The Best plays of 1979-1980
Subtitle: the Burns Mantle yearbook
By: edited by Otis L. Guernsey, Jr. ; illustrated with photographs and with drawings by Hirschfeld
Contributors: Weller, Michael, 1942-; Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008; Sherman, Martin; Albee, Edward, 1928-; Medoff, Mark Howard; Williams, Samm-Art; Wilson, Lanford, 1937-; Lapine, James; Simon, Neil; Topor, Tom, 1938-; Allen, Ralph G.
Series: The Burns Mantle theater yearbook
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co.; Dodd Mead
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9780396079071
Other titles: Burns Mantle yearbook.; Loose ends.; Betrayal.; Bent.; Lady from Dubuque.; Children of a lesser God.; Home.; Talley's folly.; Table settings.; I ought to be in pictures.; Nuts.; Sugar babies.
Notes: Contains abridged editions of the ten best plays for 1978-79.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Loose ends : a play in eight scenes / by Michael Weller; title: Betrayal : a play in two acts / by Harold Pinter; title: Bent : a play in two acts / by Martin Sherman; title: The lady from Dubuque : a play in two acts / by Edward Albee; title: Children of a lesser god : a play in two acts / by Mark Medoff; title: Home : a play in one act / by Samm-Art Williams; title: Talley's folly : a play in one act / by Lanford Wilson; title: Table settings : a play in one act / by James Lapine; title: I ought to be in pictures : a play in two acts / by Neil Simon; title: Nuts : a play in three acts / by Tom Topor; title: Sugar babies : a burlesque musical in two acts / sketches by Ralph G. Allen based on traditional material.