Bibliograph

Drama for students. :, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas /, David Galens, editor, Volume 6

Type

Label

Drama for students. :, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas /, David Galens, editor, Volume 6

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Drama for students. :

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

262544735

Responsibility statement

David Galens, editor

Series statement

Gale eBooks

Sub title

presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas /

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

Table Of 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

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