Oscar Herrmann

Oscar Herrmann is credited as the collector of Living Dramatists, a 1905 Brentano's volume whose full title names its three subjects: Pinero, Ibsen, and D'Annunzio. Library records distinguish Herrmann's contribution from those of his collaborators, identifying Will W. Massee as the writer of the introduction and Fredrick Ehrlich as the artist responsible for a pen sketch. The book brings material on the British playwright Arthur Wing Pinero, the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, and the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio into a single compact volume. Living Dramatists is therefore best described as a curated theatrical collection associated with Herrmann, rather than an unqualified single-author study. Its publication history and credited roles give readers a clearer picture of how the volume was assembled and why its comparative treatment of three European dramatists matters.