Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 7 :
Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 7 :
David Galens, editor.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 364 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-9232."
Includes bibliographies and index.
The blue room / David Hare -- The caretaker / Harold Pinter -- A chorus of disapproval / Alan Ayckbourn -- Everyman / Anonymous -- Fiddler on the roof / Joseph Stein -- Fool for love / Sam Shepard -- The foreigner / Larry Shue -- The hostage / Brendan Behan -- Jesus Christ Superstar / Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice -- Krapp's last tape / Samuel Beckett -- Night of the iguana / Tennessee Williams -- Oh Dad, poor Dad, Momma's hung you in the closet and I'm feeling so sad / Arthur Kopit -- Peter Pan / J.M. Barrie -- The piano lesson / August Wilson -- R.U.R. / Karel Capek -- A taste of honey / Shelagh Delaney -- 'Tis a pity she's a whore / John Ford.
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.
9781414428352
Hare, David, 1947- Blue room.
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. Caretaker.
Ayckbourn, Alan, 1939- Chorus of disapproval.
Stein, Joseph. Fiddler on the roof.
Shepard, Sam, 1943- Fool for love.
Shue, Larry. Foreigner.
Behan, Brendan. Hostage.
Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- Jesus Christ superstar.
Rice, Tim, 1944- Jesus Christ superstar.
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Krapp's last tape.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Night of the iguana.
Kopit, Arthur L. Oh Dad, poor Dad, Momma's hung you in the closet and I'm feeling so sad.
Barrie, J. M. 1860-1937. Peter Pan.
Wilson, August. Piano lesson.
Capek, Karel, 1890-1938. English. R.U.R.
Delaney, Shelagh, 1939-2011. Taste of honey.
Ford, John, 1586-ca. 1640. 'Tis pity she's a whore.
Everyman.
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
"ISSN 1094-9232."
Includes bibliographies and index.
The blue room / David Hare -- The caretaker / Harold Pinter -- A chorus of disapproval / Alan Ayckbourn -- Everyman / Anonymous -- Fiddler on the roof / Joseph Stein -- Fool for love / Sam Shepard -- The foreigner / Larry Shue -- The hostage / Brendan Behan -- Jesus Christ Superstar / Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice -- Krapp's last tape / Samuel Beckett -- Night of the iguana / Tennessee Williams -- Oh Dad, poor Dad, Momma's hung you in the closet and I'm feeling so sad / Arthur Kopit -- Peter Pan / J.M. Barrie -- The piano lesson / August Wilson -- R.U.R. / Karel Capek -- A taste of honey / Shelagh Delaney -- 'Tis a pity she's a whore / John Ford.
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.
9781414428352
Hare, David, 1947- Blue room.
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. Caretaker.
Ayckbourn, Alan, 1939- Chorus of disapproval.
Stein, Joseph. Fiddler on the roof.
Shepard, Sam, 1943- Fool for love.
Shue, Larry. Foreigner.
Behan, Brendan. Hostage.
Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- Jesus Christ superstar.
Rice, Tim, 1944- Jesus Christ superstar.
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Krapp's last tape.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Night of the iguana.
Kopit, Arthur L. Oh Dad, poor Dad, Momma's hung you in the closet and I'm feeling so sad.
Barrie, J. M. 1860-1937. Peter Pan.
Wilson, August. Piano lesson.
Capek, Karel, 1890-1938. English. R.U.R.
Delaney, Shelagh, 1939-2011. Taste of honey.
Ford, John, 1586-ca. 1640. 'Tis pity she's a whore.
Everyman.
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