Books by Brenda (University of Connecticut) Murphy

The Provincetown Players, an experimental theatre group that flourished in Greenwich Village from 1916 to 1922, included such playwrights as Eugene O'Neill, Susan Glaspell, and Edna St Vincent Millay. Murphy considers the group's vital role in the development of modernism, and its wider significance in twentieth century American culture.

The first critical history of one of American theatre's most famous plays, Death of a Salesman.

Congressional Theatre is the first book to identify and examine the significant body of plays, films, and teleplays that responded to the actions of the House Committee on Un-American Activities during the 'show business hearings' it held between 1947 and 1960. Among the writers discussed are Arthur Miller, Bertolt Brecht, and Elia Kazan.

This is the first full production history of Long Day's Journey Into Night, by Eugene O'Neill. It provides a detailed account of the most significant productions throughout the world, on stage, film, and television. This illustrated history includes a production chronology, bibliography, discography and videography.