| Description |
xxx, 776 pages ; 24 cm |
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| Series |
Best plays series
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| Note |
First series, published 1939, has title: Twenty best plays of the modern American theatre. |
| Contents |
The glass menagerie / Tennessee Williams -- The time of your life / William Saroyan -- I remember Mama / John Van Druten -- Life with father / Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse -- Born yesterday / Garson Kanin -- The voice of the turtle / John Van Druten -- The male animal / James Thurber and Elliott Nugent -- The man who came to dinner / G.S. Kaufman and Moss Hart -- Dream girl / Elmer Rice -- The Philadelphia story / Philip Barry -- Arsenic and old lace / Joseph Kesselring -- The hasty heart / John Patrick -- Home of the brave / Arthur Laurents -- Tomorrow the world / James Gow and Arnaud d'Usseau -- Watch on the Rhine / Lillian Hellman -- The patriots / Sidney Kingsley -- Abe Lincoln in Illinois / R.E. Sherwood. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"Complete texts of seventeen plays ... 1939-1946 ..." |
| Subject |
American drama -- 20th century.
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American drama. (OCoLC)fst00806998
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Gassner, John, 1903-1967, editor.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
The glass menagerie.
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Saroyan, William, 1908-1981.
The time of your life.
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Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968.
Life with father.
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Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999.
Born yesterday.
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Van Druten, John, 1901-1957.
The voice of the turtle ; I remember Mama.
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Thurber, James, 1894-1961.
The male animal.
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Nugent, Elliott, 1896-1980.
The male animal.
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Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961.
The man who came to dinner.
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Hart, Moss, 1904-1961.
The man who came to dinner.
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Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967.
Dream girl.
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Barry, Philip, 1896-1949.
The Philadelphia story.
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Kesselring, Joseph, 1902-1967.
Arsenic and old lace.
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Patrick, John, 1905-1995.
The hasty heart.
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Laurents, Arthur.
Home of the brave.
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Gow, James, 1907-1952.
Tomorrow the world.
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D'Usseau, Arnaud, 1916-1990.
Tomorrow the world.
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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984.
Watch on the Rhine.
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Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995.
The patriots.
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Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois.
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| ISBN |
0517509482 |
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9780517509487 |
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9789517513692 |
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9517513690 |
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