Playwrights on Playmaking, and Other Studies of the Stage

CONTENTS
Playwrights on Playmaking
Undramatic Criticism
Old Plays and New Playgoers
Tragedies with Happy Endings
On the Advantage of Having a Pattern
Did Shakespeare Write Plays to Fit His Actors?
Strange Shakespearian Performances
Thackeray and the Theater
Mark Twain and the Theater
Henry James and the Theater
Stage Humor
The "Old Comedies"
The Organization of the Theater
Memories of Actors
At the time of original publication in 1923, Brander Matthews was Professor of Dramatic Literature in Columbia University, and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.