Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 2 :
Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 2 :
David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors.
- 1 online resource (xix, 356 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Crimes of the heart / Beth Henley -- for colored girls who have considered suicide-when the rainbow is enuf / Ntozake Shange -- Glengarry Glen Ross / David Mamet -- Inherit the wind / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Long day's journey into night / Eugene O'Neill -- A man for all seasons / Robert Bolt -- The miracle worker / William Gibson -- The mousetrap / Agatha Christie -- 'Night, Mother / Marsha Norman -- The odd couple / Neil Simon -- A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry -- The rez sisters / Tomson Highway -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / Tom Stoppard -- Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 / Anna Deavere Smith -- Visit to a small planet / Gore Vidal -- Waiting for Godot / Samuel Beckett -- Wedding band / Alice Childress -- The zoo story / Edward Albee.
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.
9781414428307
Henley, Beth. Crimes of the heart.
Shange, Ntozake. For colored girls who have considered suicide.
Mamet, David. Glengarry Glen Ross.
Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Inherit the wind.
Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918- Inherit the wind.
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Long day's journey into night.
Bolt, Robert. Man for all seasons.
Gibson, William, 1914- Miracle worker.
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. Mousetrap.
Norman, Marsha. 'Night, mother.
Simon, Neil. Odd couple.
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. Raisin in the sun.
Highway, Tomson, 1951- Rez sisters.
Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead.
Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012. Visit to a small planet.
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. English. En attendant Godot.
Childress, Alice. Wedding band.
Albee, Edward, 1928- Zoo story.
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.
PN1601
Includes bibliographies and index.
Crimes of the heart / Beth Henley -- for colored girls who have considered suicide-when the rainbow is enuf / Ntozake Shange -- Glengarry Glen Ross / David Mamet -- Inherit the wind / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Long day's journey into night / Eugene O'Neill -- A man for all seasons / Robert Bolt -- The miracle worker / William Gibson -- The mousetrap / Agatha Christie -- 'Night, Mother / Marsha Norman -- The odd couple / Neil Simon -- A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry -- The rez sisters / Tomson Highway -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / Tom Stoppard -- Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 / Anna Deavere Smith -- Visit to a small planet / Gore Vidal -- Waiting for Godot / Samuel Beckett -- Wedding band / Alice Childress -- The zoo story / Edward Albee.
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.
9781414428307
Henley, Beth. Crimes of the heart.
Shange, Ntozake. For colored girls who have considered suicide.
Mamet, David. Glengarry Glen Ross.
Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Inherit the wind.
Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918- Inherit the wind.
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Long day's journey into night.
Bolt, Robert. Man for all seasons.
Gibson, William, 1914- Miracle worker.
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. Mousetrap.
Norman, Marsha. 'Night, mother.
Simon, Neil. Odd couple.
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. Raisin in the sun.
Highway, Tomson, 1951- Rez sisters.
Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead.
Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012. Visit to a small planet.
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. English. En attendant Godot.
Childress, Alice. Wedding band.
Albee, Edward, 1928- Zoo story.
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.
PN1601