George Pierce Baker and the American Theatre

Wisner Payne Kinne

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George Pierce Baker and the American Theatre

Wisner Payne Kinne

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1954

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

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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674493902

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February 5, 1954

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674187603

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Reprint 2014

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14

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348

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https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674493902

eBook ISBN: 9780674493902

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674187603

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Drama -- Study and teaching.; American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Theater -- United States.; Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935.

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