Nine Plays of the Modern Theater
By: edited with an introduction by Harold Clurman.
Contributors: Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.; Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.; Dürrenmatt, Friedrich, 1921-1990.; Genet, Jean, 1910-1986.; Pinter, Harold, 1930-; Ionesco, Eugène, 1912-1994.; Mrozek, Slawomir, 1930-; Stoppard, Tom, 1937-; Mamet, David Alan, 1947-
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 896
ISBN-13: 9780802150325
Description: This comprehensive volume contains nine of the most important, most indispensable plays of the modern theatre. What Harold Clurman has done in this seminal collection is to create for us a portrait of the progress and turmoil of the twentieth century. Ranging from the eerie realism of Pinter's sinister "Birthday Party," to the absurd literalism of Ionesco's conformist city in "Rhinoceros," to the baroque fantasy world of Genet's brothel in "The Balcony," to the tragic hilarity of Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," these nine plays, each entirely distinct, together form an incisive, compelling, and sometimes heartbreaking mosaic of our time.
Table of contents: title: Contents: The Caucasian chalk circle / by Bertolt Brecht - Waiting for Godot / by Samuel Beckett - The visit / by Friedrich Dürrenmatt - The balcony / by Jean Genet - The birthday party / by Harold Pinter - Rhinoceros / by Eugène Ionesco - Tango / by Slawomir Mrozek - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / by Tom Stoppard - American buffalo / by David Mamet.