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Title Drama for students. Volume 19 : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / Anne Marie Hacht, project editor ; foreword by Carole L. Hamilton
Published Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, [2004]
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 360 pages) : illustrations
Series Gale virtual reference library
Gale virtual reference library.
Contents Art / Yasmina Reza -- Becket, or the honor of God / Jean Anouilh -- Detective Story / Sidney Kingsley -- Love!Valour!Compassion! / Terrence McNally -- Luther / John Osborne -- Mrs. Warren's profession / George Bernard Shaw -- Red roses for me / Sean O'Casey -- Side man / Warren Leight -- State of the union / Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay -- Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of Fleet Street / Hugh Wheeler -- Telling tales / Migdalia Cruz -- WASP / Steve Martin -- The white devil / John Webster -- The women / Clare Boothe Luce
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
Notes "ISSN 1094-9232."
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Anouilh, Jean, 1910-1987. Becket, or the honor of God
Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966. State of the union.
Cruz, Migdalia. Telling tales
Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995. Detective story
Leight, Warren. Side man
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968. State of the union
Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987. Women
Martin, Steve, 1945- WASP
McNally, Terrence. Love!Valour!Compassion!
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964. Red roses for me
Osborne, John, 1929-1994. Luther
Reza, Yasmina. Art
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Mrs. Warren's profession
Webster, John, 1580?-1625? White devil.
Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987. Sweeney Todd.
SUBJECT Art (Reza, Yasmina) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01394960
Mrs. Warren's profession (Shaw, Bernard) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01360933
Red roses for me (O'Casey, Sean) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01366298
White devil (Webster, John) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01357665
Subject American drama -- 20th century.
Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
Drama -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
Drama -- 20th century.
American drama.
Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Drama -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Drama.
United States.
Genre/Form Gale Virtual Reference Library
Form Electronic book
Author Hacht, Anne Marie.
Thomson Gale (Firm)
ISBN 0787693626
9780787693626