Drama for students. Volume 3 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / David Galens, editor
- Published:
- Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 1998.
- Additional Creators:
- Galens, David
Gale Group - Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series:
- Gale virtual reference library
- Contents:
- American buffalo - David Mamet -- The basic training of Pavlo Hummel - David Rabe -- Blood relations - Sharon Pollock -- Cat on a hot tin roof - Tennessee Williams -- The children's hour - Lillian Hellman -- Come back, little Sheba - William Inge -- The crucible - Arthur Miller -- Dutchman - Amiri Baraka -- Entertaining Mr. Sloane - Joe Orton -- Fences - August Wilson -- The homecoming - Harold Pinter -- Lear - Edward Bond -- Major Barbara - George Bernard Shaw -- Marat/Sade - Peter Weiss -- "Master Harold"...and the boys - Athol Fugard -- Private lives - Noel Coward -- True West - Sam Shepard -- Waiting for lefty - Clifford Odets -- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Edward Albee.
- 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.
- Subject(s):
- Mamet, David. American buffalo
- Rabe, David. Basic training of Pavlo Hummel
- Pollock, Sharon. Blood relations
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Cat on a hot tin roof
- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Children's hour
- Inge, William. Come back, little Sheba
- Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. Crucible
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. Dutchman
- Orton, Joe. Entertaining Mr. Sloane
- Wilson, August. Fences
- Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. Homecoming
- Bond, Edward. Lear
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Major Barbara
- Weiss, Peter, 1916-1982. Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats. English
- Fugard, Athol. "Master Harold"...and the boys
- Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. Private lives
- Shepard, Sam, 1943- True west
- Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963. Waiting for lefty
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Theater—Biography
- Theater—Reviews
- Dramatic criticism
- Drama—History and criticism
- Drama—Study and teaching (Higher)—United States
- Drama—Study and teaching (Secondary)—United States
- Drama
- Drama—Stories, plots, etc
- American drama
- Dramatists
- ISBN:
- 9781414428314 (electronic book)
1414428316 (electronic book)
9780787627522
0787627526 - Note:
- "ISSN 1094-9232."
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction Note:
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi : Gale. Available via World Wide Web.
- Original Version:
- Original: xix, 427 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet.
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