Project Gutenberg 2006-12-23 Public domain in the USA. 316 Dargan, Olive Tilford 1869 1968 Burke, Fielding Tilford, Olive Peterson, Frederick 1859 1938 Peterson, Frederic 22002770 The Flutter of the Goldleaf, and Other Plays The Flutter of the Goldleaf, by DARGAN and PETERSON The Journey, by DARGAN Everychild, by PETERSON and DARGAN Two Doctors at Akragas, by PETERSON. Produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) "The Flutter of the Goldleaf and Other Plays" by Olive Tilford Dargan and Frederick Peterson is a collection of plays written in the early 20th century. The opening play, “The Flutter of the Goldleaf,” revolves around the character Philo Warner, a student immersed in scientific exploration, and his struggles with mental health as he becomes increasingly obsessed with his inventions and theories. This collection likely explores themes such as ambition, societal expectations, and the fraught line between genius and madness. At the start of "The Flutter of the Goldleaf," the scene is set in the attic laboratory of the Warner cottage, where Philo's parents, Hiram and Mary Ann Warner, express their concern over Philo's obsessive studies and the potential arrival of doctors to evaluate him. They discuss his increasingly erratic behavior, hinting at his struggle with mental instability, while also highlighting the complexity of parental love and concern blending with fear for their son's wellbeing. Philo’s interactions with his parents reveal tension and misunderstandings, further complicated by the impending visit of two doctors—Dr. Bellows and Dr. Seymour—who raise the question of whether Philo's brilliance is leading him toward ruin. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en American drama -- 20th century PS Text One Act Plays Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 162164 2025-06-08T13:28:31.591444 text/html 160718 2020-07-05T13:02:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 48930 2020-07-05T13:02:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 130299 2025-06-08T13:28:39.918371 application/epub+zip 129414 2025-06-08T13:28:35.053414 application/epub+zip 119568 2025-06-08T13:28:33.600415 application/epub+zip 320292 2025-06-08T13:28:43.137350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301347 2025-06-08T13:28:38.975366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264135 2022-09-09T13:12:44.203175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114078 2025-06-08T13:28:30.445415 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 114028 2006-12-23T11:13:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 43913 2006-12-23T11:13:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 114022 2006-12-23T11:13:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43898 2006-12-23T11:13:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21898 2025-06-08T13:28:43.301369 application/rdf+xml 18663 2025-06-08T13:28:34.220418 image/jpeg 4218 2025-06-08T13:28:33.904403 image/jpeg 123323 2025-06-08T13:28:31.607402 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia