Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 13 :

Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 13 : Elizabeth Thomason, editor. - 1 online resource (xxi, 402 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-9232."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- The cocktail party / T.S. Eliot -- Da / Hugh Leonard -- Dinner with friends / Donald Margulies -- The Jew of Malta / Christopher Marlowe -- The misanthrope / Moli�re -- The purple flower / Marita Bonner -- The raft / John Pepper Clark -- Seascape / Edward Albee -- Six degrees of separation / John Guare -- Sleuth / Anthony Shaffer -- Sticks and bones / David Rabe -- The teahouse of the August moon / John Patrick -- Travesties / Tom Stoppard -- Wit / Margaret Edson.

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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Shaffer, Peter, 1926- Amadeus.
Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965. Cocktail party.
Leonard, Hugh. Da.
Margulies, Donald. Dinner with friends.
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Jew of Malta.
Moli�ere, 1622-1673. Misanthrope.
Bonner, Marita, 1898-1971. Purple flower.
Clark-Bekederemo, J. P. 1935- Raft.
Albee, Edward, 1928- Seascape.
Guare, John. Six degrees of separation.
Shaffer, Anthony, 1926-2001. Sleuth.
Rabe, David. Sticks and bones.
Patrick, John, 1905-1995. Teahouse of the August moon.
Stoppard, Tom. Travesties.
Edson, Margaret, 1961- Wit.


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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