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Title:

Twenty best plays of the modern American theatre / edited with an introduction by John Gassner.

Publisher:

Crown Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c1939

Description:

xxii, 874 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American drama--20th century.

Other Authors:

Gassner, John, 1903-1967.
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Winterset.
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. High Tor.
Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955. Idiot's delight.
Green, Paul, 1894-1981. Johnny Johnson.
Connelly, Marc, 1890-1980. Green pastures.
Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. You can't take it with you.
Behrman, S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel), 1893-1973. End of summer.
Barry, Philip, 1896-1949. Animal kingdom.
Spewack, Bella Cohen, 1899-1990. Boy meets girl.
Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987. Women.
Reed, Mark, 1890-1969. Yes my darling daughter.
Abbott, George, 1887-1995. Three men on a horse.
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Children's hour.
Kirkland, Jack, 1902-1969. Tobacco road.
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987. Tobacco road.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Of mice and men.
Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995. Dead end.
Shaw, Irwin, 1913-1984. Bury the dead.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982. Fall of the city.
Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963. Golden boy.
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Stage door.

Contents:

Winterset / Maxwell Anderson -- High Tor / Maxwell Anderson --Idiot's delight / Robert E. Sherwood -- Johnny Johnson / Paul Green -- Green pastures / Marc Connelly -- You can't take it with you / George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart -- End of summer / S. N. Behrman -- The animal kingdom / Philip Barry -- Boy meets girl / Bella and Samuel Spewack -- The women / Clare Boothe --Yes, my darling daughter / Mark Reed -- Three men on a horse / George Abbott and J. C. Holm -- The children's hour / Lillian Hellman -- Tobacco road / Jack Kirkland and Erskine Caldwell -- Of mice and men / John Steinbeck -- Dead end / Sidney Kingsley -- Bury the dead / Irwin Shaw -- The fall of the city / Archibald MacLeish -- Golden boy / Clifford Odets -- Stage door / Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman -- Plays by authors represented (p. 869-871) -- Plays by other authors 1930-1940 (p. 871-872) -- Bibliography (p. 873-874)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)252482

Locations:

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)