![]() ![]() In 1914 there appeared a volume of one-act plays, Half Hours, the most important of which is The Twelve-Pound Look. His The Professor’s Love Story, The Little Minister, Quality Street, The Admirable Crichton, Peter Pan, What Every Woman Knows, and Alice Sit-by-the-Fire are well known to every one. Barrie’s literary labors have been very fruitful. His first work in journalism and letters was done at Nottingham, but soon he took up his work in London, where he now resides. ![]() He received his education at Dumfries and Edinburgh University. He was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, in 1860. Practically his entire life has been given to the writing of novels and plays, many of the latter having their heroines conceived especially for Maude Adams, one of America’s greatest actresses. Barrie is rated as the foremost English dramatist of the day and his plays, taken together, make the most significant contribution to English drama since Sheridan. ![]() For permission to perform, address the publisher. The Twelve-Pound Look is reprinted by permission of Charles Scribner’s Sons, the publisher in America of the works of Sir James M. Introduction from Contemporary One-Act Plays published 1922 The Twelve-Pound Look Play by James Matthew Barrieįrom Half Hours Plays THE TWELVE-POUND LOOK PLAY ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |