American dramatists, 1918-1945
By: Bernard F. Dukore.
Edition: 1st Grove Press Hardcover ed.
Series: Grove Press modern dramatists
Publisher: Grove Press; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Description: 1918-1945 was the period when American's first wave of major dramatists came of age. In this study the author examines some of the most influential playwrights of the period. He explores a whole range of drama, from the realistic melodrama of Lillian Hellman's Little Foxes and the poetic and lyric realism of Saroyan's The Time of Your Life to the comedies of Kaufman and Hart and the expressionism of The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 181-184.
Includes index.