America on stage : ten great plays of American history / edited with prefaces and an introductory note by Stanley Richards.

1st ed.

xii, 939 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

The crucible / Arthur Miller ; 21 characters (11m, 10w).-- Valley Forge / Maxwell Anderson ; Large cast. -- The patriots / Sidney Kingsley ; 23 characters (18m, 5w). -- The last days of Lincoln / Mark Van Doren ; Large cast. -- The Andersonville trial / Saul Levitt ; Large cast. -- In time to come / Howard Koch and John Huston ; 21 characters (20m, 1w). -- Sunrise at Campobello / Dore Schary ; 21 characters (16m, 5w).-- Inherit the wind / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee ; Large cast. -- Native son / Paul Green and Richard Wright ; 18 characters (11m, 7w). -- Bury the dead / Irwin Shaw ; Large cast.

0385030053

812.508 A512 1976