In this Issue

Table of Contents

Foreword

Frederick J. Marker
pp. 221-222
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0027
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John Synge and the Drama of His Time

Clifford Leech
pp. 223-237
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0039
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Shaw and the Passion of the Mind

Eric Salmon
pp. 239-250
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0051
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The Importance of Being Earnest: The Texture of Wilde's Irony

L. A. Poague
pp. 251-257
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0062
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Two Early Absurd Plays in England

J. P. Wearing
pp. 259-264
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0001
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The Projector, The Mock Mason, and Miss Littlewood

George Dorris
pp. 265-268
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0012
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: Theater of Criticism

Normand Berlin
pp. 269-277
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0023
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The Absurdity of Dread: Pinter's The Dumb Waiter

Charles A. Carpenter
pp. 279-285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0035
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Pinter's Old Times: The Memory Game

Stephen Martineau
pp. 287-297
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0058
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Echoes of A Resounding Tinkle: N. F. Simpson Reconsidered

C. Z. Fothergill
pp. 299-306
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0069
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The Ironic Anger of David Storey

William J. Free
pp. 307-316
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0008
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Embers and the Sea: Beckettian Intimations of Mortality

David Alpaugh
pp. 317-328
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0019
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Inside the Circle: On Rereading Blood Wedding

Norma Louise Hutman
pp. 329-336
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0030
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Laudisi's Laughter and the Social Dimension of Right You Are (If You Think So)

Robert S. Dombroski
pp. 337-346
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0042
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Encounters with Eduardo De Filippo

Mimi D'Aponte
pp. 347-353
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0053
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Romain Weingarten's Stage Play Akara and the A-Temporal Realm

Bettina L. Knapp
pp. 355-367
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0064
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Liberty Begins with the Comic

Félicien Marceau
pp. 369-372
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0003
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Commentary

Laure Rièse, Marilyn Craven
pp. 371-372
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0074
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The Modern Theatre as Autonomous Vehicle

Gerald D. Parker
pp. 373-391
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0047
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Book Reviews

Theatre Planning ed. by Roderick Ham (review)

Jo Mielziner
pp. 393-394
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0014
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John Arden by Simon Trussler, and: Brendan Behan by Raymond J. Porter, and: John Osborne by Harold Ferrar (review)

A. C. Edwards
pp. 394-396
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0025
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Modern World Drama: An Encyclopedia by Myron Matlaw, and: Crowell's Handbook of Contemporary Drama by Michael Anderson et al., and: The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama ed. by John Gassner and Edward Quinn (review)

Charles A. Carpenter
pp. 396-401
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0037
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The Shavian Playground by Margery M. Morgan (review)

Robertson Davies
pp. 401-402
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0049
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Contributors

pp. 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mdr.1973.0060
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