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.



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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.

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