| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 364 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The blue room / David Hare -- The caretaker / Harold Pinter -- A chorus of disapproval / Alan Ayckbourn -- Everyman / Anonymous -- Fiddler on the roof / Joseph Stein -- Fool for love / Sam Shepard -- The foreigner / Larry Shue -- The hostage / Brendan Behan -- Jesus Christ Superstar / Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice -- Krapp's last tape / Samuel Beckett -- Night of the iguana / Tennessee Williams -- Oh Dad, poor Dad, Momma's hung you in the closet and I'm feeling so sad / Arthur Kopit -- Peter Pan / J.M. Barrie -- The piano lesson / August Wilson -- R.U.R. / Karel Capek -- A taste of honey / Shelagh Delaney -- 'Tis a pity she's a whore / John Ford. |
| 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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Hare, David, 1947- Blue room.
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Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. Caretaker.
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Ayckbourn, Alan, 1939- Chorus of disapproval.
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Stein, Joseph. Fiddler on the roof.
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Shepard, Sam, 1943- Fool for love.
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Shue, Larry. Foreigner.
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Behan, Brendan. Hostage.
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Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- Jesus Christ superstar.
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Rice, Tim, 1944- Jesus Christ superstar.
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Krapp's last tape.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Night of the iguana.
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Kopit, Arthur L. Oh Dad, poor Dad, Momma's hung you in the closet and I'm feeling so sad.
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Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937. Peter Pan.
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Wilson, August. Piano lesson.
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Capek, Karel, 1890-1938. R.U.R. English.
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Delaney, Shelagh, 1939-2011. Taste of honey.
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Ford, John, 1586-ca. 1640. 'Tis pity she's a whore.
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Everyman.
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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 7. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2000 9780787640811 |
| ISBN |
9781414428352 (electronic book) |
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1414428359 (electronic book) |
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9780787640811 |
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0787640816 |
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