The Career of Maxwell Anderson: A Check List of Books and Articles

THE CAREER OF MAXWELL ANDERSON: A CHECK LIST OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON OCTOBER 18, 1958, not long before his death, Maxwell Anderson celebrated thirty-five years in the professional theater, a career that began in 1923 with the short-lived production of White Desert at the Princess Theatre, New York. He ended his years of service to the American theater with two plays: The Day the Money Stopped (in collaboration with Brendan Gill) and The Golden Six. This bibliography of items by and about Mr. Anderson, though not complete, is comprehensive enough to demonstrate that he merits the respect his friends have paid him. Two classes of materials are excluded: reviews in daily and weekly journals and plays included in anthologies. One may trace the critical reception of Mr. Anderson's works by consulting the New York Times Index and the Critics' Theatre Reviews (1940 to date).1 The plays included in anthologies are listed in Firkins' Index to Plays, 1800-1926 and its supplement (1927, 1935), in West and Peake's Play Index, 1949-1952 (1953), and in «A Survey of Drama Anthologies" in the December 1957 issue of College English.' 1. Collections WORKS BY ANDERSON A. PLAYS 1. Published Three American Plays [in collaboration with Laurence Stallings]. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1926. (What Price Glory, First Flight, The Buccaneer.) Eleven Verse Plays, 1929-1939. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1940. (Elizabeth the Queen, Night Over Taos, Mary of Scotland, Valley Forge, Winterset, The Wingless Victory, High Tor, The 1. In order to facilitate a search through indices the following list of New York opening dates is offered: White Desert, 18 October 1923; What Price, 3 September 192,>, Outside, 7 September 1925; First Flight, 17 September 1925; Buccaneer, 2 October 1925; Saturday's Children, 26 January 1927; Gods, 24 October 1928; Gypsy, 14 January 1929; Elizabeth, 3 November 1930; Night Over Taos,. 9 March 1932; Both Your Houses, 6 March 1933; Mary, 27 November 1933; Valley Forge, 10 December 1934; Winterset, 25 September 1935; Wingless Victory, 25 December 1936; High Tor, 9 January 1937; Masque, 3 February 1937; Star-Wagon, 29 September 1937; Knickerbocker, 19 October 1938; Key Largo, 27 November 1939; Tourney, 5 October 1940; Candle. 22 October 1941; Eve, 7 October 1942; Storm, 11 January 1944; Truckline, 27 February 1946; Toan, 18 November 1946; Anne, 8 December 1948; Lost in the Stars, 30 October 1949; Barefoot, 31 October 1951; Bad Seecb 8 December 1954; Day the Money Stopped, 20 February 1958; Golden Six, 26 October 19:.8. 386 1960 THE CAREER OF MAXWELL ANDERSON: 387 Masque of Kings, The Feast of Ortolans, Second Overture, Key Largo.} Four Verse Plays. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1959. (Elizabeth the Queen, Mary of Scotland, High Tor, Winterset.) 2. Single long plays Saturday's Children. New York: Longmans, Green, 1927; acting ed., 1937. Gods of the Lightning and Outside Looking In. New York: Longmans,. Green, 1928. Gods, written in collaboration with Harold Hickerson , has been translated into Spanish and German as Und Wir Haben Nichts Dagegen Getan, tr. Konrad Mari!. Berlin: S. Fischer, 1930, and as "Los Mesianestas," tr. Horacio de Castro, in Teatro Social Norteamericano. Madrid: M. Aguilar, 1931. Elizabeth the Queen. New York: Longmans, Green, 1930; New York and London: Samuel French, 1934, acting ed. Mary of Scotland. Washington, D. C.: Anderson House, 1933, ltd. ed.; Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1934, 1936; New York and London: Samuel French, 1937, acting ed. Both Your Houses. New York and London: Samuel French, 1933; acting ed. 1937. Valley Forge. Washington, D. c.: Anderson House, 1934, ltd. ed.; New York: Dodd, Mead, 1934; New York and London: Samuel French, 1937, acting ed. Night Over Taos. New York: Samuel French, 1935. Winterset. Washington, D. C.: Anderson House, 1935; London: John Lane, 1938; New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1937, 1946, acting edition. Masque of Kings. Washington, D. C.: Anderson House, 1936; London: John Lane, 1938; New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1938, acting ed. The Wingless Victory. Washington, D. c.: Anderson House, 1936; New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1936, acting ed. Star-Wagon. Washington, D. C.: Anderson House, 1937; New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1948, acting ed. High Tor. Washington, D. c.: Anderson House, 1937...