| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The ajax / Sophocles -- All my sons / Arthur Miller -- The Browning version / Terence Rattigan -- Bus stop / William Inge -- House of blue leaves / John Guare -- Peer Gynt / Henrik Ibsen -- The real thing / Tom Stoppard -- Salome / Oscar Wilde -- Saved / Edward Bond -- A soldier's play / Charles Fuller -- Streamers / David Rabe -- Three tall women / Edward Albee -- Trifles / Susan Glaspell -- Trouble in mind / Alice Childress -- Ubu Roi / Alfred Jarry. |
| 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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Sophocles. Ajax.
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Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. All my sons.
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Rattigan, Terence. Browning version.
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Inge, William. Bus stop.
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Guare, John. House of blue leaves.
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Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Peer Gynt.
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Stoppard, Tom. Real thing.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Salomé.
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Bond, Edward. Saved.
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Fuller, Charles. Soldier's play.
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Rabe, David. Streamers.
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Albee, Edward, 1928- Three tall women.
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Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948. Trifles.
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Childress, Alice. Trouble in mind.
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Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907. Ubu roi.
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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 (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 8. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2000 9780787640828 |
| ISBN |
9781414428369 (electronic book) |
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1414428367 (electronic book) |
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9780787640828 |
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0787640824 |
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