Drama for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Volume 31 : Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Carole L. Hamilton. - 1 online resource (xix, 305 pages) : illustrations - Gale virtual reference library .

"ISSN 1094-9232."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Andre's mother / by Terrence McNally -- Beauty / by Jane Martin -- Hell-bent fer heaven / by Hatcher Hughes -- How to succeed in business without really trying / by Frank Loesser [and three others] -- Icebound / by Owen Davis -- The importance of being earnest -- Nine-ten / by Warren Leight -- Passion play / by Sarah Ruhl -- Rabbit hole / by David Lindsay-Abaire -- Romeo and Juliet -- When I was a little girl and my mother didn't want me / by Joyce Carol Oates -- Why marry? / by Jesse Lynch Williams.

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.

9781414449432 (electronic book)


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.