American Playwrights, 1900-1950


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Helen Pooke Kane
The Best Laid Plans, 1904 Diantha's Desertion, 1906 Her Nephew-in-law Elect, 1906 A Russian Romance, 1907 The White Dove of Oneida, 1907 The Peregrinations of Polly, 1908 A Bundle of Matches, 1909 The Future Lady Holland, 1911 The Upsetting of Jabez Strong, 1911 Under Sailing Orders, 1912 Capture of Qzah, 1914 Yagowanea, 1914 Yot-che-ka, the Eire, 1914

Ysabel De Witte Kaplan
Princess Weaver of the Skies, 1921 Madonna and the Scarecrow, 1923

Helen Finch Kasson
The Name They Have Forgot, 1915

Hazel Sharrard Kaufman
Little Black Sambo, 1928

Dorothy Kauscher
Bos'n, 1925

Mrs. Herminie Templeton Kavanagh
The Color Sergeant, 1903 Swift-Wing of the Cherokee

Katharine Kavanaugh (Kay Ziegfield)
A Point of Honor, 1906 From Kitchen-Maid to Actress, 1910 The House Across the Way, 1910 A Bachelor's Baby, 1911 The Dust of the Earth, 1911 Countess Kate, 1912 A Gentle Touch, 1912 When the Worm Turned, 1912 No Mexican Rose, 1912 The Wayfarers, 1912 A Converted Suffragist, 1912 Who's a Coward, 1912 Under Blue Skies, 1913 The Girl and the Outlaw, 1914 The Professor of Love, 1914 A Minister Pro Tem, 1914 The Man Who Came Back, 1915 The Queen of Diamonds, 1915 Corinne of the Circus, 1916 The Fire Escape, 1917 In Wrong; or, the Fire Escape, 1917 The Daughters of Men, 1918 50 Joy San, 1919 A Friendly Trip, 1922 Easy Terms, 1922 The Fire Adventurers, 1922 It Ain't My Fault, 1922 Settled Out of Court, 1923 The Will o' the Wisp, 1923 Betty, the Girl o' My Heart, 1923 Second Story Peggy, 1924 Watch My Smoke, 1924 A Woman's Stratagem, 1924 Ambition, 1924 When Jane Takes a Hand, 1924 Diamond Chip, 1924 Oh Susan, 1924 The Porch Climber, 1926 Who Wouldn't Be Crazy, 1928 Rose of the East Side, 1928 When Kitty Eloped, 1928 Dangerous Waters, 1929 It Happened in Hollywood, 1929 The Ghost Parade, 1929 Only Sally Ann, 1929 Hero-by-the-Hour, 1930 The Call of Youth, 1930 The Phantom Pilot, 1930 Alibi Bill, 1930 A Stormy Night, 1931 A Sweeping Victory, 1931 Oh Professor, 1931 Three Christmas Wishes, 1931 Speeding Along, 1931 Girl-shy, 1932 I Like Your Nerve, 1932 Open for Inspection, 1932 A Thriving Business, 1932 My Cousin From Sweden, 1932 The Million Dollar Butler, 1933 Phillip for Short, 1933 You're the Doctor, 1933 There Goes the Bride, 1933 Adam's Evening, 1934 So You're from Missouri, 1934 Page Asa Bunker, 1934 Missing! One Pair!, 1934 It Happened on Wednesday, 1934 Lady Spitfire, 1935 Let's Get Together, 1935 Lucky Winner, 1935 No Foolin', 1936 Some Call it Love, 1936 Three Months to Live, 1938 That Crazy Smith Family, 1939 What a Family, 1940 That Perkins Family, 1942 The Wrong Professor, 1946 A Couple of Heros

Molly Day Thacher Kazan
Blocks, 1928 Endurance Flight, 1929 The Wreck, 1929 The Egghead, 1958 Rosemary, 1960

Pearl Keating
Historic Watertown Community Pageant

Ethelyn Emery Keays
His Wife By His Side, 1912 A Thousand Generations and One, 1923

Mary Gentry Paxton Keeley
The Man She Left Behind Her, 1920 The Kettle Singing, 1928 The Love Letters of an Englishman, 1929 The River Rat, 1929 They Can't Have Papa, 1929 246 Green, 1930 Christian College Prize Plays, 1934 Vinnie Ream, 1940 Bizarre, 1951 Billy the Baby Petticoat Minded The Professor and the Little Gump What I Love I Lose

Alice Keen
Changing Emma's Mind, 1928

Sara Keener
The Grey Switch

Elizabeth McNeely Kehr
The Tragedy of the Thanksgiving Feast, 1925

Mabel Keightley
The Supreme Test, 1911 Midnight Rose, 1928 Just an Interview, 1928 The K.O. Kid

Edna Keith
Bobby's Christmas, 1921 The Toymender, 1921

Nora Keith
The Trifler, 1905

Elizabeth Kellam
The Store, 1921

Aimee Kelley
Uncle Sam's Garden of Flowers, 1930

Estella Kelley
The Machine Age, 1928

Ethel Kelley
An Impromptu Prayer, 1904 Paging John Howard, 1927

Jessie Kelley
Squire Judkin's Apple Bee, 1905 Her Weekly Allowance, 1907 The Village Post Office, 1907 Miss Prim's Kindergarten; or, a School of Today, 1907 Santa's Surprise, 1907 Scenes in a Restaurant, 1909 The Rural Telephone, 1911 Taking the Census in Bingville, 1911 The Tramp's Convention, 1912 Those Husbands of Ours, 1913 The Suffragettes' Convention, 1912 The Emigrants' Party, 1914 Fun on the Bingville Branch, 1915 Mrs. Jenkins' Brilliant Idea, 1915 Reminiscences of the Donation Party, 1915 The Employment Office, 1916 The Rummage Sale, 1916 Happy School Days, 1917 The Revel of the Year, 1917 The Fair of the Pilgrims, 1918 Her Day of Rest, 1931

Laura Kelley
Mrs. Sullivan's Social Tea, 1920 Mrs. Sullivan's Seance, 1922 Mrs. Sullivan in Politics, 1924

Minnie May Kelley (May Sheldon)
A Dollar Down, 1929 The Ghost Chaser, 1930 Major Jones, 1930 Sadie Gets Elected, 1931 The Watkins Girl, 1937 Do Unto Others, 1938

Elizabeth Rockey Kellogg
Merry Christmas, 1910

Amy Ruth Kelly
Ye Geste of Hynde Horn, 1903

Katherine C. Kelly
Frail Ferdinand, 1930

Katherine Wick Kelly
Forever Just Another Girl Perfection

Mollie Kelly
Madame Handles a Customer, 1930 More Than a Million, 1933 Just Like Us, 1934 The Terrible Candy-eater, 1937 Teddy Bear Stays Off Relief, 1938 Grandma's Love Seat, 1946

Sallie Kemper
Moth Balls, 1918 Blood Will Tell, 1923 An Old Chester Secret, 1924 Four Cents

Martha Kendall
When Santa Claus Went to the Front, 1918

Marietta Kennard
The Flight of the Herons, 1923

Anna Kennedy
Bible Plays Out of the East, 1929 The Pearl Merchant, 1941 The Virgin's Tree

Harriet Kennedy
The Lion's Mouth, 1924

Marion Kennedy
Programs for Special Occasions, 1929 Special Day Pageants for Little People, 1929

Mary Kennedy
Mrs. Partridge Presents, 1925 A Surprise to the Children, 1933 Captain Fury Jordan

Gail Kent
The Parson's Greeting, 1912

Sophia Morris Kent
The Wickedest Witch, 1930

Bernice Lesbia Kenyon
The Alchemist, 1923

Doris Margaret Kenyon
Monologues, 1920 Humorous Monologues, 1924 Doris Kenyon's Monologues, 1929

Frances Kenyon
Up to Freddie, 1903

Florence Kerigan
The Lady of the Lilacs, 1926 The Eyes That See, 1926 The Daughter of the Duke of Ballyhoo, 1928

Jane Kerley
One Night in a Nursery, 1922 Marsyas, the Faun, 1925 Miniature Music Dramas, 1929

Rosialee Kerley
The Wedding Guest, 1922

Helen Kerr
Everybody Happy?, 1930

Vanda Kerst
Victory Through Conflict, 1920

Nelle Kersting
The Wages of Sin is Death, 1912

Katharine E. Kester
The Land of Forgetfulness, 1918 The Christmas Child Comes In, 1925 Rondo Capriccioso, 1926 Penny a Flower, 1932 The Steeplejack, 1932 Give Me a Ring, 1933 Headliners for School Assembly, 1934 Gloria, 1934 Headliners for the Campus, 1935 Boundless as the Sea, 1938 A Psalm of Thanksgiving, 1938 Alleluia, 1939 Sing Nowell, 1940 Two Bouquets, 1951 Bargains Love and Lather

Emilie Keyes
Gwendolyn's Getaway, 1928

Mary Willard Keyes
Red Cap, 1916

Lucy Stearns Keys
Up-to-date Anne, 1915

Margaret Kibbe
Little Plays for Christmas, 1928 Is Santa Coming? A Surprise for Christmas

Mary Frix Kidd
Emily's Dream, 1921 The Man Who Made Cotton King, 1931 Nature's Child, the Voice of Cotton, 1931

Augusta Raymond Kidder
Uncle Sam's Daughters and What They Have Done, 1915 A College Cinderella, 1915 All By His Lonesome, 1917 The Bungalow Bride, 1926 His and Hers, 1926 Stage Struck, 1926 The Bridge Party, 1927 Hollyhock House, 1928

Adele Kilpatrick
Progress of Civilization, 1915

Anna May Kimball
Making the Flag

Astrid Kimball
The Infanta's Birthday

Kathryn Kimball
Daddy Doc, 1927 God Remembers, 1927 A Forgotten Witness, 1928 The Blue-eyed Sheik, 1928 A Mysterious Peep, 1928 Little Dub, 1928 Brother at the Pitcher Show, 1928 In the Cafeteria, 1928 A Truant Musician, 1928 Little Boy Blue, 1929 The Blue-eyed Sheik Prefers Blondes, 1930 Brother Makes a Cake, 1930 The Lilac Lady, 1930 Glory for Sale, 1931 Taking Joy Home, 1931 The Little King Finds Peace, 1932 Crimson Rambler, 1932 Apple Blossoms, 1933 Putting on the Senior Play, 193? Liquish and Lions, 193? I Bet I Ain't Gonna Get To Go, 193? The Penitent, 193? King Midas in a Mixup, 193? After the Senior Play, 193? Holly Hogs, 193? I an' Columbus, 193? Cinderella in Red, 193? The Bottle of Dreams, 193? Wives at Jamestown, 193?

Rosamond Kimball
The Nativity, 1916 The Resurrection, 1917 Patriotic Pageants of Today, 1918 The Coming of the Mayflower, 1920 You and I and Joan, 1924 The Wooing of Rebecca and Other Bible Plays, 1925 America's Call, 192? The Making of the Flag Abraham Lincoln, the Boy

Ruth Putnam Kimball
The Treasure Hunters; or, The Tiger Earl, 1924 Treasure Island, 1927 Lydia; or, the Seller of Purple, 1928 Pan Dowdy, 1930 The Purple Monkey, 1930 Parody Pictures, 1932 Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger, 1935 The Whispering Room, 1935 Easy Plays and Programs for Hallowe'en, 1946 Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, 1947 Another Easy Christmas Book, 1947 Blind Date, 1948 As I Was Saying, 1956 Daisy's Ball

Grace Kiner
Wedding Clothes, 1928

Beulah Brown King
The Maid, 1914 The Rev Peter Brice, Bachelor, 1919 Clarence Decides, 1920 His Sisters, 1920 The Gorgeous Cecile, 1920 Henry Where Are You, 1920 Poor Dear Uncle James, 1920 Miss Marmaduke's Reign, 1920 Merely Anne Marie, 1921 What's In a Name, 1921 The Importance of Pam, 1921 The Indifference of Jeremy, 1921 The Paper Cavalier, 1921 Happiness at Last, 1922 In Search of Caroline, 1922 The Haddon Hall Mystery, 1923 The Misfortunes of Arabella's Fortune, 1924 Ruffs and Pompons, 1924 The Bachelor of Gray Crags, 1925 The Remarkable Mrs. Dana, 1925 The Knight's Mare, 1925 Her Husband's Watch, 1925 The Importance of Mary, 1926 Romantic Melisande, 1926 Poverty Preferred, 1926 Blimmer's to Blame, 1927 The Purple Pig, 1927 Getting Rid of Eppie, 1927 Two Girls and a Fellow, 1927 Blame It On Sandy, 1928 Can You Beat It, 1929 A Nephew in the House, 1929 Chintz Cottage, 1929 Miranda's Jane, 1929 The Ghostly Lover, 1931 Fashions in Men, 1931 Spoon Fed, 1932 How Very English, 1932 Tommy's Present, 1933 Keeping Up Appearances, 1935 Love in a Fog, 1936 The Brish Peddler, 1937 Romance Everywhere, 1938

Florence King
Woman of the Hour: Sufrage Play in Three Acts, 1910

Frances Rockefeller King
Fluffy Ruffles, 1907

Georgiana Goddard King
Comedies and Legends for Marionetter; a Theatre for Boys and Girls, 1904 The Play of the Sibyl Cassandra, 1921 The Legend of St. Dorothy

Grace Elizabeth King
A Splendid Offering, 1926

Mary Perry King
Daughters of Dawn, 1913 Earth Deities and Other Rhythmic Masques, 1914

Sara Kingsbury
The Christmas Guest, 1918 The Crowning of Spring, 1924 The Rich Young Man, 1924 Our Christ Liveth, 1930 The Voice of Montezuma

Mary Kingston
The Trials of a Hostess, 1915 My Son Arthur, 1916

Arlie Kinkade
That Fellow From Arizona, 1927

Mrs. C.F. Kinnaman
In a Spider's Web, 1900

Grace Kinyon
Daring Daughters, 1930 The Open Window, 1931 Bob's Dorothy, 1931 Gold Dust, 1932 Bright Comedies for Junior High Schools, 1932 A Silver Lining, 1934 Merry Comedies for Junior High School, 1934 The Treasure Hunt, 1938 All on a Winter's Day No Such Friend

Harriet Griswold Kirby
Barbesiev; or, The Troubadour, 1913 Christmas Gift, 1933 Old Hickory, He Lived It, 1935

Sara Kirk
In Betsay Ross' Time

Katherine Kirker
The Lady Compassionate, 1922

Kathleen Kirkwood
Gas: Murder, two dramas, 1924

Aline Kistler
Prologue to the Pageant of the Pacific, 1926

Annette Kittredge
The Day Before the Hop; or, a Mix-up in Men, 1903

Thelma Kittredge
It Makes a Difference, 1930

Amy Josephine Klauber
The Exile, 1922

Alice Cole Kleene
Kirstin, 1913

Yetta Klein
Our Children's Stage, 1928 Plays for School Children, 1930

Julia Klinck
Queen o' the May, 1907

Dorothea Kluge
Orpheus and Eurydice, 1915

Virginia Dare Knauer
Donated by the Ladies' Aid, 1926 A Crafty Crook, 1927

Emma Knauss
Wide Open Windows, 1925 The World Circle, 1925

Gertrude Knevels
The Arrow-maker's Daughter, 1913 The Fairies Child, 1915 Minnetoska's Dream, 1915 Skyboy, 1915 The Peddler of Hearts, 1917 A Little Excitement, 1921 Dragon's Glory, 1924 Octagon House, 1925 Don't Count Your Chickens, 1936 Twelfth Night at Moulderby Hall, 1936 David, a Biblical Play, 1937

Vera Knickerbocker
Book of the Words, 1915

Marietta Knight
Dramatic Reader for Grammar Grades, 1910

Ava Knowles
The Beginning of the Church, 1924 The Prodigal Son, 1924 The Saint, 1936

Annie Rogers Knowlton
Why Jessica, 1918

Beatrice Knowlton
The Way the Noise Began, 1921

Ethel Knox
Twelfth Night Festivals

Florence Clay Knox
The Matrimonial Fog, 1918 For Distinguished Service, 1918 Many Happy Returns of the Day, 1929 A Face at the Window, 1939 Butterflies and Balsam, 1948 The China Guinea Pig

Gertrude Leverich Knox
Child of the Promise, 1905 A Rose Dream, 1915 The Lost Locket, 1925

Janet Knox
The Shepherd of Bethlehem, 1928

Jessie Knox
Plays with a Purpose, 1930

Margaret Knox
Story and Play Readers, 1917 American the Beautiful, Democracy's Goal, 1920 The Future of America as Our Young Folks See It, 1920 Aunt Jane's Story Hour

Ruth Crum Knudten
Rumor, 1929

Angela Koelliker
Doubling for Hygeia, 1927 The Legacy, 1934

Eleanor Constance Koenig
The Grave Woman, 1928 Two Dialogues: The Shade; Two on an Old Pathway, 1929

Charlotte Kohler
Down in Egypt's Land, 1928

Erin Kohn
In the Light of the Bethlehem Star; or, What Luther Did for Christmas, 1922

Adriana Kolyn
The Book of Words of The Pageant of Hope, 1916

Effie Louise Koogle
Thanksgiving in Brownie Land, 1905 Uncle Sam's Brigade, 1906 Yankee Doodle's Trip to Dixie, 1906 Cupid's Joke, 1906 Halloween Adventure, 1906 Royalty in Old Virginia, 1906 Master George Washington, his Sixth Birthday Party, 1906 The Heir of Mount Vernon, 1906 The Knickerbockers at School, 1906 Up-to-Date America; or, the Sweet Girl Graduate's Dream, 1907 The Christmas Collation, 1909 Rastus Blink's Minstrels, 1912 The Bussville News, 1912 Kris Kringle's Minstrels, 1912 Aunt Jerusha and Uncle Josh, 1924

Hildreth Kotsch
Rainbow Gold, 1930

Helen Kraft
Our Wives, 1912

Irma Kraft
The Power of Purim and Other Plays, 1915 Shop Window

Mary Eleanor Kramer
The Old Fields at Home, 1915 The Post-Mistress, 1915

Josephine Elliott Krohn
The Queen of Hearts, 1922 Old King Cole and Other Medieval Plays, 1925

Erna Kruckmeyer
And He Came to His Father, 1927 There Was a Merry Prince, 1940

Nell Kruger
Jamboree, 1928

Clare Kummer
The Opera Ball, 1912 The Choir Rehearsal, 1916 Good Gracious Annabelle, 1916 The Rescuing Angel, 1917 A Successful Calamity, 1917 The Lights of Duxbury, 1918 Roxy, 1919 Inspiration of the Play, 1919 So's Your Old Antique, 1920 Rollo's Wild Oats, 1920 Bridges, 1921 Chinese Love, 1921 The Robbery, 1921 The Mountain Man, 1921 Banco, 1922 Pomeroy's Past, 1922 Be Clam, Camilla, 1922 One Kiss, 1923 Annie Dear, 1924 Papers, 1927 Her Master's Voice, 1932 Amourette, 1933 Three Waltzes, 1937 Spring Thaw, 1937 Open Storage, 1938 Many Happy Returns, 1945 The Torch Bearers

Edith Kunz
How Prince Joy Was Saved

Adriana Kviyn
Pageant of Hope, 1916


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