| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 298 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The bacchae / Euripides -- Boesman & Lena / Athol Fugard -- Brighton Beach memoirs / Neil Simon -- Buried child / Sam Shepard -- The emperor Jones / Eugene O'Neill -- Hay fever / Noel Coward -- Hedda Gabler / Henrik Ibsen -- Man and superman / George Bernard Shaw -- A month in the country / Ivan Turgenev -- Mule bone / Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes -- The ruling class / Peter Barnes -- Speed-the-plow / David Mamet -- Torch song trilogy / Harvey Fierstein -- What the butler saw / Joe Orton. |
| 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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Euripides. Bacchae.
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Fugard, Athol. Boesman & Lena.
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Simon, Neil. Brighton Beach memoirs.
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Shepard, Sam, 1943- Buried child.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Emperor Jones.
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Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. Hay fever.
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Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Hedda Gabler.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Man and superman.
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Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883. Month in the country.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. Mule bone.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Mule bone.
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Barnes, Peter, 1931-2004. Ruling class.
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Mamet, David. Speed-the-plow.
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Fierstein, Harvey, 1954- Torch song trilogy.
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Orton, Joe. What the butler saw.
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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 6. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 1999 9780787627553 |
| ISBN |
9781414428345 (electronic book) |
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1414428340 (electronic book) |
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9780787627553 |
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0787627550 |
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