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"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Contents |
Amadeus - Peter Shaffer -- The cocktail party - T.S. Eliot -- Da - Hugh Leonard -- Dinner with friends - Donald Margulies -- The Jew of Malta - Christopher Marlowe -- The misanthrope - Molire -- The purple flower - Marita Bonner -- The raft - John Pepper Clark -- Seascape - Edward Albee -- Six degrees of separation - John Guare -- Sleuth - Anthony Shaffer -- Sticks and bones - David Rabe -- The teahouse of the August moon - John Patrick -- Travesties - Tom Stoppard -- Wit - Margaret Edson. |
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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, 402 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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Shaffer, Peter, 1926-2016 Amadeus.
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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Cocktail party.
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Leonard, Hugh. Da.
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Margulies, Donald. Dinner with friends.
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Jew of Malta.
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Molire, 1622-1673. Misanthrope.
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Bonner, Marita, 1898-1971. Purple flower.
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Clark-Bekederemo, J. P. (John Pepper), 1935- Raft.
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Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 Seascape.
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Guare, John. Six degrees of separation.
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Shaffer, Anthony, 1926-2001. Sleuth.
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Rabe, David. Sticks and bones.
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Patrick, John, 1905-1995. Teahouse of the August moon.
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Stoppard, Tom. Travesties.
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Edson, Margaret, 1961- Wit.
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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 |
Thomason, Elizabeth.
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| ISBN |
9780787640873 |
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0787640875 |
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