Download or read book The Cocktail Party written by Thomas Stearns Eliot and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1950 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern verse play about the search for meaning, in which a psychiatrist is the catalyst for the action. "An authentic modern masterpiece" (New York Post). "Eliot really does portray real-seeming characters. He cuts down his poetic effects to the minimum, and then finally rewards us with most beautiful poetry" (Stephen Spender).