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003			dti
005			20170506185137.0
008			s1967 000 0 eng
245	1	0	_aBest plays of the early American theatre : _bfrom the beginning to 1916 / _cedited, with introductions, by John Gassner and Mollie Gassner.
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bCrown Publishers, _c1967.
300			_axlviii, 716 p.
500			_aTitle 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.
650		0	_aAmerican drama.
700	1		_aGassner, John.
700	1		_aGassner, Mollie.
999			_c374841 _d374841