Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 29 :

Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 29 : Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Carole L. Hamilton. - 1 online resource (xix, 315 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-9232."



12 angry men -- The Cuban swimmer / by Milcha Sanchez-Scott -- Guys and dolls / by Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows, and Frank Loesser -- Look homeward, angel / by Ketti Frings -- Los vendidos / by Luis Valdez -- Poof! / by Lynn Nottage -- A raisin in the sun -- The stronger / by August Strindberg -- They knew what they wanted / by Sidney Howard -- Time flies / by David Ives -- Trying to find Chinatown / by David Henry Hwang -- Workout / by Wendy Wasserstein.

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; understandable essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.



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Drama--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Drama--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Drama--20th century.
Drama--21st century.
American drama--20th century.
American drama--21st century.

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