Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 16 :
Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 16 :
David Galens, editor.
- 1 online resource (xix, 346 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The baptism / Amiri Baraka -- The barber of Seville / Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais -- Beyond the horizon / Eugene O'Neill -- Both your houses / Maxwell Anderson -- Brand / Henrik Ibsen -- Cloud nine / Caryl Churchill -- Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth / Tom Stoppard -- Flyin' West / Pearl Cleage -- Master class / Terrence McNally -- The matchmaker / Thornton Wilder -- The mound builders / Lanford Wilson -- The night Thoreau spent in jail / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- The rover / Aphra Behn -- The secret rapture / David Hare.
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.
9781414428444
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. Baptism.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. English. Barbier de S�ville.
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Beyond the horizon.
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Both your houses.
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Brand.
Churchill, Caryl. Cloud nine.
Stoppard, Tom. Dogg's Hamlet.
Cleage, Pearl. Flyin' West.
McNally, Terrence. Master class.
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Matchmaker.
Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011. Mound builders.
Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Night Thoreau spent in jail.
Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994. Night Thoreau spent in jail.
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Rover.
Hare, David, 1947- Secret rapture.
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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Includes bibliographies and index.
The baptism / Amiri Baraka -- The barber of Seville / Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais -- Beyond the horizon / Eugene O'Neill -- Both your houses / Maxwell Anderson -- Brand / Henrik Ibsen -- Cloud nine / Caryl Churchill -- Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth / Tom Stoppard -- Flyin' West / Pearl Cleage -- Master class / Terrence McNally -- The matchmaker / Thornton Wilder -- The mound builders / Lanford Wilson -- The night Thoreau spent in jail / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- The rover / Aphra Behn -- The secret rapture / David Hare.
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.
9781414428444
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. Baptism.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. English. Barbier de S�ville.
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Beyond the horizon.
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Both your houses.
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Brand.
Churchill, Caryl. Cloud nine.
Stoppard, Tom. Dogg's Hamlet.
Cleage, Pearl. Flyin' West.
McNally, Terrence. Master class.
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Matchmaker.
Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011. Mound builders.
Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Night Thoreau spent in jail.
Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994. Night Thoreau spent in jail.
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Rover.
Hare, David, 1947- Secret rapture.
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.
PN1701