To See A King - by Nekeshia Gibson (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 112Genre: DramaSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Superior Publishing LLC.Age Range: AdultAuthor: Nekeshia GibsonLanguage: English Book Synopsis "People can paint a picture, but if it does not fit the reality, it is simply the imagination. Some realities are hard to face, some are difficult to accept, some are emotionally damaging, but no matter what it is the reality of one's life. No one has the capability of knowing what their realities will look like once they are born, but they have a choice on how they handle it. Prophetess N. Gibson
Drag - by Roger Baker (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 312Genre: DramaSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: New York University PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Roger BakerLanguage: English Book Synopsis Men have been dressing as women on stage for hundreds of years, dating back to the thirteenth century when the Church forbade the appearance of female actors but condoned that of men and boys disguised as the opposite sex. Forms of travestism can be traced back to the dawn of theatre and are found in all corners of the world, notably in China and Japan. In recent years, of course, drag has witnessed a dramatic and widespread revival. Newsday recently observed, People are talking about all those fabulous heterosexual film idols who now can't seem to wait to get tarted up in drag and do their screen bits as fishnet queens. Drawing on a cinematic tradition popularized by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like it Hot, Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie) and Robin Williams (Mrs. Doubtfire) have each delighted mainstream audiences with their portrayals of women. Even former drag queens have experience newfound fame; witness the recent popularity of the late Divine, renowned for her oddly compelling appearances in underground John Waters films. Music, too, has been profoundly influenced by drag sensibility, from David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Rocky Horror Picture Show to Boy George and RuPaul (the self- proclaimed Supermodel of the World). Tracing drag tradition from the Golden Age of stage transvestism during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I in England to the current quasi-drag inclinations of American grunge bands, Drag is an entertaining overview of this popular and complex medium. From the Back Cover A History of Female Impersonation in the Performing Arts.
Bedroom Farce - A Comedy - by Alan Ayckbourn (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 124Genre: DramaSub-Genre: EuropeanFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Samuel FrenchAge Range: AdultBook theme: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshAuthor: Alan AyckbournLanguage: English Book Synopsis Trevor and Susannah, whose marraige is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest: three couples whose own relationships are tenuous at best. Taking place sequentially in the three beleaguered couples' bedrooms during one endless Saturday night of co-dependence and dysfunction, beds, tempers, and domestic order are ruffled, leading all the players to a hilariously touching epiphany.
Hadestown - by Ana"is Mitchell (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 114Genre: DramaSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Samuel French, Inc.Age Range: AdultAuthor: Anaïs MitchellLanguage: English Book Synopsis This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone - Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell's beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
Bridgit the Model - by Ramnath Subramanian (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 142Genre: DramaSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Lulu.comAge Range: AdultAuthor: Ramnath SubramanianLanguage: English Book Synopsis After suffering an unexpected betrayal by her photographer companion and lover, the media-savvy and much celebrated model, Bridgit, whose sensuous poses are displayed on billboards all across Europe, attempts to put her life back together. Chance encounters with a lost dog and a boy whom she befriended in an alley in Rome, act as catalysts for the "Mona Lisa of Advertising" to embark on a new path, while still pursuing fame. The story set sumptuously in Rome and Florence, filled with literary and artistic allusions, and powered by love, is one of transformation, transcendence, and triumph.
Statements - by Athol Fugard & John Kani & Winston Ntshona (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 124Genre: DramaSub-Genre: AfricanFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Theatre Communications GroupAge Range: AdultAuthor: Athol Fugard & John Kani & Winston NtshonaLanguage: English Book Synopsis Developed in workshops with award-winning actors, these are the works in Fugard's canon that most directly confront the dehumanizing brutality of apartheid. Includes: Sizwe Bansi is Dead, The Island, and Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act. About the Author The New Yorker has said of Athol Fugard, A rare playwright, who could be a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize. His major works for the stage include: Blood Knot; Master Harold...and the boys; My Children! My Africa!; A Lesson from Aloes; The Road to Mecca; Valley Song; and The Captain's Tiger.
My Children! My Africa! (Tcg Edition) - by Athol Fugard (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 96Genre: DramaSub-Genre: EuropeanFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Theatre Communications GroupAge Range: AdultBook theme: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshAuthor: Athol FugardLanguage: English Book Synopsis The search for a means to an end to apartheid erupts into conflict between a black township youth and his old-fashioned black teacher. About the Author The New Yorker has said of Athol Fugard, A rare playwright, who could be a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize. His major works for the stage include: Blood Knot; Master Harold...and the boys; My Children! My Africa!; A Lesson from Aloes; The Road to Mecca; Valley Song; and The Captain's Tiger.
Laughing Wild and Baby with the Bathwater - by Christopher Durang (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 166Genre: DramaSub-Genre: AmericanFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Grove PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Christopher DurangLanguage: English About the Book "Laughing wild amid severest woe" perfectly describes the fiercely ironic comedy of Christopher Durang's Laughing Wild (which takes its title from this Thomas Gray quotation via Samuel Beckett) and the previously unpublished Baby with the Bathwater. In Laughing Wild, two comic monologues evolve into a man and a woman's shared nightmare of modern life and the isolation it creates. From her turf battles at the supermarket to the desperate cliches of self-affirmation he learns at his "per-sonality workshop," they run the gamut of everyday life's small brutalizations until they meet, with disastrous inevitability, at the Harmonic Convergence in Central Park. Book Synopsis "Laughing wild amid severest woe" perfectly describes the fiercely ironic comedy of Christopher Durang's Laughing Wild (which takes its title from this Thomas Gray quotation via Samuel Beckett) and the previously unpublished Baby with the Bathwater. In Laughing Wild, two comic monologues evolve into a man and a woman's shared nightmare of modern life and the isolation it creates. From her turf battles at the supermarket to the desperate clichés of self-affirmation he learns at his "per-sonality workshop," they run the gamut of everyday life's small brutalizations until they meet, with disastrous inevitability, at the Harmonic Convergence in Central Park. From the Back Cover In 'Laughing Wild, ' two comic monologues evolve into a man's and an woman's shared nightmare of modern life and the isolation it creates.
Three Screenplays - (Foote, Horton) by Horton Foote (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 240Genre: DramaSub-Genre: AmericanSeries Title: Foote, HortonFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Grove PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Horton FooteLanguage: English About the Book Horton Foote's uniquely personal style of screenwriting is at its peak in this collection of two Academy Award winners, To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies, and The Trip to Bountiful, a film widely named as one of 1985's best. "In an age when the lexicon of cinema is largely visual," noted Samuel G. Freedman in the New York Times Magazine, "Foote writes films. He stresses dialogue and character development rather than spectacle or even traditional narrative." Each of the three screenplays sprang from a different origin. One was adapted from the novel by Harper Lee, who later wrote, "If the integrity of a film adaptation is measured by the degree to which the novelist's intent is preserved, Mr. Foote's screenplay should be studied as a classic." Tender Mercies was conceived for the screen, and The Trip to Bountiful came from Foote's own stage and television play. While each demanded solutions to different cinematic problems, all are marked by Foote's own mastery of the screenwriting form, as well as his understanding of human relationships. All three show a modern Chekhov at work, revealing the deep currents of American society through the simplest details of daily life. Book Synopsis Horton Foote's uniquely personal style of screenwriting is at its peak in this collection of two Academy Award winners, To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies, and The Trip to Bountiful, a film widely named as one of 1985's best. "In an age when the lexicon of cinema is largely visual," noted Samuel G. Freedman in the New York Times Magazine, "Foote writes films. He stresses dialogue and character development rather than spectacle or even traditional narrative." Each of the three screenplays sprang from a different origin. One was adapted from the novel by Harper Lee, who later wrote, "If the integrity of a film adaptation is measured by the degree to which the novelist's intent is preserved, Mr. Foote's screenplay should be studied as a classic." Tender Mercies was conceived for the screen, and The Trip to Bountiful came from Foote's own stage and television play. While each demanded solutions to different cinematic problems, all are marked by Foote's own mastery of the screenwriting form, as well as his understanding of human relationships. All three show a modern Chekhov at work, revealing the deep currents of American society through the simplest details of daily life.
I'll Leave It to You - (Mint Editions) by No"el Coward (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 70Genre: DramaSub-Genre: EuropeanSeries Title: Mint EditionsFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Mint EditionsAge Range: AdultBook theme: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshAuthor: Noël CowardLanguage: English Book Synopsis A rich uncle announces he has a terminal illness and plans to leave his estate to one of his sister's children but under one condition. The family scrambles to accommodate his needs and meet the requirements of the inheritance. Mrs. Dermott is a widow and mother of five adult children--Oliver, Evangeline, Sylvia, Bobbie and Joyce. They live together in a large country house that they can no longer afford. The children are stagnant with no careers or future aspirations. Desperate, Mrs. Dermott turns to her brother Daniel for help. Once he arrives, Uncle Daniel declares he's gravely ill and plans to leave his fortune to one of his sister's children. He will bequeath a lucrative inheritance to the niece or nephew who is able to make the most of their life. In an effort to gain his favor, each child embarks on a different career path becoming successful in their own right. This leads to a startling revelation about Uncle Daniel, his wealth and mysterious illness.I'll Leave It to You is a three-act play that's both clever and entertaining. It's one of Noël Coward's earliest and most memorable works. It was written at age 19 and produced the following year in Manchester and London's West End. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of I'll Leave It to You is both modern and readable. From the Back Cover A struggling widow seeks financial aid from her ailing brother who's eager to leave his fortune to one of her five adult children. I'll Leave It to You, by Noël Coward, is a light-hearted tale about a dysfunctional family driven by greed and the promise of a much easier life.
The Boundary Waters - by Gerry Huerth (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 138Genre: DramaSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Stratton PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Gerry HuerthLanguage: English Book Synopsis The Boundary Waters chronicles the unfolding and sometimes comic relationship between Raymona Washington Goldberg, an African American woman adopted as an infant by Jewish parents during a Freedom Ride in the 1960's and Matthew Pierson a gay man who geographically lives in Minneapolis but psychically inhabits a world of romantic fantasies. She spends her time barricaded in her Upper East Side Apartment in New York City, afraid to be contaminated by the stories lurking in the most common circumstances. Matthew distracts himself with romantic stories in which he becomes entangled. Their phone conversations provide a hygienic boundary through which Raymona experiences the world and Matthew has an audience. Their relationship takes a dramatic turn when Matthew entangles himself with three other gay men who are going to The Boundary Waters in Minnesota. One of the men is at the end stage of AIDS. Matthew is quite suddenly captured in an adventure in which wishful happy endings lose all meaning. Not only does the boundary between Raymona and Matthew start shifting, but both characters begin exploring the carefully guarded boundaries in their own lives. Their stories interact in a kind of synchrony as they stumble through the comedy and heartbreak of the human condition.
Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece - (Zone Books) by Jean-Pierre Vernant & Pierre Vidal-Naquet (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 528Genre: DramaSub-Genre: Ancient & ClassicalSeries Title: Zone BooksFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Zone BooksAge Range: AdultAuthor: Jean-Pierre Vernant & Pierre Vidal-NaquetLanguage: English About the Book Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a contemporary French classical scholarship that has produced a stunning reconfiguration of Greek thought and literature. Book Synopsis Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a contemporary French classical scholarship that has produced a stunning reconfiguration of Greek thought and literature. In this work, the authors present a disturbing and decidedly nonclassical reading of Greek tragedy that insists on its radical discontinuity with our own outlook and with our social, aesthetic, and psychological categories. Originally published in French in two volumes, this new single-volume edition includes revised essays from Volume I as well as the first English translation of Volume II. Review Quotes What is Dionysiac about Greek tragedy, Vernant suggests, and specific to the genre, is the 'otherness' of the hero, his belonging to an absent world that no longer exists, and the blurring and shifting of the boundaries between illusion and reality that result for the audience from the enacted fictions of the tragic theatre.... Myth and Tragedy is a book to be unreservedly welcome for its progressive unfolding of ideas which have proved consistently fertile in new perceptions and for thinking that is in the best sense individual as well as collective.-- "Times Literary Supplement"
I Sing a Song of the Saints of God - by Lesbia Scott (Hardcover)
Number of Pages: 32Genre: DramaSub-Genre: Religious & LiturgicalFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Morehouse PublishingAge Range: AdultAuthor: Lesbia ScottLanguage: English About the Book A page of music is included for this hymn praising the saints who have gone before us and those we meet in our daily lives. Also includes brief biographies of six saints. Book Synopsis This charming presentation of the beloved classic hymn by Lesbia Scott (1898-1987) draws children into the vivid world of saints and their life adventures. We see how each saints have demonstrated qualities of courage, joy, love of Christ, kindness, patience, and generosity. Best of all, children discover that they, too, can become saints, and that these heroes and heroines of the church belong not only to the past, but that the world is bright with joyous saints still. The saints of God today are moms and dads, storekeepers and school teachers, and, happily, the saints of God are just folks like me, and I mean to be one too. Biographies of the saints alluded to in the text, plus the music and words of the hymn are included.
Othello - (Mint Editions) by William Shakespeare (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 122Genre: DramaSub-Genre: ShakespeareSeries Title: Mint EditionsFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Mint EditionsAge Range: AdultAuthor: William ShakespeareLanguage: English Book Synopsis Othello, the general of the Venetian army, holds much power and influence but becomes the cartnear of an insidious plot to steal his coveted position. He is overcome with paranoia and enthralled with rumors of his wife's potential infidelity. Othello has fallen in love with a senator's daughter, Desdemona, and the two secretly marry. Their partnership generates shock and confusion as Desdemona was also loved by Roderigo, who'd already asked for her hand. Othello's ensign, Iago, is envious of the general and is spurned when he promotes the young Cassio to a higher position. This marks the beginning of a plot in which Iago plans to destroy Othello's personal and professional life. He attacks his marriage by stoking the flames of jealousy, insinuating Desdemona's infidelity. This leads to a violent confrontation with a morbid outcome. Othello is one of William Shakespeare's most well-known plays. It tackles multiple topics including race, gender, politics and revenge. It's a gripping drama that details the dangers of greed, envy and their inescapable consequences. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Othello is both modern and readable. From the Back Cover An esteemed army general is driven to madness and murder. Othello, by William Shakespeare, is a political drama that illustrates the deadly consequences of passion, betrayal and jealousy. The sudden marriage of a Moor general and a senator's daughter generates internal conflicts compounded by the manipulations of an unsuspecting party.
45 Seconds from Broadway (Neil Simon) - (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 90Genre: DramaSub-Genre: AmericanFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Samuel French, Inc.Age Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Neil SimonLanguage: English Book Synopsis Comedy Characters: 6 male, 6 female Interior Set From America's master of Contemporary Broadway Comedy, here is another revealing comedy behind the scenes in the entertainment world, this time near the heart of the theatre district. 45 Seconds from Broadway takes place in the legendary "Polish Tea Room" on New York's 47th Street. Here Broadway theatre personalities washed-up and on-the-rise, gather to schmooz even as they lose. This touching valentine to New York
Lovesong (Imperfect) - by Jose Rivera (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 78Genre: DramaSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Broadway Play PublishingAge Range: AdultAuthor: Jose RiveraLanguage: English Book Synopsis "LOVESONG (IMPERFECT) by José Rivera was a beautiful and clever tribute to love and lust in a world where death has been outlawed.... The writing is executed beautifully, dancing elegantly between sincerity and humor.... Each character struggles with possession and the theme of only wanting what you cannot have, grieving what is lost when committing, and longing. The build throughout the play of constant frustration and longing makes the final scene so touching and a complete emotional release for the audience. The burst of color, the dance between Delilah and Venezio as they find one another and truly see each other for the first time was such a beautiful sentiment... The couple keeps coming back together despite their differences and they learn to be playful and free like they were when they were children and this conclusion is so uplifting. LOVESONG is a journey through love, touching on its ugly desperation and its childish nature, it gently teases humanity's inability to learn from our own mistakes, especially that of communication between men and women. There is a subtle commentary on the flakiness of the government as they change the laws on the legality of death and spirituality over and over during the play, each time signified by a newspaper comically flying through the air and landing in a players hands. This comedic look at love and death is a glorious journey, and will be appreciated by theatre companies for years to come..."Zara Zeidman, Outer-Stage
Ashes to Ashes - (Pinter, Harold) by Harold Pinter (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 83Genre: DramaSub-Genre: EuropeanSeries Title: Pinter, HaroldFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Grove PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshAuthor: Harold PinterLanguage: English Book Synopsis First presented by the Royal Court Theatre in London in September of 1996, Ashes to Ashes is a triumph of power and concision. In the living room of a pleasant house in a university town outside of London, Devlin, threatened by his wife Rebecca's recollections of an abusive ex-lover, questions her relentlessly in his need for a single truth. In her seamless blending of what she knows of violence with the wider violence of the world, Rebecca reveals an eerie communion with the dead victims of unnamed political barbarities. From the Back Cover First presented by the Royal Court Theatre in London in September of 1996, Ashes to Ashes is a triumph of power and concision. In the living room of a pleasant house in a university town outside of London, Devlin, threatened by his wife Rebecca's recollections of an abusive ex-lover, questions her relentlessly in his need for a single truth. In her seamless blending of what she knows of violence with the wider violence of the world, Rebecca reveals an eerie communion with the dead victims of unnamed political barbarities.
Good Girlz With Hood Habits - by Erica Dyer (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 220Genre: DramaSub-Genre: AmericanFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Exposed Books PublishingAge Range: AdultBook theme: African AmericanAuthor: Erica DyerLanguage: English Book Synopsis The crew is back. This time around, we follow Kei'sha and Bishop through their trials and tribulations. Bringing Kei' home is Bishop's number one priority; however, Bishop gets sidetracked when past family drama arise, and he ends up in a situation he could never have imagined. After months of being abused, tortured, and sexually assaulted, Kei'sha decides to take matters into her own hands. Kei'sha and Bishop's love runs deep; there is no denying that, but will love be enough to get them through Kei's trauma and Bishop's drama? Will outsiders determine their fate? Can Bishop save his wife and their marriage? Take a trip into Kei' and Bishop's world along with the crew from Good Girlz with Hood Habits I as we welcome Kei' home.
Marisol and Other Plays - by Jos'e Rivera (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 240Genre: DramaSub-Genre: AmericanFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Theatre Communications GroupAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: José RiveraLanguage: English About the Book First major collection by a leading Hispanic-American playwright.
Hamletmachine and Other Texts for the Stage - (PAJ Playscripts (Paperback)) by Heiner M"uller (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 144Genre: DramaSub-Genre: EuropeanSeries Title: PAJ Playscripts (Paperback)Format: PaperbackPublisher: PAJ PublicationsAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Heiner MüllerLanguage: English About the Book Hamletmachine is a . . . work of monumental scope.--Village Voice. Book Synopsis This best-selling volume contains several of the German author's most controversial dramas, in which he radically questions how culture, myth, art, and social relations create history. Includes: Hamletmachine, Correction, The Task, Quartet, Despoiled Shore, and Gundling's Life. One of the most original theatrical minds of our time, Müller, who resided in East Berlin before his death in 1995, was a frequent collaborator of Robert Wilson. About the Author Carl Weber was a collaborator with Bertolt Brecht, and is an internationally known stage director. Carl Weber was a collaborator with Bertolt Brecht, and is an internationally known stage director.
Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays - by Steve Martin (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 160Genre: DramaSub-Genre: AmericanFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Grove PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Steve MartinLanguage: English About the Book Steve Martin is one of America's most treasured actors, having appeared in some of the most popular moves of our time. He is also an accomplished screenwriter who has in the past few years turned his hand to writing plays. The results, collected here, hilariously explore serious questions of love, happiness and the meaning of life; they are rich with equal parts of pain and slapstick humour, torment and wit. From the Back Cover Steve Martin is one of America's treasured comedic actors, having appeared in some of the most popular movies of our time. He is also an accomplished screenwriter who has for the past few years turned his attention to writing plays. The results, collected here, demonstrate new facets of the range and talent he possesses on screen. His plays hilariously explore very serious questions about love and happiness and the meaning of life; they are rich with equal parts pain and slapstick humor, torment and wit. Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Steve Martin's first full-length play, opened at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater before moving on to Los Angeles (where it was the longest-running show in the history of the Westwood Playhouse) and, finally, to New York. An imagined meeting of Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein in 1904 - when both men were in their twenties - it is a compelling examination of science and art and their impact on a rapidly changing society. As the two men engage in a battle of ideas about probability, lust, artistic integrity, and the future, the play moves with ease between the breezy and the profound. Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays contains three one-acts, first presented together at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in New York. WASP depicts an archetypal middle-class white Anglo-Saxon Protestant family trying to live up to the routine of an idealized fifties suburbia. It is a dark and surreal comedy - a broad satire punctuated with insightful and poetic moments of irony. A meditation on the nature of love and loneliness, The Zig-Zag Woman concerns a woman so desperate to find affection that, with the help of a magic trick, she appears to divide her body into threeparts. In the final play, Patter for the Floating Lady, a magician plans to levitate his assistant in order to give her what he could not give her when they were together: freedom. Review Quotes "Steve Martin's comic wit has never been sharper."--USA Today "Steve Martin is the most exciting new playwright in town. . . . His first play is a major treat."--Newsday "[Picasso at the Lapin Agile is] a very engaging 75-minute shaggy dog of a comedy . . . Mr. Martin has also created a number of moment of real humor and wit. . . . His manner is to so mix the sublime with the ridiculous that they can't be easily disentangled."--Vincent Canby, The New York Times "Steve Martin is a gifted screenplay writer, and as Picasso demonstrated, a smart, facile thinker with a serious reach."--Variety "Picasso at the Lapin Agile is Martin's poker-faced--and very funny--riff on the birth of the modern century."--New York "More laughs, more fun and more delight than anything currently on the New York stage."--The New York Observer
