Nine Plays of the Modern Theater by Harold Clurman (Editor, Introduction); 1981. Softcover.

This comprehensive volume contains nine of the most important, most indispensable plays of the modern theatre. What Harold Clurman has done in this seminal collection is to create for us a portrait of the progress and turmoil of the twentieth century. Ranging from the eerie realism of Pinter's sinister "Birthday Party," to the absurd literalism of Ionesco's conformist city in "Rhinoceros," to the baroque fantasy world of Genet's brothel in "The Balcony," to the tragic hilarity of Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," these nine plays, each entirely distinct, together form an incisive, compelling, and sometimes heartbreaking mosaic of our time.

(1) The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht; (2) Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett; (3) The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt; (4) The Balcony by Jean Genet; (5) The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter; (6) Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco; (7) Tango by Slawomir Mrozek; (8) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard; (9) American Buffalo by David Mamet