Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 8 : David Galens, editor. - 1 online resource (xxi, 309 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-9232."

Includes bibliographies and index.

The ajax / Sophocles -- All my sons / Arthur Miller -- The Browning version / Terence Rattigan -- Bus stop / William Inge -- House of blue leaves / John Guare -- Peer Gynt / Henrik Ibsen -- The real thing / Tom Stoppard -- Salome / Oscar Wilde -- Saved / Edward Bond -- A soldier's play / Charles Fuller -- Streamers / David Rabe -- Three tall women / Edward Albee -- Trifles / Susan Glaspell -- Trouble in mind / Alice Childress -- Ubu Roi / Alfred Jarry.

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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Sophocles. Ajax.
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. All my sons.
Rattigan, Terence. Browning version.
Inge, William. Bus stop.
Guare, John. House of blue leaves.
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Peer Gynt.
Stoppard, Tom. Real thing.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Salom�e.
Bond, Edward. Saved.
Fuller, Charles. Soldier's play.
Rabe, David. Streamers.
Albee, Edward, 1928- Three tall women.
Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948. Trifles.
Childress, Alice. Trouble in mind.
Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907. Ubu roi.


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.

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