| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi : Gale. Available via World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Original: xix, 427 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Subject |
Mamet, David. American buffalo.
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Rabe, David. Basic training of Pavlo Hummel.
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Pollock, Sharon. Blood relations.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Cat on a hot tin roof.
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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Children's hour.
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Inge, William. Come back, little Sheba.
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Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. Crucible.
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Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934- Dutchman.
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Orton, Joe. Entertaining Mr. Sloane.
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Wilson, August. Fences.
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Pinter, Harold, 1930- Homecoming.
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Bond, Edward. Lear.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Major Barbara.
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Weiss, Peter, 1916-1982. Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats. English.
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Fugard, Athol. "Master Harold"...and the boys.
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Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. Private lives.
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Shepard, Sam, 1943- True west.
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Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963. Waiting for lefty.
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Albee, Edward, 1928- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf.
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Theater -- Biography.
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Theater -- Reviews.
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Dramatic criticism.
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Drama -- History and criticism.
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Drama.
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Drama -- Stories, plots, etc.
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American drama.
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Dramatists.
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Ebook reference.
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| Added Author |
Galens, David, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
9781414428314 (electronic book) |
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1414428316 (electronic book) |
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9780787627522 |
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0787627526 |
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