Introduction Unit One Realistic Plays 1. George Bernard Shaw (1856--1950) Pygmalion (1914) 2. John Osborne (1929--1994) look Back in Anger (1956) Unit Two Experimental Theatre 1. Eugene O'Neill (1888--1953) Desire under the Elms (1924) 2. Arthur Miller (1915--2005) Death of a Salesman (1949) 3. Tennessee Williams (1911--1983) A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) Unit Three Absurd Theatre 1. Samuel Beekett (1906m1989) Waiting for Godot (1952) 2. Harold Pinter (1930) The Birthday Party (1958) 3. Edward Albee (1928--) The Zoo Story (1958) 4. Tom Stoppard (1937--) Rosenerantz and Guildenstem Are Dead (1966) Unit Four Feminist Drama 1. Caryl Churchill (1938--) Top Girls (1982) 2. Marsha Norman (1947-- ) Night, Mother (1982) Selected Bibliography