Twenty-Four One-Act Plays

Featuring a diverse selection of modern one-act plays from English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish playwrights, this revised collection showcases a variety of genres, including tragedies, comedies, and poetic works. Notable pieces include T.S. Eliot's "Sweeney Agonistes" and Sean O'Casey's "A Pound on Demand." The anthology also includes W.B. Yeats's "The Dreaming of the Bones" and Wolf Markowitz's "The Bespoke Overcoat," alongside a new introduction by Mr. Hampden that contextualizes the significance of these works.