Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 36 : Kristen A. Dorsch, project editor ; foreword by Carole L. Hamilton. - 1 online resource (xix, 307 pages) : illustrations (some color) - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN: 1094-9232."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Agnes of God / by John Pielmeier -- Faust / by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -- Fences -- Harriet Jacobs : a play / by Lydia R. Diamond -- Into the woods -- Isn't it romantic / by Wendy Wasserstein -- Language of angels / by Naomi Iizuka -- Loa to divine Narcissus / by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz -- Man equals man / by Bertolt Brecht -- The peony pavilion / by Tang Xianzu -- The second-story man / by Upton Sinclair -- Sweat / by Lynn Nottage.

Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.



9781410365460


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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