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MORE SHORT PLAYSBy MARY MacMILLANPlays that act well may read well. Miss MacMillan's Plays are good reading. Nor is literary excellence a detriment to dramatic performance.This volume contains eight Plays:His Second Girl.One-act comedy, just before the Civil War. Interior, 45 minutes. Three women, three men.At the Church Door.Fantastic farce, one act, 20 to 30 minutes. Interior. Present. Two women, two men.Honey.Four short acts. Present, in the southern mountains. Same interior cabin scene throughout. Three women, one man, two girls.The Dress Rehearsal of Hamlet.One-act costume farce. Present. Interior. Forty-five minutes. Ten women taking men's parts.The Pioneers.Five very short acts. 1791 in Middle-West. Interior. Four men, five women, five children, five Indians.In Mendelesia, Part I.Costume play, Middle Ages. Interior. Thirty minutes or more. Four women, one man-servant.In Mendelesia, Part II.Modern realism of same plot. One act. Present. Interior. Thirty minutes. Four women, one maid-servant.The Dryad.Fantasy in free verse, one act. Thirty minutes. Outdoors. Two women, one man. Present.These plays, as well as SHORT PLAYS, have been presented by clubs and schools in Boston, New York, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, New Orleans, San Francisco, etc., and by the Portmanteau Theatre, the Chicago Art Institute Theatre, the Denver Little Art Theatre, at Carmel-by-the-Sea in California, etc.Handsomely bound and uniform with S. & K. Dramatic Series. 12mo. Cloth. Net, $2.50; 3/4 Turkey Morocco, Net, $8.50.STEWART & KIDD COMPANYPublishers Cincinnati, U. S. A.

MORE SHORT PLAYS

By MARY MacMILLAN

Plays that act well may read well. Miss MacMillan's Plays are good reading. Nor is literary excellence a detriment to dramatic performance.

This volume contains eight Plays:

His Second Girl.One-act comedy, just before the Civil War. Interior, 45 minutes. Three women, three men.

At the Church Door.Fantastic farce, one act, 20 to 30 minutes. Interior. Present. Two women, two men.

Honey.Four short acts. Present, in the southern mountains. Same interior cabin scene throughout. Three women, one man, two girls.

The Dress Rehearsal of Hamlet.One-act costume farce. Present. Interior. Forty-five minutes. Ten women taking men's parts.

The Pioneers.Five very short acts. 1791 in Middle-West. Interior. Four men, five women, five children, five Indians.

In Mendelesia, Part I.Costume play, Middle Ages. Interior. Thirty minutes or more. Four women, one man-servant.

In Mendelesia, Part II.Modern realism of same plot. One act. Present. Interior. Thirty minutes. Four women, one maid-servant.

The Dryad.Fantasy in free verse, one act. Thirty minutes. Outdoors. Two women, one man. Present.

These plays, as well as SHORT PLAYS, have been presented by clubs and schools in Boston, New York, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, New Orleans, San Francisco, etc., and by the Portmanteau Theatre, the Chicago Art Institute Theatre, the Denver Little Art Theatre, at Carmel-by-the-Sea in California, etc.

Handsomely bound and uniform with S. & K. Dramatic Series. 12mo. Cloth. Net, $2.50; 3/4 Turkey Morocco, Net, $8.50.

STEWART & KIDD COMPANYPublishers Cincinnati, U. S. A.


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