T.S. Eliot's Drama : A Research and Production Sourcebook

Greenwood Press, New York, first edition, 1992. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xii, 314 pp. This sourcebook surveys the entire dramaturgical and critical discourse surrounding Eliot's plays. ,A separate chapter for each play provides characters, synopsis, detailed production history, critical overview of both performance reviews and scholarly response, textual notes and influences, and publishing history. The comprehensive bibliography is divided into sections for primary works, including Eliot's plays and essays on drama plus interviews and archival materials, and secondary sources, including scholarly and review criticism in general and of single plays. Also featured are a chronology of major career events, an introductory analysis, and an appendix of additional performance adaptations. Two other appendixes offer chronological access to all secondary sources and succinct data on major productions and their credits. Contents : Preface; Chronology; Introduction; The Plays: Summaries, Production Histories, Critical Overviews, Textual Notes and Influences, Publishing Histories; Sweeney Agonistes (1926-27); The Rock (1934); Murder in the Cathedral (1935); The Family Reunion (1939); The Cocktail Party (1949); The Confidential Clerk (1953); The Elder Statesman (1958); Bibliography: Primary Sources; Plays; Eliot's Essays on Drama; Interviews; Manuscripts and Archival Holdings; Secondary Sources; Bibliographies; I. Reviews and Popular Discussions; II. Scholarly Criticism of a Single Play; III. General Scholarly Criticism; Appendices; Additional Adaptations; Chronological Bibliography; Productions and Credits. Author Index and General Index. Fine.