Masterplots II: Drama Series, Revised Edition covers 345 important works of drama, including 92 plays new to this edition. This companion set to Masterplots (1996) - which covers 400 classic dramatic works - does not duplicate its content. Masterplots II: Drama covers plays by important twentieth century playwrights, such as Samuel Beckett, Noel Coward, Eugene Ionesco, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill, John Osborne, George Bernard Shaw, Neil Simon, August Strindberg, Tennessee Williams, among others. Most of the plays covered in Masterplots II: Drama Series, Revised Edition are English-language works, but the content reveals a worldwide scope. The set also covers 30 plays by women writers.