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Title Drama for students. Volume 20 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Anne Marie Hacht, project editor ; foreword by Carole L. Hamilton.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005.

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Series Gale virtual reference library
Note "ISSN 1094-9232."
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Angel's fall / Lanford Wilson -- Arsenic and old lace / Joseph Kesselring -- Bent / Martin Sherman -- The desperate hours / Joseph Hayes -- The imaginary invalid / Moliere -- The lion in winter / James Goldman -- Mister Roberts / Thomas Heggen -- Othello / William Shakespeare -- Play with a tiger / Doris Lessing -- Rocket to the moon / Clifford Odets -- Strange interlude / Eugene O'Neill -- A thousand clowns / Herb Gardner -- Winterset / Maxwell Anderson -- The young man from Atlanta / Horton Foote.
Access Access limited to licensed institutions.
Summary Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011. Angel's fall.
Kesselring, Joseph, 1902-1967. Arsenic and old lace.
Sherman, Martin. Bent.
Hayes, Joseph, 1918-2006. Desperate hours.
Molière, 1622-1673. Malade imaginaire. English.
Goldman, James. Lion in winter.
Heggen, Thomas, 1919-1949. Mister Roberts.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Play with a tiger.
Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963. Rocket to the moon.
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Strange interlude.
Gardner, Herb, 1934- Thousand clowns.
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Winterset.
Foote, Horton. Young man from Atlanta.
Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Drama -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
Drama -- 20th century.
American drama -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Hacht, Anne Marie.
Gale Group.
Other Form: Print version: Drama for students, Volume 20. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005 9780787668174
ISBN 9780787694159 (electronic book)
0787694150 (electronic book)
9780787668174
0787668176

 
    
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