Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 9 :
Ira Mark Milne, editor.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 403 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-9232."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Antigone / Jean Anouilh -- The chairs / Eugene Ionesco -- The elephant man / Bernard Pomerance -- The front page / Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur -- Funnyhouse of a negro / Adrienne Kennedy -- The ghost sonata / August Strindberg -- The good person of Szechwan / Bertolt Brecht -- Hot L Baltimore / Lanford Wilson -- Lady Windermere's fan / Oscar Wilde -- The lower depths / Maxim Gorki -- Mourning becomes Electra / Eugene O'Neill -- The Philadelphia story / Philip Barry -- Right you are, if you think you are / Luigi Pirandello -- Serjeant Musgrave's dance / John Arden.
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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Anouilh, Jean, 1910-1987. Antigone. Ionesco, Eug�ene. English. Chaises. Pomerance, Bernard. Elephant man. Hecht, Ben, 1893-1964. Front page. MacArthur, Charles, 1895-1956. Front page. Kennedy, Adrienne. Funnyhouse of a negro. Strindberg, August, 1849-1912. English. Sp�oksonaten. Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. English. Gute Mensch von Sezuan. Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011. Hot L Baltimore. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Lady Windermere's fan. Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936. English. Na dne. O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Mourning becomes Electra. Barry, Philip, 1896-1949. Philadelphia story. Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936. English. Cos�i �e (se vi pare). Arden, John. Serjeant Musgrave's dance.
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.