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Gale virtual reference library
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Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Alison's house / Susan Glaspell -- Arden of Faversham / Anonymous -- The au pair man / Hugh Leonard -- Dirty blonde / Claudia Shear -- The exonerated / Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen -- The forc'd marriage / Aphra Behn -- Inadmissible evidence / John Osborne -- Indians / Arthur Kopit -- Indiscretions / Jean Cocteau -- A lesson from Aloes / Athol Fugard -- The prisoner of Second Avenue / Neil Simon -- Take me out / Richard Greenberg -- Two trains running / August Wilson -- Women of Trachis: Trachiniae / Sophocles. |
Access |
Access limited to licensed institutions. |
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; understandable essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary. |
Note |
Description based on print version record. |
Subject |
Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948. Alison's house.
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Leonard, Hugh. Au pair man.
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Shear, Claudia. Dirty blonde.
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Jensen, Erik, 1970- Exonerated.
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Blank, Jessica, 1975- Exonerated.
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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Forc'd marriage.
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Osborne, John, 1929-1994. Inadmissible evidence.
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Kopit, Arthur L. Indians.
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Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963. Indiscretions.
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Fugard, Athol. Lesson from Aloes.
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Simon, Neil. Prisoner of Second Avenue.
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Greenberg, Richard, 1958- Take me out.
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Wilson, August. Two trains running.
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Sophocles. Trachiniae. English.
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Arden of Feversham.
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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 -- 20th century.
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American drama -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Greve, Jennifer.
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Milne, Ira Mark.
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Gale Group.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 24. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2007 9780787681203 |
ISBN |
9781414410371 (electronic book) |
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1414410379 (electronic book) |
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9780787681203 |
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0787681202 |
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