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A compact collection of five one-act plays created for a tiny amateur playhouse, the pieces move between comedy and serious domestic drama and are designed for simple staging. Scenes and characters are drawn from ordinary life, often centering on intimate rooms and small social encounters, with emphasis on sharp dialogue and character interplay rather than elaborate action. A prefatory essay recounts the formation of the Playhouse and explains the collaborative, experimental rehearsal process, noting how performer suggestions and amateur spontaneity shaped the pieces and suited them to brief, fresh presentations on small stages.

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Title: Plays for small stages

Author: Mary Aldis

Contributor: Harriet Calhoun Moss

Release date: July 20, 2025 [eBook #76537]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Duffield & Company, 1915

Credits: The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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