Drama for students.  presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas /  Volume 2 : 
David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors. 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 356 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Gale eBooks .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Crimes of the heart / Beth Henley --  for colored girls who have considered suicide-when the rainbow is enuf / Ntozake Shange --  Glengarry Glen Ross / David Mamet --  Inherit the wind / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee --  Long day's journey into night / Eugene O'Neill --  A man for all seasons / Robert Bolt --  The miracle worker / William Gibson --  The mousetrap / Agatha Christie --  'Night, Mother / Marsha Norman --  The odd couple / Neil Simon --  A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry --  The rez sisters / Tomson Highway --  Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / Tom Stoppard --  Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 / Anna Deavere Smith --  Visit to a small planet / Gore Vidal --  Waiting for Godot / Samuel Beckett --  Wedding band / Alice Childress --  The zoo story / Edward Albee. 
<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>9781414428307 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Henley, Beth. Crimes of the heart. <br/>Shange, Ntozake. For colored girls who have considered suicide. <br/>Mamet, David. Glengarry Glen Ross. <br/>Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004.  Inherit the wind. <br/>Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-  Inherit the wind. <br/>O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953.  Long day's journey into night. <br/>Bolt, Robert. Man for all seasons. <br/>Gibson, William, 1914-  Miracle worker. <br/>Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.  Mousetrap. <br/>Norman, Marsha. 'Night, mother. <br/>Simon, Neil. Odd couple. <br/>Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.  Raisin in the sun. <br/>Highway, Tomson, 1951-  Rez sisters. <br/>Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. <br/>Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. <br/>Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.  Visit to a small planet. <br/>Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.  English.  En attendant Godot. <br/>Childress, Alice. Wedding band. <br/>Albee, Edward, 1928-  Zoo story. 
<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>PN1601