Representative modern plays, American / [electronic resource] / Robert Warnock.. — Chicago : : Scott, Foresman,, c1952.. — 758 p. : : il. ; 20 cm. — (Key editions).

"Plays by the authors in this book": p. [752]-758.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [748]-751).

Introduction: Modern American drama -- Comedy. Expressionistic satire: Beggar on horseback / by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly ; Realistic folk comedy: The late Christopher Bean / by Sidney Howard ; The comedy of manners: Biography / by S.N. Behrman -- Serious drama. Naturalistic tragedy: Mourning becomes Electra / by Eugene O'Neill ; Romantic drama as history: Valley Forge / by Maxwell Anderson ; The proletarian drama: Waiting for Lefty / by Clifford Odets ; Domestic drama: The glass menagerie / by Tennessee Williams ; Middle-class tragedy: Death of a salesman / by Arthur Miller.



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American drama--20th century.

PS634 / .W28 1952

812.5082