Bibliograph

Drama for students. :, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas /, David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors, Volume 2

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Drama for students. :, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas /, David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors, Volume 2

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

262477648

Responsibility statement

David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors

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

Crimes of the heart / Beth Henley -- for colored girls who have considered suicide-when the rainbow is enuf / Ntozake Shange -- Glengarry Glen Ross / David Mamet -- Inherit the wind / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Long day's journey into night / Eugene O'Neill -- A man for all seasons / Robert Bolt -- The miracle worker / William Gibson -- The mousetrap / Agatha Christie -- 'Night, Mother / Marsha Norman -- The odd couple / Neil Simon -- A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry -- The rez sisters / Tomson Highway -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / Tom Stoppard -- Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 / Anna Deavere Smith -- Visit to a small planet / Gore Vidal -- Waiting for Godot / Samuel Beckett -- Wedding band / Alice Childress -- The zoo story / Edward Albee

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