| Description |
xvii, 1177 p. 24 cm. |
| Note |
Originally published under titles: Contemporary drama: European plays, Contemporary drama: English and Irish plays and Contemporary drama: American plays. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
European Plays -- I. A doll's house / H. Ibsen -- The fossils / F. de Curel -- The beaver coat / G. Hauptmann -- Light-o'-love / A. Schnitzler -- II. Hedda Gabler / H. Ibsen -- P'ell'eas and M'elisande / M. Maeterlinck -- Magda / H. Sudermann -- Cyrano de Bergerac / E. Rostand -- Uncle Vanya / A. P. Chekhov -- III. The dream play / A. Strindberg -- Night's lodging, or the lower depths / M. Gorki -- The passion flower / J. Benavente -- IV. The cherry orchard / A. P. Chekhov -- He who gets slapped / L. Andreyev -- Man and the masses / E. Toller -- R. U. R. (Rossum's universal robots) / K. Capek -- "Henry IV" / L. Pirandello -- English and Irish Plays -- I. Riders to the sea / J. M. Synge -- Hyacinth Halvey / L. Gregory -- What every woman knows / J. M. Barrie -- Mid-channel / A. W. Pinero -- The glittering gate / L. Dunsany -- Justice / J. Galsworthy -- II. Mr. Pim passes by / A. A. Milne -- The circle / W. S. Maugham -- Loyalties / J. Galsworthy -- Dear Brutus / J. M. Barrie -- Juno and the paycock / S. O'Casey -- American Plays -- I. The emperor Jones / E. O'Neill -- Processional / J. H. Lawson -- Beggar on horseback / G. S. Kaufman and M. Connelly -- The silver cord / S. Howard -- II. "The hairy ape" / E. O'Neill -- Street scene / E. L. Rice -- Hotel universe / P. Barry -- Elizabeth the Queen / M. Anderson -- Abe Lincoln in Illinois / R. E. Sherwood. |
| Subject |
Drama -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Pressey, William Benfield, 1894-
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