| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Contents |
The bacchae - Euripides -- Boesman & Lena - Athol Fugard -- Brighton Beach memoirs - Neil Simon -- Buried child - Sam Shepard -- The emperor Jones - Eugene O'Neill -- Hay fever - Noel Coward -- Hedda Gabler - Henrik Ibsen -- Man and superman - George Bernard Shaw -- A month in the country - Ivan Turgenev -- Mule bone - Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes -- The ruling class - Peter Barnes -- Speed-the-plow - David Mamet -- Torch song trilogy - Harvey Fierstein -- What the butler saw - Joe Orton. |
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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: xxi, 298 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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Euripides. Bacchae.
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Fugard, Athol. Boesman & Lena.
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Simon, Neil. Brighton Beach memoirs.
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Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017 Buried child.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Emperor Jones.
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Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. Hay fever.
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Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Hedda Gabler.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Man and superman.
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Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883. Month in the country.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. Mule bone.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Mule bone.
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Barnes, Peter, 1931-2004. Ruling class.
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Mamet, David. Speed-the-plow.
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Fierstein, Harvey, 1954- Torch song trilogy.
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Orton, Joe. What the butler saw.
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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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| ISBN |
9780787627553 |
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0787627550 |
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