Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 3 :
David Galens, editor.
- 1 online resource (xix, 427 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-9232."
Includes bibliographies and index.
American buffalo / David Mamet -- The basic training of Pavlo Hummel / David Rabe -- Blood relations / Sharon Pollock -- Cat on a hot tin roof / Tennessee Williams -- The children's hour / Lillian Hellman -- Come back, little Sheba / William Inge -- The crucible / Arthur Miller -- Dutchman / Amiri Baraka -- Entertaining Mr. Sloane / Joe Orton -- Fences / August Wilson -- The homecoming / Harold Pinter -- Lear / Edward Bond -- Major Barbara / George Bernard Shaw -- Marat/Sade / Peter Weiss -- "Master Harold"... and the boys / Athol Fugard -- Private lives / Noel Coward -- True West / Sam Shepard -- Waiting for lefty / Clifford Odets -- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? / Edward Albee.
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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Mamet, David. American buffalo. Rabe, David. Basic training of Pavlo Hummel. Pollock, Sharon. Blood relations. Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Cat on a hot tin roof. Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Children's hour. Inge, William. Come back, little Sheba. Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. Crucible. Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. Dutchman. Orton, Joe. Entertaining Mr. Sloane. Wilson, August. Fences. Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. Homecoming. Bond, Edward. Lear. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Major Barbara. Weiss, Peter, 1916-1982. English. Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats. Fugard, Athol. "Master Harold"... and the boys. Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. Private lives. Shepard, Sam, 1943- True west. Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963. Waiting for lefty. Albee, Edward, 1928- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf.
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.