Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 26 : Sara Constantakis, project editor. - 1 online resource (xix, 359 pages) : illustrations, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-9232."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Agamemnon / Aeschylus -- The bear / Anton Pavlovich Chekhov -- Bye-bye, Brevoort / Eudora Welty -- Crossroads / Carlos Solorzano -- The flies / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Florence / Alice Childress -- Ile / Eugene O'Neill -- Impossible marriage / Beth Henley -- Marty / Paddy Chayefsky -- Novio boy / Gary Soto -- The post office / Rahindranath Tagore -- Sorry, wrong number / Lucille Fletcher -- The trials of Brother Jero / Wole Soyinka -- A walk in the woods / Lee Blessing.

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; understandable essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.



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Aeschylus. English. Agamemnon.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. English. Medved'.
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Bye-bye, Brevoort.
Sol�orzano, Carlos. English. Cruce de v�ias.
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. English. Mouches.
Childress, Alice. Florence.
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Ile.
Henley, Beth. Impossible marriage.
Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981. Marty.
Soto, Gary. Novio boy.
�Th�akura, Rath�indran�atha, 1888-1961. Post office.
Fletcher, Lucille. Sorry, wrong number.
Soyinka, Wole. Trials of Brother Jero.
Blessing, Lee. Walk in the woods.


Drama--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Drama--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Drama--20th century.
Drama--21st century.
American drama--20th century.
American drama--21st century.

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