1919. Generally agreed to be one of the most significant forces in the history of the American theater, O'Neill is a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This volume contains: the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anna Christie and Beyond the Horizon; The Emperor Jones; The Hairy Ape; The Great God Brown; The Straw; Dynamo; and Days Without End. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. ...

1923. Generally agreed to be one of the most significant forces in the history of the American theater, O'Neill is a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This volume contains O'Neill's early sea plays, which were written from 1914 to 1921. Of these, Bound East for Cardiff, is the first to incorporate what was to become an ongoing theme that would be central in his later work; that of the character's life-sustaining pipe dream, i.e., the ...

This play, like it's name, is very complicated. The dialog is meant to be somewhat splintered and random, and for a large ensemble to be on stage for the majority of the time, the dynamics can be quite taxing. The stage directions are often very elaborate and will create a world of work for the director. The vicissitude of the play will be a challege, but it makes for great theatre. ...

This play, like it's name, is very complicated. The dialog is meant to be somewhat splintered and random, and for a large ensemble to be on stage for the majority of the time, the dynamics can be quite taxing. The stage directions are often very elaborate and will create a world of work for the director. The vicissitude of the play will be a challege, but it makes for great theatre. ...

1923. Often identified through his association with Charlie Chaplin and the credit dispute over authorship of the screenplay for The Great Dictator, the Romanian-born Bercovici was a gypsy and wrote several novels and stories about gypsy culture. His play, Costa's Daughter, opens in a valley of the Carpathian Mountains on a spring afternoon and follows the fortunes of the Gypsy Costa and his daughter Marga. ...

Aidin and Ana have recently relocated to New York from Los Angeles much to Ana's argument. Events in the city and Aidin's past cause much conflict in their relationship. Aidin's past is uncovered forcing Ana to deal with a situation so terrible, she may never recover. ...

1925. English novelist and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. Old English opens in the Board Room of The Island Navigation Company, Ltd., in Liverpool, presided over by the Chairman, Old Heythorp. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. ...

1916. English novelist and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. The Eldest Son is a play about injustice-how there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. ...

1924. A novel by Mary Webb (Mrs. Henry Bertram Law Webb), the Shropshire Novelist. Her beautifully crafted characters are set against a timeless landscape that Webb knew intimately. Her finest achievement was the award of the Prix Femina, a coveted literary prize, for this her fifth novel, Precious Bane, a story of rural Shropshire in the early nineteenth century. This book was greatly admired by the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, who sent the ...

1881. The poet Swinburne is one of the very few, since the days of Raleigh and Sidney, to come from the aristocracy. He was also well-known for his sexual proclivities and debauched lifestyle. Mary Stuart is the third drama in Swinburne's Mary Queen of Scots Trilogy. It was preceded by Chastelard, a Tragedy, and Bothwell. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. ...