| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 350 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Antigone / Sophocles -- The cherry orchard / Anton Chekhov -- Cyrano De Bergerac / Edmond Rostand -- Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- Doctor Faustus / Christopher Marlowe -- A doll's house / Henrik Ibsen -- The glass menagerie / Tennessee Williams -- The king and I / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II -- The little foxes / Lillian Hellman -- Medea / Euripides -- Oedipus Rex / Sophocles -- Our town / Thornton Wilder --- Pygmalion / George Bernard Shaw -- She stoops to conquer / Oliver Goldsmith -- A streetcar named Desire / Tennessee Williams -- You can't take it with you / George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. |
| 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. Antigone.
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Cherry orchard.
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Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918. Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. Death of a salesman.
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Doctor Faustus.
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Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Doll's house.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Glass menagerie.
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Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. King and I.
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Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960. King and I.
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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Little foxes.
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Euripides. Medea.
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Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.
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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Our town.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Pygmalion.
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Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774. She stoops to conquer.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Streetcar named Desire.
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Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. You can't take it with you.
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Hart, Moss, 1904-1961. You can't take it with you.
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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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Spampinato, Lynn, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 1. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 1998 9780787616830 |
| ISBN |
9781414428291 (electronic book) |
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1414428294 (electronic book) |
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9780787616830 |
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0787616834 |
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