Bibliograph

Drama for students, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas, David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors, Volume 1

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Label

Drama for students, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas, David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors, Volume 1

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

426430228

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

Antigone / Sophocles -- The cherry orchard / Anton Chekhov -- Cyrano De Bergerac / Edmond Rostand -- Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- Doctor Faustus / Christopher Marlowe -- A doll's house / Henrik Ibsen -- The glass menagerie / Tennessee Williams -- The king and I / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II -- The little foxes / Lillian Hellman -- Medea / Euripides -- Oedipus Rex / Sophocles -- Our town / Thornton Wilder --- Pygmalion / George Bernard Shaw -- She stoops to conquer / Oliver Goldsmith -- A streetcar named Desire / Tennessee Williams -- You can't take it with you / George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

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