Drama for students.  presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas /  Volume 12 : 
Elizabeth Thomason, editor. 
 - 1 online resource (xxiii, 403 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Gale eBooks .
<br/><br/> "ISSN 1094-9232." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Anna Christie / Eugene O'Neill --  Biloxi blues / Neil Simon --  The effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds / Paul Zindel --  The fourposter / Jan de Hartog --  The government inspector / Nikolai Gogol --  The green pastures / Marc Connelly --  A life in the theatre / David Mamet --  The River Niger / Joseph A. Walker --  The seagull / Anton Chekov --  Street scene / Elmer Rice --  Sweet bird of youth / Tennessee Williams --  Talley's folly / Lanford Wilson --  That championship season / Jason Miller --  Top girls / Caryl Churchill --  The tower / Hugo von Hofmannsthal. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781414428406 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953.  Anna Christie. <br/>Simon, Neil. Biloxi blues. <br/>Zindel, Paul. Effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds. <br/>De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002.  Fourposter. <br/>Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852.  English.  Revizor. <br/>Connelly, Marc, 1890-1980.  Green pastures. <br/>Mamet, David. Life in the theatre. <br/>Walker, Joseph A., 1935-  River Niger. <br/>Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.  English.  Chaika. <br/>Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967.  Street scene. <br/>Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.  Sweet bird of youth. <br/>Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011.  Talley's folly. <br/>Miller, Jason. Championship season. <br/>Churchill, Caryl. Top girls. <br/>Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.  Tower. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Theater--Biography.<br/>Theater--Reviews.<br/>Dramatic criticism.<br/>Drama--History and criticism.<br/>Drama--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Drama--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.<br/>Drama.<br/>Drama--Stories, plots, etc.<br/>American drama.<br/>Dramatists.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1701