Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 19 :

Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 19 : Anne Marie Hacht, project editor ; foreword by Carole L. Hamilton. - 1 online resource (xix, 360 pages) : illustrations, photos - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-9232." Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Art / Yasmina Reza -- Becket, or the honor of God / Jean Anouilh -- Detective Story / Sidney Kingsley -- Love!Valour!Compassion! / Terrence McNally -- Luther / John Osborne -- Mrs. Warren's profession / George Bernard Shaw -- Red roses for me / Sean O'Casey -- Side man / Warren Leight -- State of the union / Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay -- Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of fleet street / Hugh Wheeler -- Telling tales / Migdalia Cruz -- WASP / Steve Martin -- The white devil / John Webster -- The women / Clare Boothe Luce.

Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.



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Reza, Yasmina.
Anouilh, Jean, 1910-1987.
Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995.
McNally, Terrence.
Osborne, John, 1929-
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.
Leight, Warren.
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968.
Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966.
Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987.
Cruz, Migdalia.
Martin, Steve, 1945-
Webster, John, 1580?-1625?
Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987.


Drama--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Drama--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Drama--20th century.
American drama--20th century.

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