Research Catalog

Title

The foundations of a national drama; a collection of lectures, essays and speeches, delivered in the years 1896-1912 (revised and corrected, with additions)

Author

Jones, Henry Arthur, 1851-1929

Publication

New York, Doran, 1913.

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Details

Description

xviii, 358 p. port.; 23 cm.

Summary

Essays examining the development of an intellectual drama in England and how to make English theatre an object of national pride and esteem.

Subject

• 1800-1999
• English drama > 19th century > History and criticism
• English drama > 20th century > History and criticism
• Theater > England

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- The foundations of a national drama -- The corner stones of modern drama -- Literature and the modern dram -- The aims and duties of a national theatre -- A note on the American national theatre -- A speech at the debate of the Oxford Union on the establishment of a national theatre -- The recognition of the drama by the state -- The English national theatre -- The drama and real life -- Standardizing the drama -- The delineation of character in drama -- On reading modern plays -- An introduction to the English translation of M. Augustin Filon's The English Stage -- The drama in the English provinces in 1900 -- Recent developments in the English provinces -- Literary critics and the drama -- Mr. Birrell and Professor Lounsbury as dramatic critics -- The licensing chaos in theatres and music halls -- The censorship muddle and a way out of it -- After the censorship committee.

OCLC

• 2935089
• SCSB-10651925

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library