AMERICAN THEATER

The five greatest American plays:

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neil

Theater of the Absurd

• emphasizes absurdity of existence
  
  
• employs disjointed dialogue
  
  
• uses confusing situations
  
  
• lacks logical and realistic plots