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Five Plays

First US edition
Author	Lord Dunsany
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy plays
Publisher	Grant Richards (UK) Mitchell Kennerley (US)
Publication date	1914
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback)
Preceded by	The Book of Wonder
Followed by	Fifty-One Tales

Five Plays is the eighth book by Anglo-Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin 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.

• "The Gods of the Mountain"
• "The Golden Doom"
• "King Argimēnēs and the Unknown Warrior"
• "The Glittering Gate"
• "The Lost Silk Hat"

• Joshi, S. T. (1993). Lord Dunsany: a Bibliography / by S. T. Joshi and Darrell Schweitzer. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 4–5.
• Five Plays Archived 27 November 2001 at the Wayback Machine (zipped text at mindspring.com)