Sixteen famous American plays / edited by Bennett A. Cerf and Van H. Cartmell.
| Author/creator | Cerf, Bennett editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Modern Library, [©1941] |
| Description | 1,049 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Cartmell, Van H. (Van Henry), 1896-1966. |
| Included Work | Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891-1939. They knew what they wanted. |
| Included Work | Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964. Front page. |
| Included Work | Connelly, Marc, 1890-1980 Green pastures. |
| Included Work | Behrman, S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel), 1893-1973 Biography. |
| Included Work | O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Ah, wilderness. |
| Included Work | Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955. Petrified forest. |
| Included Work | Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963 Waiting for lefty. |
| Included Work | Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995 Dead end. |
| Included Work | Spewack, Bella Cohen, 1899-1990 Boy meets girl. |
| Included Work | Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987 Women. |
| Included Work | Kober, Arthur, 1900-1975. Having wonderful time. |
| Included Work | Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Our town. |
| Included Work | Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Little foxes. |
| Included Work | Hart, Moss, 1904-1961 Man who came to dinner. |
| Included Work | Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. Man who came to dinner. |
| Included Work | Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 Time of your life. |
| Included Work | Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968. Life with father. |
| Included Work | Taylor, Peter, 1917-1994, former owner. |
| Variant title | 16 famous American plays |
| Series | The Modern library of the world's best books Modern library of the world's best books. ^A770828 |
| Contents | They knew what they wanted / Sidney Howard -- Front page / Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur -- Green pastures / Marc Connelly -- Biography / S.N. Behrman -- Ah, wilderness! / Eugene O'Neill -- Petrified forest / Robert Sherwood -- Waiting for lefty / Clifford Odets -- Dead end / Sidney Kingsley -- Boy meets girl / Bella and Samuel Spewack -- Women / Clare Boothe -- "Having wonderful time" / Arthur Kober -- Our town / Thornton Wilder -- Little foxes / Lillian Hellman -- Man who came to dinner / Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman -- Time of your life / William Saroyan -- Life with father / Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. |
| Local note | Autographed on front fly-leaf "Peter Taylor." Stuart Wright Book Collection. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Peter Hillsman Taylor Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Wright Coll. copy Purchased from Between the Covers with the assistance of Stuart Wright, 11/15/2014 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971. Sixteen famous American plays. New York : Modern Library, [©1941] |
| LCCN | 41051686 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Stuart Wright Collection | PS634 .C42 1941 | ✔ Available | Request Material |