Bibliograph

Drama for students, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas, Elizabeth Thomason, editor, Volume 13

Type

Label

Drama for students, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas, Elizabeth Thomason, editor, Volume 13

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

262557540

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Thomason, 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

Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- The cocktail party / T.S. Eliot -- Da / Hugh Leonard -- Dinner with friends / Donald Margulies -- The Jew of Malta / Christopher Marlowe -- The misanthrope / Molir̈e -- The purple flower / Marita Bonner -- The raft / John Pepper Clark -- Seascape / Edward Albee -- Six degrees of separation / John Guare -- Sleuth / Anthony Shaffer -- Sticks and bones / David Rabe -- The teahouse of the August moon / John Patrick -- Travesties / Tom Stoppard -- Wit / Margaret Edson

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