Plays of Protest

4 plays All were published here for the first time, the 1912 Preface by Sinclair suggests.

The one known to be speculative fiction, "Prince Hagen" is the oldest (from the Preface) and longest. It was privately printed, probably in 1909, for distribution by the author within the theater industry (see at ISFDB as a 1909 novel).

The first three plays in the collection, all non-genre probably, are The Naturewoman; The Machine; and The Second-Story Man.

• 1st edition This may be the first publication of some or all of the four plays contained. See the collection record.
• Only the fourth and longest play in the book is known to be speculative fiction, and is listed below.
• Price $1.50 is from the listing in "To-morrow's Books Review" (NYT Review of Books), NY Times 1912-02-17 p9, as one of the books reviewed tomorrow. The review, -02-18 pBR83, is entitled "Unreal Plays, False to Life: Upton Sinclair's Are Crude and Vulgar and the People in Them Never Lived".
• HathiTrust Digital Library (catalog record) provides full view of several copies, all perhaps lacking the original cover. -- title page lists four plays below the main title, without non-alphabetic characters or graphics -- copyright 1911 by the publisher -- Preface, p[i]-vi, covers the histories or themes of each --