Introduction : Maxwell Anderson and the New York stage / Nancy J. Doran Hazelton and Kenneth Krauss -- American drama comes of age on the New York stage : 1924-25 / Beverle Bloch -- Anderson and Odets and the Group Theater/ Hal Cantor -- The messianic figure in American political drama : Anderson and after / Thomas P. Adler -- Maxwell Anderson's rules of playwriting and their use in his plays / Randall J. Buchanan -- Maxwell Anderson's skepticism and the making of his plays / Perry Luckett -- Maxwell Anderson, lyricist / John Bush Jones -- The critical reception / Ron Engle -- Interview with George Schaefer / Arthur B. Friedman -- Maxwell Anderson in the 1980s : an annotated bibliography / William R. Klink -- Afterword : Maxwell who? / Alan H. Anderson.