american drama

A three-act play concerned with the tensions in a middle-class African American family living on Chicago's Southside in the 1950s.

Presents alphabetized biographical and critical profiles of over sixty African-American dramatists from the nineteenth century through the early twenty-first, such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright.

Contains three plays by Tennessee Williams including "Sweet Bird of Youth, " about a toxic relationship between an aging actress and her opportunistic young lover; "The Rose Tattoo, " the story of a lonely Italian widow's tryst with a truck driver; and "The Night of the Iguana, " in which two very different women vie for the love of a former minister.

Contains three plays by Edward Albee, including "The American Dream," "The Sandbox," and "The Death of Bessie Smith.".

A young, mentally-handicapped, African-American man in 1940s Louisiana, awaiting a death sentence after being wrongfully convicted of murder, receives jail cell visits from the local teacher, who attempts to impart some wisdom and pride to the condemned man before his death.

"An anthology of twenty-eight short and long plays for two actors, by a mix of celebrated and emerging playwrights"--Provided by publisher.