Download or read book Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1930s written by Anne Fletcher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged, while the work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material" -- Page [4] of cover.