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50 best plays of the American theatre/ Selected and with a forward by Clive Barnes, with individual play introductions by John Gassner.

Author: Gassner, John, 1903-1967.

Imprint:New York : Crown Publishers, [1970, c1969]

Description4 v. ; 25 cm.

Note:V.1: The Contrast / Royall Tyler. - Uncle Tom's Cabin / George L. Aiken. - Salvation Nell / Edward Sheldon. - "The Hairy Ape" / Eugene O'Neill. - Rain / John Colton and Clemence Randolph. - Desire under the Elms / Eugene O'Neill. - Porgy / Dorothy and DuBose Heyward. - The Front Page / Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. - Street Scene / Elmer Rice. - Green Pastures / Marc Connelly. - Men in White / Sidney Kingsley. - Tobacco Road / Jack Kirkland.

Note:V.3: The Time of your Life / William Saroyan. - Arsenic and Old Lace / Joseph Kesselring. - Harvey / Mary Chase. - The Glass Menagerie / Tennessee Williams. - State of the Union / Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. - Dream Girl / Elmer Rice. - Born Yesterday / Garson Kanin. - Medea / Robinson Jeffers. - A Streetcar Named Desire / Tennessee Williams. - Mister Roberts / Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan. - Death of a Salesman / Arthur Miller. - The Member of the Wedding / Carson McCullers.

Note:V.4: Come back, Little Sheba / William Inge. - The Fourposter / Jan de Hartog. - The Seven Year Itch / George Axelrod. - The Crucible / Arthur Miller. - Tea and Sympathy / Robert Anderson. - The Teahouse of the August Moon / John Patrick. - The Dairy of Anne Frank / Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. - Look Homeward, Angel / Ketti Frings. - Two for the Seesaw / William Gibson. - Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung you in the closet and I'm Feelin So Sad / Arthur L. Kopit. - Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf / Edward Albee. - The Odd Couple / Neil Simon. - Fiddler on the Roof / Joseph Stein.

Note:Library has: volumes 1, 3, 4.



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Author:
Gassner, John, 1903-1967.
Subject:
American drama -- 20th century.
Contributor
Barnes, Clive, 1927-
Other title
The Contrast.
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Salvation Nell.
The hairy ape.
Rain.
Desire under the Elms.
Porgy.
The front page.
Street scene.
Green pastures.
Men in white.
Tobacco road.
The time of your life.
Arsenic and old lace.
Harvey.
The glass menagerie.
State of the Union.
Dream girl.
Born yesterday.
Medea.
A streetcar named Desire.
Death of a salesman.
The member of the wedding.
Come back, Little Sheba.
The fourposter.
The seven year itch.
The crucible.
Tea and sympathy.
The teahouse of the August Moon.
The diary of Anne Frank.
Look homeward, Angel.
Two for the seesaw.
Oh, Dad, poor dad, Mamma's hung you in the closet and I'm feelin' so sad.
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf.
The odd couple.
Fiddler on the roof.