02255cam a22003133u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000028001122450048001402640051001883000047002393360026002863370026003123380036003385000031003745050215004055080125006205201082007455340045018276530010018728560042018829990017019246587UtSlPG20260610133154.0mcr n260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aDell, Floyd,d1887-196910aKing Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2004 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2004-09-010 aHuman nature -- The chaste adventures of Joseph -- The angel intrudes -- Legend -- Sweet-and-twenty -- A long time ago -- Enigma -- Ibsen revisited -- King Arthur's socks -- The rim of the world -- Poor Harold. aProduced by Mary Wampler, David Moynihan, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team a"King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays" by Floyd Dell is a collection of plays written in the early 20th century, likely during the 1910s. The various plays included in this compilation explore themes of love, human nature, and relationships, often with humorous or satirical elements, and draw inspiration from the bohemian atmosphere of Greenwich Village where they were originally performed. The opening of this collection introduces a short morality play titled "Human Nature." In this piece, two celestial figures discuss the peculiarities of human behavior while observing a couple on Earth who are in a passionate embrace, defying their own admonitions. This sets the stage for the subsequent plays, which feature diverse characters in comedic and dramatic scenarios, including a reimagining of the biblical story of Joseph, a romantic exploration of young lovers, and the interactions between other intriguing characters, all framed within the context of the author's keen observations on society and human dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aDrama40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6587 c48584d48584