San Antonio College Library

These six plays are central to the study of modern drama. Each is distinguished in its own right and exemplifies the playwright's particular influence on the shaping of modern dramatic tradition. Translations of the European plays are among the best available: Ibsen's The Wild Duck has been translated by James Walter McFarlane, Chekhov's Three Sisters by Elizaveta Fen, Strindberg's A Dream Play by Elizabeth Sprigge, and Pirandello's Henry IV by Edward...

Using "a set of conversations--in taverns and courtrooms, at home and work--which took place among suspected witches, accusers, witnesses, and spectators," the author "offers a fresh look at the Salem outbreak based on recent studies of panic rumors, teen hysteria, child abuse, and intrafamily relations."--Jacket.