| Contents |
Antigone - Sophocles -- The cherry orchard - Anton Chekhov -- Cyrano De Bergerac - Edmond Rostand -- Death of a salesman - Arthur Miller -- Doctor Faustus - Christopher Marlowe -- A doll's house - Henrik Ibsen -- The glass menagerie - Tennessee Williams -- The king and I - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II -- The little foxes - Lillian Hellman -- Medea - Euripides -- Oedipus Rex - Sophocles -- Our town - Thornton Wilder --- Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw -- She stoops to conquer - Oliver Goldsmith -- A streetcar named Desire - Tennessee Williams -- You can't take it with you - George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. |
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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, 350 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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Sophocles. Antigone.
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Cherry orchard.
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Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918. Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. Death of a salesman.
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Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Doctor Faustus.
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Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Doll's house.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Glass menagerie.
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Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. King and I.
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Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960. King and I.
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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Little foxes.
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Euripides. Medea.
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Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.
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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Our town.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Pygmalion.
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Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774. She stoops to conquer.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Streetcar named Desire.
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Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. You can't take it with you.
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Hart, Moss, 1904-1961. You can't take it with you.
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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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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Galens, David.
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Spampinato, Lynn.
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| ISBN |
9780787616830 |
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0787616834 |
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