| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 356 pages) : illustrations, photos |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Angel's fall / Lanford Wilson -- Arsenic and old lace / Joseph Kesselring -- Bent / Martin Sherman -- The desperate hours / Joseph Hayes -- The imaginary invalid / Moliere -- The lion in winter / James Goldman -- Mister Roberts / Thomas Heggen -- Othello / William Shakespeare -- Play with a tiger / Doris Lessing -- Rocket to the moon / Clifford Odets -- Strange interlude / Eugene O'Neill -- A thousand clowns / Herb Gardner -- Winterset / Maxwell Anderson -- The young man from Atlanta / Horton Foote. |
| Summary |
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context. |
| Subject |
Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011. Angel's fall.
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Kesselring, Joseph, 1902-1967. Arsenic and old lace.
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Sherman, Martin. Bent.
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Hayes, Joseph, 1918-2006. Desperate hours.
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Molière, 1622-1673. Malade imaginaire. English.
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Goldman, James. Lion in winter.
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Heggen, Thomas, 1919-1949. Mister Roberts.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
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Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Play with a tiger.
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Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963. Rocket to the moon.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Strange interlude.
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Gardner, Herb, 1934- Thousand clowns.
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Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Winterset.
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Foote, Horton. Young man from Atlanta.
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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 -- 20th century.
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American drama -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Hacht, Anne Marie, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 20. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005 9780787668174 |
| ISBN |
9780787694159 (electronic book) |
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0787694150 (electronic book) |
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9780787668174 |
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0787668176 |
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