J. M. Barrie – The Twelve-Pound Look Play
The Twelve-Pound Look Play by James Matthew Barrie From Half Hours Plays THE TWELVE-POUND LOOK PLAY BY SIR JAMES M. BARRIE Introduction from Contemporary One-Act Plays published 1922 The Twelve-Pound Look is reprinted by permission of Charles Scribner’s Sons, the publisher in America of the works of Sir James M. Barrie. For permission to perform, […]
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J. M. Barrie – Pantaloon Play
Pantaloon Play by James Matthew Barrie From Half Hours Plays Pantaloon Play The scene makes believe to be the private home of Pantaloon and Columbine, though whether they ever did have a private home is uncertain. In the English version (and with that alone are we concerning ourselves) these two were figures in the harlequinade, […]
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J. M. Barrie – Rosalind Play
Rosalind Play by James Matthew Barrie From Half Hours Plays Rosalind Play Two middle-aged ladies are drinking tea in the parlour of a cottage by the sea. It is far from London, and a hundred yards from the cry of children, of whom middle-aged ladies have often had enough. Were the room Mrs. Page’s we […]
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J. M. Barrie – The Will Play
The Will Play by James Matthew Barrie From Half Hours Plays The Will Play The scene is any lawyers office. It may be, and no doubt will be, the minute reproduction of some actual office, with all the characteristic appurtenances thereof, every blot of ink in its proper place; but for the purpose in hand […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Adventure of the Dying Detective : Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Dying Detective : His Last Bow : Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Dying Detective by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman. Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of […]
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J. M. Barrie – Half an Hour Play
Half an Hour Play by James Matthew Barrie HALF AN HOUR PLAY First performance: 1913 First publication: 1928 HALF AN HOUR PLAY CHARACTERS Garson Lady Lilian Hugh Paton Susie Dr. Brodie Withers Redding Mrs. Redding NOTE : The list of characters is provided for the convenience of readers, but was not included in the original […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Poison Belt : Professor Challenger
The Poison Belt : Professor Challenger by Arthur Conan Doyle The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Published in The Strand Magazine, April to August 1913 First UK book edition: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1913 First US book edition: George H. Doran Co., New York, 1913 Being an account of another adventure of Prof. […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Lost World : Professor Challenger
The Lost World : Professor Challenger by Arthur Conan Doyle The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Published in The Strand Magazine, April to November 1912 First UK book edition: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1912 First US book edition: George H. Doran Co., New York, 1912 I have wrought my simple plan If I […]
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J. M. Barrie – Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey
Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey by James Matthew Barrie NEITHER DORKING NOR THE ABBEY BY J. M. BARRIE CHICAGO BROWNE’S BOOKSTORE 1912 NOTE In England recently there died a great man—the greatest of his day. Immediately there arose much vain contention as to whether or no his dust should be given resting place among that […]
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A. C. Doyle – Songs of the Road Poems
Songs of the Road Poems by Arthur Conan Doyle Songs of the Road Poems by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle First published by: Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1911 Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1911 Songs of the Road Foreword If it were not for the hillocks You’d think little of the hills; The rivers […]
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A. C. Doyle – A Lilt Of The Road Poem
A Lilt Of The Road Poem : Songs of the Road Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle A Lilt Of The Road Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Lilt Of The Road Poem Being the doggerel Itinerary of a Holiday in September, 1908 To St. Albans’ town we came; Roman Albanus hence the name. Whose […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax : Sherlock Holmes
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax : His Last Bow : Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle “But why Turkish?” asked Mr. Sherlock Holmes, gazing fixedly at my boots. I was reclining in a cane-backed chair at the moment, and my […]
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