Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 12 :

Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 12 : Elizabeth Thomason, editor. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 403 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-9232."

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.
Simon, Neil. Biloxi blues.
Zindel, Paul. Effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds.
De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002. Fourposter.
Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852. English. Revizor.
Connelly, Marc, 1890-1980. Green pastures.
Mamet, David. Life in the theatre.
Walker, Joseph A., 1935- River Niger.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. English. Chaika.
Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967. Street scene.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Sweet bird of youth.
Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011. Talley's folly.
Miller, Jason. Championship season.
Churchill, Caryl. Top girls.
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Tower.


Theater--Biography.
Theater--Reviews.
Dramatic criticism.
Drama--History and criticism.
Drama--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Drama--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Drama.
Drama--Stories, plots, etc.
American drama.
Dramatists.

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