Nine Plays of the Modern Theater: Includes: Waiting for Godot; The Visit; Tango; The Caucasian Chalk Circle; The Balcony; Rhinoceros; et al

Bys: Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Friedrich Durrenmatt, et al.

Book Overview

This comprehensive volume contains nine of the most important, most indispensable plays of the modern theatre. 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. Ranging from the eerie realism of Pinter's sinister Birthday Party, to the absurd literalism of Ionesco's conformist city in Rhinoceros, to the baroque fantasy world of Genet's brothel in The Balcony, to the tragic hilarity of Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, these nine plays, each entirely distinct, together form an incisive, compelling, and sometimes heartbreaking mosaic of our time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802150322
• ISBN13: 9780802150325
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 912 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Needed this for school

I enjoyed the book of modern plays that you. I got an A in the class.

Nine Plays of the Modern Theatre

A wonderful book. We are using it in our Theater Appreciation group -- taking turns reading different characters. I recommend it.

Outstanding!

A magnificent collection by an American Master. A powerful, moving, exhiliarating work! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Great selections!

People like Eugene Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, and Bertolt Brecht are some of the most influential modern playwrights, and this book collects some of their most important plays. Seminal works like "Rhinoceros", "Waiting for Godot", "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", and "American Buffalo" are compiled in this book. Fascinating reading!