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Famous American Plays of the 20's
Famous American Plays of the 20's
Author: Kenneth Macgowan (Compiler)
SIX FAMOUS PLAYS: 1920/1929 —
  • THE MOON OF THE CARIBBEES - by Eugene O'Neill : A brooding one-act drama of melancholy and revelry aboard a tramp steamer on a tropic night.
  • WHAT PRICE GLORY? - by Maxwell Anderson & Laurence Stallings: A ribald, violent, ironic portrayal of American soldiers in World War I.
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  • PORGY - by DuBose & Dorthy Heyward : The now classic American folk drama, and the source of Porgy and Bess, which depicts the colorful and tragic lives of the Negroes on "Catfish Row"
  • STREET SCENE - by Elmer Rice : A realistic dramatization of tenement life in New York, also successful in a musical version, with a score by Kurt Weill.
  • HOLIDAY - by Philip Barry : A bright upper-class comedy about a rich girl, her rebellious sister and a suitor from another world.  
ISBN-13: 9780440324669
ISBN-10: 0440324661
Publication Date: 5/15/1980
Pages: 511
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Publisher: Laurel
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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