Best of
Drama

1952

The Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950


T.S. Eliot - 1952
    This omnibus collection includes all of the author’s early poetry as well as the Four Quartets, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and the plays Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion, and The Cocktail Party.

The Grapes of Wrath/The Moon is Down/Cannery Row/East of Eden/Of Mice & Men


John Steinbeck - 1952
    The Grapes of Wrath / The Moon Is Down / Cannery Row / East of Eden / Of Mice and Men

The Deep Blue Sea


Terence Rattigan - 1952
    A play sparked by the suicide of actor, Kenneth Morgan, with whom Rattigan had been in love.

Naked Masks: Five Plays


Luigi Pirandello - 1952
    His modern and sensationally original plays dramatize with force and eloquence the isolation of the individual from society and from himself.The editor, Eric Bentley, is an international theater authority. In addition to the Introduction and the biographical and bibliographical material in the Appendices, Mr. Bentley has prepared for this volume the first English translations of the play Liolà and Pirandello's important "Preface" to Six Characters in Search of an Author.Included Plays: Liolà It Is So! (If You Think So) Henry IV Six Characters in Search of an Author Each in His Own Way

Works of Niccolo Machiavelli


Niccolò Machiavelli - 1952
    A timeless classic including the works of Machiavelli: Includes: THE PRINCE THE ART OF WAR HISTORY OF FLORENCE AND OF THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY DISCOURSES ON THE FIRST DECADE OF TITUS LIVIUS Every title is indexed for easy navigation.

A Stone for Danny Fisher


Harold Robbins - 1952
    But when Danny's family falls on hard times, moving from their comfortable home in Brooklyn to Manhattan's squalid Lower East Side, he is forced to leave his carefree childhood behind. Facing poverty and daily encounters with his violent, anti-Semitic neighbors, Danny must fight both inside and outside the ring just to survive. As his boxing becomes legendary in the city's seedy underworld, packed with wiseguys and loose women, everyone seems to want a hand in Danny's success. Robbins's colorful, fast-talking characters evoke the rough streets of Depression-era New York City. Ronnie, a prostitute ashamed of how far she's fallen and desperately in need of friendship; Sam, a slick bookie who wants to profit from Danny's boxing talent; and Nellie, a beautiful but lonely girl who refuses to believe Danny is beyond redemption -- each of whom has a different vision of Danny's future -- will help steer his rocky course. Gritty, compelling, and groundbreaking for its time, A Stone for Danny Fisher is a tale of ambition, hope, and violence set in a distinct and dangerous period of American history. A classic, sexy bestseller by Harold Robbins, reintroduced to a whole new generation of readers.

Prose and Poems (Filipino Literary Classics)


Nick Joaquín - 1952
    A collection of the National Artist's short stories and poetry and includes the play "The Portrait of the Artist as a Filipino."