Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 13 :
Elizabeth Thomason, editor.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 402 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-9232."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- The cocktail party / T.S. Eliot -- Da / Hugh Leonard -- Dinner with friends / Donald Margulies -- The Jew of Malta / Christopher Marlowe -- The misanthrope / Moli�re -- The purple flower / Marita Bonner -- The raft / John Pepper Clark -- Seascape / Edward Albee -- Six degrees of separation / John Guare -- Sleuth / Anthony Shaffer -- Sticks and bones / David Rabe -- The teahouse of the August moon / John Patrick -- Travesties / Tom Stoppard -- Wit / Margaret Edson.
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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Shaffer, Peter, 1926- Amadeus. Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965. Cocktail party. Leonard, Hugh. Da. Margulies, Donald. Dinner with friends. Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Jew of Malta. Moli�ere, 1622-1673. Misanthrope. Bonner, Marita, 1898-1971. Purple flower. Clark-Bekederemo, J. P. 1935- Raft. Albee, Edward, 1928- Seascape. Guare, John. Six degrees of separation. Shaffer, Anthony, 1926-2001. Sleuth. Rabe, David. Sticks and bones. Patrick, John, 1905-1995. Teahouse of the August moon. Stoppard, Tom. Travesties. Edson, Margaret, 1961- Wit.
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.