Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 11 :
Elizabeth Thomason, editor.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 333 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-9232."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois / Robert E. Sherwood -- The amen corner / James Baldwin -- Dancing at Lughnasa / Brian Friel -- Driving Miss Daisy / Alfred Uhry -- Ghosts / Henrik Ibsen -- The great god Brown / Eugene O'Neill -- Harvey / Mary Chase -- Indian ink / Tom Stoppard -- The insect play / Josef Capek and Karel Capek -- M. Butterfly / David Henry Hwang -- Saint Joan / George Bernard Shaw -- Shadowlands / William Nicholson -- Slave ship / Amiri Baraka -- The sleep of reason / Antonio Buero Vallejo -- Spike heels / Theresa Rebeck.
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.
9781414428390
Sherwood, Robert E. 1896-1955. Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Amen corner. Friel, Brian. Dancing at Lughnasa. Uhry, Alfred. Driving Miss Daisy. Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. English. Gengangere. O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Great god Brown. Chase, Mary, 1907-1981. Harvey. Stoppard, Tom. Indian ink. �Capek, Josef, 1887-1945. Insect play. �Capek, Karel, 1890-1938. Insect play. Hwang, David Henry, 1957- M. Butterfly. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Saint Joan. Nicholson, William. Shadowlands. Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. Slave ship. Buero Vallejo, Antonio, 1916-2000. English. Sue�no de la raz�on. Rebeck, Theresa. Spike heels.
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.