american drama

Contains three plays about ordinary people-- an outcast prostitute in "Anna Christie," a Pullman porter in "The Emperor Jones," and a coal stoker in "The Hairy Ape.".

Offers a survey of twentieth-century American drama, providing information on the most popular plays and writers, excerpts from the writings of the most influential dramatists, and study questions designed to help students understand the texts.

Presents critical and bibliographical information on three plays by American dramatist Arthur Miller, including "The Crucible," "All My Sons," and "Death of a Salesman"; and features a short biography of Miller.

A collection of seventeen plays of American theatre from 1951 to 1957.

A collection of seventeen plays of American theatre from 1945-1951.

A collection of 19 plays of American theatre from 1967 to 1973.

Collects two plays by David Rabe, including "The Black Monk, " based on a novella by Anton Chekhov, in which Kovrin, a young philosophy student, has his plans to marry foiled by the arrival of a mysterious emissary; and "The Dog Problem, " in which a misunderstanding leads to a series of misplaced passions.

A collection of seventeen one-act plays by American playwright Thornton Wilder, including the 1931 publication "The Long Christmas Dinner and Other Plays, " and works from two play cycles, "The Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Seven Ages of Man, " which he wrote in the 1950s and 60s.