TY - BOOK AU - Eliot, T.S. TI - The cocktail party SN - 057105188X U1 - 822.912 PY - 1958/// CY - London PB - Faber & Faber KW - English literature- Drama KW - American drama KW - Comedy KW - Coghill, Nevill, 1899-1980 KW - Cocktail parties KW - Theatre N2 - 'Eliot has attempted here something very daring and well worth doing. He has taken the ordinary West End drawing room comedy convention - understatement, upper-class accents and all - and used it as a vehicle for utterly serious ideas.' Observer ER -