American Drama of the Twentieth Century

This series provides students with a critical introduction to the major genres in their historical and cultural context.

As well as studies on all periods of English and American literature, the series includes books on criticism and literary theory, the intellectual and cultural context, and other literatures in English.

In this book Professor Berkowitz studies the diversity of American drama from the stylistic, experimental plays of O'Neill, through verse, tragedy and community theatre, to the theatre of the 1990s.

The discussions range through dramatists, plays, genres and themes, with full supporting appendix material.

It also examines major dramatists such as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Sam Shephard, Tennessee Williams and August Wilson and covers not only the Broadway scene but also off Broadway movements and fringe theatres and such subjects as women's and African-American drama.

The book is aimed at undergraduate level and at courses covering American drama and literature.