The editor presents an act by act synopsis of 133 plays by 63 playwrights, ranging from the famous to those only now achieving an international reputation. They include Brecht, O'Neill; Shaw, Cocteau, Genet, Ionesco, Sartre; Albee, Williams, Wilder, Miller, Odets; Claudel, Hauptmann, Kaiser, Wedekind; Ghelderode, Betti, Montherlant. While objective, the summaries also hint of interpretation in their exegesis.