Books in Brief

110 MODERN DRAMA BOOKS IN BRIEF TOM RUSSELL May Harold Pinter: A Study of His Reputation (1958-1969) and a Checklist " by Herman T. Schroll. Metuchen, N.].: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 153 pp. $5.00. This book examines Pinter's critical reputation over 12 years, surveying the reactions to his works and concentrating on significant insights into Pinte~s techniques and themes. Part II of the study is a comprehensive listing of critical material on Pinter in English published through September, 1970. It includes an extensive compilation of reviews of stage, television, radio and movie productions. Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Streetcar Named Desire, edited by Jordan Y. Miller. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971. 119 pp. This collection of critical essays on the play includes writings by Elia Kazan, Brooks Atkinson, Philip Weissman, Joseph Riddell, etc. with a general introduction by editor Miller. American Theatrical Arts, by William C. Young. Chicago: American Library Association, 1971. 166 pp. A guide to manuscripts and special collections in 138 U.S. and Canadian repository institutions. It includes, in addition to the legitimate theater, such performing arts as vaudeville, burlesque, motion pictures, television, dance, opera and circus. It records information on actors, aC,tresses, scene designers, producers, directors, playwrights, scriptwriters and authors. Columbia Essays on Modern Writers: Jean Anouilh, by Marguerite Archer. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1971. 48 pp. $1.00. Although necessarily limited by its form, this fifty-fifth essay in the Columbia series serves as a good primer for the study of Anouilh. Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections, by J. M. Conner and B.M. Conner. Metuchen, N.].: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 452 pp. The fifth edition of an author and title index to plays appearing in 1047 collections published between 1900 and mid-1970 locates more than 8,900 copies of 3,000 different plays. (With the inclusion of 233 collections published between 1963 and 1970, 513 new plays representing 344 new authors have been added.) Theatre 71, edited by Sheridan Morley. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1971. 280 pp. £3.80. Morley's collection of essays, including articles from Clive Barnes, John Lahr, James Fox, Eric Shorter and J C. Trewin, "is the first of a series of annual volumes designed to give a continuing picture of the theatre as it evolves during the 1970's." Gilbert and Sullivan, edited by James Helyar. Lawrence: University of Kansas Printing Service, 1971. 228 pp. Papers presented at the International Conference on Gilbert and Sullivan held at the University of Kansas in May, 1970. With articles from David Cole, James Ellis, John Bush Jones, Max Sutton, and others. ...