| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 402 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- The cocktail party / T.S. Eliot -- Da / Hugh Leonard -- Dinner with friends / Donald Margulies -- The Jew of Malta / Christopher Marlowe -- The misanthrope / Molïre -- The purple flower / Marita Bonner -- The raft / John Pepper Clark -- Seascape / Edward Albee -- Six degrees of separation / John Guare -- Sleuth / Anthony Shaffer -- Sticks and bones / David Rabe -- The teahouse of the August moon / John Patrick -- Travesties / Tom Stoppard -- Wit / Margaret Edson. |
| 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 |
Shaffer, Peter, 1926- Amadeus.
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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Cocktail party.
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Leonard, Hugh. Da.
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Margulies, Donald. Dinner with friends.
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Jew of Malta.
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Molière, 1622-1673. Misanthrope.
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Bonner, Marita, 1898-1971. Purple flower.
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Clark-Bekederemo, J. P. (John Pepper), 1935- Raft.
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Albee, Edward, 1928- Seascape.
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Guare, John. Six degrees of separation.
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Shaffer, Anthony, 1926-2001. Sleuth.
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Rabe, David. Sticks and bones.
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Patrick, John, 1905-1995. Teahouse of the August moon.
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Stoppard, Tom. Travesties.
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Edson, Margaret, 1961- Wit.
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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 13. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2001 9780787640873 |
| ISBN |
9781414428413 (electronic book) |
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1414428413 (electronic book) |
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9780787640873 |
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0787640875 |
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