Publisher's Synopsis
The Provincetown Plays, Third Series: The Two Sons, Lima Beans, Before Breakfast (1916) is a collection of three one-act plays written by Neith Boyce. The plays were first performed at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York City in 1916. The first play, The Two Sons, is a drama about two brothers who struggle to reconcile their differences. The second play, Lima Beans, is a comedy about a group of women who gather for a luncheon and discuss their love lives. The final play, Before Breakfast, is a dark and intense drama about a woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage and contemplates suicide. The Provincetown Plays, Third Series is an important work in the history of American theater, as it was one of the first collections of plays to be produced by the Provincetown Players, a group of avant-garde artists and writers who helped to revolutionize American theater in the early 20th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
