Drama for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 26 [electronic resource] :
Sara Constantakis, project editor.
- Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2009.
- 1 online resource (xix, 359 p.) : ill., photos.
- Gale virtual reference library .
"ISSN 1094-9232."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Agamemnon / Aeschylus -- The bear / Anton Pavlovich Chekhov -- Bye-bye, Brevoort / Eudora Welty -- Crossroads / Carlos Solorzano -- The flies / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Florence / Alice Childress -- Ile / Eugene O'Neill -- Impossible marriage / Beth Henley -- Marty / Paddy Chayefsky -- Novio boy / Gary Soto -- The post office / Rahindranath Tagore -- Sorry, wrong number / Lucille Fletcher -- The trials of Brother Jero / Wole Soyinka -- A walk in the woods / Lee Blessing.
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; understandable essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.
9781414449388 (electronic book)
Aeschylus. English. Agamemnon. Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. English. Medved'. Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Bye-bye, Brevoort. Sol�orzano, Carlos. English. Cruce de v�ias. Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. English. Mouches. Childress, Alice. Florence. O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Ile. Henley, Beth. Impossible marriage. Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981. Marty. Soto, Gary. Novio boy. �Th�akura, Rath�indran�atha, 1888-1961. Post office. Fletcher, Lucille. Sorry, wrong number. Soyinka, Wole. Trials of Brother Jero. Blessing, Lee. Walk in the woods.
Drama--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Drama--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Drama--20th century. Drama--21st century. American drama--20th century. American drama--21st century.