| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 403 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Anna Christie / Eugene O'Neill -- Biloxi blues / Neil Simon -- The effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds / Paul Zindel -- The fourposter / Jan de Hartog -- The government inspector / Nikolai Gogol -- The green pastures / Marc Connelly -- A life in the theatre / David Mamet -- The River Niger / Joseph A. Walker -- The seagull / Anton Chekov -- Street scene / Elmer Rice -- Sweet bird of youth / Tennessee Williams -- Talley's folly / Lanford Wilson -- That championship season / Jason Miller -- Top girls / Caryl Churchill -- The tower / Hugo von Hofmannsthal. |
| 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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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Anna Christie.
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Simon, Neil. Biloxi blues.
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Zindel, Paul. Effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds.
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De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002. Fourposter.
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Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852. Revizor. English.
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Connelly, Marc, 1890-1980. Green pastures.
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Mamet, David. Life in the theatre.
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Walker, Joseph A., 1935- River Niger.
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Chaika. English.
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Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967. Street scene.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Sweet bird of youth.
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Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011. Talley's folly.
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Miller, Jason. Championship season.
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Churchill, Caryl. Top girls.
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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Tower.
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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 |
Thomason, Elizabeth, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 12. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2001 9780787640866 |
| ISBN |
9781414428406 (electronic book) |
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1414428405 (electronic book) |
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9780787640866 |
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0787640867 |
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