{"product_id":"twenty-five-best-plays-of-the-modern-american-theatre","title":"Twenty-Five Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\" style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003ePublished in 1949 by Crown Publishers and edited by preeminent drama critic and Yale professor John Gassner, this massive 756-page anthology compiles twenty-five of the most influential stage scripts defining the golden era of American theater between 1916 and 1929. The omnibus functions as an authoritative historical archive, gathering early masterpieces that broke away from rigid European formulas to forge a distinct, native style of social realism, expressionism, and political satire. The compilation features seminal plays such as Eugene O'Neill's \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\" style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eThe Hairy Ape\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\" style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eDesire Under the Elms\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings's gritty anti-war drama \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\" style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eWhat Price Glory?\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly's \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\" style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eBeggar on Horseback\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\" style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"\u003eStreet Scene\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Prefaced by Gassner's comprehensive, analytical introduction detailing the economic, cultural, and technical forces that birthed the modern Broadway stage, this durable volume serves as an indispensable reference cornerstone for actors, directors, and theater historians tracking the evolution of early twentieth-century American drama.\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Gassner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49513116270842,"sku":"NEE1\/20\/07042026","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/3387\/5450\/files\/IMG_6577_bb5fe1db-6a33-4ff4-8776-17c9250c3797.jpg?v=1783198990","url":"https:\/\/flippedpages.com\/products\/twenty-five-best-plays-of-the-modern-american-theatre","provider":"Flipped Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}