American plays and playwrights of the contemporary theatre.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Theater -- United States -- History
Notes: Bibliography: p. 261-263.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : “the purpose of playing. . .“ -- Eugene O’neill : the tragic homecoming  -- Arthur Miller : return to the self -- Tennessee Williams : the freedom of the senses --  Thornton Wilder and William Saroyan : the comic vein and “courage for survival”  --  The fun and games of Edward Albee -- The survivors of the depression : Hellman, Odets, Shaw -- Man’s relation to god : MacLeish, Chayefsky -- The tired deans : Elmer Rice and S. N. Behrman -- The emergent deans : Kingsley, Inge, and company -- Broadway’s boys -- The refugees from television -- New-play madness and some new voices -- The musical theatre : heirs to Richard Rodgers -- The off-Broadway theatre and the topical revue -- Trends of the decade -- References.