Plays in One Act *****Beginning with Synge s Riders to the Sea, generally considered the best one-act play ever written, this volume contains some of the masterpieces of world literature in this shorter genre. Among others, plays from the pens of Chekov, Tennessee Williams and Conan Doyle are included. |
Contents
Riders to the Sea | 1 |
The Happy Journey | 15 |
A Marriage Proposal | 33 |
Lord Byrons Love Letter | 51 |
Waterloo | 82 |
To Bobolink for Her Spirit | 100 |
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