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(Applause Books). This landmark anthology reveals the depth and scope of women's dramatic voices during the middle years of this century. Among the eight plays in the volume are smart comedies and poignant tragedies, political agitprop and surrealist fantasies, established classics and neglected treasures. Includes The Women (Clare Boothe), The Little Foxes (Lillian Hellman), It's Morning (Shirley Graham), The Mother of Us All (Gertrude Stein), Goodbye, My Fancy (Fay Kanin), In the Summer House (Jane Bowles), Trouble in Mind (Alice Childress), and Can You Hear Their Voices? (Hallie Flanagan and Margaret Ellen Clifford).