Stevens loved vacationing in Florida to escape the Connecticut winters for a while. What is the speaker’s response to the tropical imagery in this poem? Note the many word-repetitions in this poem. And note the alliteration (repeated consonants) in the last two lines. What is the effect of so much repetition? Continue reading Nomad Exquisite
Tag Archives: Plays
Held by the Enemy
Rachel Hayne is a recent widow who falls in love with Union Colonel Charles Prescott during the Civil War. Things get complicated when the not-so-dead husband returns to his wife. Below is a link to the full script from the Hathi Trust archive. Continue reading Held by the Enemy
Sherlock Holmes: A Play in Four Acts
William Gillette’s play Sherlock Holmes premiered in 1899. The 1922 Samuel French publication of Gillette’s script is available in eBook format at Internet Archive. Follow the link below to access the script: Continue reading Sherlock Holmes: A Play in Four Acts
Secret Service: A Romance of the Southern Confederacy
The full script of William Gillette’s play Secret Service is available in eBook format at Internet Archive. Follow the link below to access it. There is also a film version: 1976 PBS broadcast released via Broadway Theatre Archive DVD starring Meryl Streep and John Lithgow, 2002. Continue reading Secret Service: A Romance of the Southern Confederacy
Introduction to “How to Write a Play”
Introduction to How to Write a Play
By William Gillette
The impression has always prevailed with me that one who might properly be classed as a genius is not precisely the person best fitted to expound rules and methods for the carrying on of his particular branch of endeavor. I have rather avoided looking the matter up for fear it might not turn out to be so after all. But doesn’t it sound as if it ought to be? And isn’t a superficial glance about rather confirmatory? Continue reading Introduction to “How to Write a Play”