TY - BOOK AU - Gassner,John AU - Gassner,Mollie TI - Best plays of the early American theatre: from the beginning to 1916 PY - 1967/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Crown Publishers KW - American drama N1 - Title on cover : The contrast / Royall Tyler--Superstition / James N. Baker--Fashion / Anna Cora Mowatt--The octoroon / Dion Boucicault--Secret service / William Gillette--The great divide / William Vaughn Moody--Charles the second / John Howard Payne & Washington Irving--The New York idea / Langdon Mitchell--The truth / Clyde Fitch--The witching hour / Augustus Thomas--The scarecrow / Percy MacKaye--The mouse-trap / William Dean Howells--Uncle Tom's cabin / George L. Aiken--The easiest way / Eugene Walter--The count of Monte Cristo / by Charles Fechter--Salvation nell / Edward Sheldon ER -