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Gale Literature Resource Center
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, criticism and further reading. |
| Contents |
Accidental death of an anarchist - Dario Fo -- Beautiful senoritas - Dolores Prida -- Blue surge - Rebecca Gilman -- Doubt - John Patrick Shanley -- Eleemosynary - Lee Blessing -- The gin game - D.L. Coburn -- Goodnight Desdemona (Good morning Juliet) - Ann-Marie MacDonald -- I am my own wife - Doug Wright -- Life is a dream - Pedro Calderon de la Barca -- Necessary targets - Eve Ensler -- On golden pond - Ernest Thompson -- Rent - Jonathan Larson -- This is our youth - Kenneth Lonergan -- Twelve angry men - Reginald Rose. |
| 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, 365 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi : Gale. Available via World Wide Web. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Note |
Because of restrictions on online rights, some articles included in the print version of this publication may not appear in Literature Resource Center. |
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Fo, Dario. Accidental death of an anarchist.
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Prida, Dolores. Beautiful senoritas.
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Gilman, Rebecca Claire. Blue surge.
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Shanley, John Patrick. Doubt.
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Blessing, Lee. Eleemosynary.
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Coburn, D. L. Gin game.
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MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958- Goodnight Desdemona (Good morning Juliet)
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Wright, Doug, 1962- I am my own wife.
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Calderožn de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681. Life is a dream.
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Ensler, Eve, 1953- Necessary targets.
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Thompson, Ernest, 1949- On golden pond.
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Larson, Jonathan. Rent.
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Lonergan, Kenneth. This is our youth.
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Rose, Reginald. Twelve angry men.
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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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| Added Author |
Constantakis, Sara, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
9780787681197 |
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0787681199 |
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