The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-01-20

he BOOK OF PLAYS, for Home Amuseman, -,
Private Theatrical Entertainments o.: d'o
collection OF original and selected T,aaaItss
Comedies, Plays, Dramas, Farces. Infa7Ius.'
Musical BaFlettas, Proverbs Aci;no C1'
daaes' hecltati9ns, Parlor Pantonino. ga
IaoIednH, Yankee, Negro, IRISH. and O.
Lectures and Stories, elc., etc. etc e,c I'e ."a,
i1Ii descriptions Of Costumes, Scenery bran I'm
eilies, eic., and every direction relative fo..
private or public performance. The MI
carefully arranged and adapted by Slas 9
Steele, Dfamalist. Handsomely bound -
one volume, 2 mo-, Cloth. Price SI0o 81
And upon receipt of 81 cents additional e.
postage, copy OF the Book, together with
handsome present, worth from 90 cents IN $inG
Will be sent TO any address in the Un,teJ
States. "''eo
From The .9ufhor's Preface -
"lhe wide and still spreading popuIar;,r -
"Home Theatrcals,'' or Private His;r;on;cs -
mongst the most fashionable and refined circlo,
together with the repeated calls for form -
dramas, or Plays, differing in their structura
and effects from those of other works in circn-
iation, have induced the Publisher 70 preeeD,
lhis work, IN which will be found, alone with
some original pieces, large number Of nIavo
comedies, and farces, Of the most popular ORA.
matISls, from the days OF Shakespeare TO those ~
the present period all, or most of which arc
compressed INTO one act, and into parIor scenes
or Such as can easily be arranged by the ordina.
ry household resources
1t has been the particular study and aim of
the compiler and publisher, to omit all sentan-
ces, words or illusions, such as could be- in the
remoiest way Objectionable to the mos, fastidi-
ous' and to retain the plot, the passion, and the
moral oil each play, IN such condensed form 40
would render them an available, divertipo and
eleValInS vehicle OF amusement, for the ParIor
the echooi-room, or the Lyceum."
From the Sunday .7tLas.
Book OF Plays, for Home Amussner, D..
Slas S. Steele, Dramatist.
These popular parlor amnsements have been
" t,le means OF introducing some very pretty ht-
'ie dramas 10 those who, from a religious notion
eschew theatre, and legitimate dramatic ren-
resentations. NF
Ihere are few writer's IN our country better
calculated 10 write, compile, and adapt plays
LOT FaFior AmuSements, than Sllas S. Steele.
du'nof h!inseil' OF over eighty plays, every
one oil winch bears the impress of a master
hand and containing moral which Ior,
authors deem requisite for drama.
Perhaps more perfect work of the Kind !.
Dol TO De found at the present time in the world.
and II certainly reflects the highest credit on
The author and publisher in the production of
the one IN question. The inspid trash, and
nonsenslcal charades, and .drawing-room dra-
mas, winch we have seen and heard, must now
yield TO something more elegant, refined, in
teresting and amusing. Sias S Steele's ssBook
OF Plays for Home Amusement,' will form.
new era IN this description of domestic dromot-
&c literature, and create taste to witness those
productions from which he has culled out only
scene or two.
Address all orders 10
GEORGEG. EVANS.
Publisher,
No. 439 Chesnut Street, PHILADELPHIA.