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Drama for students, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas, David Galens, editor, Volume 5

Label
Drama for students, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas, David Galens, editor, Volume 5
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
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
426430277
Responsibility statement
David Galens, editor
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
Angels in America / Tony Kushner -- Arcadia / Tom Stoppard -- The birthday party / Harold Pinter -- Edward II / Christopher Marlowe -- Equus / Peter Shaffer -- The Heidi chronicles / Wendy Wasserstein -- The iceman cometh / Eugene O'Neill -- Member of the wedding / Carson McCullers -- Mother courage and her children / Bertolt Brecht -- No exit / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Picnic / William Inge -- Prometheus bound / Aeschylus -- Uncle Vanya / Anton Chekhov -- Zoot suit / Luis Valdez
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