Chapter II: Preface: v

I CHOOSING THE PLAY 1

II ORGANIZATION 8

III CHOOSING THE CAST 18

IV REHEARSING I 22

V REHEARSING II 48

VI REHEARSING III 73

VII THE STAGE 76

VIII LIGHTING 86

IX SCENERY AND COSTUMES 91

X SELECTIVE LISTS OF AMATEUR PLAYS 110

APPENDICES

I COPYRIGHT AND ROYALTY 127

II A NOTE ON MAKE-UP 130

INDEX 139

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SETTING FOR A POETIC DRAMA, BY SAM HUME _Frontispiece_

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"THE GROTESQUES", BY CLOYD HEAD. PRODUCED
AT THE LITTLE THEATER, CHICAGO 8

"THE TROJAN WOMEN" OF EURIPIDES. PRODUCED
AT THE LITTLE THEATER, CHICAGO 18

"CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION", BY SHAW.
SET OF ACT I, AS PRODUCED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD
PLAYHOUSE, NEW YORK 22

SET FOR MUSSET'S "WHIMS." PRODUCED BY THE
WASHINGTON SQUARE PLAYERS 48

"SISTER BEATRICE" OF MAETERLINCK. PRODUCED
AT THE WESTERN RESERVE COLLEGE FOR
WOMEN 74

TWO VIEWS OF THE STAGE AT TUFTS COLLEGE,
SHOWING PLENTY OF OPEN SPACE FOR THE
STORING AND SHIFTING OF SCENERY 76

AN ORDINARY BOX-SET. FROM DUMAS _FILS'_ "THE
MONEY QUESTION." PRODUCED AT TUFTS
COLLEGE 80

SCENES FROM EURIPIDES' "ELECTRA." PRODUCED
AT ILLINOIS STATE COLLEGE 90

TWO VIEWS OF THE STAGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH DAKOTA 106

HOW TO PRODUCE AMATEUR
PLAYS