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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aDargan, Olive Tilford,
_d1869-1968
245 1 4 _aThe Flutter of the Goldleaf, and Other Plays
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2006-12-23
505 0 _aThe Flutter of the Goldleaf, by DARGAN and PETERSON The Journey, by DARGAN Everychild, by PETERSON and DARGAN Two Doctors at Akragas, by PETERSON.
508 _aProduced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library)
520 _a"The Flutter of the Goldleaf and Other Plays" by Olive Tilford Dargan and Frederick Peterson is a collection of plays written in the early 20th century. The opening play, “The Flutter of the Goldleaf,” revolves around the character Philo Warner, a student immersed in scientific exploration, and his struggles with mental health as he becomes increasingly obsessed with his inventions and theories. This collection likely explores themes such as ambition, societal expectations, and the fraught line between genius and madness. At the start of "The Flutter of the Goldleaf," the scene is set in the attic laboratory of the Warner cottage, where Philo's parents, Hiram and Mary Ann Warner, express their concern over Philo's obsessive studies and the potential arrival of doctors to evaluate him. They discuss his increasingly erratic behavior, hinting at his struggle with mental instability, while also highlighting the complexity of parental love and concern blending with fear for their son's wellbeing. Philo’s interactions with his parents reveal tension and misunderstandings, further complicated by the impending visit of two doctors—Dr. Bellows and Dr. Seymour—who raise the question of whether Philo's brilliance is leading him toward ruin. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAmerican drama -- 20th century
700 1 _aPeterson, Frederick,
_d1859-1938
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20172
999 _c61457
_d61457