340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Lightnin' has struck! -- I'll be all right when I'm acclimatized: Old Broadway -- The rise of wisecrack comedy -- Beauty that springs from knowledge: New Broadway -- Sophisticated -- The celebrity of eccentricity -- Having wonderful time: the popular stage -- We are not here to rehearse your play: the political stage -- Woman and man: Susan and God and The Iceman Cometh -- Dogs are sticking to the sidewalks: the early 1940s -- Olivier versus Brando: the late 1940s -- It's about this doctor: A Streetcar Named Desire and The Crucible -- End of the empire: The early 1950s -- My God, that moon's bright: Auntie Mame and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs -- The great Sebastians make their last visit: the late 1950s.
