Best plays of the modern American theatre
Subtitle: second series
By: edited, with an introduction, by John Gassner.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 1947
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 776
Subjects: American drama -- 20th century.
Notes: First series, published 1939, has title: Twenty best plays of the modern American theatre.

Covers period 1939-1946. 
Table of contents: title: The glass menagerie, by Tennessee Williams.; title: The time of your life, by William Saroyan.; title: I remember mama, by John Van Druten.; title: Life with father, by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.; title: Born yesterday, by Garson Kanin.; title: The voice of the turtle, by John Van Druten.; title: The male animal, by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent.; title: The man who came to dinner, by G. S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.; title: Dream girl, by Elmer Rice.; title: The Philadelphia story, by Philip Barry.; title: Arsenic and old lace, by Joseph Kesselring.; title: The hasty heart, by John Patrick.; title: Home of the brave, by Arthur Laurents.; title: Tomorrow the world, by James Gow and Arnaud d'Usseau.; title: Watch on the Rhine, by Lillian Hellman.; title: The patriots, by Sidney Kingsley.; title: Abe Lincoln in Illinois, by R. E. Sherwood.; title: Bibliography (p. 775-776)