The Longman Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Drama: A Global Perspective

This collection of 35 American and international plays offers a truly global perspective of the drama and theater that has been produced during the past 150 years. In addition to essential plays from the West's modern canon, this anthology offers a richly varied selection of plays from regions underrepresented in other books, such as Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. The book provides readers with the historical and cultural background they need to read plays into context. Accessible, interesting, and inclusive, the broad range of plays in this anthology will inspire, intrigue, and provoke readers to understand more deeply the literary and production history of modern and contemporary drama.Roberto Dario Pomo is the author of 'The Longman Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Drama: A Global Perspective', published 2003 under ISBN 9780321107916 and ISBN 0321107918.