Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-354) and index.
Contents
The absent voice: American drama and the critic -- Eugene O'Neill's Endgame -- Tennessee Williams: the theatricalising self --Arthur Miller: the moral imperative -- Edward Albee: journey to apocalypse -- A Broadway interlude -- Sam Shepard: imagining America -- David Mamet: all true stories -- The performing self -- Redefining the centre: politics, race, gender.