Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 16 :
David Galens, editor.
- 1 online resource (xix, 346 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The baptism / Amiri Baraka -- The barber of Seville / Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais -- Beyond the horizon / Eugene O'Neill -- Both your houses / Maxwell Anderson -- Brand / Henrik Ibsen -- Cloud nine / Caryl Churchill -- Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth / Tom Stoppard -- Flyin' West / Pearl Cleage -- Master class / Terrence McNally -- The matchmaker / Thornton Wilder -- The mound builders / Lanford Wilson -- The night Thoreau spent in jail / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- The rover / Aphra Behn -- The secret rapture / David Hare.
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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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. Baptism. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. English. Barbier de S�ville. O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Beyond the horizon. Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Both your houses. Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Brand. Churchill, Caryl. Cloud nine. Stoppard, Tom. Dogg's Hamlet. Cleage, Pearl. Flyin' West. McNally, Terrence. Master class. Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Matchmaker. Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011. Mound builders. Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Night Thoreau spent in jail. Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994. Night Thoreau spent in jail. Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Rover. Hare, David, 1947- Secret rapture.
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.