Best mystery and suspense plays of the modern theatre

by Stanley Richards

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0396063225
• ISBN13: 9780396063223
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Nice Anthology that Includes Dracula

This anthology includes ten plays. Among the plays are Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston's 1927 script for *Dracula* that was performed on Broadway, and Anthony Shaffer's *Sleuth*. I think that this or other Stanley Richards' play anthologies could work well as a Theater or English classroom text.

Clever, more clever, too clever and dead...

Well written drama is a long term joy to the generations. Broadway and popular plays have of late run to musicals. Some people might say that murder is a preoccupation or hobby for the English : a make believe. I see it as a deadly serious predatory streak in which they would what they would do if the could is simulated. Somewhat like the cathartic trauma of Greek tragedy, the English mystery/ detective drama serves a social purpose and satisfies a need at the same time. Clever, more clever, too clever and dead... This mix goes to movie scripts popular in the 30's and 40's too. I think the lead in drama has switched from Broadway to Hollywood in modern times.