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(Applause Books). Five great forces Checkhov, Hauptmann, Ibsen, Strindberg and Zola dramatists whose work define, embrace and transcend the trends and genres of the modern stage, meet here in this extraordinary exhibition of their sustained and sustaining power in today's theatre. Includes Zola's Therese Raquin; Strindberg's Miss Julie; Ibsen's An Enemy of the People; Hauptmann's The Weavers; and Chekhov's The Seagull.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seeds of Modern Drama contains several of the early realist and naturalist plays - Therese Raquin, by Zola, An Enemy of the People by Ibsen, Miss Julie by Strindberg, The Weavers by Hauptmann and The Seagull by Chekhov, with brief introductory essays to each playwright.