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Product Description: INTRODUCTORY THE CHOICE OF A THEME DRAMATIC AND UNDRAMATIC THE ROUTINE OF COMPOSITION DRAMATIS PERSONAE THE POINT OF ATTACK: SHAKESPEARE AND IBSEN EXPOSITION: ITS END AND ITS MEANS THE FIRST ACT CURIOSITY" AND "INTEREST" FORESHADOWING, NOT FORESTALLING TENSION AND ITS SUSPENSION PREPARATION: THE FINGER-POST THE OBLIGATORY SCENE THE PERIPETY PROBABILITY, CHANCE AND COINCIDENCE LOGIC KEEPING A SECRET CLIMAX AND ANTICLIMAX CONVERSION BLIND-ALLEY THEMES--AND OTHERS THE FULL CLOS...read more

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9781492991809 | Createspace Independent Pub, October 15, 2013, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: INTRODUCTORY THE CHOICE OF A THEME DRAMATIC AND UNDRAMATIC THE ROUTINE OF COMPOSITION DRAMATIS PERSONAE THE POINT OF ATTACK: SHAKESPEARE AND IBSEN EXPOSITION: ITS END AND ITS MEANS THE FIRST ACT CURIOSITY" AND "INTEREST" FORESHADOWING, NOT FORESTALLING TENSION AND ITS SUSPENSION PREPARATION: THE FINGER-POST THE OBLIGATORY SCENE THE PERIPETY PROBABILITY, CHANCE AND COINCIDENCE LOGIC KEEPING A SECRET CLIMAX AND ANTICLIMAX CONVERSION BLIND-ALLEY THEMES--AND OTHERS THE FULL CLOSE

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9781434485410 | Wildside Pr, September 30, 2007, cover price $24.95

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9781434485403 | Wildside Pr, September 30, 2007, cover price $14.95

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Comprehensive reference work which covers the drama of all five continents from its origins to the present, including plays, playwrights, national dramas and the major genres
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780690674835 | Ty Crowell Co, June 1, 1969, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Comprehensive reference work which covers the drama of all five continents from its origins to the present, including plays, playwrights, national dramas and the major genres

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9780486420646 | Unabridged edition (Dover Pubns, May 9, 2002), cover price $39.95

By John Gassner (editor) and Mollie Gassner (editor)

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9780486410982 | Unabridged edition (Dover Pubns, June 13, 2000), cover price $21.95

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9781557830739 | Rev enl su edition (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, September 1, 1992), cover price $18.95

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By John Gassner (editor) and William Green (editor)

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9781557830289 | Rev upd su edition (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, January 1, 1990), cover price $19.95

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An anthology of plays preceded by an appraisal of American drama from 1939-1946
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780517509487 | 2 edition (Crown Pub, August 1, 1989), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: An anthology of plays preceded by an appraisal of American drama from 1939-1946

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Presents examples of folk drama, and morality plays, and the early tragedies and comedies following classical models

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9780936839844 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, December 1, 1987, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Presents examples of folk drama, and morality plays, and the early tragedies and comedies following classical models

The plays selected are prefaced by a critical essay on Broadway's leanest decade
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780517509647 | Crown Pub, November 1, 1986, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: The plays selected are prefaced by a critical essay on Broadway's leanest decade

An anthology of plays written between 1916 and 1929 prefaced with biographical information and production data
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780517503904 | Crown Pub, June 1, 1985, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An anthology of plays written between 1916 and 1929 prefaced with biographical information and production data

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9780671201371 | Revised edition (Simon & Schuster, December 1, 1978), cover price $24.95

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Product Description: Features 17 American plays from 1963 to 1967 presented in the New York theatre.
By Clive Barnes (editor) and John Gassner

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9780517509517 | Crown Pub, August 1, 1971, cover price $35.00 | also contains Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective | About this edition: Features 17 American plays from 1963 to 1967 presented in the New York theatre.

Book by John gassner
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780030813191, titled "A Treasury of the Theatre." | 4th edition (Holt Rinehart & Winston, June 1, 1970), cover price $44.95
9780671756307 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1970, cover price $74.85 | About this edition: Book by John gassner

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Product Description: Book by John gassner
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780671756208 | Revised edition (Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1968), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Book by John gassner

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Contains 16 early American plays and discusses American theatrical history and techniques of production
By John Gassner (compiler)

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9780517509494 | Crown Pub, June 1, 1967, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Contains 16 early American plays and discusses American theatrical history and techniques of production

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Product Description: Containing the complete text of 17 plays, this important volume brings up to the mid-century mark John Gassner's "Best Plays" series --- a selection of 79 plays from the formative period of 1916-1929 through the season of 1950-1951
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780517508602 | Crown Pub, June 1, 1963, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Containing the complete text of 17 plays, this important volume brings up to the mid-century mark John Gassner's "Best Plays" series --- a selection of 79 plays from the formative period of 1916-1929 through the season of 1950-1951

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Product Description: 1961 CROWN PUBLISHING HARDCOVER
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780517504505 | Supplement edition (Crown Pub, June 1, 1961), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: 1961 CROWN PUBLISHING HARDCOVER

European plays produced successfully in America include The Lark, My Three Angels, and The Play's the Thing
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780517509630 | Crown Pub, June 1, 1957, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: European plays produced successfully in America include The Lark, My Three Angels, and The Play's the Thing

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Traces the development of drama from primitive times, discussing the works and ideas of each major playwright

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9780486201009 | 3 edition (Dover Pubns, June 1, 1953), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Traces the development of drama from primitive times, discussing the works and ideas of each major playwright

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Contains the complete texts of 17 plays and biographical information about each playwright with a critical appraisal of his works
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780517509500 | Crown Pub, June 1, 1952, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Contains the complete texts of 17 plays and biographical information about each playwright with a critical appraisal of his works

Product Description: Book by
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780671756109 | Revised edition (Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1951), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Book by

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A collection of 17 popular, contemporary plays including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Picnic, The Crucible, The Matchmaker, and The Seven Year Itch
By John Gassner (editor)

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9780517504369 | Crown Pub, June 1, 1951, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A collection of 17 popular, contemporary plays including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Picnic, The Crucible, The Matchmaker, and The Seven Year Itch

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