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100 _aGassner, John, 1903- , editor.
245 _aBest plays of the modern American theatre / edited, with an introduction, by John Gassner.
250 _a2nd series.
260 _aNew York : Crown Publishers.
300 _axxx, 776 p. ; 24 cm.
500 _aFirst series, published 1939, has title: Twenty best plays of the modern American theatre.
505 _aThe glass menagerie, by Tennessee Williams. The time of your life, by William Saroyan. I remember mama, by John Van Druten. Life with father, by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Born yesterday, by Garson Kanin. The voice of the turtle, by John Van Druten. The male animal, by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent. The man who came to dinner, by G.S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Dream girl, by Elmer Rice. The Philadelphia story, by Philip Barry. Arsenic and old lace, by Joseph Kesselring. The hasty heard, by John Patrick. Home of the brave, by Arthur Laurents. Tomorrow the world, by james Gow and Arnoud d'Usseau. Watch on the Rhine, by Lillian Hellman. The patriots, by Sidney Kingsley. Abe Lincoln in Illinois, by R.E. Sherwood. Bibliography (p. 775-776).
650 _aAmerican drama 20th century.
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