XXII. “HE MIND OF THE UNDERGRADUATE” AND PLAYWRITING

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. INTRODUCTION xiii
4. PROLOGUE 1
5. I. ANTECEDENTS — TOY THEATRE — THE SPIRIT OF 1876 2
6. II. PROVIDENCE AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE 5
7. III. STANDARDS IN READING, ELOCUTION, AND JOURNALISM 7
8. IV. DRAMA AND REALITY 10
9. V. HARVARD FRESHMAN AND THE BOSTON STAGE 14
10. VI. ENTER WENDELL AND IRVING 20
11. VII. HARVARD AND THE THEATRE 23
12. VIII. SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT— HARVARD MONTHLY 26
13. IX. FARQUHAR, MEREDITH, AND A LITERARY PHILOSOPHY 28
14. X. GRADUATION — FRUSTRATION AND WANDERJAHR — ENTER CLYDE FITCH 31
15. XI. HARVARD INSTRUCTOR 34
16. XII. ENGLISH 14 37
17. XIII. WENDELL POINTS THE WAY 41
18. XIV. ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGH T — ENTER WINTHROP AMES 46
19. XV. A DRAMATIC LIBRARY FOR AMERICA 53
20. XVI. ELIZABETHAN EXPERIMENT 58
21. XVII. PUBLIC LECTURES — “IS NOT THIS THE BEGINNING OF AN EPOCH?” 67
22. XVIII. HARVARD THEATRE COLLECTION 72
23. XIX. EDUCATING THE AMERICAN AUDIENCE 77
24. XX. A DRAMATIC WORKSHOP A RADCLIFFE 87
25. XXI. COMEDY AND THE COMING AMERICAN DRAMA 91
26. XXII. “HE MIND OF THE UNDERGRADUATE” AND PLAYWRITING 100
27. XXIII. ENGLISH 47 104
28. XXIV. IDEAS FOR A NEW THEATRE 111
29. XXV. SHAKESPEARE’S SUPREMELY PLASTIC STAGE 119
30. XXVI. “AMATEUR DE TOUT CE QUI TOUCHE AU THÉÂTRE” 123
31. XXVII. THE NEW THEATRE AND HOPES FOR A HARVARD THEATRE 128
32. XXVIII. IDEAS FOR A CIVIC THEATRE 135
33. XXIX. PAGEANTS AND THEATRES FOR AMERICA 138
34. XXX. PRIZE PLAYS 143
35. XXXI. “THE THEATRE OF BEAUTY” 147
36. XXXII. FEMININE INFLUENCE 154
37. XXXIII. ENGLISH AND IRISH EXPERIMENT 158
38. XXXIV. GORDON CRAIG — REINHARDT — PLANS FOR A HARVARD THEATRE 168
39. XXXV. “THE NEW MOVEMENT” AND THE WORKSHOP 178
40. XXXVI. “PROPOSED DRAMATIC EXHIBIT” 187
41. XXXVII. BEAUTY VS. BROADWAY — ENTER EUGENE O’NEILL 191
42. XXXVIII. WAR AND TRANSITION 198
43. XXXIX. SEARCH FOR AMERICAN DRAMATIC MATERIALS — ENTER PHILIP BARRY 208
44. XL. WORKSHOP CRISIS 213
45. XLI. PLYMOUTH PAGEANT 220
46. XLII. ENTER TOM WOLFE 228
47. XLIII. “YALE : 47; HARVARD” 239
48. XLIV. CONTINUITY IN THE YALE UNIVERSITY THEATER 248
49. XLV. SEARCH FOR ANOTHER O’NEILL 263
50. XLVI. THE UNIVERSITY AND A THEATRE FOR AMERICANS 278
51. EPILOGUE 288
52. APPENDICES AND NOTES
53. APPENDIX I. A LIST OF THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE PIERCE BAKER 295
54. APPENDIX II. PUBLISHED PLAYS, WRITTEN BY G.P.B.’S STUDENTS AT HARVARD AND RADCLIFFE 305
55. APPENDIX III. PUBLISHED PLAYS, WRITTEN BY G.P.B.’S STUDENTS AT YALE 307
56. APPENDIX IV. YALE PRODUCTIONS PERSONALLY DIRECTED BY G.P.B. 308
57. APPENDIX V. THE HARVARD PRIZE PLAYS 309
58. APPENDIX VI. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS NOT CITED IN “NOTES” 310
59. Notes 315
60. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 333
61. INDEX 337