The Life of the Neighborhood Playhouse on

This book provides a vital, yet often overlooked, piece of theater history and a lost key to understanding the growth of theater arts in New York City.

John P. Harrington is dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

Introduction: The Life of the Neighborhood Playhouse	p. 1
The Henry Street Settlement and Its Playhouse	p. 18
1915-1916 Opening the Little Theater of Art and Activism	p. 44
1916-1920 Art, Militarism, Movies, and Mission	p. 78
1920-1922 New Plans, Salut au Monde, and The Grand Street Follies	p. 121
1922-1925 The Lessons of the East and The Little Clay Cart	p. 158
1925-1926 The Dybbuk and the Repertory Model	p. 207
1926-1927 The Close of "The Unworldly Little Theater"	p. 242
Notes	p. 273
Bibliography	p. 289
Index	p. 295
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The Life of the Neighborhood Playhouse on Grand Street

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