Plays Now ReadyINDIAN SUMMER, a comedy in one act byMeilhacandHalevy. This little play, by two of the most famous writers of comedy of the last century, has been played at the Comédie Française at Paris for upwards of forty years, and remains one of the brightest and most popular works of the period.Price 25 Cents.ROSALIE, byMax Maurey. A “Grand Guignol” comedy in one act, full of verve and clever dialogue. Rosalie, the stubborn maid, leads her none too amiable master and mistress into uncomfortable complications by refusing to open the front door to a supposed guest of wealth and influence.Price 25 Cents.MODESTY, byPaul Hervieu. A delightful trifle by one of the most celebrated of living dramatists.Price 25 Cents.THE ART OF BEING BORED, (Le Monde où l’on s’Ennuie), a comedy in three acts byEdouard Pailleron. Probably the best-known and most frequently acted comedy of manners in the realm of nineteenth century French drama. It is replete with wit and comic situations. For nearly forty years it has held the stage, while countless imitators have endeavored to reproduce its freshness and charm.Price 25 Cents.A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, byAnton Tchekhoff, a comedy in one act, by one of the greatest of modern Russian writers. This little farce is very popular in Russia, and satirizes the peasants of that country in an amusing manner.Price 25 Cents.THE GREEN COAT, byAlfred de MussetandEmile Augier. A slight and comic character sketch of the life of Bohemian artists in Paris, written by one of France’s greatest poets and one of her best-known dramatists.Price 25 Cents.THE WAGER, byGiuseppe Giacosa. This one act poetic comedy, written by the most celebrated dramatist of modern Italy, was the author’s first work. It treats of a wager made by a proud young page, who risks his life on the outcome of a game of chess.Price 25 Cents.THE LITTLE SHEPHERDESS, a poetic comedy in one act, byAndre Rivoire. A charming pastoral sketch by a well-known French poet and dramatist. Played with success at the Comédie Française.Price 25 Cents.PHORMIO, a Latin comedy byTerence. An up-to-date version of the famous comedy. One of the masterpieces of Latin drama; the story of a father who returns to find that his son has married a slave girl. Phormio, the parasite-villain who causes the numerous comic complications, succeeds in unraveling the difficulties, and all ends happily.Price 25 Cents.THE TWINS, a Latin farce byPlautus, upon which Shakespeare founded his Comedy of Errors.Price 25 Cents.THE BOOR, byAnton Tchekoff. A well-known farce by the celebrated Russian master; it is concerned with Russian peasants, and portrays with masterly skill the comic side of country life.Price 25 Cents.THE BLACK PEARL, byVictorien Sardou. One of Sardou’s most famous comedies of intrigue. A house has, it is thought, been robbed. But through skilful investigation it is found that the havoc wrought has been done by lightning.Price 25 Cents.CHARMING LEANDRE, byTheodore de Banville. The author of “Gringoire” is here seen in a poetic vein, yet the Frenchman’s innate sense of humor recalls, in this satirical little play, the genius of Moliere.Price 25 Cents.THE POST-SCRIPTUM, byEmile Augier. Of this one-act comedy Professor Brander Matthews writes: “... one of the brightest and most brilliant little one-act comedies in any language, and to be warmly recommended to American readers.”Price 25 Cents.THE HOUSE OF FOURCHAMBAULT, byEmile Augier. One of the greatest of recent French family dramas. Although the play is serious in tone, it contains touches which entitle it to a position among the best comedies of manners of the times.Price 25 Cents.THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, byMoliière. A famous farce by the greatest of French dramatists. Sganarelle has to be beaten before he will acknowledge that he is a doctor, which he is not. He then works apparently miraculous cures. The play is a sharp satire on the medical profession in the 17th Century.Price 25 Cents.BRIGNOL AND HIS DAUGHTER, byCapus. The first comedy in English of the most sprightly and satirical of present-day French dramatists.Price 25 Cents.CHOOSING A CAREER, byG. A. de Caillavet. Written by one of the authors of “Love Watches.” A farce of mistaken identity, full of humorous situations and bright lines.Price 25 Cents.FRENCH WITHOUT A MASTER, byTristan Bernard. A clever farce by one of the most successful of French dramatists. It is concerned with the difficulties of a bogus-interpreter who does not know a word of French.Price 25 Cents.PATER NOSTER, a poetic play in one act, byFrançois Coppée. A pathetic incident of the time of the Paris Commune, in 1871.Price 25 Cents.ADDENDACORRECTION:—The price of “The House of Fourchambault” and “Brignol and His Daughter” is 50 cents a copy.
INDIAN SUMMER, a comedy in one act byMeilhacandHalevy. This little play, by two of the most famous writers of comedy of the last century, has been played at the Comédie Française at Paris for upwards of forty years, and remains one of the brightest and most popular works of the period.Price 25 Cents.
ROSALIE, byMax Maurey. A “Grand Guignol” comedy in one act, full of verve and clever dialogue. Rosalie, the stubborn maid, leads her none too amiable master and mistress into uncomfortable complications by refusing to open the front door to a supposed guest of wealth and influence.Price 25 Cents.
MODESTY, byPaul Hervieu. A delightful trifle by one of the most celebrated of living dramatists.Price 25 Cents.
THE ART OF BEING BORED, (Le Monde où l’on s’Ennuie), a comedy in three acts byEdouard Pailleron. Probably the best-known and most frequently acted comedy of manners in the realm of nineteenth century French drama. It is replete with wit and comic situations. For nearly forty years it has held the stage, while countless imitators have endeavored to reproduce its freshness and charm.Price 25 Cents.
A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, byAnton Tchekhoff, a comedy in one act, by one of the greatest of modern Russian writers. This little farce is very popular in Russia, and satirizes the peasants of that country in an amusing manner.Price 25 Cents.
THE GREEN COAT, byAlfred de MussetandEmile Augier. A slight and comic character sketch of the life of Bohemian artists in Paris, written by one of France’s greatest poets and one of her best-known dramatists.Price 25 Cents.
THE WAGER, byGiuseppe Giacosa. This one act poetic comedy, written by the most celebrated dramatist of modern Italy, was the author’s first work. It treats of a wager made by a proud young page, who risks his life on the outcome of a game of chess.Price 25 Cents.
THE LITTLE SHEPHERDESS, a poetic comedy in one act, byAndre Rivoire. A charming pastoral sketch by a well-known French poet and dramatist. Played with success at the Comédie Française.Price 25 Cents.
PHORMIO, a Latin comedy byTerence. An up-to-date version of the famous comedy. One of the masterpieces of Latin drama; the story of a father who returns to find that his son has married a slave girl. Phormio, the parasite-villain who causes the numerous comic complications, succeeds in unraveling the difficulties, and all ends happily.Price 25 Cents.
THE TWINS, a Latin farce byPlautus, upon which Shakespeare founded his Comedy of Errors.Price 25 Cents.
THE BOOR, byAnton Tchekoff. A well-known farce by the celebrated Russian master; it is concerned with Russian peasants, and portrays with masterly skill the comic side of country life.Price 25 Cents.
THE BLACK PEARL, byVictorien Sardou. One of Sardou’s most famous comedies of intrigue. A house has, it is thought, been robbed. But through skilful investigation it is found that the havoc wrought has been done by lightning.Price 25 Cents.
CHARMING LEANDRE, byTheodore de Banville. The author of “Gringoire” is here seen in a poetic vein, yet the Frenchman’s innate sense of humor recalls, in this satirical little play, the genius of Moliere.Price 25 Cents.
THE POST-SCRIPTUM, byEmile Augier. Of this one-act comedy Professor Brander Matthews writes: “... one of the brightest and most brilliant little one-act comedies in any language, and to be warmly recommended to American readers.”Price 25 Cents.
THE HOUSE OF FOURCHAMBAULT, byEmile Augier. One of the greatest of recent French family dramas. Although the play is serious in tone, it contains touches which entitle it to a position among the best comedies of manners of the times.Price 25 Cents.
THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, byMoliière. A famous farce by the greatest of French dramatists. Sganarelle has to be beaten before he will acknowledge that he is a doctor, which he is not. He then works apparently miraculous cures. The play is a sharp satire on the medical profession in the 17th Century.Price 25 Cents.
BRIGNOL AND HIS DAUGHTER, byCapus. The first comedy in English of the most sprightly and satirical of present-day French dramatists.Price 25 Cents.
CHOOSING A CAREER, byG. A. de Caillavet. Written by one of the authors of “Love Watches.” A farce of mistaken identity, full of humorous situations and bright lines.Price 25 Cents.
FRENCH WITHOUT A MASTER, byTristan Bernard. A clever farce by one of the most successful of French dramatists. It is concerned with the difficulties of a bogus-interpreter who does not know a word of French.Price 25 Cents.
PATER NOSTER, a poetic play in one act, byFrançois Coppée. A pathetic incident of the time of the Paris Commune, in 1871.Price 25 Cents.
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CORRECTION:—The price of “The House of Fourchambault” and “Brignol and His Daughter” is 50 cents a copy.