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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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| 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, 356 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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Henley, Beth. Crimes of the heart.
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Shange, Ntozake. For colored girls who have considered suicide.
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Mamet, David. Glengarry Glen Ross.
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Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Inherit the wind.
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Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994 Inherit the wind.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Long day's journey into night.
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Bolt, Robert. Man for all seasons.
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Gibson, William, 1914-2008 Miracle worker.
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Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. Mousetrap.
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Norman, Marsha. 'Night, mother.
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Simon, Neil. Odd couple.
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Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. Raisin in the sun.
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Highway, Tomson, 1951- Rez sisters.
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Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead.
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Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
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Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012 Visit to a small planet.
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. En attendant Godot. English.
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Childress, Alice. Wedding band.
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Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 Zoo story.
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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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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Galens, David.
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Spampinato, Lynn.
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| ISBN |
9780787616847 |
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0787616842 |
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