Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       THE THEORY OF THE THEATRE

       I

       WHAT IS A PLAY?

       II

       THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THEATRE AUDIENCES

       III

       THE ACTOR AND THE DRAMATIST

       IV

       STAGE CONVENTIONS IN MODERN TIMES

       V

       ECONOMY OF ATTENTION IN THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES

       VI

       EMPHASIS IN THE DRAMA

       VII

       THE FOUR LEADING TYPES OF DRAMA

       VIII

       THE MODERN SOCIAL DRAMA

       OTHER PRINCIPLES OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM

       I

       THE PUBLIC AND THE DRAMATIST

       II

       DRAMATIC ART AND THE THEATRE BUSINESS

       III

       THE HAPPY ENDING IN THE THEATRE

       IV

       THE BOUNDARIES OF APPROBATION

       V

       IMITATION AND SUGGESTION IN THE DRAMA

       VI

       HOLDING THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE

       VII

       BLANK VERSE ON THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE

       VIII

       DRAMATIC LITERATURE AND THEATRIC JOURNALISM

       IX

       THE INTENTION OF PERMANENCE

       X

       THE QUALITY OF NEW ENDEAVOR

       XI

       THE EFFECT OF PLAYS UPON THE PUBLIC

       XII

       PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT PLAYS

       XIII

       THEMES IN THE THEATRE

       XIV

       THE FUNCTION OF IMAGINATION

       INDEX

       BEULAH MARIE DIX'S

       ALLISON'S LAD AND OTHER MARTIAL INTERLUDES

       BY BARRETT H. CLARK

       THE CONTINENTAL DRAMA OF TO-DAY

       BRITISH & AMERICAN DRAMA OF TO-DAY

       THREE MODERN PLAYS FROM THE FRENCH

       By