Twenty Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre

by John Gassner (Editor)

The plays selected are prefaced by a critical essay on Broadway's leanest decade

874 pages, Hardcover

First published June 13, 1939

Reviews

[Shelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Plays included that I read:
You Can't Take it With You
The Women
The Children's Hour
Stage Door

I was in it for Stage Door, a beloved movie favorite, and the play was fascinating and so wildly different. I liked the movie better. The Women was pretty faithfully done as a movie, and both were enjoyable. The Children's Hour was mesmerizing, and heartbreaking and wonderful--I was picturing Audrey and Shirley in the roles, but it shone with or without them.