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.
9781414428369
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.