Contemporary Dramatists

ISBN-10
155862371X
ISBN-13
9781558623712
Series
Contemporary Dramatists
Category
American drama
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Saint James Press
Author
Thomas Riggs

Description

Annotation Contemporary Dramatists presents, in rich detail, 450 of the most famous living playwrights in the English language. Entries in this fully revised and updated 6th edition include biographies, bibliographies and critical essays on the most-studied dramatists, with 90 completely new entrants.

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