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Modern Drama: Selected Plays From 1879 To The Present

This comprehensive and balanced anthology offers a collection of 25 works of modern and contemporary drama from the 1870s through the early 1990s. Features twenty-five plays that often demonstrate a significant breakthrough in maturity of expression and style for each playwright — important leaders in the development of modern and contemporary drama.

Paperback: 985 pages

Publisher: Pearson; 1st edition (October 31, 1998)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0132267217

ISBN-13: 978-0132267212

Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1.9 x 9.1 inches

Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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A good collection, but why O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms rather than one of the big three (Iceman, Moon, Long Day's)? Why All My Sons by Miller rather than Death or Crucible? Why Glaspell's Verge at all, when Inge and Rice, much better playwrights, are left out entirely?

I had to buy this book for a class. I liked how much was compiled into one book. The intros about the authors and commentary on their works were a nice touch.

I never took that class in high school. I was very impressed by the author. I love and enjoyed reading the book.

This book is essencial to anyone who is willing to start studies on modern drama. It brings a wonderful selection of 25 plays, from Ibsen's "A Doll's House" (1879) to Wasserstein's "The Sisters Rosenweig" (1992), and featuring other authors such as Wilde, Shaw, Pirandello, Brecht and Ionesco. It also includes a second part of critical essays by the main drama authors and critics from the XX century.

Arrived in great condition as promised.

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