Playwrights on playmaking: And Other Studies of the Stage

The Merry-Go-Round

Carl Van Vechten

The Merry‑Go‑Round is a collection of essays by Carl Van Vechten that opens with a sprawling meditation on…

The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism

Clayton Meeker Hamilton

Plays, Acting and Music: A Book Of Theory

Arthur Symons

The Critic and the Drama

George Jean Nathan

The Footlights, Fore and Aft

Channing Pollock

The Drama

Sir Henry Irving