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Title Best plays of the modern American theatre : second series / edited, with an introduction, by John Gassner.

Imprint New York : Crown Publishers, 1947.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection Sperry  812.5082 B46 1947    ---  Lib Use Only
 FSCC Non-Fiction  812.5082 B464 1947  2nd ser.    ---  Available
Description xxx, 776 pages ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Best plays series
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.
American drama. (OCoLC)fst00806998
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Drama.
Added Author Gassner, John, 1903-1967, editor.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. The glass menagerie.
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981. The time of your life.
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968. Life with father.
Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999. Born yesterday.
Van Druten, John, 1901-1957. The voice of the turtle ; I remember Mama.
Thurber, James, 1894-1961. The male animal.
Nugent, Elliott, 1896-1980. The male animal.
Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. The man who came to dinner.
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961. The man who came to dinner.
Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967. Dream girl.
Barry, Philip, 1896-1949. The Philadelphia story.
Kesselring, Joseph, 1902-1967. Arsenic and old lace.
Patrick, John, 1905-1995. The hasty heart.
Laurents, Arthur. Home of the brave.
Gow, James, 1907-1952. Tomorrow the world.
D'Usseau, Arnaud, 1916-1990. Tomorrow the world.
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Watch on the Rhine.
Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995. The patriots.
Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955. Abe Lincoln in Illinois.
ISBN 0517509482
9780517509487
9789517513692
9517513690

 
    
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