- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 356 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 20 (Online)
- Subject
- Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011
- Kesselring, Joseph, 1902-1967
- Sherman, Martin
- Hayes, Joseph, 1918-2006
- Molière, 1622-1673
- Goldman, James
- Heggen, Thomas, 1919-1949
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013
- Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963
- O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953
- Gardner, Herb, 1934-2003
- Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
- Foote, Horton
- 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 index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record.
- Contents
- Angel's fall / Lanford Wilson -- Arsenic and old lace / Joseph Kesselring -- Bent / Martin Sherman -- The desperate hours / Joseph Hayes -- The imaginary invalid / Moliere -- The lion in winter / James Goldman -- Mister Roberts / Thomas Heggen -- Othello / William Shakespeare -- Play with a tiger / Doris Lessing -- Rocket to the moon / Clifford Odets -- Strange interlude / Eugene O'Neill -- A thousand clowns / Herb Gardner -- Winterset / Maxwell Anderson -- The young man from Atlanta / Horton Foote.
- OCLC
- ssj0000080775
- Title
Drama for students. Volume 20 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Anne Marie Hacht, project editor ; foreword by Carole L. Hamilton.
- Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005.
- Series
Gale virtual reference library
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Hacht, Anne Marie.
Gale Group.
- Other Form:
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 20. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005 9780787668174