Frank Elgin is an alcoholic actor and singer who gets a second change at stardom. His long suffering wife, Georgie, and their marriage is put to the test. Frank is desperate to make a come back and Bernie Dodd is the hotshot Broadway director in need of a "name" star for his new stage production. Georgie is both weary of her husband's weaknesses and Dodd's motives. When Georgie appears to be dragging Frank down, Bernie tries to force her to leave....

GOLDEN BOY tells of Joe who becomes a great violinist. But success comes too slowly, and on the day his father presents him with a rare violin, Joe announces he wants to be a prizefighter. HIGH TOR is the story of a pair of scoundrels who try to persuade the owner of High Tor mountain to sell it so that it may be broken into rock. THE MAGNIFICENT YANKEE is a portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes, who filled a sear on the U.S. Supreme Court during Teddy...

Complete texts of eight plays, representing modern literary genres, by Kaufman and Connelly, Howard, Behrman, O'Neill, Anderson, Odets, Williams and Miller. Bibliogs.

Collection of 17 plays which did not appear in the editor's earlier Best plays collections covering the period, 1918-1958.

Drama. Plays are included.