Aristophanes, The Birds is an unabridged republication of the anonymous translation that originally appeared in Aristophanes: The Eleven Comedies, published by Horace Liveright, New York, 1928, on a subscription basis. The translator’s footnotes have been edited for this edition.
Molière, The Countess of Escarbagnas reprinted from The Dramatic Works of Molière, translated by Charles Heron Wall and published by G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London, in 1913.
Anton Chekhov, The Proposal, reprinted from Plays by Anton Tchekoff, translated by Julius West and published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, in 1916.
William Butler Yeats, The Land of Heart’s Desire, originally published in 1894, revised in 1911. Reprinted from the 1921 edition of Selected Poems, published by The Macmillan Company, New York.
J. M. Synge, Riders to the Sea, published by John W. Luce & Company, Boston, in 1911.
August Strindberg, The Stronger, translated by Edith and Warner Oland, reprinted from August Strindberg Plays, published by John W. Luce and Company, Boston, in 1912.
Oscar Wilde, A Florentine Tragedy, published by John W. Luce and Company, Boston, in 1908.
James M. Barrie, The Old Lady Shows Her Medals, published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London, in 1918.
Susan Glaspell, Trifles, reprinted from Plays, published by Small, Maynard & Company, Boston in 1920.
Eugene O’Neill, The Moon of the Caribbees, reprinted from The Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea, published by Boni & Liveright, New York, in 1919.
Edna St.Vincent Millay, Aria da Capo, published by Harper & Brothers, New York, in 1920.
Louise Saunders, The Knave of Hearts, reprinted from The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays, published by Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, in 1921.