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

Title
Drama for students. Volume 14 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Jennifer Smith, editor.
Publication
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2002.

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Smith, Jennifer.
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 14 (Online)
Subject
  • Ginzburg, Natalia
  • Cleage, Pearl
  • Crowley, Mart, 1935-2020
  • Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
  • Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
  • Albee, Edward, 1928-2016
  • Vogel, Paula
  • Congreve, William, 1670-1729
  • Abe, Kobo, 1924-1993
  • Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
  • Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995
  • Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008
  • Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
  • Childress, Alice
  • Kopit, Arthur, 1937-2021
  • 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
Note
  • "ISSN 1094-9232."
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Contents
The advertisement - Natalia Ginzburg -- Blues for an Alabama sky - Pearl Cleage -- The boys in the band - Mart Crowley -- The critic - Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- Curse of the starving class - Sam Shepard -- A delicate balance - Edward Albee -- How I learned to drive - Paula Vogel -- Love for love - William Congreve -- The man who turned into a stick - Kobo Abe -- The marriage of Figaro - Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais -- Men in white - Sidney Kingsley -- Mountain language - Harold Pinter -- Watch on the Rhine - Lillian Hellman -- Wine in the wilderness - Alice Childress -- Y2K - Arthur Kopit.
OCLC
ssj0000514488
Title
Drama for students. Volume 14 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Jennifer Smith, editor.
Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2002.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Original Version
Original: xxii, 407 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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Smith, Jennifer.
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