American folk plays - ECU Libraries Catalog

American folk plays / edited with an introduction, "American folk drama in the making", by Frederick H. Koch ... illustrated with photographs of the original production of the plays; foreword by Archibald Henderson.

Author/creator	Koch, Frederick H. (Frederick Henry), 1877-1944
Other author/creator	Carolina Playmakers.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York; London : D. Appleton-Century Company, incorporated, 1939.
Description	xivi, 592 pages : frontispiece, illustrations (music) plates. ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Folk drama, American. College and school drama. Folk drama.

Contents	North Carolina: Nancy Hanks, bondwoman, by Janie M. Britt.-- Tennessee: Davy Crockett, by J. P. Milhous.--South Carolina: Funeral flowers for the bride, by Beverley Du B. Hamer.--Georgia: Mourners to glory, by Rietta W. Bailey.--Florida: Traflcante, by Maxeda von Hesse.--Mississippi: Git up an' bar the door, by A. P. Husdon.--Oklahoma: Last refuge, by Noel Houston.--Texas: West from the panhandle, by Clemon White and Betty Smith.--Mexico: the red velvet goat, by Josephina Niggil.--New Mexico: Stick 'em up, by Gordon Clouser.--Arizona: Conchita, by Rosemaery S. De Camp.--California: Day's end, by Alice Pieratt.--Utah: Spring storm, by Mary C. Hatch.--Montana: Montana night, by Robert Finch and Betty Smith.--Canada: Still stands the house, by Gwendolyn Pharis.
General note	Map on lining-papers.
General note	"Written by students in playwriting at Chapel Hill and in summer courses ... in some of our leading universities"--p. xiii-xvi. Most of the plays were originally produced by the Carolina playmakers at Chapel Hill.
General note	North Dakota: Sigrid, by Margaret Radcliffe.--Missouri: Swappin' fever, by L. N. Jones.--Ohio: His boon companions, by Lynn Gault.-- Massachusetts: Ancient heritage, by P. G. Parker.--North Carolina: Cootle mourns, by Patricia McMullan.--Appendices: I. The Carolina playmakers: a selected bibliography (p. 557-570) II. The Carolina playmakers: production and tours (p. 571-592)
LCCN	39027548

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