Dramatic Literature.
THE PLAYS OF ARTHUR W. PINERO.
With Introductory Notes by Malcolm C. Salaman. 16mo, Paper Covers, 1s. 6d.; or Cloth, 2s. 6d. each.
THE TIMES: A Comedy in Four Acts. With a Preface by the Author. (Vol. I.)
Daily Telegraph.—“‘The Times’ is the best example yet given of Mr. Pinero’s power as a satirist. So clever is his work that it beats down opposition. So fascinating is his style that we cannot help listening to him.”
Morning Post.—“Mr. Pinero’s latest belongs to a high order of dramatic literature, and the piece will be witnessed again with all the greater zest after the perusal of such admirable dialogue.”
THE PROFLIGATE: A Play in Four Acts. With Portrait of the Author, after J. Mordecai. (Vol. II.)
Pall Mall Gazette.—“Will be welcomed by all who have the true interests of the stage at heart.”
THE CABINET MINISTER: A Farce in Four Acts. (Vol. III.)
Observer.—“It is as amusing to read as it was when played.”
THE HOBBY HORSE: A Comedy in Three Acts. (Vol. IV.)
St. James’s Gazette.—“Mr. Pinero has seldom produced better or more interesting work than in ‘The Hobby Horse.’”
LADY BOUNTIFUL: A Play in Four Acts. (Vol. V.)
THE MAGISTRATE: A Farce in Three Acts. (Vol. VI.)
DANDY DICK: A Farce in Three Acts. (Vol. VII.)
To be followed by The Schoolmistress, The Weaker Sex, Lords and
Commons, The Squire, and Sweet Lavender.
A NEW PLAY. By Henrik Ibsen. Translated from the Norwegian. Small 4to.
[In preparation.
A NEW PLAY. By Björnstjerne Björnson. Translated from the Norwegian.
[In preparation.
THE PRINCESSE MALEINE: A Drama in Five Acts (Translated by Gerard Harry), and THE INTRUDER: A Drama in One Act. By Maurice Maeterlinck. With an Introduction by Hall Caine, and a Portrait of the Author. Small 4to, cloth, 5s.
Athenæum.—“In the creation of the ‘atmosphere’ of the play M. Maeterlinck shows his skill. It is here that he communicates to us the nouveau frisson, here that he does what no one else has done. In ‘The Intruder’ the art consists of the subtle gradations of terror, the slow, creeping progress of the nightmare of apprehension. Nothing quite like it has been done before—not even by Poe—not even by Villiers.”
THE FRUITS OF ENLIGHTENMENT: A Comedy in Four Acts. By Count Lyof Tolstoy. Translated from the Russian by E. J. Dillon. With Introduction by A. W. Pinero. Small 4to, with Portrait, 5s.
Pall Mall Gazette.—“The whole effect of the play is distinctly Molièresque; it has something of the large humanity of the master. Its satire is genial, almost gay.”
HEDDA GABLER: A Drama in Four Acts. By Henrik Ibsen. Translated from the Norwegian by Edmund Gosse. Small 4to, cloth, with Portrait, 5s. Vaudeville Edition, paper, 1s. Also a Limited Large Paper Edition, 21s. net.
Times.—“The language in which this play is couched is a model of brevity, decision, and pointedness.... Every line tells, and there is not an incident that does not bear on the action immediate or remote. As a corrective to the vapid and foolish writing with which the stage is deluged ‘Hedda Gabler’ is perhaps entitled to the place of honour.”
THE DRAMA, ADDRESSES. By Henry Irving. Fcap. 8vo. With Portrait by J. McN. Whistler.
[In the Press.
STRAY MEMORIES. By Ellen Terry. In one volume. Illustrated.
[In preparation.
SOME INTERESTING FALLACIES OF THE Modern Stage. An Address delivered to the Playgoers’ Club at St. James’s Hall, on Sunday, 6th December, 1891. By Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Crown 8vo, sewed, 6d.
THE LIFE OF HENRIK IBSEN. By Henrik Jæger. Translated by Clara Bell. With the Verse done into English from the Norwegian Original by Edmund Gosse. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
St. James’s Gazette.—“Admirably translated. Deserves a cordial and emphatic welcome.”
Guardian.—“Ibsen’s dramas at present enjoy a considerable vogue, and their admirers will rejoice to find full descriptions and criticisms in Mr. Jæger’s book.”