Blood on the Stage: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection : An Annotated Repertoire, 1900 - 1925

Kabatchnik, a retired theater professor from SUNY Binghamton, Stanford U., Ohio State U., Florida State U. and Elmira College, offers this chronology of plays containing themes of crime, mystery and criminal investigation. Plot summaries and reviews are supplied for these plays, which include works from such noted playwrights as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jacinto Benavente and John Galsworthy. The author gives thorough criticism for the benefit of theater students on why each work is noteworthy, and why the appeal of this genre endures. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)