About the Author

Robert Andreach is a former university professor and theater reviewer. He is the author of many books, most recently John Guare's Theatre, Len Jenkin's Theatre, and The Contemporary American Dramatic Trilogy. Other works include Studies in Structure: The Stages of the Spiritual Life in Four Modern Authors; The Slain and Resurrected God: Conrad, Ford, and the Christian Myth; Creating the Self in the Contemporary American Theatre (a Choice magazine outstanding academic title for 2000); Drawing Upon the Past: Classical Theatre in the Contemporary American Theatre; and Understanding Beth Henley.