Boni and Liveright.

BOUND EAST FOR CARDIFF:  The injury and death of a forecastle hand, illuminating the varying natures of his shipmates.

In Moon of the Caribbees, Boni and Liveright.

IN THE ZONE:  Suspicion of treachery in the submarine zone, directed against a sailor who is different from the rest in the forecastle.

Ibid.

WHERE THE CROSS IS MADE:  An old sailor goes mad waiting futilely for the return of a treasure expedition he has sent out, and the madness of his idea spreads like panic.

Ibid.

+Hubert Osborne+

THE GOOD MEN DO:  AN INDECOROUS EPILOGUE:  Shakespeare’s family carefully burn his surviving plays in the effort to cast oblivion upon his low occupation.

In Plays of the 47 Workshop, First Series, 1918.

+Monica Barrie O’Shea+

THE RUSHLIGHT:  A mother, whose son may be saved if he will betray his comrades, has only to send him a paper containing the information the authorities want.  Her attitude should be compared with that of the women in Campbell of Kilmhor and Lady Gregory’s The Gaol Gate.

Drama, November, 1917, 28:602.

+Louis N. Parker+

DISRAELI:  Play of intrigue centring about the character of Lord
Beaconsfield and his manoeuvres to obtain control of the Suez
Canal.

Lane.

MINUET:  A brief play of courage and loyalty in face of Madame
Guillotine.

In Century Magazine, January, 1915.

+Josephine Preston Peabody+

MARLOWE:  A tragedy introducing several of the Elizabethan playwrights in tavern scenes, and making a fine and romantic character of Kit Marlowe.

Houghton Mifflin.

THE PIPER:  A pleasant dramatization of the legend of Hamelin
Town.

Houghton Mifflin.

THE WOLF OF GUBBIO:  A play about Saint Francis and some of his brothers, both animals and villagers.

Houghton Mifflin.

+Louise Saunders (Perkins)+

THE WOODLAND PRINCESS:  Very attractive children’s operetta with music by Alice Terhune.

Schirmer; French.

+Stephen Phillips+

ULYSSES:  A drama or masque of Ulysses’ adventures, from his farewell to Calypso through a vigorous combat with the wooers.

Macmillan.

+Eden Phillpotts+

THE SHADOW:  A most affecting and tragic play of the influence of a crime upon two people who love most sincerely, and upon their very loyal friend.

In Three Plays, Duckworth, London.

THE MOTHER:  A moving presentation of the force of a mother’s sense and love; she refuses to shield her son when he has done wrong, but works in every way to set him straight and to continue her influence after her death.

Ibid.

THE POINT OF VIEW:  A domestic altercation is arbitrated by a friend of the family, and then the arbiter is given new light on the situation.