| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 333 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Abe Lincoln in Illinois / Robert E. Sherwood -- The amen corner / James Baldwin -- Dancing at Lughnasa / Brian Friel -- Driving Miss Daisy / Alfred Uhry -- Ghosts / Henrik Ibsen -- The great god Brown / Eugene O'Neill -- Harvey / Mary Chase -- Indian ink / Tom Stoppard -- The insect play / Josef Capek and Karel Capek -- M. Butterfly / David Henry Hwang -- Saint Joan / George Bernard Shaw -- Shadowlands / William Nicholson -- Slave ship / Amiri Baraka -- The sleep of reason / Antonio Buero Vallejo -- Spike heels / Theresa Rebeck. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955. Abe Lincoln in Illinois.
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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Amen corner.
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Friel, Brian. Dancing at Lughnasa.
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Uhry, Alfred. Driving Miss Daisy.
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Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Gengangere. English.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Great god Brown.
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Chase, Mary, 1907-1981. Harvey.
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Stoppard, Tom. Indian ink.
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Čapek, Josef, 1887-1945. Insect play.
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Čapek, Karel, 1890-1938. Insect play.
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Hwang, David Henry, 1957- M. Butterfly.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Saint Joan.
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Nicholson, William. Shadowlands.
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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. Slave ship.
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Buero Vallejo, Antonio, 1916-2000. Sueño de la razón. English.
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Rebeck, Theresa. Spike heels.
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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 |
Thomason, Elizabeth, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 11. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2001 9780787640859 |
| ISBN |
9781414428390 (electronic book) |
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1414428391 (electronic book) |
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9780787640859 |
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0787640859 |
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