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Blood on the stage, 1925-1950 : milestone plays of crime, mystery, and detection : an annotated repertoire / Amnon Kabatchnik.

by Kabatchnik, Amnon, 1929-

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Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010.

Detective and mystery plays -- History and criticism.

Detective and mystery plays -- Stories, plots, etc.

9780810869639 (cloth ; alk. paper) :

0810869632 (cloth ; alk. paper)

xvii, 849 pages ; 24 cm

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Alias the Deacon (1925); The Ringer (1926); The Man Who Was Thursday (1926); The Shanghai Gesture (1926); The Donovan Affair (1926); Broadway (1926); An American Tragedy (1926); Caponsacchi (1926); Ned McCobb's Daughter (1926); Rio Rita (1926); Wooden Kimono (1926); Chicago (1926); In Abraham's Bosom (1926); Cock Robin (1927); Interference (1927); Dracula (1927); Frankenstein: AnAdventure in the Macabre (1927); Crime (1927); The Letter (1927); The Spider (1927); The Trial of Mary Dugan (1927); Porgy (1927); The Wrecker (1927); The Racket (1927).

In Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection: An Annotated Repertoire, author Amnon Kabatchnik continues the focus of his previous volume (1900-1925) and provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection of this period. Addressing the development of this genre in the legitimate theatre, Kabatchnik discusses more than 150 full-length plays produced between 1925 and 1950. Arranged in chronological order, the productions cited are all works of enduring importance, pioneering contributions, singular innovations, and outstanding success.

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