German by Dr. Walther Fischer, of the University of Pennsylvania, for the professional use of Herr Rudolf Schildkraut in Germany, at the "Deutsches Theater," Berlin, under the direction of Professor Max Reinhardt. It has also been translated into French by Professor M. Garnier, of the Sorbonne, Paris.
The individual plays may be found in printed form, as indicated above. Mr. MacKaye's poems, which have appeared in several editions, may be had most conveniently in the complete edition of his Poems and Plays, in two volumes, issued by Macmillan Company in 1916. In this edition. The Canterbury Pilgrims, Jeanne d'Arc, Sappho and Phaon, The Scarecrow, and Mater have been reprinted. His essays on dramatic subjects may be found in The Playhouse and the Play (1909), and The Civic Theatre (1912). He has also in press: Steele MacKaye, A Memoir and Two Plays. For an interesting foreign criticism of his work, especially of The Scarecrow, see M. Garnier, M. Percy MacKaye, in La Revue du Mois, April 10, 1909.
The editor is indebted to the courtesy of Mr. MacKaye for permission to reprint the play and for the biographical details and the information concerning the plays upon which this introduction is based.
Note to Revised Edition
Since the publication of the First Edition, Mr. Mackaye has produced the following dramatic works:
Plays—Washington, the Man Who Made Us (1919), a Ballad Play, was first produced in its entirety (under the title "George Washington") at the Belasco Theatre, Washington, D. C., February 23, 1920, one portion of it (the Valley Forge Action) having been previously produced in French—translated by Pierre de Lanux—at Copeau's Theatre du Vieux Colombier, New York, Feb. 17, 1919. This Action and other Actions of the play have also been translated into fourteen different languages by the Foreign Language Information Service Bureau of the Red Cross for publication and production in foreign language theatres in America.
Masques—Caliban was also presented on a still more splendid scale, by co-operation of nineteen districts of Greater Boston, at the Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, June 28 to July 21 (inclusive), 1917.
The Evergreen Tree (1917), a Christmas Masque, was first produced by North Dakota Agricultural College, at Fargo, N. D., Dec. 15, 1917.
The Roll Call (1918), a Masque of the Red Cross, was first produced during Roll Call Week. December 16-23, 1918, simultaneously in different states throughout America. The Will of Song (with Harry Barnhart, 1919), a Dramatic Service of Community Singing, was first produced at Orange, N. J., May 2 and 3, 1919.
Operas—Rip Van Winkle, a Folk Opera (1919), with music by Reginald Koven, was first produced by the Chicago Opera Association at the Audirium Theatre, Chicago, Jan. 2. 1920.
