Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-12-15
GEORGE G.. EVANS BOOK LIST.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE
R q d h d PLA u -
FOR
Home Amusement.

4 ND PRIVATE THEATRICAL BN-
y TERRAIN MENTS. Being acollec-
ton of original and selected Tragedies.
Comedies, Plays. Dramas, Farces, Inter
ludes. Musical llnrlettas, Proverbs, Acting
Charadcs. REGULATIONS, Parlor Pantomimcs
and Tableaux, y ankee, Negro, Irish, and
Comic Lectures and Stories, etc, etc, etc.
with fun descriptions Of Costumes, Scene-
n, Properties, etc, and every direction rel
alive for a private or public Performance
The whole carefully arranged and adapsed
by Silas :. Steele, Drsmatis,. Handsomely
bound in one Volume, u mo-. cloth. Price
Sl00; and upon receipt of II cents addi-
tional for postage, a copy of the book. to-
eeiher with a handsome present, worthirom
30 cents to 500. will be sent to any address
in the United States.
From the Authors Preface.
"The wide and still spreading popularity
of .'iiome Theatricals,' or private Histri-
onics, amongst the most fashionable and re-
fined circles, together with the repeated
calls for form of Dramas, or Plays, differ
ing in their structure and effects from those
OF other works in circulation, have induced
the Publisher TO present this work. in which
will be found, along With some original
pieces, a large number of the plays,
comedies, and farces, of the most popular
Dramatists, from the DAYS of Shakespeare
TO those of the present period; all or most of
which are compressed into one act. and into
parl0r scenes, or such as can easily be
arranged by the ordinary household re-
sources.
Ii has been the particular study and aim
OF the compiler and publisher, TO omit all
sentences, words, or illusions, such a could
be in the remotest way Objectionable To the
most fastidious, and TO retain the plot, the
passion, and the moral of each play, in such
condensed form as would render them an
available, diverting, and eleyating vehicle of
amusement. for the Parlor, the School room
or the Lyceum.'
From the Sunday Atlas.
Book Of PLAYS, for Home Amusement
BY Silas ;. Steele, Dramatist.
These popular parlor amusements have
been the means o. introducing some very
pretty little dramas to those who, from re
| ligious notion. eschew theatre, and le-
gitimate dramatic representations.
| There are few writer's ia our country bet
ter calculated TO write, compile, and adapt
| plays for Parlor AmUsemcnts, than Sias :.
hSteele. Author himself, of over eighty
/ plays, every one of which bears the impress
OF a master hand and containing moral,
Which few authors deem requisite for dra-
/ ma.
Perhaps more perfect work Of the kind
is not to be found at the present time i'm the
world. and it certainly reflects the highest
credit on the author and publisher in the
production of the one in question. The
insipid trash, and nonsensical charades. and
drawing room dramas, which we have seen
and heard, must now yield to something
more elegant. refined. interesting and anu.
sing. Silas :. Steele's "Book of PLAYS for
Home Anus ement," will form a new era in
this description of domestic dramatic liter.
ature, and create taste to witness those
productions from which he has cullcd out
only a scene or two.
Address all orders to George G.. Evans
Publisher, No. 439 Chestnut street, Phila-
dclphia.