| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Antigone - Sophocles -- The cherry orchard - Anton Chekhov -- Cyrano De Bergerac - Edmond Rostand -- Death of a salesman - Arthur Miller -- Doctor Faustus - Christopher Marlowe -- A doll's house - Henrik Ibsen -- The glass menagerie - Tennessee Williams -- The king and I - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II -- The little foxes - Lillian Hellman -- Medea - Euripides -- Oedipus Rex - Sophocles -- Our town - Thornton Wilder --- Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw -- She stoops to conquer - Oliver Goldsmith -- A streetcar named Desire - Tennessee Williams -- You can't take it with you - George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. |
| 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, 350 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Subject |
Sophocles. Antigone.
|
|
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Cherry orchard.
|
|
Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918. Cyrano de Bergerac.
|
|
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. Death of a salesman.
|
|
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Doctor Faustus.
|
|
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Doll's house.
|
|
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Glass menagerie.
|
|
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. King and I.
|
|
Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960. King and I.
|
|
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Little foxes.
|
|
Euripides. Medea.
|
|
Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.
|
|
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Our town.
|
|
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Pygmalion.
|
|
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774. She stoops to conquer.
|
|
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Streetcar named Desire.
|
|
Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. You can't take it with you.
|
|
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961. You can't take it with you.
|
|
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.
|
|
Ebook reference.
|
| Added Author |
Galens, David, editor.
|
|
Spampinato, Lynn, editor.
|
|
Gale Group.
|
| ISBN |
9781414428291 (electronic book) |
|
1414428294 (electronic book) |
|
9780787616830 |
|
0787616834 |
|
