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Book Synopsis The American Comedy (Classic Reprint) by : Chester Allen Smith
Download or read book The American Comedy (Classic Reprint) written by Chester Allen Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Comedy No sooner had their determination got abroad than it raised a storm Of protest, not only from the unattached females Of the com munity, but from those matrons who ruled over the destinies of homes. The Sewing Circle held several sessions to consider the matter, and even went so far as to insert a protest in The Clarion. If the male world should evolve such a scheme Of life as this and carry it out, they declared, women must take a back seat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis 50 Years of American Comedy (Classic Reprint) by : Bill Treadwell
Download or read book 50 Years of American Comedy (Classic Reprint) written by Bill Treadwell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from 50 Years of American Comedy It has been said time and time again that there are two things people must do. One is cry, the other, laugh. But it is much harder to laugh than it is to cry; and that is the greatest excuse for come dians. Yet per capita we have fewer comedians today - when we need them most - than members of any other professional group. People during the last few years have been inclined to retreat more and more into themselves because of the many problems and frustrations of present-day living. Psychiatrists can tell you the worth of a bellylaugh, a relieving chuckle, a smile. The hardest thing for a man to do today is to relax. Every one is under pressure. Modern society has put man in a position where he must be informed of many subjects; and one craving that pops up is for comedy, even to the point of slapstick. You have probably noticed slapstick scenes in current movies, and the wide appeal they have. Audience reaction often borders on the hysterical. Television programs, too, have turned to this form of comedy. Yet, like the American buffalo, the art of great comedy faces extinction from the face of the earth. Unless the training of young and upcoming funnymen is put on a par with education for other arts and professions, we may find the American stage, airwaves, and television screens of tomorrow completely devoid of comedians. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis A Streak of Luck by : Samuel B. Wiggin
Download or read book A Streak of Luck written by Samuel B. Wiggin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Streak of Luck: An American Comedy, in Five Tableaux L. N. [rising] Ah! What an artistic eye you have, brother! We poets, wrapped in our musings, live in another sphere, but you - why [walking the oor excitedly] even sunshine and mud, the most common things, suggest a beautiful effect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Book Synopsis Early American Comedy (Classic Reprint) by : Elbridge Colby
Download or read book Early American Comedy (Classic Reprint) written by Elbridge Colby and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early American Comedy Perhaps, though, the most important single influence in bringing this British atmosphere was even more direct. The plays came not so much in the portmanteaus of publishers as on the lips of players. Charles Mathews. George Frederick Cooke, Edmund Kean, Thomas Cooper, and many others came to push their fortunes or to receive applauding homage on a new stage in a new world. Thus it happened that the historic successes of Covent Garden and the Drury Lane, as well as the recent innovations there, crowded the play houses of the States. There were theatres in New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Fredericksburg, and Charlestown, but they might have been called theatres-royal of Liverpool, drury-lane, covent-garden, or the Hay Market, instead of Chestnut Street, Holliday Street, John Street, the Lafayette, or the Park Theatres, for all the difference their localities made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Father Or American Shandyism by : William Dunlap
Download or read book The Father Or American Shandyism written by William Dunlap and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Father or American Shandyism: A Comedy This is the second American comedy at least, that is the distinction claimed for it by its author, William Dunlap, to whom American dramatic literature and American dramatic history are both greatly indebted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Our Oddities written by Stanley McKenna and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Oddities: An American Comedy, in Five Acts Sad. Yes, boils, constantly and always. First in one place, then in another. Sometimes in several places at once - and occasionally all over. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Uncle Dick written by Ernest Stout and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Uncle Dick: An Original American Comedy in Four Acts Scene. - Miss Marjorie's reception room, well furnished: Upright piano, mirror, small table near front. Door right side; portierres in rear center showing hat rack in hall. Maid (Bella) arranging flowers in vase on piano; turns and walks forward on rise of curtain; pauses with back to hall entrance; begins talking when she turns. Bella. - More of them to-night! Well, that's cheerful. Let me see? (Counts on fingers). First it was - Tuesday night, Mr. Greene; Wednesday night, Mr. Todd; Thursday night, a chance for me and Jincks; Friday night, Mr. Brakeley, Saturday night, mine again. Now it's Mr. Brakeley Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday - Mr. Greene and Mr. Todd thrown in twice a week. Mr. Brakeley aint so bad, but he is frequent - I can stand him though - but Mr. Greene - Oh, Lord! (Laughs). It's a good thing some people aint responsible for their making, and Mr. Todd - why; if he had half a chance he'd make love to me. (Jincks enters hall door it noticed with with water set on tray, tip-toes to table, sets it down and listens. Bella looks in mirror, arranges her hair, surveys her figure, and sighs.) Well! why not? (meditatively). Humph! The objection is all on my side. He's rather old and has n't got hair enough to part. He's calling on Miss Marjorie, but - humph! contemptuously) - who would hesitate between an old maid like her and me? Leans meditatively against table). Did n't Claude Uclaire, the rich manufacturer in "Angelina's Love," marry Angelina. The only real fault with Mr. Todd is - that mole. It's plum color; but if he were to say, like Claude, (clasps hands, looks up, love sick), "Miss Simpkins - Arabella, ah! let me pronounce that beloved name! what is there about me to cause this cruel repulsion?" Could I say, "Mr. Todd, it's that mole." But there's Jincks!" (Sighs.) Jincks. - (Who has been going through pantomime of surprise steps forward and confronts her). - "No! Miss Simpkins - Arabella, (mimics her), here's Jincks! Here's Jincks! (Bows. Bella first exhibits hysterical surprise, holds to table, recovers, turns up her nose disdainfully and struts out.) I never did like pudgy persons, (with great contempt), and him, bah! If Miss Marjorie and that man don't have a wedding in this house soon there'll be - a - funeral. (Shakes fist, highly incensed. Bell. Exit in high dudgeon. Admits Mr. Greene, who hands him cane, hat and coat at hall door, walks to table, takes off gloves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Oreo written by Fran Ross and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering, dazzling satire about a biracial black girl from Philadelphia searching for her Jewish father in New York City Oreo is raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe, and her Jewish deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant, leaving behind a mysterious note that triggers her quest to find him. What ensues is a playful, modernized parody of the classical odyssey of Theseus with a feminist twist, immersed in seventies pop culture, and mixing standard English, black vernacular, and Yiddish with wisecracking aplomb. Oreo, our young hero, navigates the labyrinth of sound studios and brothels and subway tunnels in Manhattan, seeking to claim her birthright while unwittingly experiencing and triggering a mythic journey of self-discovery like no other.
Book Synopsis A Little Clodhopper by : Walter Ben Hare
Download or read book A Little Clodhopper written by Walter Ben Hare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Little Clodhopper: An American Comedy-Drama in Three Acts Rain effect (to be worked Off stage, roll some dried peas around in a cigar box and tap with fingers on bass drum). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Book Synopsis A Couple of Million, an American Comedy in Four Acts (Classic Reprint) by : Walter Ben Hare
Download or read book A Couple of Million, an American Comedy in Four Acts (Classic Reprint) written by Walter Ben Hare and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Couple of Million, an American Comedy in Four Acts The professional stage-rights in this play are strictly reserved by the author, to whom applications for its use should be addressed in care of the publishers. Amateurs may obtain permission to produce it privately on payment to him of a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each performance, in advance. Correspondence oil this subject may be addressed to Walter H. Baker Co., 5 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. Attention is called to the penalties provided by the Copyright Law of the United States of America in force July I, 1909, for any infringement of his rights, as follows: Sec. 28. That any person who wilfully and for profit shall infringe any Copyright secured by this Act, or who shall knowingly and wilfully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 29 That any person who, with fraudulent intent, shall insert or impress any notice of Copyright required by this Act, or words of the same purport, in or upon any uncopyrighted article, or with fraudulent intent shall remove or alter the copyright notice upon any article duly copyrighted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Americana written by Anita Bradford and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Americana: A Spanish-American Comedy Drama, in Three Acts, for Female Characters Only Enter juana with candle or taper; she lights lamps, surveys room, noting magazines thrown about, chairs disarranged, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Road to Fortune by : Eugene Raux
Download or read book The Road to Fortune written by Eugene Raux and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Road to Fortune: A New American Comedy, in Five Acts Mrs. Legrand, negligently seated on a sofa, with a iap-dog seated on her lap. Peter legrand, esq., and miranda sitting by at table. Parlor furnished in gorgeous style. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Interviews, Or Bright Bohemia by : Milton Nobles
Download or read book Interviews, Or Bright Bohemia written by Milton Nobles and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Interviews, or Bright Bohemia: An American Comedy in Four Acts First Episode - The Grand Rally. The Interviewer as a friend in need, an annihilator of false theories and stump speaker. Second Episode - The Band Master and the art patrons. Third Episode. The Bohemian as a love maker and patent burglar alarm. The night-cap. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Miss. Lulu Bett, an American Comedy of Manners (Classic Reprint) by : Zona Gale
Download or read book Miss. Lulu Bett, an American Comedy of Manners (Classic Reprint) written by Zona Gale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Miss. Lulu Bett, an American Comedy of Manners Even the old-home talk of our rural dramas, the line, Land sakes, ain't them pies done yet? With which the first act opens, has become, in Spite of its affectation of naturalness, so theatrical that whenever we hear a genuine housewife say it in a real kitchen we suspect her of trying to talk like an actress. Into this babel of artificial dialogue came Miss Lulu Bett bearing the revolutionary banner of banality. And under this banner march ninety-nine one-hundredths of American conversationalists. First in her book, and then in her play, Zona Gale discarded the ideal held by writers since Plutarch that their characters must say something unusual, and gave us Dwight Herbert Deacon to say the gorgeously conventional thing with epoch-making dullness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis An American Citizen by : Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Download or read book An American Citizen written by Madeleine Lucette Ryley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-23 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An American Citizen: An Original Comedy in Four Acts Enter stroble; he is about 30, exhibits an abundance of animal spirits, and speaks with a slight German accent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Solid Gold Cadillac by : Howard Teichmann
Download or read book Solid Gold Cadillac written by Howard Teichmann and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Solid Gold Cadillac: A Comedy It is a theatrical custom to send opening-night telegrams to the cast and the authors - sometimes even the ushers and the producers - Of plays opening on Broadway. The value of these good-luck messages to the recipients has never been scientifically determined. There are cynics who claim that if on the way into the theatre on the night of a premiere you strike oil in the lobby - that's luck. Nothing else. But Western Union does not hold with this viewpoint. Opening nights are always lucky for Western Union. On the opening night of The Solid Gold Cadillac more than sixteen hundred orchid-bordered telegrams were delivered at the stage door. Consequently, I consider The Solid Gold Cadillac a noteworthy drama, a touching and revealing saga of American home life and ideals. Grandma's Diary, where we also delivered sixteen hundred telegrams, was equally good. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
