Famous American Plays of the 1920s

by Kenneth Macgowan

Theater, Plays, Performing Arts, American Literature, Literary Studies

Genres: Plays, Anthologies, Fiction

510 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1959

Reviews

[Jeffrey D Thomakos · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection of plays was surprisingly good. Many of them served as the basis of great musicals such as Porgy and Bess and The Most Happy Fella. But beyond that, they are very compelling plays that serve as unexpectedly authentic sources for the American state of mind of the period. I especially loved Porgy which, sadly, is still an incredibly relevant play with themes such as racism, domestic abuse, drug addiction, and ablism. I would love to see this play in its original form simply for the historical songs that are peppered throughout.

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read it for Holiday / Barry which was very good. Could not make myself read the others, they were insufferable.