{"product_id":"9780440379843","title":"Six Great Modern Plays","description":"\u003cb\u003eSix plays from literary masters that stand as landmarks of the modern drama, collected in one stunning volume\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are six plays that have become masterpieces in their own right, from some of the most influential playwrights of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Anton Chekhov’s \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003erepeats, in terms of a handful of people, the spasms of a dying society.\u003cbr\u003e• Henrik Ibsen’s \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Master Builder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the tragedy of the modern romantic, caught between desire and reality.\u003cbr\u003e• George Bernard Shaw’s \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMrs. Warren’s Profession\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e shocked England and America; this play was the first honest attempt in our era to deal with prostitution. \u003cbr\u003e• Sean O’Casey’s \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Roses For Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is about a Protestant worker of Dublin who is a symbol of the ravaging conflicts in Ireland—and in man.\u003cbr\u003e• Tennessee Williams’s \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a tender, despairing portrait of two women, one lost in the past, the other in herself.\u003cbr\u003e• Arthur Miller’s \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll My Sons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a biting, though compassionate, indictment of success through moral betrayal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the time of the book’s original publication in 1956, the plays were still called “modern.” But they are high art, and are written with devotion to truth, and those two qualities have made them timeless.","brand":"Chekhov, Anton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback B101","offer_id":68264100298964,"sku":"9780440379843","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7440ccc5-2655-4907-a2f0-413f6df3d5d7.jpg?v=1793645126","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780440379843","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}