| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 350 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The American dream / Edward Albee -- The dumb waiter / Harold Pinter -- An enemy of the people / Henrik Ibsen -- Fabulation; or, the re-education of Undine / Lynn Nottage -- Fefu and her friends / Maria Irene Fornes -- The firebugs / Max Frisch -- Frozen / Bryony Lavery -- Hippolytus / Euripides -- Into the woods / Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine -- Rhinoceros / Eugene Ionesco -- The second shepherds' play / Anonymous -- Serious money / Caryl Churchill -- Stanley / Pam Gems. |
| 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; understandable essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary. |
| Subject |
Albee, Edward, 1928- American dream.
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Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. Dumb waiter.
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Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Folkefiende. English.
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Nottage, Lynn. Fabulation.
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Fornes, Maria Irene. Fefu and her friends.
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Frisch, Max, 1911-1991. Firebugs.
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Lavery, Bryony. Frozen.
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Euripides. Hippolytus.
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Sondheim, Stephen. Into the woods.
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Lapine, James. Into the woods.
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Ionesco, Eugene. Rhinoceros.
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Churchill, Caryl. Serious money.
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Gems, Pam. Stanley.
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Second shepherds' play.
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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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Drama -- 21st century.
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American drama -- 20th century.
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American drama -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 25. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2008 9780787681210 |
| ISBN |
9781414438023 (electronic book) |
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9780787681210 |
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