| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 331 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Angels in America / Tony Kushner -- Arcadia / Tom Stoppard -- The birthday party / Harold Pinter -- Edward II / Christopher Marlowe -- Equus / Peter Shaffer -- The Heidi chronicles / Wendy Wasserstein -- The iceman cometh / Eugene O'Neill -- Member of the wedding / Carson McCullers -- Mother courage and her children / Bertolt Brecht -- No exit / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Picnic / William Inge -- Prometheus bound / Aeschylus -- Uncle Vanya / Anton Chekhov -- Zoot suit / Luis Valdez. |
| 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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Kushner, Tony. Angels in America (1993)
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Kushner, Tony. Angels in America (1996)
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Stoppard, Tom. Arcadia.
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Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. Birthday party.
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Edward the Second.
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Shaffer, Peter, 1926- Equus.
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Wasserstein, Wendy. Heidi chronicles.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Iceman cometh.
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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Member of the wedding.
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Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder. English.
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Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. Huis clos. English.
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Inge, William. Picnic.
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Aeschylus. Prometheus bound. English & Greek.
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Diadia Vania. English.
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Valdez, Luis. Zoot suit.
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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 5. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 1999 9780787627546 |
| ISBN |
9781414428338 (electronic book) |
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1414428332 (electronic book) |
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9780787627546 |
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0787627542 |
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