| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 346 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The baptism / Amiri Baraka -- The barber of Seville / Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais -- Beyond the horizon / Eugene O'Neill -- Both your houses / Maxwell Anderson -- Brand / Henrik Ibsen -- Cloud nine / Caryl Churchill -- Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth / Tom Stoppard -- Flyin' West / Pearl Cleage -- Master class / Terrence McNally -- The matchmaker / Thornton Wilder -- The mound builders / Lanford Wilson -- The night Thoreau spent in jail / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- The rover / Aphra Behn -- The secret rapture / David Hare. |
| Summary |
Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary. |
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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. Baptism.
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Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Šville. English.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Beyond the horizon.
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Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Both your houses.
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Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Brand.
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Churchill, Caryl. Cloud nine.
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Stoppard, Tom. Dogg's Hamlet.
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Cleage, Pearl. Flyin' West.
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McNally, Terrence. Master class.
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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Matchmaker.
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Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011. Mound builders.
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Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Night Thoreau spent in jail.
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Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994. Night Thoreau spent in jail.
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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Rover.
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Hare, David, 1947- Secret rapture.
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Theater -- Biography.
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Theater -- Reviews.
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Dramatic criticism.
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Drama -- History and criticism.
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Drama.
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Drama -- Stories, plots, etc.
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American drama.
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Dramatists.
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| Added Author |
Galens, David, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 16. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2003 9780787660314 |
| ISBN |
9781414428444 (electronic book) |
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1414428448 (electronic book) |
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9780787660314 |
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0787660310 |
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