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"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Contents |
The alchemist - Ben Jonson -- The bald soprano - Eugene Ionesco -- Burn this - Lanford Wilson -- Children of a lesser god - Mark Medoff - Death and the maiden - Ariel Dorfman -- Electra - Sophocles -- The hairy ape - Eugene O'Neill -- The house of Bernarda Alba - Federic Garcia Lorca -- The importance of being Earnest - Oscar Wilde -- Iphigenia in Taurus - Euripides -- I, too, speak of the rose - Emilio Carballido -- Look back in anger - John Osborne -- Miss Julie - August Strindberg -- Murder in the cathedral - T.S. Eliot -- Plenty - David Hare -- School for scandal - Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- Six characters in search of an author - Luigi Pirandello -- The skin of our teeth - Thornton Wilder -- The threepenny opera - Bertolt Brecht. |
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| 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. |
| Original Version |
Original: xix, 392 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Alchemist.
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Ionesco, Eugne. Cantatrice chauve. English.
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Wilson, Lanford, 1937- Burn this.
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Medoff, Mark Howard. Children of a lesser god.
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Dorfman, Ariel. Muerte y la doncella. English.
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Sophocles. Electra.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Hairy ape.
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Garca Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936. Casa de Bernarda Alba. English.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Importance of being earnest.
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Euripides. Iphigenia in Tauris. English.
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Carballido, Emilio. I, too, speak of the rose.
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Osborne, John, 1929-1994. Look back in anger.
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Strindberg, August, 1849-1912. Fren Julie. English.
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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Murder in the cathedral.
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Hare, David, 1947- Plenty.
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. School for scandal.
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Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936. Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore. English.
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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Skin of our teeth.
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Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Dreigroschenoper. English.
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Theater -- Biography.
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Theater -- Reviews.
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Dramatic criticism.
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Drama -- History and criticism.
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Drama.
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Drama -- Stories, plots, etc.
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American drama.
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Dramatists.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Galens, David.
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| ISBN |
9780787627539 |
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0787627534 |
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