TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lewis,Allan
TI  - American plays and playwrights of the contemporary theatre
SN  - 0517509474
AV  - PS351 .L4957 1970
PY  - 1970///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Publishers
KW  - O'Neill, Eugene,
KW  - Miller, Arthur,
KW  - Williams, Tennessee,
KW  - Wilder, Thornton,
KW  - Saroyan, William,
KW  - Albee, Edward,
KW  - Hellman, Lillian,
KW  - Odets, Clifford,
KW  - Shaw, Irwin,
KW  - MacLeish, Archibald,
KW  - Chayefsky, Paddy,
KW  - Rice, Elmer,
KW  - Behrman, S. N.
KW  - Kingsley, Sidney,
KW  - Inge, William
KW  - American drama
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Theater
KW  - United States
KW  - History
N1  - BIBINDX; 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 theatre off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway --; Trends of the decade
ER  -