Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-118) and index.
Contents
The man and his work -- The battle of angels: Puritans and Cavaliers -- Interlude: portrait of the artist as a young man -- Departures -- Three dark plays -- Two "affirmative" plays -- Portraits of the playwright as failure -- Dingy bars, flea-bag hotels: tentative new directions -- Film adaptations -- Some concluding notes.