Drama for students. Volume 18 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / David Galens, project editor ; foreword by Carole L. Hamilton.

Contributor(s): Series: Gale virtual reference libraryPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 354 p.) : ill., photosISBN:
  • 9780787692766 (electronic book)
  • 078769276X (electronic book)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Drama for students, Volume 18.DDC classification:
  • 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1701
Online resources:
Contents:
Calm down mother / Megan Terry -- A chaste maid in cheapside / Thomas Middleton -- The deserter / Norman Beim -- Endgame / Samuel Beckett -- I'm not Rappaport / Herb Gardner -- Lost in Yonkers / Neil Simon -- Mulatto / Langston Hughes -- The playboy of the western world / J. M. Synge -- The rose tattoo / Tennessee Williams -- The sound of a voice / David Henry Hwang -- The square root of wonderful / Carson McCullers -- Tartuffe / Moliere -- The verge / Susan Glaspell.
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 indexes.

Calm down mother / Megan Terry -- A chaste maid in cheapside / Thomas Middleton -- The deserter / Norman Beim -- Endgame / Samuel Beckett -- I'm not Rappaport / Herb Gardner -- Lost in Yonkers / Neil Simon -- Mulatto / Langston Hughes -- The playboy of the western world / J. M. Synge -- The rose tattoo / Tennessee Williams -- The sound of a voice / David Henry Hwang -- The square root of wonderful / Carson McCullers -- Tartuffe / Moliere -- The verge / Susan Glaspell.

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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