- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 350 p.) : ill., photos.
- Summary
- Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
- Series Statement
- Gale virtual reference library
- Uniform Title
- Drama for students. Volume 17 (Online)
- Subject
- Hanff, Helene
- Webster, John, 1580?-1625?
- Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929
- Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963
- Wilson, August
- Gale, Zona, 1874-1938
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
- Gerstenberg, Alice
- Sherwood, Robert E. 1896-1955
- Wasserstein, Wendy
- Gilroy, Frank Daniel, 1925-
- Schary, Dore
- Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
- Drama > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States
- Drama > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States
- Drama > 20th century
- American drama > 20th century
- Note
- "ISSN 1094-9232."
- Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record.
- Contents
- 84, charing cross road / Helene Hanff -- The duchess of Malfi / John Webster -- Electra / Hugo von Hofmannsthal -- Golden boy / Clifford Odets -- Joe Turner's come and gone / August Wilson -- Miss Lulu Bett / Zona Gale -- Orpheus descending / Tennessee Williams -- Overtones / Alice Gerstenberg -- The petrified forest / Robert E. Sherwood -- The sisters Rosensweig / Wendy Wasserstein -- The subject was roses / Frank D. Gilroy -- Sunrise at Campobello / Dore Schary -- The time of your life / William Saroyan.
- OCLC
- ssj0000659930
- Title
Drama for students. Volume 17 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / David Galens, project editor ; foreword by Carole L. Hamilton.
- Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003.
- Series
Gale virtual reference library
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Galens, David.
Gale Group.
- Other Form:
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 17. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003 9780787660321