Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Sixteen one-act plays for reading and acting: Elmer /Beatrice H. McNeil
  • The florist shop / Winifred Hawkridge
  • Grandfather's chair / Walter Prichard Eaton
  • The romancers / Edmond Rostand
  • Thank you, doctor / Gilbert Emery
  • The maker of dreams / Oliphant Down
  • Spreading the news / Lady Augusta Gregory
  • Maid of France / Harold Brighouse
  • Cloudburst / J. Clark Weaver
  • Where the cross is made / Eugene O'Neill
  • The neighbors / Zona Gale
  • The idlings of the king / Erle Remington
  • The Wolfenstein / Sarah C. Pettit
  • Gratitude / George Milton Savage, Jr
  • Christmas trimmings / Marguerite Kreger Phillips
  • Bread / Fred Eastman
  • Helps for understanding and producing the play
  • Introduction
  • Sixteen one-act plays for reading and acting: Elmer, by Beatrice H. McNeil
  • The florist shop, by Winifred Hawkridge
  • Grandfather's chair, by Walter Prichard Eaton
  • The romancers, by Edmond Rostand
  • Thank you, Doctor, by Gilbert Emery
  • The maker of dreams, by Oliphant Down
  • Spreading the news, by Lady Augusta Gregory
  • Maid of France, by Harold Brighouse
  • Cloudburst, by J.C. Weaver
  • Where the cross is made, by Eugene O'Neill
  • The neighbors, by Zona Gale
  • The idlings of the king, by Erle Remington
  • The Wolfenstein, by Sarah C. Pettit
  • Gratitude, by C.M. Savage, Jr
  • Christmas trimmings by Marguerite K. Phillips
  • Bread, by Fred Eastman
  • Helps for understanding and producing the play