Drama for students. :, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas /, David Galens, editor, Volume 3
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Drama for students. :, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas /, David Galens, editor, Volume 3
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
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
426430257
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
American buffalo / David Mamet -- The basic training of Pavlo Hummel / David Rabe -- Blood relations / Sharon Pollock -- Cat on a hot tin roof / Tennessee Williams -- The children's hour / Lillian Hellman -- Come back, little Sheba / William Inge -- The crucible / Arthur Miller -- Dutchman / Amiri Baraka -- Entertaining Mr. Sloane / Joe Orton -- Fences / August Wilson -- The homecoming / Harold Pinter -- Lear / Edward Bond -- Major Barbara / George Bernard Shaw -- Marat/Sade / Peter Weiss -- "Master Harold"... and the boys / Athol Fugard -- Private lives / Noel Coward -- True West / Sam Shepard -- Waiting for lefty / Clifford Odets -- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? / Edward Albee
Classification
Contributor
Subject
- Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
- Drama + Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
- Drama + Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
- Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
- Pollock, Sharon
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
- Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008
- Inge, William
- Drama
- Fugard, Athol
- Theater -- Reviews
- Theater -- Biography
- Dramatic criticism
- Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005
- Wilson, August
- Bond, Edward
- Rabe, David
- Coward, Noel, 1899-1973
- American drama
- Weiss, Peter, 1916-1982
- Orton, Joe
- Drama + History and criticism
- Dramatists
- Mamet, David
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016
- Drama -- Stories, plots, etc
Editor
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor2
- Subject29
- Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
- Drama + Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
- Drama + Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
- Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
- Pollock, Sharon
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
- Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008
- Inge, William
- Drama
- Fugard, Athol
- Theater -- Reviews
- Theater -- Biography
- Dramatic criticism
- Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005
- Wilson, August
- Bond, Edward
- Rabe, David
- Coward, Noel, 1899-1973
- American drama
- Weiss, Peter, 1916-1982
- Orton, Joe
- Drama + History and criticism
- Dramatists
- Mamet, David
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016
- Drama -- Stories, plots, etc
- Editor1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1