THE STORY: Lesley Paul, young wife of a prosperous London bookmaker (gambler), lives, quite literally, like a bird in a gilded cage. Home is a posh maisonette in a small section of London, her husband is adoring and attentive, and there is money

Discussing more than 120 full-length plays, this volume provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection produced between 1950 and 1975.

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Complete Broadway and off-Broadway programs; directories of cross-country, off-off-Broadway theater/ 1976-1977 statistics -- Articles -- Photos -- Hirschfeld drawings.