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.

Contributor(s): Series: Gale virtual reference libraryPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 356 p.) : ill., photosISBN:
  • 9780787694159 (electronic book)
  • 0787694150 (electronic book)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Drama for students, Volume 20.DDC classification:
  • 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1701
Online resources:
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.
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.
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"ISSN 1094-9232."

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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