As anyone with two eyes and a T.V. set knows, some of the best writing in America is now appearing on the one-hour live dramatic shows on television. Written originally for television, here are eight complete plays by the most talented and talked-about young authors.

• The Mother by Paddy Chayefsky
• My Lost Saints by Tad Mosel
• Man on a Mountain Top by Robert Alan Aurthur
• The Rabbit Trap by J.P. Miller
• The Strike Rod Serling
• Thunder on Sycamore Street by Reginald Rose
• A Young Lady of Property by Horton Foote
• Visit to a Small Planet by Gore Vidal

Each of these plays has won enthusiastic praise from critics and has been discussed by millions of Americans. In presenting them in a reading edition, the authors have expanded stage directions and descriptions of settings and characters to make the plays more enjoyable to the reader.