Lewis, Allan <br/><br/>
American plays and playwrights of the contemporary theatre / 
by Allan Lewis. 
 - Revised edition. 
 - 272 pages  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> "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 theatre off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway --  Trends of the decade.  Introduction: 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0517509474 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>74147317  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 <br/>Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 <br/>Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 <br/>Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 <br/>Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 <br/>Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 <br/>Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 <br/>Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963 <br/>Shaw, Irwin, 1913-1984 <br/>MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 <br/>Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981 <br/>Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967 <br/>Behrman, S. N. 1893-1973 <br/>Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995 <br/>Inge, William
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American drama--History and criticism--20th century<br/>Theater--History--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS351  / .L4957 1970