This book is a collection of representative plays by American dramatists from 1856 to 1911, including George Henry Boker's masterpiece 'Francesca da Rimini, ' a tragedy based on Dante's Inferno. Boker was a prominent playwright, poet, and diplomat in the late 19th century, and this selection of his work offers a glimpse into the artistic and cultural landscape of the time.

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