One-Act Plays: (Joseph Jacobs Classics Collection)

The history of this new form is of necessity brief. Before its vogue became general, one-act plays were being presented in vaudeville houses in this country and were being used as curtain raisers in London theatres for the purpose of marking time until the late-dining audiences should arrive. With the exception of the famous Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris, where the entertainment for an evening might consist of several one-act plays, all of the hair-raising, blood-curdling variety, programs composed entirely of one-act plays were rare. Sir James Matthew Barrie is usually credited with being the first in England to write one-act plays intended to be grouped in a single production. A program of this character has been uncommon in the commercial theatre in America, but three of Barrie's one-act plays, constituting a single program, have met with enthusiastic response from American audiences.

Author: Joseph Jacobs

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Mar 17, 2015

Number of Pages: 324 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1508921083

ISBN-13: 9781508921080