SNAP SHOTS
Middleton, George
Snap Shots By George Middleton BECAUSE of the widespread interest in play-writing I feel the following offer of Mr. Ames, as stated in the New York Times, is worthy of space in this column. Here is...
...Manuscripts must be clear, typewritten copies, and must be sent by mail or prepaid express, addressed "Winthrop Ames's play contest, care the Little Theater, 240 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City," so as to be received before Aug...
...It does not insult the intelligence of the reader," a critic, who has many editions of Shakespeare in his library, remarked, "and yet it does not leave doubtful passages unexplained...
...This edition has a number of advantages both in its physical make-up and in editing over the almost innu-' merable editions already in existence...
...ONE of the most successful books on Socialism published in the last decade is John Spargo's The Spiritual Significance of Modem Socialism (B...
...PROFESSOR JOSIAH ROYCE, of Harvard University, sailed recently for England, where at Oxford University he will deliver a series of lectures on "The Real World and the Christian Ideas...
...15, 1913...
...Royce delivered before the Lowell Institute on "The Christian Doctrine of Life" added to them and the whole published in two volumes under the general title The Problem of Christianity...
...The payment of the award of $10,000 will entitle Mr...
...W. Huebsch, New York...
...for the royalties of that very book, it is said, have been devoted to the beautifying of her garden in Bermuda...
...Ames on West Forty-fifth Street, near Broadway, provided it is thought worthy by the judges...
...The work will probably appear in April...
...This is particularly true of John Quincy Adams, whose writings were very voluminous...
...While Mr...
...These lectures will later be gathered together and those which Dr...
...Ames either at the Little Theater or while director of the New Theater...
...The heavy demand for this title among people who wish to use it for propaganda purposes resulted in a cheap edition in paper covers which was subscribed for at once...
...Thereafter Mr...
...Ames to all rights whatsoever in the accepted play, and must be considered as an advance payment on account of royalties until these royalties, reckoned at 10 per cent, of the gross receipts from the play, shall have amounted to $10,000...
...FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT, whose delight in gardens has been betrayed so completely in her novel The Secret Garden and in her little true story My Robin, is now in Bermuda rejoicing in the wonderful garden which she has been working on for several winters...
...Ames cannot hold himself responsible for possible loss or damages to any manuscript, authors should keep copies of the plays they submit...
...These are three in number, Mr...
...iAqcording to the conditions under which the award will be made,'the competing authors must be residents of the United States, and, though no translations, adaptations, one-act pieces, or musical comedies will be, considered, dramatizations of novels, short stories, etc., may be entered, provided full rights to make such dramatizations have been secured...
...Ames himself, Augustus Thomas, President of the Society of American Dramatists and Composers, and Adolph Klauber, dramatic editor of The New York Times...
...Ames engages in any case to pay $10,000 for the best play submitted, he does not promise a production if, in the opinion of the judges, no play of requisite merit is received...
...THE TUDOR SHAKESPEARE, volumes of which have been appearing at intervals during the last year and a half, is rapidly nearing completion, about thirty out of the total of forty volumes now being on the market...
...No limitations as to the type of play are imposed, except that it must be of a length to make a full evening's entertainment, and must not be a translation, adaptation, or musical comedy...
...Through his state papers, his contributions to current periodicals and his personal letters to friends, one is enabled to see the heart and mind of this early diplomat...
...No play will be considered which has previously been submitted to Mr...
...The award will be made and the manuscripts returned as soon as possible after that date, but as Mr...
...She has no English robin there to beguile her hours, as did the little robin she tells about in The Secnet Garden, but in the very plants about her she is reminded of the former robin friend and of the book My Robin, which she wrote about him...
...Here is the first real attempt to incite the best writers in America as nearly all the other competitions contained qualifications which rendered them of little interest to the serious author...
...its success proved so great that a second subscription edition of the same kind is now being printed...
...As all manuscripts must be submitted anonymously, the unknown author will have an equal chance with the famous playwright.- Plays which appeal to the general body of theatergoers' will be preferred to those which are likely to interest only a limited class...
...Winthrop Ames, Director of the Little Theater, yesterday announced the details of an offer of $10,000 for the best play by an American author submitted to him before August 15 next...
...Literary Notes IT HAS been said that in his correspondence man reveals himself, his real character, more completely than in any other way...
...The play which wins the competition will be produced next season at the theater now being built for Mr...
...Each play submitted must be signed with pseudonym only, and must be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing on the exterior the title of the play and the author's pseudonym and inclosing the author's real name and address...
...It has been most widely commended perhaps for the conciseness of its notes and the fact that none of the comments made are superfluous...
...This is sold only in quantities and is then resold or distributed free by the purchasers • • • MRS...
...No restraint is present to a full expression of individuality...
...The first volume of these writings edited by Worthington C. Ford has just been published and promises to open up new fields of historical study as well as the equally interesting study, perhaps, of human nature...
...Ames will pay royalties of 8 per cent, on all additional gross receipts derived from the play...
...These envelopes will not be opened until the judges have made their decision...
Vol. 5 • April 1913 • No. 14
