorish Maid- 
 en's Vow. 
 Parts: 4 men, 1 woman ; time: about 1% hours. 
 
 The Greek Slave. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 2 women ; time: about Iji hours. 
 
 Ion [a fragment.] 
 
 Parts: 10 men, 2 women ; time: about lyi hours. 
 
 Bianca: operatic tragedy. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 2 women ; time: about 30 minutes. 
 
 The Unloved Wife; or, Woman's Faith. 
 Parts: 2 men, 2 women ; time: about 1% hours. 
 
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 52 All-Bel 
 
 Allen, A. E. 
 
 Fete in Flowerland: operetta. N. Y. Wer- 
 ner Pub. Co. 40c. 
 
 Parts: any number of small and large children ; 
 time : 1 hour ; no particular scenery. Also pub- 
 lished in Werner's Magazine, v. 29, March, 1902. 
 
 Batchelder, C. B. 
 
 The Wings of Mignonette : an entertainment 
 for children in 2 acts. Bost, 1905. Baker. 
 15c. 
 
 Parts: 8 girls ; time: about 30 minutes ; scenes: 2 
 interiors. 
 
 Baum, Rosemary. 
 
 The Doll's Frolic : an entertainment in 1 scene. 
 Bost. [1898.] Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 3 girls, 2 boys ; time: about 15 minutes ; 
 scene: a nursery. 
 
 Bell, Mrs. Hugh. 
 
 Fairy Tale Plays and How to Act Them. 
 Lond. 1899. Longmans. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 Ali Baba ; or, The Forty Thieves, in 3 acts. 
 
 Parts: 5 boys, 3 girls ; time: about 45 minutes ; 
 scenes: 2 oriental interiors and a robbers' cave. 
 
 Rumpelstiltzkin ; in 5 acts. 
 
 Parts : 7 boys, 1 girl ; time : about 45 minutes ; 
 scenes: 2 interiors and a wood. 
 
 Red Riding Hood ; in 3 acts. 
 Parts: 1 boy, 3 girls ; time : about 30 minutes ; 
 scenes: 2 interiors and a wood. 
 
 Beauty and the Beast; in 6 acts. 
 
 Parts : 3 boys, 3 girls ; time: 45 minutes ; scenes: 
 2 interiors and a garden.
 
 Bel- 53 
 
 Jack and the Beanstalk ; in 3 acts. 
 
 Parts: 3 boys, 2 girls ; time : about 30 minutes ; 
 scenes: 2 interiors. 
 
 Cinderella; in 4 acts. 
 
 Parts: 2 boys, 5 girls, attendants ; time : about 30 
 minutes; scenes: a simple interior and the prince's 
 ballroom. 
 
 Foolish Jack : a dialogue. 
 
 Parts: 1 boy, 1 girl ; time about 10 minutes ; scene: 
 an interior. 
 
 The Golden Goose; in 4 acts. 
 
 Parts: 4 boys, 1 girl; time: 10 minutes; scenes: an 
 interior and a wood. 
 
 The Tinder-box; in 4 acts. 
 
 Parts: 5 boys, 3 girls; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scenes: a roadway and an interior. 
 
 The Three Wishes. 
 
 Parts: 1 boy, 2 girls; time: 15 minutes; scene: an 
 interior. 
 
 The Emperor's New Clothes; in 3 acts. 
 
 Parts: 11 boys, 2 girls, attendants; time: 30 minutes; 
 scenes: 2 interiors and a street. 
 
 The Fisherman and His Wife. 
 
 Parts: 2 boys, 1 girl; time: 20 minutes; scene: an 
 interior. 
 
 The Sleeping Beauty; in 4 acts. 
 
 Parts: 4 boys, 9 girls; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scenes: a palace interior and a wood. 
 
 Bluebeard; in 2 acts. 
 
 Parts: 7 boys, 2 girls, attendants; time: about 45 
 minutes; scenes: 2 interiors. 
 
 This book contains an introduction of some 50 
 pages, giving helpful suggestions for producing 
 children's plays.
 
 54 B'a-Car 
 
 Black, Clementina. 
 
 Kindergarten Plays. 2v. Lond. 1903. Dent. 
 Is. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 V. 1 Mother Hubbard's Tea Party. 
 
 Parts: 9 boys, 6 girls; time: 10 minutes; scene: an 
 interior. 
 
 The Queen of Hearts. 
 
 Parts: 19 children; time: 5 minutes; scene: an in- 
 terior. 
 
 The Toy Shop. 
 
 Parts: any number of children from 12 up; time: 5 
 minutes; scene: interior of a toy shop. 
 
 V. 2 The King's Riddle. 
 
 Parts: 4 boys, and chorus, any number; time: 15 
 minutes; scene: an interior. 
 
 The New Year. 
 
 Parts: 13 children; time: 5 minutes: no scenery. 
 
 Brooks, Elbridge S. 
 
 Friends or Foes? (in the St. Nicholas Maga- 
 zine, March, 1890.) 
 
 Parts: 6 boys, 12 girls, as many others as are desired; 
 time: about 30 mi..utes; scene: a forest. 
 
 The Magic Pen: an operetta for children, (in 
 the St. Nicholas Magazine, November and 
 December, 1881.) 
 
 Parts: 14 boys, 8 girls; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. 
 
 Carroll, Lewis. 
 
 Alice in Wonderland. 
 
 For dramatization of this story see Mrs Burton Har- 
 rison's Alice in Wonderland.
 
 Cas-Fie 55 
 
 Case, Nellie E. 
 
 A Dream of the Flowers: a cantata for children. 
 
 Bost. 1899. Baker. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 1 boy, 14 girls, chorus; time: about 1 hour; 
 no special scenery. 
 
 Clarke, Mary Cowden. 
 
 Puck's Pranks; or, Good for Evil, a juvenile 
 drama in 1 act. (in the St. Nicholas Maga- 
 zine, February, 1883.) 
 
 Parts: 3 boys, 3 girls; time: about 20 minutes; 
 scene: an inteiior. 
 
 Dickenson, Caroline E. and Schell, Stanley. 
 
 Roll Call of the Nation : a play for Independ- 
 ence Day. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 25c. 
 
 Parts: any number of children; time: 15 minutes; 
 no particular scenery. Also published in Werner's 
 Magazine, v. 27, May, 1901. 
 
 Field, Henrietta Dexter, and Field, R. M. 
 
 The Muses up to Date. Chic. 1897. Williams. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 The Muses up to Date: a mychological liberty 
 in 2 acts with a prologue. 
 
 Parts: 2 boys, 14 girls; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scenes: the summit of Olympus, a hotel room, and 
 a garden. 
 
 Cinderella: a fairy comedy in 3 acts. 
 
 Parts: 5 boys, 10 girls, attendants; time: about 45 
 minutes; scene: a garden. 
 
 Trouble in the Garden: a horticultural epi- 
 sode in 3 acts. 
 
 Parts: 1 boy, 21 girls; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scene: a garden.
 
 56 Fie-Gad 
 
 The Modern Cinderella: an exploded fairy 
 tale in 3 brief acts. 
 
 Parts: 5 boys, 10 girls, attendants; time: 15 minutes; 
 
 no scenery. 
 
 The Wooing of Penelope: a shadow panto- 
 mime in 5 acts. 
 
 Parts: 4 boys, 2 girls; time: 15 minutes; no scen- 
 ery. 
 
 A Lesson from Fairy Land; in 3 acts. 
 
 Parts: 10 boys, 13 girls, any number of attendants; 
 time: about 45 minutes; scenes: 1 interior, 2 ex- 
 teriors. 
 
 Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair. 
 
 Birds of a Feather, and the Flower Fairies' 
 Frolic: masques for children. Lond. 1902. 
 Dent. 6d. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 Birds of a Feather. 
 
 Parts: 4 boys, 3 girls, chorus, any number; time: 
 30 minutes; scene: outdoors in winter. 
 
 The Flower Fairies' Frolic. 
 
 Parts: 3 boys, 6 girls, chorus, any number; time: 
 15 minutes; scene: an open space in a forest. 
 
 Music for both plays, composed by G. W. F. 
 Crowther, is lent by the publisher. 
 
 Gaddess, Mrs. Mary L. 
 
 The Ivy Queen: a cantata for any number of 
 
 girls. Bost. 1902. Baker. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 4 boys, any number of girls; time: about 30 
 minutes; no scenery required. 
 
 Revels of the Queen of May and her Fairies: a 
 cantata for 45 girls. Bost. 1902. Baker. 25c. 
 Parts: 45 girls, 1 boy; time: 30 minutes; scene: 
 ouidoors.
 
 Gou-Gup 57 
 
 Gould, Elizabeth Lincoln. 
 
 The "Little Men" Play: a two-act . . . play 
 adapted from Louisa M. Alcott's famous story. 
 Phil. 1900. Curtis Pub. Co. 50c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman, 5 boys, 3 giils; time: 45 
 minutes; scenes: interiors. Originally published 
 in the Ladies' Home Journal, December, 1900. 
 
 The " Little Women " Play : a two-act . , . 
 play adapted from Louisa M Alcott's famous 
 story. Phil. 1900. Curtis Pub. Co. 50c. 
 
 Parts: 2 boys, 6 girls ; time: 45 minutes ; scene: 
 an interior. Also published in the Ladies' Home 
 Journal, January, 1901. 
 
 Guild, Thacher Howland. 
 
 The Clancey Kids : a comedy in 2 acts. Bost. 
 1904. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 18 girls ; time: 1 hour ; scene: a garden. 
 Originally written for and produced by the Upsilon 
 Sigma Society of the Hope Street High School, 
 Providence, R. 1. 
 
 Guptill, Mrs. Elizabeth F. 
 
 The Contest of the Nations: a spectacular play 
 or cantata, music by Archibald Humboldt. 
 Lebanon, O. 1906. March. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 13 girls; time: about 1 hour; no special 
 scenery. 
 
 The Holidays' Carnival. Lebanon, O. 1904. 
 March. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 16 children ; time : 30 minutes ; no special 
 scenery. The characters represent all the principal 
 holidays of the year.
 
 58 Gup-Kin 
 
 The Stars and Stripes Jubilee : a patriotic spec- 
 tacular entertainment, music by Archibald 
 Humboldt. Lebanon, O. 1906. March. 
 25c. 
 
 Parts: 7 boys, 28 girls ; time : \% hours ; scene : 
 the stage draped with the national colors. 
 
 Hard, Henry, and Schell, Stanley. 
 
 Aladdin ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, juvenile 
 play for school or home production. N. Y. 
 Werner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Parts : 9 boys, 3 girls ; time : 1 hour or more ; 
 scene: an interior. Also published in Werner's 
 Magazine, v. 26, November, 1900. 
 
 Harrison, Mrs. Burton. 
 
 Alice in Wonderland: a play for children, in 3 
 acts [dramatized from the story by Lewis 
 Carroll.] Chic. n. d. Dramatic Pub. Co. 
 25c. 
 
 Parts : 16 boys, 14 girls ; time: about 1% hours; 
 scenes : two outdoors, and a hall in the queen's 
 palace. 
 
 Hutchinson, M. F. 
 
 A Japanese Romance : a play for girls. Lond. 
 n. d. Dent. 6d. 
 
 Parts: 8 girls, 1 little boy, any number of attendants ; 
 time: 2 hours ; scenes : Japanese interiors and a 
 garden. 
 
 King, Georgiana Goddard. 
 
 Comedies and Legends for Marionettes: a 
 theatre for boys and girls. N. Y. 1904. 
 Macmillan. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 Introduction: Instructions for making a 
 marionette theatre.
 
 Kin-Nes 59 
 
 Plays : I'he Loyal Two. — Columbine's Mar- 
 riage. — The Magic Hat. 
 
 Legends [in dramatic form]: The Legend of 
 St Francis. — Tne Legend of St. Dorothy. 
 
 Pantomimes: Snowflake and the Dwarfs. — 
 Mother Hubbard and Her Dog. 
 
 Lee, Albert. 
 
 The Knave of Hearts: a Fourth of July come- 
 dietta. N. Y. 1897. Russell. 50c, paper. 
 
 Parts : 9 boys, 4 girls, other attendants if desireil ; 
 time : about 43 minutes ; scene: audience-cham- 
 ber in the palace of the King of Hearts. 
 
 Lowell, Caroline C. 
 
 Prince Charming's Fate: an operetta in 3 acts. 
 
 (In the St. Nicholas Magazine, February, 
 
 1903.) 
 
 Parts : 6 boys, 7 girls, attendants ; time: about 30 
 minutes ; scenes: a forest and 2 interiors. 
 
 Nesbitt, Frank. 
 
 The Magic Whistle, and Other Fairy Tale 
 Plays. N. Y. 1906. Longmans. $1. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 The Magic Whistle. 
 
 Parts : 15 boys, 4 girls ; time : about 30 minutes ; 
 scenes : a wood, a meadow, and an interior. 
 
 The Mole King's Daughter. 
 
 Parts : 14 boys, 8 girls ; time : about 30 minutes ; 
 scenes: a garden and 2 interiors. 
 
 Rumpelstiltskin. 
 
 Parts: 10 boys, 3 girls ; time: 25 minutes ; scenes: 
 2 interiors and a wood.
 
 60 Nes-St. N 
 
 The Golden Goose. 
 
 Parts: 4 boys, 9 girls, any number of extra children; 
 
 time : about 30 minutes ; scene: a wood, and a 
 
 village green. 
 
 Beauty and the Beast. 
 
 Parts : 2 boys, 18 girls ; time : about 30 minutes ; 
 scenes: a garden and another outdoor scene. 
 
 The Goose Girl. 
 
 Parts : 14 boys, 6 girls ; time : about 20 minutes ; 
 
 scenes: a wood and 2 interiors. 
 Plays published separately for 25c each ; songs 
 
 each 25c. 
 
 St. Nicholas Book of Plays and Operettas. N. Y. 
 1900. Century. 
 Contents : 
 
 The Modern and Mediaeval Ballad of Mary 
 
 Jane. 
 Parts : 3 men, 1 woman ; time: about 20 minutes. 
 "This is a shadow play which can be performed in 
 any parlor." Also published in the St. Nicholas 
 Magazine, v. 4, January, 1877. 
 
 Acting Ballads: suggestions for home enter- 
 tainments. 
 
 Also published in the St. Nicholas Magazine, Feb- 
 ruary, 1876. 
 
 The House of Sir Santa Claus : a Christmas 
 fairy show, by Edward Eggleston. 
 
 Parts : 3 boys, 4 giils ; time: about 20 minutes ; 
 scene : outdoor, showing the house of Santa Claus. 
 Also published in St. Nicholas Magazine, Decem- 
 ber, 1876. 
 
 Mother Goose Operetta ; in 3 scenes, founded 
 upon the story of "Bobby Shaftoe" by 
 G. B. Bartlett. 
 
 Parts: 12 boys, 11 girls ; time: about 15 minutes ; 
 no special scenery.
 
 St. N- 61 
 
 The Land of Nod : an operetta for young 
 folks, by E. S. Brooks. 
 Parts : 11 boys, 7 girls, as many others as desired : 
 time: about 30 minutes ; scene: an interior. Also 
 in St. Nicholas Magazine, December, 1880. 
 
 The Giant Picture-book : a new style of 
 tableaux vivants, by G. B. Bartlett. 
 Time and number of parts vary according to the sub- 
 jects chosen for representation. Also published 
 in the St. Nicholas Magazine, June, 1881. 
 
 Shadow-pantomimes; by Herman H. Birney. 
 Parts: 7 women, 2 men; time: about 20 minutes. 
 Also in St. Nicholas Magazine, August, 1888. 
 
 The Magic Sword ; by Katharine Pyle. 
 
 Parts : 5 boys, 4 girls; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scenes: interiors. Also in St. Nicholas Magazine, 
 November, 1897. 
 
 The False Sir Santa Glaus: a Christmas masque 
 for young and old, by E. S. Brooks. 
 
 Parts: 9 boys, 4 girls; time: about 40 minutes; no 
 special scenery. As large a chorus as is desired 
 may be used. Also published in the St. Nicholas 
 Magazine, November, 1882. 
 
 A Sixteenth Century Christmas; by C. L. Mur- 
 dock. 
 
 Parts: 6 men, 3 women, with choruses and attend- 
 ants; time: about 45 minutes; scene: an interior, 
 showing open fire. Also published in the St. 
 Nicholas Magazine, December, 1888. 
 
 Christmas Eve at Mother Hubbard's: a Christ- 
 mas play for school or parlor entertainment, 
 by S. J. D. 
 
 Parts: 5 boys, 5 girls; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scene: an interior. Also published in the St. 
 Nicholas Magazine, September, 1898. 
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 62 St. N-Sch 
 
 A Lawn Dance for Little People; by L. A 
 Bradbury. [Music given.] 
 
 Parts: 4 boys, 4 girls; time: about 20 minutes. Also 
 in St. Nicholas Magazine, June, 1892. 
 
 Dickey Dot and Dotty Dick ; by E. S. Brooks. 
 Parts: 1 boy, 1 girl ; time: 20 minutes; no particu- 
 lar scenery. Also published in the St. Nicholas 
 Magazine, February, 1886. 
 
 An Old English Folk-song ; arranged for reci- 
 tation with musical accompaniment by E. S. 
 Kelley. 
 Also in St. Nicholas Magazine, October, 1890. 
 
 Haydn's "Children's Symphony;" by J. J. 
 Lord. 
 Also in St. Nicholas Magazine, May, 1874. 
 
 A Topsyturvy Concert; by G. B. Bartlett. 
 
 Any number of children; no special scenery. Also 
 in St. Nicholas Magazine, January, 1894. 
 
 The Changeling: a flower and fairy masque, by 
 
 H. P. Spofford. 
 
 Parts: 30 or more children ; time: about 35 minutes; 
 scene: a garden with colored lights. Also pub- 
 lished in St. Nicholas Magazine, April, 1899. 
 
 Schell, Stanley. 
 
 The Animals' Plea to the Fairies: a musical 
 play for children. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 
 25c. 
 
 Parts: any number of children; time: 45 minutes; 
 no special scenery. Also published in Werner's 
 Magazine, August, 1902. 
 
 Festival of the Daisies. N. Y. Werner Pub. 
 
 Co. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 12 or more children; time: 30 minutes; 
 scene: curtain with daisies painted on it. Also 
 published in Werner's Magazine, v. 27, June, 1902.
 
 Sch-Syr 63 
 
 Mother Goose's Merry Band: tableaux for 18 
 children. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Also published in Werner's Magazine, v. 26, Febru- 
 ary, 1901. 
 
 Seton, Ernest Thompson. - 
 
 The Wild Animal Play [with music] N. Y. 
 Doubleday. 50c. 
 
 Parts: 10 boys, 7 girls; time: about 45 minutes; 
 scene: a forest. Also published in the Ladies' 
 Home Journal, v. 28, July, 1900. 
 
 Syrett, Netta. 
 
 Six Fairy Plays for Children. N. Y. 1904. 
 Lane. $1. 
 
 Contents: 
 
 The Dream-lady. 
 
 Parts: 4 boys, 6 girls, and attendants; time: about 
 30 minutes; scene: a garden. 
 
 Little Bridget. 
 
 Parts: 1 boy, 4 girls, any number of pixies; time 
 about 45 minutes; scene: an 18th century kitchen- 
 White Magic. 
 
 Parts: 2 boys, 4 girls, any number of fairies and 
 goblins; time: about 45 minutes; scene: a wood. 
 
 The Gift of the Fairies. 
 
 Parts: 2 boys, 4 girls; time: about 1 hour; scene: 
 a clock-maker's shop. 
 
 The Wonderful Rose. 
 
 Parts: 1 boy, 3 girls; time: about 20 minutes; 
 scene: a farmhouse kitchen. 
 
 In Arcady. 
 
 Parts: 1 boy, 1 girl, a number of little dancers; 
 time: about 15 minutes; scene: a drawing-room.
 
 Ballads for Shadow Pantomimes 
 
 \ 
 
 Field, Eugene. 
 
 Delectable Ballad of the Waller Lot. (In his 
 Love Songs of Childhood. N. Y. 1905 
 Scribner.) 
 
 Holmes, Oliver Wendell. 
 
 The Ballad of the Oysterman. (In his Poetical 
 Works.) 
 
 See The Wooing of Penelope in Field's Muses up 
 to date, also : 
 
 The Modern and Mediaeval Ballad of Mary 
 Jane. — Acting Ballads, by Amy Lovell. — 
 Shadow-pantomimes, by H. H. Birney. (In 
 the St Nicholas Book of Plays and Operettas.) 
 [For data see list of children's plays.] 
 
 64
 
 Christmas Plays 
 
 Beringer, Mrs. Oscar, 
 
 Holly Tree Inn : play in 1 act, adapted . . . 
 from . . . Dickens' Christmas story "The 
 Holly Tree." N. Y. 1891-1906. French. 
 25c. 
 
 Parts: 3 men, 2 women, 1 boy, 1 little girl ; time : 
 about 1 hour ; scene : old-fashioned interior, dec- 
 orated for Christmas. 
 
 Brooks, Elbridge S. 
 
 Ye Three Somber Young Gentlemen and ye 
 Three Pretty Girls: a Christmas potpourri. 
 (In the St. Nicholas Magazine, December, 
 1883.) 
 
 Parts: 8 boys, 5 girls, as many others as desired ; 
 time: about 20 minutes ; a winter scene. 
 
 Chase, F. E. 
 
 Santa Claus the First ; a Christmas entertain- 
 ment in 1 act. Host. 1880. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 8 children, other children ad libitum ; 
 time: about 30 minutes ; no special scenery. 
 
 Denslow, Cecilia P. 
 
 The Offerings of the Year : a Christmas enter- 
 tainment for children, adapted to Sunday- 
 school or home use. Bost. 1899. Baker. 
 15c. 
 
 Parts : 1 woman, 12 children ; time : 30 minutes ; 
 no special scenery. 
 
 65
 
 66 Gle-Gup 
 
 Gleason, Orissa W. 
 
 Trouble in Santa Claus Land : a Christmas 
 entertainment in 2 scenes. Bost. 1905. Baker. 
 15c. 
 
 Parts : 1 man, 2 women, 6 boys, 6 girls ; time: 
 about 30 minutes ; scene: Santa Claus' s house. 
 
 Gowe, R. 
 
 Jean Noel : a story of Christmas in France. 
 N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Parts: 3 boys, 5 girls ; time: 1% hours ; scenes : 5 
 interiors. Also published in Werner's Readings 
 and Recitations, v. 24. 
 
 Guptill, Mrs. Elizabeth F. 
 
 Christmas at Santa Claus House: a play for 
 young people. Lebanon, O. 1906. March. 
 25c. 
 
 Parts: 9 boys, 14 girls ; time: about 45 minutes ; 
 scene : a nursery, and outside of Santa Claus' 
 house. 
 
 Christmas at Skeeter-Corner: a play for young 
 folks. Lebanon, O. 1905. March. 15c. 
 
 Parts : 5 boys, 7 girls, more may be used ; time : 
 about 30 minutes ; scene : a school-room of 50 
 
 years ago. 
 
 A Christmas Dream : a play in rhyme. Leb- 
 anon, O. 1905. March. 25c. 
 
 Parts : 5 boys, 5 girls ; time : about 20 minutes ; 
 scene: a home interior. 
 
 Christmas for all Nations: a play in rhyme. 
 Lebanon, O. 1905. March. 15c. 
 
 Parts : 7 boys, 8 girls ; time : about 30 minutes ; 
 no special scenery. This play is especially reli- 
 gious in tone.
 
 Gup-Hyd 67 
 
 A Christmas Joke. Lebanon, O. 1905. March. 
 
 25c. 
 
 Parts: 12 boys, 12 girls ; time: about 45 minutes ; 
 no special scenery. 
 
 In Santa Claus Land : a Christmas play in rhyme. 
 Lebanon, O. 1904. March. 25c. 
 
 Parts : 11 boys, 13 girls ; time : about 1 hour ; 
 scenes : a nursery interior and in Santa Claus' 
 house. 
 
 The Lost Prince: a Christmas play in rhyme. 
 Lebanon, O. 1905. March. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 6 boys, 9 girls, more if desired ; time: about 
 45 minutes ; scenes : a palace interior and a 
 forest. 
 
 Halifax, J. 
 
 Santa Claus' Reception : international Christ- 
 mas play. N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Parts : 19 boys, 14 girls ; time: about 1% hours ; 
 scene: an interior showing fire-place. Also pub- 
 lished in Werner's Readings and Recitations, v. 17. 
 
 Housman, Laurence. 
 
 Bethlehem : a nativity play. Lond. 1902. 
 Macmillan. 
 
 Parts : 13 men, 1 woman, shepherds, a chorus of 
 angels, etc.; time: about I'A hours ; scenes: on 
 the hills near Bethlehem and the interior of a stable. 
 
 Hyde, Douglas. 
 
 The Nativity. (In Lady Gregory's Poets and 
 Dreamers. N. Y. 1903. Scribner.) 
 
 Parts; 5 men, 3 women, children, shepherds ; time: 
 about 30 minutes ; scene: a stable interior.
 
 68 Law-Smi 
 
 Lawton, Annie M. 
 
 Who is Santa Claus? a play for children. N. Y. 
 1905. Werner Pub. Co. 25c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman, 8 girls, any number of 
 fairies and brownies; time: 45 minutes: scenes: 
 home interiors. 
 
 Ogden, Ruth. 
 
 Among the Pines: a children's play for Christ- 
 mastide in 2 acts. (In the St. Nicholas Mag- 
 azine, November, 1883.) 
 
 Parts: 7 boys, 2 girls; time: about 30 minutes; 
 scene: outdoors. 
 
 Santa Claus at Home: a Christmas operetta by E. 
 C. W. Bost. 1883. Baker. 15c. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 1 woman, any number of children; 
 time: about 1 hour; scene: the cave of Santa 
 Claus. Words and songs adapted to "Pinafore" 
 music. This operetta was written for Sunday- 
 school performance. 
 
 Schell, Stanley. 
 
 Christmas Cantata; tragic romantic musical play. 
 N. Y. Werner Pub. Co. 35c. 
 
 Parts: 5 men, 3 women; time: about 1 hour; scene: 
 an exterior. Also published in Werner's Maga- 
 zine, Decembr^r, 1899. 
 
 Schell, Stanley, comp. 
 
 Werner's Christmas Book. N. Y. 1902. Wer- 
 ner Pub. Co. 
 
 Contains selections in prose and verse for Christmas 
 entertainments. 
 
 Smith, Nora Archibald. 
 
 Christmas in Old England: suggestions for tab- 
 leaux. (In the St. Nicholas Magazine 
 December, 1905.)
 
 Smi-Wor 69 
 
 Smith, S. Decatur. 
 
 Jack and Jill: a Louisa Alcott play for Christ- 
 mas. (In the Ladies' Home Journal, Decem- 
 ber, 1906.) 
 
 Parts: 2 women, 7 boys, 6 girls; time: about 45 
 minutes; scene: a home interior. 
 
 Trumbull, Annie Eliot. 
 
 A Christmas Eve Party: a play for children, in 
 1 act. Hartford, Conn. Bureau of Amateur 
 Entertainment. 
 
 Parts: 1 man, 8 boys, 7 girls; time: about 1 hour; 
 scene: a winter exterior. For information con- 
 cerning the royalty on this play address the pub- 
 lishers. 
 
 Watson, Jeanette G. comp. 
 
 A Chronicle of Christmas. N. Y. 1905. Saal- 
 feld Pub. Co. 
 
 A compilation of verse and prose appropriate to 
 Christmas. 
 
 Wolcott, Theresa H. comp. 
 
 Programs for Christmas Entertainments; giving 
 helpful lists of appropriate recitations, songs, 
 and plays. (In the Ladies' Home Journal, 
 December, 1906.) 
 
 Worrell, Edna Randolph. 
 
 The Toys' Rebellion. (In the Ladies' Home 
 
 Journal, December, 1902.) 
 
 Parts: 18 children, more may be used; time: about 
 15 minutes; scene: Kris Kringle's workshop. 
 Awarded prize for the best Christmas parlor play 
 for children.
 
 70 Cam-Fog 
 
 See also in General List: 
 Cameron, Margaret. 
 
 A Christmas Chime. (In her Comedies in 
 Miniature.) 
 
 Davis, Mrs. Mary E. M. 
 
 Christmas Boxes. (In her Bunch of Roses.) 
 
 Fogerty, Elsie. 
 
 Scene from "A Christmas Carol." (In her 
 Scenes from the Great Novelists.) 
 
 Also the Christmas plays in the St. Nicholas 
 Book of Plays and Operettas in the list of 
 Plays for Children, and the Christmas plays 
 by A. M. Buckton and K. M. Ric e in the 
 list of addenda.
 
 Bibliographies of Christmas Customs, 
 Songs and Stories. 
 
 American Library Association Booklist, v. 1, no. 7. 
 November, 1905. 
 
 Beverly (Mass.) Public Library. Bulletin for 
 December, 1905. 
 
 Boston Book Company. Bulletin of Bibliography, 
 V. 4, no. 4. July, 1905. 
 
 Cambridge (Mass.) Public Library. Bul'etin for 
 December, 1904. 
 
 Cincinnati (Ohio) Public Library. Special Read- 
 ing Lists, nos. 3 and 10. 
 
 Cleveland (Ohio) Public Library. Special Read- 
 ing List, no. 2. Bulletin, June-November, 1896. 
 
 Evanston (111.) Free Public Library. Special Bulle- 
 tin, no. 11. 
 
 J. Herman Bosler Memorial Library (Carlisle, Pa.) 
 Bulletin for December, 1905. 
 
 Los Angeles (Cal.) Public Library. Bulletin for 
 December, 1901. 
 
 McCurdy, R. M. and Coulter, E. M. Bibliog- 
 raphy of Articles relating to Holidays. Bost. 
 1907. Boston Book Co. 25c. 
 
 71
 
 72 Pas-Sea 
 
 Pasadena (Cal.) Public Library, Bulletins for 
 December, 1902, and December, 1904. 
 
 Peabody Institute Library (Danvers, Mass.) Bul- 
 letin for November-December, 1901. 
 
 Pratt Institute Free Library (Brooklyn, N. Y.) 
 Bulletins for December, 1904, and December, 
 1905. 
 
 St. Louis (Mo.) Public Library. Bulletin v. 2, no. 
 10, 1904. Bulletin v. 4, no. 10, 1906. 
 
 Seattle (Wash.) Public Library. Bulletin for 
 December, 1905.
 
 Appendix A 
 Plays Which May Be Appropriately Given 
 
 Outdoors 
 
 For data concerning these plays see the General 
 List. 
 
 Aldrich, T. B. 
 
 Corydon: a pastoral. 
 
 Alma-Tadema, Laurence. 
 
 The Silent Voice. 
 
 This play calls for a scene in a palace, but with 
 slight changes it could be given in a garden. 
 
 Austin, Alfred. 
 
 A Lesson in Harmony. 
 Bridges, Robert. 
 
 Achilles in Scyros. 
 Browning, Robert. 
 
 In a Balcony. 
 
 The action of this play might be easily transferred 
 to a garden backed by a palace. 
 
 The Confederates, anon. 
 
 Davis, Mrs. M. E. 
 
 His Lordship.— A Dress Rehearsal. — The New 
 System, (in her Bunch of Roses.) 
 Dobson, Austin. 
 
 Au Revoir. (in his At the Sign of the Lyre.) 
 The Idyll of the Carp, (in his Old-world Idylls.) 
 
 73
 
 74 Dug-Pee 
 
 Dugan, C. A. 
 
 A Gypsy Girl of Hungary. (In her The King's 
 Jester.) 
 
 Euripides. 
 
 The Alkestis. 
 
 Requires the exterior of a palace in the background. 
 
 Gilbert, W. S. 
 Sweethearts. 
 
 Hertz, Hendrik. 
 
 King Rene's Daughter. 
 Hooper, R. L. and Daniels, M. W. 
 
 Alice in Wonderland Continued: an operetta. 
 
 A Copper Complication: an operetta. 
 
 The Court of Hearts: an operetta. 
 Housman, Laurence, and Barker, H. G. 
 
 Prunella; or. Love in a Dutch Garden. 
 Howells, William Dean. 
 
 An Indian Giver. 
 
 Scene is laid on the porch of a country house, 
 
 Longfellow, H. W. 
 
 Dramatization of the Song of Hiawatha 
 Merington, Marguerite. 
 
 Daphne; or, The Pipes of Arcadia. 
 Milton, John. 
 
 Comus. 
 
 The original setting calls for a palace interior in one 
 scene but this could be dispensed with. 
 
 Peele, George. 
 
 The Arraignment of Paris.
 
 Pol-Bra 75 
 
 Pollard, Alfred, ed. 
 
 Noah's Flood. — The Sacrifice of Isaac. (In 
 his English Miracle Plays.) 
 
 Renard, Jules. 
 
 Carrots. 
 
 The scene is laid in a courtyard with a gloomy 
 house in the background. 
 
 Rostand, Edmond. 
 The Romancers. 
 
 Schell, Stanley. 
 
 Real Thanksgiving. 
 
 Sherwood, Josephine. 
 
 The Orientals: an operetta. 
 Princess Perfection: an operetta. 
 
 Sturgis, Julian. 
 
 Fireflies. — Halfway to Arcady. (in his Comeay 
 Sketches.) 
 
 Tarkington, Booth. 
 Kisses of Marjorie. 
 
 Tennyson, Alfred. 
 The Foresters. 
 
 Calls for a banqueting hall in one scene but this 
 could be dispensed with. 
 
 Whitehead, Lucy. 
 A Rustic Maid. 
 
 Outdoor Plays for Children. 
 
 For data see list of Plays for Children. 
 
 Allen, A. E. 
 
 Fete in Flowerland : operetta. 
 
 Bradbury, L. A. 
 
 A Lawn Dance for Little People. (In the St. 
 Nicholas Book of Plays and Operettas.)
 
 76 Bro-Syr 
 
 Brooks, E. S. 
 
 Friends or Foes. 
 
 Case, Nellie E. 
 
 A Dream of the Flowers : a cantata. 
 
 Dickinson, C. E. and Schell, Stanley. 
 Roll Call of the Nation. 
 
 Field, H. D. and Field, R. M. 
 
 Cinderella. — Trouble in the Garden. 
 (In their The Muses up to Date.) 
 
 Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. 
 
 Birds of a Feather. — The Flower Fairies' Frolic. 
 
 Gaddess, Mrs. M. L. 
 
 Revels of the Queen of May : a cantata. 
 
 Guild, T. H. 
 
 The Clancey Kids. 
 
 Nesbitt, Frank. 
 
 The Golden Goose. — Beauty and the Beast. 
 (in his The Magic Whistle.) 
 
 Schell, Stanley. 
 
 The Animals' Plea to the Fairies. 
 
 Seton, Ernest Thompson. 
 The Wild Animal Play. 
 
 Spofford, H. P. 
 
 The Changeling: a flower and fairy masque, 
 (in the St. Nicholas Book of Plays and Oper- 
 ettas.) 
 
 Syrett, Netta. 
 
 The Dream-lady. — White Magic. (In her Six 
 Fairy Plays for Children.)
 
 Appendix B 
 Old English Plays 
 
 (Written before 1700) 
 
 It would be impossible to find plays of the 
 Elizabethan era devoid of vulgarity but in those 
 given below the offense lies in occasional speeches, 
 which may be cut, rather than in the ineradicable 
 coarseness of the plot. 
 
 For data concerning these plays see General 
 List. 
 
 Beaumont, Francis, and Fletcher, John. 
 The Knight of the Burning Pestle. 
 
 Dekker, Thomas. 
 
 The Shoemaker's Holiday. 
 
 Evans, H. A. comp. 
 English Masques. 
 
 Everyman: a moral play. 
 
 Greene, Robert. 
 
 Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay. 
 
 Lyly, John. 
 Campaspe. 
 
 Milton, John. 
 Comus. 
 
 Peele, George. 
 
 The Arraignment of Paris. 
 
 Pollard, Alfred, ed. 
 
 English Miracle Plays. 
 Udall, Nicholas. 
 
 Ralph Roister Doister. 
 6 77
 
 Addenda 
 
 The following plays were suggested to the com- 
 pilers too late to be read and included in the Gen- 
 eral List. 
 
 Barnard, Charles, and DeMille, W. C. 
 
 The Forest Ring: a play for children. N. Y. 
 French. 
 
 Branch, Anna Hempstead. 
 
 Rose of the Wind: a 1 act fairy play. In pro- 
 cess of publication. 
 
 Presented in the winter of 1906-7 by the McDowell 
 Club, New York. 
 
 Browne, Dorothea Gore. 
 
 Sweetbriar: a pastoral with songs. Lond. El- 
 kin Mathews. 
 
 Buckton, Alice M. 
 
 Eager Heart: a Christmas mystery. Lond. El- 
 kin Mathews. 
 
 A Masque of Beauty and the Beast. Lond. 
 Elkin Mathews. 
 
 Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson. 
 
 The Little Princess. N. Y. French. 
 Dramatization of her story of Sarah Crewe. 
 
 Burton, G. E. 
 
 The Pipe of Desire, and Other Plays. Bost. 
 1906. Old Corner Book Store.
 
 80 Mar-Syn 
 
 Marshall, Robert. 
 
 The Shades of Night. N. Y. French. 
 
 Rice, K. McDowell, 
 
 Charley's Country Cousin: a comedy in 4 acts. 
 25c. 
 
 Good King Wenceslas: a Christmas play for 
 children. 25c. 
 
 For terms and copies of these plays address Miss 
 K. M. Rice, Worthington, Mass. 
 
 Synge, J. M. 
 
 Shadows of the Glen. — Riders to the Sea. 
 Lond. Elkin Mathews.
 
 INDEX 
 
 Abbot, The, scene from 23 
 
 Achilles in Scyros 12 
 
 Acting i^allads 60, 64 
 
 Adam Bede, scene from 23 
 
 Addenda 79-80 
 
 Aeschylus, 
 
 Prometheus Bound 9 
 
 Aladdin 58 
 
 Albany Depot 27 
 
 Alcott, L. M., 
 
 Jack and Jill, see S. D Smith's 
 Jack and Jill; Little Men.— 
 Little Women, see E. L. Gould's 
 The Little Men Play.— The 
 Little Women Play. 
 Alcott, L. M. and Pratt, Mrs. 
 A. B. A., 
 
 Bianca 51 
 
 Captive of Castile 51 
 
 Comic Tragedies 51 
 
 Greek Slave 5i 
 
 Ion 51 
 
 Noma 51 
 
 Unloved Wife 51 
 
 Aldrich, T. B., 
 
 Corydon 9 
 
 Pauline Pavlovna 9 
 
 AliBaba 52 
 
 Alice in Wonderland •_ 58 
 
 Alice in Wonderland Continued 
 
 (operetta) 26 
 
 Alkestis, The 20 
 
 Allen, A. E. 
 
 Fete in Flovyerland 52 
 
 Alma-Tadema, Laurence, 
 
 Silent Voice 9 
 
 Amazons, The 36 
 
 American History, Plays dealing 
 with, see Costume plays, Amer- 
 ican colonial. 
 American Indians, Plays dealing 
 with, see Hiawatha. 
 
 Among the Pines 68 
 
 Animals' Plea to the Fairies 62 
 
 Antigone 42 
 
 Apple of Discord 20 
 
 Apples 44 
 
 Arraignment of Paris 35 
 
 As Strangers 47 
 
 Au Revoir 18 
 
 Austen, Jane, see R. Filippi's Duo- 
 logues and Mrs. S. Mackaye's 
 Pride and Prejudice. 
 Austin, Alfred, 
 
 Lesson in Harmony 10 
 
 B 
 
 Bachelor Maids 47 
 
 Ballad of the Oysterman 64 
 
 Ballads for shadow pantomimes, 
 
 60, 61, 64 
 Bangs, J. K., 
 
 Bicyclers 10 
 
 Dramatic evening 10 
 
 Fatal Message 10 
 
 Proposal Under Difficulties 10 
 
 Worsted Man 10 
 
 81
 
 82 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Barbara 29 
 
 Bardell vs. Pickwick 18 
 
 Barker, H. G., see Housman, Lau- 
 rence. 
 
 Barnard, Charles, and DeMille, 
 W. C, 
 Forest Ring 79 
 
 Barnum, M. D., 
 
 Our Aunt from California 10 
 
 Bartlett, G. B., 
 
 Giant Picture-book 61 
 
 Mother Goose Operetta 60 
 
 Topsyturvy Concert 62 
 
 Batchelder, C. B., 
 
 Revenge of Shari-Hot-Su 11 
 
 Wings of Mignonette 52 
 
 Bates, Arlo. 
 
 Business Meeting 11 
 
 Gentle Jury 11 
 
 Baum, Rosemary, 
 
 Doll's Frolic 52 
 
 Beaumont, Francis, 
 
 Masque of the Inner-Temple and 
 Gray's Inn 21 
 
 Beaumont Francis, and Fletcher, 
 John, 
 Knight of the Burning Pestle 11 
 
 Beauty and the Beast (Bell), 52 
 
 Beauty and the Beast (Nesbitt) 60 
 
 Beauty and the Beast, Masque of 
 (Buckton) 79 
 
 Bell, Mrs. Hugh, 
 
 Ali Baba 52 
 
 Beauty and the Beast 52 
 
 Bluebeard 53 
 
 Cinderella 53 
 
 Dean of St. Patrick's 11 
 
 Emperor's New Clothes 53 
 
 Fairy Tale Plays 52-53 
 
 Fisherman and his Wife 53 
 
 Foolish Jack 53 
 
 Golden Goose 53 
 
 Jack and the Beanstalk 53 
 
 Red Riding Hood 52 
 
 Rumpelstiltzkin 52 
 
 Sleeping Beauty 53 
 
 Three Wishes 53 
 
 Tinder-box 53 
 
 Beringer, Mrs. Oscar, 
 
 Holly Tree Inn 65 
 
 Berry, K. C, see Sherwood, Joseph- 
 ine. 
 
 Bethlehem 67 
 
 Bianca 51 
 
 Bibliographies of Christmas Cus- 
 toms, Songs and Stories 71-72 
 
 Bibliography of lists of plays 6 
 
 Bicyclers, The 10 
 
 Birds of a Feather 56 
 
 Birney, H. H., 
 
 Shadow-pantomimes 61 
 
 Bit of Instruction 44 
 
 Black, Clementina, 
 
 Kindergarten Plays 54 
 
 King's Riddle 54 
 
 Mother Hubbard's Tea Party 54 
 
 New Year 54 
 
 Queen of Hearts 54 
 
 Toy Shop 54 
 
 Bluebeard 53 
 
 Bobby Shaftoe (operetta) 13 
 
 See also G. B. Bartlett's Mother 
 Goose Operetta 60 
 
 Bradbury, L. A., 
 
 Lawn Dance for Little People 62 
 
 Branch, A. H., 
 
 Rose of the Wind 79 
 
 Shoes that Danced 11 
 
 Breaking the Ice 46 
 
 Bridges, Robert, 
 
 Achilles in Scyros 12 
 
 Brooks, E. S., 
 
 Dickey Dot and Dotty Dick 62 
 
 False Sir Santa Claus 61 
 
 Friends or Foes? 54 
 
 Land of Nod 61 
 
 Magic Pen 54 
 
 Ye Three Somber Young Gentle- 
 men 65 
 
 Brown, A. F., 
 
 Quits 12
 
 INDEX 
 
 83 
 
 Browne, D. G., 
 
 Sweetbriar 79 
 
 Browne, W. M., 
 
 Red or White 12 
 
 Browning, E. B., see Aeschylus, 
 Prometheus Bound. 
 
 Browning, Robert, 
 
 Colprnbe's Birthday 12 
 
 In a lialcony 12 
 
 Return of the Druses 12 
 
 Buckton, A. M., 
 
 Eager Heart 79 
 
 Masque of Beauty and the Beast, 79 
 
 Bull Terrier and the Baby 24 
 
 Bunch of Roses 16 
 
 Bunner, H. C, 
 
 Bobby Shaftoe 13 
 
 Seven Old Ladies of Lavender 
 
 Town 13 
 
 Three Little Kittens of the Land 
 
 of Pie 13 
 
 Three Operettas 13 
 
 Burglar, The 13 
 
 Burnett, Mrs. F. H.. 
 
 Little Lord Fauntleroy 13 
 
 Little Princess 79 
 
 Burton, C. E., 
 
 Burton's Amateur Actor 6 
 
 Burton, G. E., 
 
 Pipe of Desire 79 
 
 Business Meeting 11 
 
 Cameron, Margaret, 
 
 Burglar, The 13 
 
 Christmas Chime 14 
 
 Comedies in Miniature 13 
 
 Committee on Matrimony 14 
 
 Her Neighbor's Creed 14 
 
 Kleptomaniac, The 13 
 
 Miss Doulton's Orchids 13 
 
 Pipe of Peace 14 
 
 Campaspe 31 
 
 Campbell, M. D., 
 
 Open Secret 14 
 
 Campion, Thomas, 
 
 Lords' Masque 21 
 
 Cantatas : 
 
 Christmas Cantata 68 
 
 Contest of the Nations 57 
 
 Convention of Laborers 38 
 
 Dream of the Flowers 55 
 
 Ivy Queen, The 56 
 
 Revels of the Queen of May 56 
 
 Captain Lettarblair 33 
 
 Captive of Castile 51 
 
 Carroll, Lewis, 
 
 Alice in Wonderland, see Mrs. 
 Burton Harrison. 
 
 Carrots 37 
 
 Case, N. E., 
 
 Dream of the Flowers 55 
 
 Cathleen Ni Hoolihan 49 
 
 Cavazza, E., 
 
 When Angry Count One Hun- 
 dred 14 
 
 Changeling, The. 62 
 
 Charley's Country Cousin. 80 
 
 Chase, F. E., 
 
 Santa Claus the First 65 
 
 Christmas, Plays for, 
 
 60,61, 65-70, 79, 80 
 
 Christmas at Santa Claus House 66 
 
 Christmas at Skeeter Corner 66 
 
 Christmas Book (Werner's) 68 
 
 Christmas Boxes 16 
 
 Christmas Cantata 68 
 
 Christmas Carol, scene from 23 
 
 Christmas Chime, A 14 
 
 Christmas Customs, Songs and Sto- 
 ries, Bibliographies of 71-72 
 
 Christmas Dream, A 66 
 
 Christmas Entertainments, Pro- 
 grams for 69 
 
 Christmas Eve at Mother Hub- 
 bard's 61 
 
 Christmas Eve Party 69 
 
 Christmas for All Nations 66 
 
 Christmas in Old England 68 
 
 Christmas Joke 67 
 
 Chronicles of Christmas 69
 
 84 
 
 Churchill, Winston, 
 
 Title-mart 14 
 
 Cinderella, (Bell) 53 
 
 Cinderella, (Dugan) 19 
 
 Cinderella, (Field) 55 
 
 Citoyenne Denise 30 
 
 Clancey Kids 57 
 
 Clarke, M. C, 
 
 Puck's Pranks 55 
 
 Clemens, S. L., 
 
 Meisterschaft 15 
 
 Colombe's Birthday 12 
 
 Columbine's Marriage 59 
 
 Comedie Royall 44 
 
 Comedies for Marionettes 58-59 
 
 Comedies in Miniature 13 
 
 Comedy Sketches 44 
 
 Comic Tragedies _ 51 
 
 Committee on Matrimony 14 
 
 Comus 34 
 
 Confederates, The 15 
 
 Confidence Game 47 
 
 Contest of the Nations 57 
 
 Convention of Laborers 38 
 
 Cooper, Elise, 
 
 Death or the Emperor? 15 
 
 Sprig of White Heather 15 
 
 Coppee, Francois, 
 
 Violin Maker of Cremona 15 
 
 See also Jerome's Fennel. 
 
 Copper Complication (operetta) 26 
 
 Corydon 9 
 
 Costume Plays: 
 
 Notb: Plays calling merely for fanciful cos- 
 tume, such as fairy plays, are not given in 
 this list which is limited to plays demand- 
 ing definite historical costuming. 
 
 American Colonial: 
 
 Giles Corey, Yeoman 24 
 
 Giles Corey of the Salem Farms.. 30 
 
 In April '75 34 
 
 In the Wake of Paul Revere 25 
 
 Little Heroine of the Revolution.. 25 
 
 Maid of Plymouth 39 
 
 Valley Forge 31 
 
 American Indian: 
 
 Hiawatha 30, 31 
 
 INDEX 
 
 English, 13th Century: 
 
 Lords and Lovers 16 
 
 Elizabethan: 
 
 Christmas in Old England 68 
 
 Comedie Royall 44 
 
 Elizabeth of England 40 
 
 Foresters, The 46 
 
 Marlowe 35 
 
 Ring, The 31 
 
 Sixteenth Century Christmas 16 
 
 See also the list of Old English 
 plays 77 
 
 English, 17th Century: 
 
 Comus 34 
 
 In the Reign of King James 34 
 
 Sheep in Wolf's Clothing 45 
 
 English, 18th Century: 
 
 Critic, The 41 
 
 Dean of St. Patrick's 11 
 
 Good-natured Man 24 
 
 Rivals, The 41 
 
 School for Scandal 41 
 
 She Stoops to Conquer 24 
 
 English, early 19th Century: 
 
 Cranford 27, 33, 35 
 
 Duologues from Jane Austen 22 
 
 Pride and Prejudice 31 
 
 French, 15th Century: 
 
 Farce of Master Pierre Patelin.... 21 
 
 Gringoire 42 
 
 King Rene's Daughter 26 
 
 French, 18th Century: 
 
 Citoyenne Denise 30 
 
 King's Command 46 
 
 French, early 19th Century: 
 
 Shoes that Danced 11 
 
 German (Cleves) 17th Century: 
 
 Colombe's Birthday 12 
 
 Greek, Ancient: 
 
 Achilles in Scyros 12 
 
 Alkestis 20 
 
 Antigone 42 
 
 Croesus (arranged from Herod- 
 otus) 42 
 
 Prometheus Bound 9
 
 INDEX 
 
 Indian, East, 
 
 S^koontali 29 
 
 Irish: 
 
 Cathleen Ni Hoolihan 49 
 
 Hour-glass 49 
 
 Land of Heart's Desire 50 
 
 Lost Saint 28 
 
 Marriage, The 28 
 
 Pot of Broth 49 
 
 Song of tiie Castle 45 
 
 Twisting of the Roj)e 29 
 
 Italian, 18th Century: 
 
 Man of Destiny 41 
 
 Violin Maker of Cremona 15 
 
 Japanese: 
 
 Flight of the Sun Goddess 20 
 
 Flower of Yeddo 32 
 
 Japanese Romance 58 
 
 Mirror, The 22 
 
 Revenge of Shari-Hot-Su 11 
 
 Russian, Modern: 
 
 Pauline Pavlovna 9 
 
 Shepherd, The 16 
 
 St. Helena, 1821: 
 
 Death or the Emperor? 15 
 
 Sicilian, 356 B. C: 
 
 Siege, The 16 
 
 Spanish, 15th Century: 
 
 Spanish Gypsy. 20 
 
 Syrian, 15th Century: 
 
 Return of the Druses 12 
 
 Court of Hearts (operetta) 26 
 
 Courtship of Miles Standish, see S. 
 Schell's Maid of Plymouth. 
 
 Crabbed Age and Youth 45 
 
 Cranford, Ladies of, (Home) 27 
 
 Cranford (Merington) 33 
 
 Cranford at Home (Oldershaw) 35 
 
 Critic, The 41 
 
 Croesus 42 
 
 Cross, M. B., 
 
 Lucky Trifles 15 
 
 Spoken Thoughts 15 
 
 Crystal Gazer 34 
 
 85 
 
 D. 
 
 D., S. J., 
 
 Christmas Eve at Mother Hub- 
 bard's 61 
 
 Daniel, Samuel, 
 
 Vision of the Twelve Goddesses... 21 
 
 Daniels, M. W., see Hooper, R. L. 
 
 Daphne 33 
 
 Dargan, O. T., 
 
 Lords and Lovers 16 
 
 Shepherd, The. 16 
 
 Siege, The 16 
 
 Davenant, Sir W^illiam, 
 
 Salmacida Spolia 21 
 
 Davis, Mrs. M. E. M., 
 
 Bunch of Roses 16 
 
 Christmas Boxes 16 
 
 D.'-ess Rehearsal 17 
 
 His Lordship 16 
 
 New System 17 
 
 Queen Anne Cottages 16 
 
 Davis, R. H., 
 
 Dictator, The 17 
 
 Galloper, The 17 
 
 Miss Civilization 17 
 
 Princess Aline, The, see S. D. 
 Smith's The Princess Aline Play. 
 
 Dean of St. Patrick's 11 
 
 Death or the Emperor? 15 
 
 Decision of the Court 33 
 
 Dekker, Thomas, 
 
 Shoemaker's Holiday 17 
 
 Delectable Ballad of the Waller 
 Lot 64 
 
 DeMille, W. C, and Barnard, 
 Charles, 
 Forest Ring 79 
 
 Denslow, C. P., 
 Offerings of the Year 65 
 
 Detective in Petticoats 20 
 
 Dickens, Charles, 
 
 Bardell vs. Pickwick 18 
 
 Christmas Carol, scene from 23
 
 86 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Holly Tree, see Mrs. Oscar Ber- 
 inger's Holly Tree Inn. 
 Our Mutual Friend, see H. R. 
 Shattuck's Our Mutual Friend. 
 
 Dickey Dot and Dotty Dick 62 
 
 Dickinson, C. E., and Schell, Stan- 
 ley, 
 
 Roll Call of the Nation 55 
 
 Dictator, The 17 
 
 Dobson, Austin, 
 
 Au Revoir 18 
 
 Idyll of the Carp 18 
 
 In the Royal Academy 18 
 
 Proverbs in Porcelain 18 
 
 Tu Quoque 19 
 
 Doll's Frolic 52 
 
 Dramatic Evening 10 
 
 Dream of the Flowers 55 
 
 Dream-lady 63 
 
 Dress Rehearsal 17 
 
 Dugan, C. A., 
 
 Apple of Discord 20 
 
 Cinderella 19 
 
 Flight ot the Sun Goddess 20 
 
 Gift of Aphrodite 19 
 
 Gypsy Girl of Hungary 19 
 
 King's Jester 19 
 
 Nino's Revenge 19 
 
 Pandora 19 
 
 Queen's Coffer 19 
 
 Sleeping Beauty 19 
 
 Undine 20 
 
 Duologues and Scenes from the 
 
 Novels of Jane Austen 22 
 
 E. C. W., see W., E. C. 
 
 Eager Heart 79 
 
 Eggleston, Edward, 
 
 House of Sir Santa Claus 60 
 
 Elevator, The 27 
 
 Eliot, Annie, see Trumbull, A. E. 
 Eliot, George, 
 
 Adam Bede, scene from 23 
 
 Mill on the Floss, scene from 23 
 
 Spanish Gypsy 20 
 
 Elizabeth of England 40 
 
 Elizabethan Plays 77 
 
 Elopement of Ellen 49 
 
 Emma, scenes from 22 
 
 Emperor's New Clothes 53 
 
 Enebuske, S. F., 
 
 Detective in Petticoats 20 
 
 English History, plays dealing with, 
 
 see Costume plays, English. 
 
 English Masques 21 
 
 English Miracle Plays 36 
 
 Engli h Plays written before 1700... 77 
 Erskine, Mrs. Stewart, 
 
 Spade Heresy 20 
 
 Euripides, 
 
 Alkestis 20 
 
 Evans, H. A. comp. 
 
 English Masques 21 
 
 Everyman 21, 36 
 
 Fairy Tale Plays (Bell) 52-53 
 
 Fairy Tale Plays ( Nesbitt) 59-60 
 
 Fairy Tale Plays (Syrett) 63 
 
 See also Dugan' s King's Jester, 
 and the entire list of Plays for 
 Children. 
 
 Falcon, The 45 
 
 False Sir Santa Claus 61 
 
 Fantasticks, The, see Rostand's Ro- 
 mancers. 
 
 Farce of Master Pierre Patelin 21 
 
 Fatal Message 10 
 
 Fennel 29 
 
 Festival of the Daisies 62 
 
 Fete in Flowerland 52 
 
 Field, Eugene, 
 
 Delectable Ballad of the Waller 
 
 Lot 64 
 
 Field, H. D. and Field, R. M., 
 
 Cinderella 55 
 
 Lesson from Fairyland 56 
 
 Modern Cinderella 56 
 
 Muses up to Date 55 
 
 Trouble in the Garden 55 
 
 Wooing of Penelope 56
 
 INDEX 
 
 87 
 
 Filippi, Rosina, 
 
 Duologues and scenes from the 
 
 Novels of Jane Austen 22 
 
 In the Italian Quarter 22 
 
 Mirror, The 22 
 
 Fireflies 44 
 
 Fisherman and His Wife 53 
 
 FJtz-Gerald, S. J. A., 
 
 Birds of a Feather 56 
 
 Flower Fairies' Frolic 56 
 
 Parting, The 23 
 
 Waiting for the Train 23 
 
 Five O'clock Tea 27 
 
 Fletcher, John, see Beaumont, Fran- 
 cis. 
 
 Flight of the Sun Goddess 20 
 
 Flower Fairies' Frolic 56 
 
 Flower of Yeddo 32 
 
 Fogerty, Elsie, 
 
 Scenes from the Great Novelists . 23 
 
 Folk-song, Old English 62 
 
 Foolish Jack 53 
 
 Forest Ring 79 
 
 Foresters, The 46 
 
 Fortunate Isles 21 
 
 Fourth of July Plays: 
 
 Knave of Hearts 59 
 
 Roll Call of the Nation 55 
 
 Stars and Stripes Jubilee 58 
 
 Freeman, Mrs. M. E. W., 
 
 Giles Corey, Yeoman 24 
 
 French costume plays, see Costume 
 plays, French. 
 
 Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay 25 
 
 Friends or Foes? 54 
 
 Gaddess, Mrs. M. L. , 
 
 Ivy Queen 56 
 
 Revels of the Queen of May 56 
 
 Galatea of the Toy-shop 45 
 
 Galloper, The 17 
 
 Garroters, The 27 
 
 Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth, 
 
 Cranford, see M. B. Home's La- 
 dies of Cranford, M. Merington's 
 Cranford, and L. Oldershaw's 
 Cranford at Home. 
 
 Gentle Jury 11 
 
 Giant Picture-book 61 
 
 Gibson Play 33 
 
 Gift of Aphrodite 19 
 
 Gift of the Fairies 63 
 
 Gilbert, W. S., 
 
 Sweethearts 24 
 
 Giles Corey, Yeoman 24 
 
 Giles Corey of the Salem Farms 30 
 
 Givens, H. M., 
 
 Bull Terrier and the Baby 24 
 
 Gleason, O. W., 
 
 Trouble in Santa Claus Land 66 
 
 Golden Age Restored 21 
 
 Golden Goose (Bell) 53 
 
 Golden Goose (Nesbitt) 60 
 
 Golden Legend 30 
 
 Goldsmith, Oliver, 
 
 Good-natured Man 24 
 
 She Stoops to Conquer 24 
 
 Good as Gold 37 
 
 Good King Wenceslas 80 
 
 Good-natured Man 24 
 
 Goose Girl 60 
 
 Gould, E. L., 
 
 "Little Men" Play 57 
 
 "Little Women" Play 57 
 
 Gowe, R., 
 
 Jean Noel 66 
 
 Greek costume plays, see Costume 
 plays, Greek. 
 
 Greek Slave 51 
 
 Greene, Robert, 
 
 Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay... 25 
 
 Green-room Rivals 47 
 
 Gringoire 42 
 
 Grundy, Sydney, 
 
 Man Proposes 25 
 
 Guide to Selecting Plays 6 
 
 Guild, T. H., 
 
 Clancey Kids, The 57
 
 88 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Guptill, Mrs. E. F., 
 
 Christmas at Santa Claus House.. 66 
 
 Christmas at Skeeter Corner 66 
 
 Christmas Dream 66 
 
 Christmas for All Nations 66 
 
 Christmas Joke 67 
 
 Contest of the Nations 57 
 
 Holidays' Carnival 57 
 
 In Santa Claus Land 67 
 
 In the Wake of Paul Revere 25 
 
 Little Heroine of the Revolution, 25 
 
 Lost Prince 67 
 
 Stars and Stripes Jubilee 58 
 
 Gypsy Girl of Hungary 19 
 
 H 
 
 Half-v?ay to Arcady 44 
 
 Halifax, J., 
 
 Santa Claus Reception 67 
 
 Hallowe'en Festivities 39 
 
 Hallowe'en play: 
 
 Matchmakers 37 
 
 Hard, Henry and Schell, Stanley, 
 Aladdin 58 
 
 Harrison, Mrs, Burton, 
 
 Alice in Wonderland 58 
 
 Mouse-trap 25 
 
 Tea at Four O'clock 26 
 
 Two Strings to Her Bow 26 
 
 Weeping Wives 26 
 
 Haydn's "Children's Symphony,".. 62 
 
 Her Neighbor's Creed 14 
 
 Herodotus, see Snowe, Lucy. 
 
 Hertz, Hendrik, 
 
 King Rene's Daughter 26 
 
 Hiawatha 30, 31 
 
 His Lordship 16 
 
 Hodson, Shirley, 
 
 Private Theatricals 6 
 
 Hogg, Wentworth, 
 
 Guide to Selecting Plays 6 
 
 Holiday's Carnival 57 
 
 Holidays, Plays for the, see Christ- 
 mas; Fourtii of July; Hallowe'en; 
 
 Labor Day; May Day; St. Val- 
 entine's Day; Thanksgiving. 
 
 Holly Tree Inn 65 
 
 Holmes, O. W., 
 
 Ballad of the Oysterman 64 
 
 Honor and the Girl 38 
 
 Hooper, R. L. and Daniels, M.W., 
 
 Alice in Wonderland Continued.. 26 
 
 Copper Complication 26 
 
 Court of Hearts 26 
 
 Home, M. B., 
 
 Ladies of Cranford 27 
 
 Hour-glass, The 49 
 
 House of Sir Santa Claus 60 
 
 Housman, Laurence, 
 
 Bethlehem 67 
 
 Housman, Laurence, and Barker, 
 H. G., 
 
 Prunella 27 
 
 Howells, W. D., 
 
 Albany Depot 27 
 
 Elevator 27 
 
 Five O'clock Tea 27 
 
 Garroters 27 
 
 Indian Giver 28 
 
 Likely Story 28 
 
 Mouse-trap 28 
 
 Parlor Car 28 
 
 Register, The 28 
 
 Smoking Car 28 
 
 Unexpected Guests 28 
 
 Husband in Clover 33 
 
 Hutchinson, M. F., 
 
 Japanese Romance 58 
 
 Hyde, Douglas, 
 
 Lost Saint 28 
 
 Marriage, The 28 
 
 Nativity 67 
 
 Twisting of the Rope 2^ 
 
 I 
 
 Idyll of the Carp 18 
 
 In a Balcony 12 
 
 In April -TS 34
 
 INDEX 
 
 89 
 
 In Arcady 63 
 
 In Santa Glaus Land 67 
 
 In the Italian Quarter 22 
 
 In the Reign of King James 34 
 
 In the Royal Academy 18 
 
 In the Wake of Paul Revere 25 
 
 Indian, East, plays, see S^koontald. 
 
 Indian Giver 28 
 
 Indians, American, Plays dealing 
 
 with, see Hiawatha. 
 
 Interludes, Old English 36 
 
 Intruder, The 32 
 
 Ion 5i 
 
 Irish Plays, see Costume plays, 
 
 Irish. 
 Italian costume plays, see Costume 
 
 plays, Italian. 
 Ivy Queen 56 
 
 Jack and Jill 69 
 
 Jack and the Beanstalk 53 
 
 lames, M. E., 
 What Shall We Act? 6 
 
 Japanese costume plays, see Cos- 
 tume plays, Japanese. 
 
 Japanese Romance 58 
 
 Jean Noel 66 
 
 Jerome, J. K., 
 
 Barbara 29 
 
 Fennel 29 
 
 Miss Hobbs 29 
 
 Sunset 29 
 
 Jonson, Ben, 
 
 Fortunate Isles 21 
 
 Golden Age Restored 21 
 
 Lovers Made Men 21 
 
 Masque at Lord Haddington's 
 
 Marriage 21 
 
 Masque of Augurs 21 
 
 Masque of Queens 21 
 
 Neptune's Triumph for the Re- 
 turn of Albion 21 
 
 News from the New World Dis- 
 covered in the Moon 21 
 
 Oberon 21 
 
 Pan's Anniversary; or. Shep- 
 herd's Holyday 21 
 
 K 
 
 Kdlid^a, 
 
 SAkoontald 29 
 
 Kelley, E. S., 
 
 Old English Folk-song 62 
 
 Kindergarten Plays 54 
 
 King, G. G., 
 
 Columbine's Marriage 59 
 
 Comedies for Marionettes 58-59 
 
 Legend of St. Francis 59 
 
 Legend of St. Dorothy 59 
 
 Loyal Two 59 
 
 Magic Hat 59 
 
 Mother Hubbard and her Dog ... 59 
 
 Snowflake and the Dwarfs 59 
 
 King Rene's Daughter 26 
 
 King's Command 46 
 
 King's Jester 19 
 
 King's Riddle 54 
 
 Kingsley, Charles, 
 
 Saint Elizabeth 30 
 
 Kisses of Marjorie 45 
 
 Kleptomaniac, The 13 
 
 Knave of Hearts 59 
 
 Knight of the Burning Pestle H 
 
 Labor Day play. 
 
 Convention of Laborers 38 
 
 Ladies of Cranford 27 
 
 Land of Heart's Desire 50 
 
 Land of Nod 61 
 
 Last Race 32 
 
 Lawn Dance for Little People 62 
 
 Lawson, A. M., 
 
 Who is Santa Claus? 68
 
 90 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Lee, Albert, 
 
 Knave of Hearts 59 
 
 Legend of St. Dorothy 59 
 
 Legend of St. Fiancis 59 
 
 Le^on from Fairyland 56 
 
 Lesson in Harmony 10 
 
 Library lists on Christmas 71-72 
 
 Likely Story 28 
 
 Little Bridget 63 
 
 Little Heroine of the Revolution .. 25 
 
 Little Lord Fauntleroy 13 
 
 "Little Men" Play, The 57 
 
 Little Princess 79 
 
 "Little Women" Play, Th 57 
 
 Loch, Emil, 
 
 Citoyenne Denise 30 
 
 Longfellow, H. W., 
 
 Courtship of Miles Standish, see 
 S. Schell's Maid of Plymouth; 
 
 Giles Corey of the Salem Farms.. 30 
 
 Golden Legend 30 
 
 Hiawatha 30, 31 
 
 Masque of Pandora 31 
 
 Lord, J. J., 
 
 Haydn's "Children's Sym- 
 phony" 62 
 
 Lords and Lovers 16 
 
 Lords' Masque 21 
 
 Lost Prince 67 
 
 Lost Saint 28 
 
 Lovejoy, E. S., 
 
 Valley Forge 31 
 
 Lovers Made Men 21 
 
 Lowell, C. C, 
 
 Prince Charming's Fate 59 
 
 Loyal Two 59 
 
 Lucky Trifle 15 
 
 Lyly, John, 
 
 Campaspe 31 
 
 M 
 
 Mackaye, Mrs. Steele, 
 
 Pride and Prejudice 31 
 
 McMechan, F. H., 
 
 Last Race 32 
 
 MacMillan, Mary, 
 
 Ring, The 31 
 
 Rose, The 32 
 
 Woman's a Womau for a' That.. 32 
 Maeterlinck, Maurice, 
 
 Intruder 32 
 
 Magic Hat 59 
 
 Magic Pen 54 
 
 Magic Sword 61 
 
 Magic Whistle 59 
 
 Maid of Plymouth 39 
 
 Man in the Case 35 
 
 Man of Destiny 41 
 
 Man Proposes 25 
 
 Mapes, Victor, 
 
 Flower of Yeddo 32 
 
 Marionette theatre, how to make... 58 
 Marionettes, Comedies and legends 
 
 for 58-59 
 
 Marriage, The 28 
 
 Marshall, R., 
 
 Shades of Night 80 
 
 Mary Jane, The Modern and Me- 
 diaeval Ballad of 60 
 
 Masque at Lord Haddington's Mar- 
 riage 21 
 
 Masque of Augurs 21 
 
 Masque of Beauty and the Beast... 79 
 
 Masque of Culture 47 
 
 Masque of Flowers 21 
 
 Masque of Pandora 31 
 
 Masque of Queens 21 
 
 Masque of the Inner-Temple and 
 
 Gray's Inn 21 
 
 Masques, Old English 21 
 
 Matchmakers, The 37 
 
 Marthews, E. V. B., 
 
 Six Cups of Chocolate 32 
 
 Matthews, J. B., 
 
 Decision of the Court 33 
 
 May Day play, 
 
 Revels of the Queen of May 56 
 
 Meisterschaft 15 
 
 Merington, Marguerite, 
 
 Captain Lettarblair 33 
 
 Cranford 33
 
 INDEX 
 
 91 
 
 Dapnne 33 
 
 Gibson Play 33 
 
 Merivale, H. C, 
 
 Husband in Clover 33 
 
 Mill on the Floss, scene from 23 
 
 Milton, John, 
 
 Comus 34 
 
 Mind Cure 48 
 
 Minister's Wooing, scenes from... 43 
 
 Miracle Plays 36 
 
 Mirror, The 22 
 
 Miss Civilization 17 
 
 Miss Doulton's Orchids 13 
 
 Miss Hobbs 29 
 
 Mrs Bagg's Bargain Day 37 
 
 Mrs. Tubb's Telegram 37 
 
 Modern and Mediaeval Ballad of 
 
 Mary Jane 60 
 
 Modern Cinderella 56 
 
 Mole King's Daughter 59 
 
 Montague, Leopold, 
 
 Crystal Gazer 34 
 
 Moralities, Old English 36 
 
 Morgan, A. B., 
 
 In April '75 34 
 
 In the Reign of King James 34 
 
 Orange Girl 34 
 
 Mother Goose Operetta 60 
 
 Mother Goose's Merry Band 63 
 
 Mother Hubbard and Her Dog 59 
 
 Mother Hubbard's Tea Party 54 
 
 Mouse-trap, The (Harrison) 25 
 
 Mouse-trap, The (Howells) 28 
 
 Moving out 39 
 
 Murdock, C. L., 
 
 Sixteenth Century Christmas 61 
 
 Muses up to Date 55 
 
 N 
 
 Nance Oldfield 35 
 
 Nativity, The 67 
 
 Neptune's Triumph for the Return 
 of Albion 21 
 
 Nesbitt, Frank, 
 
 Beauty and the Beast 60 
 
 Golden Goose 60 
 
 Goose Girl 60 
 
 Magic Whistle 59 
 
 Mole King's Daughter 59 
 
 Rumpelstiltskin 59 
 
 Nettle, The 49 
 
 New System 17 
 
 New Year, The 54 
 
 News from the New World Dis- 
 covered in the Moon 21 
 
 Nino's Revenge 19 
 
 Noah's Flood 36 
 
 Noma 51 
 
 Northanger Abbey, scene from 22 
 
 o 
 
 Oberon 21 
 
 Obstinate Family, see "Thank 
 Goodness the Table is Spread." 
 
 Offerings of the Year 65 
 
 Ogden, Ruth, 
 
 Among the Pines 68 
 
 Old English Folk-song 62 
 
 Old English plays 77 
 
 Oldershaw, Lucian, ed., 
 
 Cranford at Home 35 
 
 Oldtown Folks, scenes from 43 
 
 Open Secret 14 
 
 Operettas: 
 
 Alice in Wonderland Continued, 26 
 
 Bobby Shaftoe 13 
 
 Copper Complication 26 
 
 Court of Hearts 26 
 
 Orientals, The 41 
 
 Princess Perfection 41 
 
 Seven Old Ladies of Lavender 
 
 Town 13 
 
 Three Little Kittens of the Land 
 
 of Pie 13 
 
 For other musical plays, see Co- 
 mus, 34; Daphne, 33, and The 
 Worsted Man, 10.
 
 92 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Operettas for Children: 
 
 Fete in Flowerland 52 
 
 Land of Nod 61 
 
 Magic Pen 54 
 
 Mother Goose Operetta 60 
 
 Prince Charming's Fate 59 
 
 Santa Claus at Home 68 
 
 Orange Girl 34 
 
 Orientals, The (operetta) 41 
 
 Our Aunt from California 10 
 
 Our Mutual Friend 40 
 
 Outdoor plays 73-76, 79 
 
 Owin' to Maggie 47 
 
 Packard, Winthrop, 
 
 Man in the Case 35 
 
 Pair of Frauds 42 
 
 Pair of Lunatics 35 
 
 Pandora 19 
 
 Pandora, Masque of 31 
 
 Pan's Anniversary 21 
 
 Pantomimes, Shadow, ballads for, 
 
 60, 61, 64 
 
 Parlor Car 28 
 
 Parting, The 23 
 
 Pastoral plays 73-76, 79 
 
 Patelin 21 
 
 Pauline Pavlovna 9 
 
 Peabody, J. P., 
 
 Marlowe 35 
 
 Peele, George, 
 
 Arraignment of Paris 35 
 
 Petticoat Perfidy 50 
 
 Picking up the Pieces 44 
 
 Pickwick Papers, see Bardell vs. 
 
 Pickwick. 
 
 Pictures in the Fire 37 
 
 Pinero, A. W., 
 
 Amazons 36 
 
 Trelawney of the "Wells," 36 
 
 Pipe of Desire 79 
 
 Pipe of Peace 14 
 
 Pity, see Shirley's Gringoire. 
 
 Pollard, A. W. comp., 
 
 English Miracle Plays 36 
 
 Porter, B. C, 
 
 Pictures in the Fire 37 
 
 Pot of Broth 49 
 
 Pratt, Mrs. A. B. A , see Alcott, 
 L. M. 
 
 Pride and Prejudice 22, 31 
 
 Prince Charming's Fate 59 
 
 Princess, The 46 
 
 Princess Aline Play 42 
 
 Princess Perfection (operetta) 41 
 
 Problems of a Philanthropist 48 
 
 Programs for Christmas Entertain- 
 ments 69 
 
 Prometheus Bound 9 
 
 Proposal under Difficulties 10 
 
 Proverbs in Porcelain 18 
 
 Prunella 27 
 
 Puck's Pranks 55 
 
 Pyle, Katharine, 
 
 Magic Sword 61 
 
 Q 
 
 Queen Anne Cottages 16 
 
 Queen of Hearts 54 
 
 Queen's Coffer 19 
 
 Quits 12 
 
 R 
 
 Ralph Roister Dolster 48 
 
 Real Thanksgsving 39 
 
 Red or White? 12 
 
 Red Riding Hood 52 
 
 Re-engagement, The, see When 
 
 Angry Count One Hundred. 
 
 Register, The 28 
 
 Renard, Jules, 
 
 Carrots 37 
 
 Return of the Druses 12 
 
 Revels of the Queen of May 56 
 
 Revenge of Shari-Hot-Su 11
 
 INDEX 
 
 93 
 
 Rice, B. E., 
 
 Matchmakers 37 
 
 Rice, K. M., 
 
 Charlie's Country Cousin 80 
 
 Good as Gold 37 
 
 Good King Wenceslas 80 
 
 Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Day 37 
 
 Mrs. Tubb's Telegram 37 
 
 Successful Stratagem 38 
 
 Richmond, G. S., 
 
 Honor and the Girl 38 
 
 Riders to the Sea 80 
 
 Ring, The 31 
 
 Rivals, The 41 
 
 Riviere, Freda, 
 
 Roses and Thorns 38 
 
 Tantrums 38 
 
 Roister Doister 48 
 
 Roll Call of the Nation 55 
 
 Romancers, The 38 
 
 Rose, The 32 
 
 Rose and the Ring 46 
 
 Rose of the Wind 79 
 
 Roses and Thorns 38 
 
 Rostand, Edmond, 
 
 Romancers 38 
 
 Rumpelstiltzkin (Bell) 52 
 
 Rumpelstiltskin (Nesbitt) 59 
 
 Russian costume plays, see Cos- 
 tume plays, Russian. 
 Rustic Maid 49 
 
 s 
 
 S. J. D,, see D., S. J. 
 
 Sacrifice of Isaac 36 
 
 Saint Elizabeth 30 
 
 St. Nicholas Book of Plays and 
 
 Operettas 60-62 
 
 Note: For a complete list of the 
 plays in the St. Nicholas Maga- 
 zine see its Index published by the 
 Cumulative Index Co., Cleve- 
 land, O. 
 St. Valentine's Day 48 
 
 7 
 
 Sdkoontald 29 
 
 Salem Public Library, 
 
 List of Amateur Theatricals 6 
 
 Santa Clans at Home 68 
 
 Santa Claus Reception 67 
 
 Santa Claus the First 65 
 
 Schell, Stanley, 
 
 Animals' Plea to the Fairies 62 
 
 Christmas Cantata 68 
 
 Convention of Laborers 38 
 
 Festival of the Daisies 62 
 
 Hallowe'en Festivities 39 
 
 Maid of Plymouth 39 
 
 Mother Goose's Merry Band 63 
 
 Real Thanksgiving 39 
 
 Temple of Fame 39 
 
 Werner's Christmas Book 68 
 
 Schell, Stanley and Dickinson, 
 C. E., 
 
 Roll Call of the Nation 55 
 
 Schell, Stanley and Hard, Henry, 
 
 Aladdin 58 
 
 Schmithof, E., see Mattheves, 
 E. V. B. 
 
 School for Scandal 41 
 
 Scott, Sir Walter, 
 
 Abbot, The, scene from 23 
 
 Searle, Katherine, 
 
 Moving Out 39 
 
 Secunda Pastorum 36 
 
 Sense and Sensibility, scene from.... 22 
 
 Seton, E. T., 
 
 Wild Animal Play 63 
 
 Seven Old Ladies of Lavender 
 
 Town (operetta) 13 
 
 Seymour, E. M., 
 
 Two Jolly Girl Bachelors 40 
 
 Shades of Night 80 
 
 Shadow pantomimes 60, 61, 64 
 
 Shadows of the Glen 80 
 
 Shaler, N, S., 
 
 Elizabeth of England 40 
 
 Shattuck, H. R., 
 
 Our Mutual Friend 40 
 
 Shaw, G. B., 
 
 Man of Destiny 41
 
 94 
 
 INDEX 
 
 She Stoops to Conquer 
 
 Sheep in Wolf's Clothing 
 
 Shepherd, The 
 
 Shepherd's Holyday 
 
 Sheridan, R. B., 
 
 Critic 
 
 Rivals 
 
 School for Scandal 
 
 Sherwood, Josephine, 
 
 Musical setting to Milton's Co- 
 
 mus 
 
 Princess Perfection 
 
 Sherwood, Josephine, and Berry, 
 K.C., 
 Orientals 
 
 Shirley, Arthur, 
 
 Gringoire 
 
 Shirley, James, 
 
 Triumph of Peace 
 
 Shoemaker's Holiday 
 
 Shoes that Danced 
 
 Shore, W. T., 
 
 Two Old Children 
 
 Sicilian costume plays, see Costume 
 plays, Sicilian. 
 
 Siege, The 
 
 Silent Voice 
 
 Six Cups of Chocolate 
 
 Six Fairy Plays for Children 
 
 Sixteenth Century Christmas 
 
 Sleeping Beauty (Bell) 
 
 Sleeping Beauty (Dugan) 
 
 Smith, M. H., 
 
 Pair of Frauds 
 
 Smith, N. A,, 
 
 Christmas in Old England 
 
 Smith, S. D., 
 
 Jack, and Jill 
 
 Princess Aline Play 
 
 Smoking Car, The 
 
 Snow, Lucy, 
 
 Croesus 
 
 Snowflake and the Dwarfs 
 
 24 
 45 
 16 
 21 
 
 41 
 41 
 
 41 
 
 34 
 41 
 
 41 
 42 
 
 21 
 
 17 
 11 
 
 42 
 
 16 
 9 
 32 
 63 
 61 
 53 
 19 
 
 42 
 
 68 
 
 69 
 42 
 28 
 
 42 
 59 
 
 Song at the Castle 45 
 
 Song of Hiawatha 30, 31 
 
 Sophocles, 
 
 Antigone 42 
 
 Spade Heresy 20 
 
 Spanish costume plays, see Costume 
 
 plays, Spanish. 
 Spanish Gypsy 20 
 
 Spofford, H. P., 
 
 Changeling 62 
 
 Spoken Thoughts 15 
 
 Sprig of White Heather 15 
 
 Stars and Stripes Jubilee 58 
 
 Stowe, Mrs. H. B., 
 
 Dialogues and Scenes from her 
 Writings 43 
 
 Sturgis, Julian, 
 
 Apples 44 
 
 Comedy Sketches 44 
 
 Fireflies 44 
 
 Half-way to Arcady 44 
 
 Picking up the Pieces 44 
 
 Successful Stratagem 38 
 
 Sunset 29 
 
 Sutherland, Mrs. E. G., 
 
 Bit of Instruction 44 
 
 Comedie Royall 44 
 
 Galatea of the Toy-shop 45 
 
 Song at the Castle 45 
 
 , Sweetbriar 79 
 
 Sweethearts 24 
 
 Synge, J. M., 
 
 Shadows of the Glen. Riders to 
 the Sea 80 
 
 Syrett, Nena, 
 
 Dream-lady 63 
 
 Gift of the Fairies 63 
 
 In Arcady 63 
 
 Little Bridget 63 
 
 Six Fairy Plays for Children 63 
 
 White Magic 63 
 
 Wonderful Rose 63 
 
 Syrian costume plays, see Costume 
 plays, Syrian.
 
 INDEX 
 
 95 
 
 Tableaux: 
 
 Christmas in Old England 68 
 
 Giant Picture Book 61 
 
 Mother Goose's Merry Band 63 
 
 Pictures in the Fire 37 
 
 Trouble in theGarden 55 
 
 Tadema, see Alma-Tadema, Lau- 
 rence. 
 
 Tantrums 38 
 
 Tarkington, Booth, 
 
 Kisses of Marjorie 45 
 
 Tarpey, W. K., 
 
 Crabbed Age and Youth 45 
 
 Taylor, Tom, 
 
 Sheep in Wolf's Clothing 45 
 
 Tea at Four O'clock 26 
 
 Temple of Fame 39 
 
 Tennyson, Alfred, 
 
 Falcon 45 
 
 Foresters 46 
 
 Princess 46 
 
 Terris, C. H , 
 
 King's Command 46 
 
 Thackeray, W. M., 
 
 Rose and the Ring 46 
 
 Thank Goodness the Table is 
 Spread 46 
 
 Thanksgiving 
 
 Pictures in the Fire 37 
 
 Real Thanksgiving 39 
 
 Thomas, Charles, 
 
 Breaking the Ice 46 
 
 Three Little Kittens of the Land of 
 Pie, (operetta) 13 
 
 Three Operettas 13 
 
 Three Wishes 53 
 
 Tiffany, E. B., 
 
 Bachelor Maids 47 
 
 Tinder-box, The 53 
 
 Title-mart, The 14 
 
 Tommy's Wife 49 
 
 Topsyturvy Concert 62 
 
 Toy Shop, The 54 
 
 Toys' Rebellion 69 
 
 Trelawney of the "Wells " 36 
 
 Trent, J. J., 
 
 Owin' to Maggie 47 
 
 Triumph of Pauline 47 
 
 Triumph of Peace 21 
 
 Trouble in Santa Claus Land 66 
 
 Trouble in the Garden 55 
 
 Trumbull, A. £., 
 
 As Strangers 47 
 
 Christmas Eve Party 69 
 
 Confidence Game 47 
 
 Green-room Rivals 47 
 
 Masque of Culture 47 
 
 Mind Cure 48 
 
 Problems of a Philanthropist 48 
 
 St. Valentine's day 48 
 
 Wheel of Progress 48 
 
 Writing a Play 48 
 
 Tu Quoque 19 
 
 Twain, Mark, pseud, see Clemens, 
 S. L. 
 
 Twisting of the Rope 29 
 
 Two Jolly Girl Bachelors 40 
 
 Two Old Children 42 
 
 Two Strings to Her Bow 26 
 
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 Udall, Nicholas, 
 
 Ralph Roister Doister 48 
 
 Uncle Tom's Cabin, scenes from... 43 
 
 Undine 20 
 
 Unexpected Guests 28 
 
 Unloved Wife 51 
 
 Valley Forge 31 
 
 Violin Maker of Cremona 15 
 
 Vision of the Twelve Goddesses 21 
 
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 W., E. C. 
 
 Santa Claus at Home 68 
 
 Waiting for the Train 23 
 
 Waller Lot, Delectable Ballad of 
 
 the 64
 
 96 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Warren, Ernest, 
 
 Nettle, The 49 
 
 Warren, M. J., 
 
 Elopement of Ellen 49 
 
 Tommy's Wife 49 
 
 Watson, J. G. comp.. 
 
 Chronicle of Christmas 69 
 
 Weaver, Emily, ed., 
 
 Dialogues and scenes from the 
 
 Writings of H. B. Stowe 43 
 
 Weeping W"ives 26 
 
 What Shall We Act? 6 
 
 Wheel of Progress 48 
 
 When Angry Count One Hundred.. 14 
 
 White Magic 63 
 
 Whitehead, Lucy, 
 
 Rustic Maid 49 
 
 Who is Santa Claus? 68 
 
 Wild Animal Play 63 
 
 Wings of Mignonette 52 
 
 Wolcott, T. E. comp.. 
 
 Programs for Christmas Enter- 
 tainments 69 
 
 Woman's a Woman for a' That.... 32 
 Woman's Wont, see Thank Good- 
 ness the Table is Spread. 
 
 Wonderful Rose 63 
 
 Wooing of Penelope 56 
 
 Worrell, E. R., 
 
 Toys' Rebellion 69 
 
 Worsted Man 10 
 
 Writing a Play 48 
 
 Ye Three Somber Young Gentle- 
 men 65 
 
 Yeats, W. B., 
 
 Cathleen Ni Hoolihan 49 
 
 Hour-glass 49 
 
 Land of Heart's Desire 50 
 
 Pot of Broth 49 
 
 Young, Sir Charles, 
 
 Petticoat Perfidy 50 
 
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