Bibliograph

Drama for students, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas, David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors, Volume 2

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Drama for students, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas, David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors, Volume 2

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Drama for students

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

262477648

Responsibility statement

David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors

Series statement

Gale virtual reference library

Sub title

presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Crimes of the heart / Beth Henley -- for colored girls who have considered suicide-when the rainbow is enuf / Ntozake Shange -- Glengarry Glen Ross / David Mamet -- Inherit the wind / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Long day's journey into night / Eugene O'Neill -- A man for all seasons / Robert Bolt -- The miracle worker / William Gibson -- The mousetrap / Agatha Christie -- 'Night, Mother / Marsha Norman -- The odd couple / Neil Simon -- A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry -- The rez sisters / Tomson Highway -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / Tom Stoppard -- Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 / Anna Deavere Smith -- Visit to a small planet / Gore Vidal -- Waiting for Godot / Samuel Beckett -- Wedding band / Alice Childress -- The zoo story / Edward Albee

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