Preface.--1820. Virginus, by J.S. Knowles.--1829. Black-ey'd Susan; or, All in the downs, by D. Jerrold.--1839. Richelieu; or, The conspiracy, by Sir E. Bulwer-Lytton.--1841. London assurance, by D. Boucicault.--1843. A blot in the 'scutcheon, by R. Browning.--1863. The ticket-of-leave man, by T. Taylor.--1867. Caste, by T.W. Robertson.--1878. H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The lass that loved a sailor, by W.S. Gilbert.--1894. The masqueraders, by H.A. Jones.--1895. The importance of being earnest, by O. Wilde.--1899. The gay Lord Quex, by A.W. Pinero.--1906. The silver-box, by J. Galsworthy.--1907. The Cassils engagement, by S. Hankin.--1910. The Madras house, by H. Granville- Barker.--1917. Our betters, by W.S. Maugham.--1921 A bill of divorcement, by C. Dane.--1925. Easy virtue, by N. Coward.--1921. At Mrs. Beam's, by C.K. Munro.--1926. First blood, by A. Monkhouse.--W.B. Yeats and the Irish school of playwrights.--1902. Cathleen ni Houlihan, by W.B. Yeats.--1908. The workhouse ward, by Lady Gregory.--1904. Riders to the sea, by J.M. Synge.--1913. The gods of the mountain, by Lord Dunsany.General bibliography (p. 853-855)--Individual bibliographies for plays (p. 857-861)