<DIV><p>A major new collection of the plays by Maria Irene Fornes. Includes <i>Abingdon Square</i>, one of the author’s best-known works originally produced in 1987 under Fornes’ direction. This story of a young woman’s personal liberation set in Greenwich Village of the early 1900s is played out in thirty-one sparse scenes of love and betrayal. The title play, <i>What of the Night?</i>, is an epic drama of four short plays on the individual’s struggle with poverty, love, and sorrow. The volume also includes <i>The Summer in Gossensass</i> and <i>Enter the Night</i>.</p><p><b>Maria Irene Fornes</b> is a nine-time OBIE Award-winner, widely represented in the curriculum of contemporary theater in universities, and anthologized in the major contemporary drama textbooks.</p></DIV>