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Author Adler, Stella.

Title Stella Adler on America's master playwrights : Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee / Stella Adler ; edtied and with commentary by Barry Paris.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  812 ADL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  812.509 ADLER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  812 ADLER    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xi, 385 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Contents Actor vs. interpreter -- Eugene O'Neill. Overview ; Beyond the horizon (1920) ; Mourning becomes Electra (1931) ; Long day's journey into night (1956) -- Thornton Wilder. Overview ; The skin of our teeth (1942) -- Clifford Odets. Waiting for Lefty (1935) ; Golden Boy (1937) ; Golden Boy : text analysis ; The country girl (1950) -- William Saroyan. Overview ; Hello out there! (1941) -- Tennessee Williams. Overview ; The lady of Larkspur Lotion (1941) ; The glass menagerie (1945) ; A streetcar named Desire (1947) ; Summer and smoke (1948) -- William Inge. Overview ; Come back, little Sheba (1950) -- Arthur Miller. Death of a salesman (1949) ; After the fall (1964) -- Edward Albee. The zoo story (1959) ; The death of Bessie Smith (1959).
Summary "Her [Adler's] new book brings together her most important lectures on America's plays and playwrights, the giants of the twentieth century, men she knew, loved, and worked with."--Dust jacket.
Subject O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Inge, William -- Criticism and interpretation.
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Albee, Edward, 1928- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Drama -- Explication.
American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Added Author Paris, Barry.
ISBN 9780679424437
0679424431
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