description: A modern verse play about the search for meaning, in which a psychiatrist is the catalyst for the action. 'An authentic modern masterpiece'--NY Post. 'Eliot really does portray real-seeming characters. He cuts down his poetic effects to the minimum, &amp; then finally rewards us with most beautiful poetry'--Stephen Spender.
language: English
title: The Cocktail Party
titlecomplete: The Cocktail Party
genres: American, Theatre, Nobel Prize, Classics, Drama, Plays, Fiction, Literature, Poetry, 20th Century
ratings_count: 2413
awards: awardedAt: -631123200000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best Foreign Play
publisher: Faber & Faber