Spanning the centuries from Ben Jonson to John Van Druten, this sparkling procession of prose comedies is calculated to excite in the reader every expression of felicity ranging between sly-cat amusement and the most earthy of belly laughs. Louis Kronenberger, distinguished critic, scholar, and dire...
Bibliographic Details
| Other Authors: |
Kronenberger, Louis, 1904-1980
(Editor),
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637,
Etherege, George, 1636-1691 or 1692,
Wycherley, William, 1640-1716,
Congreve, William, 1670-1729,
Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726,
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774,
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816,
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900,
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950,
Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909,
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965,
Kelly, George, 1887-1974,
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964,
Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960,
Osborn, Paul, 1901-1988,
Thurber, James, 1894-1961,
Coward, Noël, 1899-1973,
Van Druten, John, 1901-1957 |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
New York :
Simon and Schuster,
[1953]
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