Introduction 1
Unit One Realistic Plays 8
1.George Bernard Shaw(1856—1950) 9
Pygmalion(1914) 10
2.John Osborne(1929—1994) 61
Look Back in Anger(1956) 62
Unit Two ExperimentalTheatre 98
1.Eugene O Neill(1888—1953) 98
Desire under the Elms(1924) 100
2.Arthur Miller(1915—2005) 146
Death of a Salesman(1949) 148
3.Tennessee Williams(1911—1983) 202
A Streetcar Named Desire(1947) 203
Unit Three Absurd Theatre 257
1.Samuel Beckett(1906—1989) 258
Waiting for Godot(1952) 259
2.Harold Pi nter(1930—) 304
The Birthday Party(1958) 305
3.Edward Albee(1928一) 368
The Zoo Story(1958) 369
4.Tom Stoppard(1937—) 400
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead(1966) 401
Unit Four Feminist Drama 442
1.Caryl Churchill(1938—) 443
Top Girls(1982) 444
2.Marsha Norman(1947—) 476
Night,Mother(1982) 477
Selected Bibliography 535