SAMUEL L. LEITER is a Professor of Theatre at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. His theatre publications for Greenwood Press include Kabuki Encyclopedia: An English-Language Adaptation of Kabuki Jiten (1979), Ten Seasons: New York Theatre in the Seventies (1986), Shakespeare Around the Globe: A Guide to Notable Postwar Revivals (1986), volumes of The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage for 1920-1930 and 1930-1940 (1985, 1989), From Belasco to Brook: Representative Directors of the English-Speaking Stage and From Stanislavsky to Barrault: Representative Directors of the European Stage (both 1991). He is the editor of Asian Theatre Journal and he has published widely in journals such as Educational Theatre Journal, Players, and Drama Survey.

• Preface Introduction The New York Stage, 1940-1950 Appendix 1: Calendar of Productions Appendix 2: Play Categories Appendix 3: Awards Appendix 4: Sources of Plays Appendix 5: Institutional Theatres Appendix 6: Foreign Companies and Stars Appendix 7: Longest Running Shows of the 1940s Appendix 8: List of Review Source Abbreviations Appendix 9: Seasonal Statistics Appendix 10: Theatres Selected Bibliography Index of Proper Names Index of Titles

SAMUEL L. LEITER is a Professor of Theatre at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. His theatre publications for Greenwood Press include Kabuki Encyclopedia: An English-Language Adaptation of Kabuki Jiten (1979), Ten Seasons: New York Theatre in the Seventies (1986), Shakespeare Around the Globe: A Guide to Notable Postwar Revivals (1986), volumes of The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage for 1920-1930 and 1930-1940 (1985, 1989), From Belasco to Brook: Representative Directors of the English-Speaking Stage and From Stanislavsky to Barrault: Representative Directors of the European Stage (both 1991). He is the editor of Asian Theatre Journal and he has published widely in journals such as Educational Theatre Journal, Players, and Drama Survey.

• Preface Introduction The New York Stage, 1940-1950 Appendix 1: Calendar of Productions Appendix 2: Play Categories Appendix 3: Awards Appendix 4: Sources of Plays Appendix 5: Institutional Theatres Appendix 6: Foreign Companies and Stars Appendix 7: Longest Running Shows of the 1940s Appendix 8: List of Review Source Abbreviations Appendix 9: Seasonal Statistics Appendix 10: Theatres Selected Bibliography Index of Proper Names Index of Titles

SAMUEL L. LEITER is a Professor of Theatre at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. His theatre publications for Greenwood Press include Kabuki Encyclopedia: An English-Language Adaptation of Kabuki Jiten (1979), Ten Seasons: New York Theatre in the Seventies (1986), Shakespeare Around the Globe: A Guide to Notable Postwar Revivals (1986), volumes of The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage for 1920-1930 and 1930-1940 (1985, 1989), From Belasco to Brook: Representative Directors of the English-Speaking Stage and From Stanislavsky to Barrault: Representative Directors of the European Stage (both 1991). He is the editor of Asian Theatre Journal and he has published widely in journals such as Educational Theatre Journal, Players, and Drama Survey.

• Preface Introduction The New York Stage, 1940-1950 Appendix 1: Calendar of Productions Appendix 2: Play Categories Appendix 3: Awards Appendix 4: Sources of Plays Appendix 5: Institutional Theatres Appendix 6: Foreign Companies and Stars Appendix 7: Longest Running Shows of the 1940s Appendix 8: List of Review Source Abbreviations Appendix 9: Seasonal Statistics Appendix 10: Theatres Selected Bibliography Index of Proper Names Index of Titles