| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 354 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 indexes. |
| Contents |
Calm down mother / Megan Terry -- A chaste maid in cheapside / Thomas Middleton -- The deserter / Norman Beim -- Endgame / Samuel Beckett -- I'm not Rappaport / Herb Gardner -- Lost in Yonkers / Neil Simon -- Mulatto / Langston Hughes -- The playboy of the western world / J. M. Synge -- The rose tattoo / Tennessee Williams -- The sound of a voice / David Henry Hwang -- The square root of wonderful / Carson McCullers -- Tartuffe / Moliere -- The verge / Susan Glaspell. |
| 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. |
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Terry, Megan.
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Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627.
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Beim, Norman.
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-
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Gardner, Herb, 1934-
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Simon, Neil.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
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Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
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Hwang, David Henry, 1957-
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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967.
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Molïre, 1622-1673.
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Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948.
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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 |
Galens, David, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 18. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003 9780787668150 |
| ISBN |
9780787692766 (electronic book) |
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078769276X (electronic book) |
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9780787668150 |
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078766815X |
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