Five Plays

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name = Five Plays
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author = Lord Dunsany
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Fantasy plays
publisher = Grant Richards
release_date = 1914
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
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preceded_by = The Book of Wonder
followed_by = Fifty-One Tales

"Five Plays" is the eighth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by Grant Richards in February, 1914, and has been reprinted a number of times since.

The book is actually Dunsany's sixth major work, two of his preceding books having been chapbooks or selections from his other works.

In contrast to most of Dunsany's other early books, "Five Plays" is a collection of dramatic works, the first of several such collections. All of the included plays were performed many times.

Contents

:*"The Gods of the Mountain":*"The Golden Doom":*"King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior":*"The Glittering Gate":*"The Lost Silk Hat"

References

*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S. T. | authorlink=S. T. Joshi | title=Lord Dunsany: a Bibliography / by S. T. Joshi and Darrell Schweitzer | location=Metuchen, N.J. | publisher=The Scarecrow Press, Inc. | pages=4-5 | date=1993
* [http://www.mindspring.com/%7Ejimhenry/etext/5plays.zip Five Plays] (zipped text at mindspring.com)