A N APPENDIX is the out-behind-the-barn of a
book--or in-the-woodshed or down-in-the-basement, depending upon
the society in which you were nurtured. It is the place to stow
used lumber and almost discarded oddments. It is also the place to
which the family tyrant repairs to discipline recalcitrant or errant
youth, whether with strap or assignment of punitive duty. It is also
the place for acknowledgment of stolen trifles and revelation of
secret sources of information; whispered questions and answers on
the nature and meaning of things; suggestions of places to go, things
to do, books to read in the fuller experiencing of life--and occasional
mischief too, of course, and trial flights of the more serious kind!

Out of sight is not always out of mind. The various materials
hidden away here in the Appendix--once you have prowled around
amongst them--will be remembered as occasion requires.

First of all, there are NOTES here for each of the five essays and
short plays in Part One and for each of the plays with commentaries
in Part Two. These are not the usual source notes, the centipedarian
notes of the term paper or article of scholarship. They do indicate
sources, of course, but are keyed to the essay sections rather than to
the pages or the precise point of reference, and are intended to serve
the larger purpose of suggesting the pertinent literature.

Second, in the appendix material for each essay and play comes a
set of QUERIES. These are by no means exhaustive. They may be
useful as the basis for some reflective thought following the reading
of the play. Framing answers to them may serve to pattern the
characters and action and meaning more clearly, and to fix the
drama in mind. Or these queries may prove to be a springboard
for group discussion.

Third is a series of SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY for each essay and play.
From these the instructor may wish to make class or individual
assignments for written or oral reports, or they may well suggest yet
other and more original undertakings to enlarge the scope of the
course and put into effect the understandings of drama and life that
are being developed.

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