John Arden Plays: 1: The Waters of Babylon, When is a Door not a Door?, Live Like Pigs, The Happy Haven, and Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (World Classics)

by John Arden

Book Overview

'The modern English theatre has had its poets and it has had its dramatists but in John Arden it has acquired its first dramatic poet since - well, let's be rash - the days of Shakespeare.' - Sunday... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0413688003
• ISBN13: 9780413688002
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Methuen
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.0" x 5.1"

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