When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new... [More...]

Miller's rich perspective on Williams's singular style of poetic dialogue, sensitive characters, and dramatic violence makes this a unique and valuable new edition of "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Based on historical people and real events, Miller's play uses the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence unleashed by the rumors of witchcraft as a powerful parable about McCarthyism.

The Penguin Classics debut that inspired a classic film and a current Broadway revival
Reginald Roses landmark American drama was a critically acclaimed teleplay, and went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which... [More...]

The tragedy of a typical American—a salesman who at the age of sixty-three is faced with what he cannot face; defeat and disillusionment.

A drama based on the witch trials in Salem Village.

This edition of "The Glass Menagerie" includes Williams's essay on the impact of sudden fame on a struggling writer, "The Catastrophe of Success", as well as a new Introduction by prominent Williams scholar Robert Bray.

NO ONE COULD REACH HER
Twelve-year-old Helen Keller lived in a prison of silence and darkness. Born deaf, blind, and mute, with no way to express herself or comprehend those around her, she flew into primal rages against anyone who tried to help her,... [More...]

First produced and published in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is a timeless American classic, rich with universal themes.