Nine plays of the modern theater / with an introduction by Harold Clurman.

xiv, 896 pages ; 24 cm

Originally published in 1981

Introduction / Harold Clurman -- The caucasian chalk circle / Bertolt Brecht ; tr. Eric Bentley ; Large cast. -- Waiting for Godot ; [En attendant Godot. English] / Samuel Beckett ; 5 characters (5 men). -- The visit ; [Der Besuch der alten Dame. English] / Friedrich Dürrenmatt ; Large cast. -- The balcony ; [Balcon. English] / Jean Genet ; tr. Bernard Frechtman ; 13 characters (9m, 4w).-- The birthday party / Harold Pinter ; 6 characters (4m, 2w). -- Rhinoceros ; [Rhinoéros. English] / Eugène Ionesco ; tr. Derek Prouse ; 10 characters (6m, 4w). -- Tango ; [Tango. English] / Slawomir Mrozek ; tr. Ralph Manheim, Teresa Dzieduscycka ; 7 characters (4m, 3w). -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / Tom Stoppard ; 11 characters (9m, 2w).-- American buffalo / David Mamet ; 3 characters (3 men).

This comprehensive volume contains nine of the most important, most indispensable plays of the modern theater. 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.

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808.82 N714 1981