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Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas

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Drama for students. Volume 2 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors.
Publication
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 1998.

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  • Galens, David.
  • Spampinato, Lynn.
Description
1 online resource.
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.
Uniform Title
Drama for students. Volume 2 (Online)
Subject
  • Henley, Beth
  • Shange, Ntozake
  • Mamet, David
  • Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004
  • O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953
  • Bolt, Robert
  • Gibson, William, 1914-2008
  • Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
  • Norman, Marsha
  • Simon, Neil
  • Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965
  • Highway, Tomson, 1951-
  • Stoppard, Tom
  • Smith, Anna Deavere
  • Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
  • Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
  • Childress, Alice
  • Albee, Edward, 1928-2016
  • 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
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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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ssj0000514476
Title
Drama for students. Volume 2 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / David Galens, Lynn Spampinato, editors.
Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 1998.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Original Version
Original: xix, 356 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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Added Author
Galens, David.
Spampinato, Lynn.
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