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The baptism - Amiri Baraka -- The barber of Seville - Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais -- Beyond the horizon - Eugene O'Neill -- Both your houses - Maxwell Anderson -- Brand - Henrik Ibsen -- Cloud nine - Caryl Churchill -- Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth - Tom Stoppard -- Flyin' West - Pearl Cleage -- Master class - Terrence McNally -- The matchmaker - Thornton Wilder -- The mound builders - Lanford Wilson -- The night Thoreau spent in jail - Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- The rover - Aphra Behn -- The secret rapture - David Hare. |
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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, 346 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 Baptism.
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Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Sville. English.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Beyond the horizon.
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Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Both your houses.
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Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Brand.
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Churchill, Caryl. Cloud nine.
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Stoppard, Tom. Dogg's Hamlet.
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Cleage, Pearl. Flyin' West.
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McNally, Terrence. Master class.
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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Matchmaker.
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Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 Mound builders.
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Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Night Thoreau spent in jail.
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Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994 Night Thoreau spent in jail.
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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Rover.
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Hare, David, 1947- Secret rapture.
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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 |
9780787660314 |
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0787660310 |
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