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100 1 _aDell, Floyd,
_d1887-1969
245 1 0 _aKing Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-09-01
505 0 _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.
508 _aProduced by Mary Wampler, David Moynihan, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aDrama
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6587
999 _c48584
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