"Offers the most generous collection of major works (33 plays in all, 4 of which are new), the most carefully prepared introductions, annotations, and texts, and the handiest format of any drama anthology. The Shorter Third Edition introduces a new "critical perspective" feature that offers key texts in drama criticism and theory. This feature, coupled with the anthology's illustration program and especially its "plays in performance" insert, further deepens students' understanding of the relationship between plays on the page and performances on the stage"--