Drama for Students

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• ISBN13: 9780787681197
• ISBN10: 0787681199
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-12
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

Every bi-annual volume of Drama for Students features coverage of 15 plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Look for: "Eleemosynary" by Lee Blessing "The Gin Game" by D.L. Coburn "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" by Dario Fo "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)" by Ann-Marie MacDonald "Beautiful Senoritas" by Delores Prida And others

Table of Contents

Guest Foreword ``The Study of Drama''	ix
Carole L. Hamilton
Introduction	xi
Literary Chronology	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Contributors	xix
Accidental Death of an Anarchist	1	(32)
Dario Fo
Author Biography	2	(1)
Plot Summary	3	(2)
Characters	5	(1)
Themes	6	(2)
Style	8	(1)
Historical Context	9	(2)
Critical Overview	11	(1)
Criticism	12	(20)
Further Reading	32	(1)
Beautiful Senoritas	33	(24)
Dolores Prida
Author Biography	34	(1)
Plot Summary	34	(2)
Characters	36	(3)
Themes	39	(1)
Style	40	(1)
Historical Context	41	(1)
Critical Overview	42	(2)
Criticism	44	(12)
Further Reading	56	(1)
Blue Surge	57	(22)
Rebecca Gilman
Author Biography	58	(1)
Plot Summary	58	(3)
Characters	61	(1)
Themes	62	(2)
Style	64	(1)
Historical Context	65	(1)
Critical Overview	66	(2)
Criticism	68	(10)
Further Reading	78	(1)
Doubt	79	(23)
John Patrick Shanley
Author Biography	80	(1)
Plot Summary	80	(2)
Characters	82	(2)
Themes	84	(2)
Style	86	(1)
Historical Context	87	(1)
Critical Overview	88	(1)
Criticism	89	(12)
Further Reading	101	(1)
Eleemosynary	102	(19)
Lee Blessing
Author Biography	103	(1)
Plot Summary	103	(2)
Characters	105	(1)
Themes	106	(1)
Style	107	(1)
Historical Context	108	(1)
Critical Overview	109	(1)
Criticism	110	(10)
Further Reading	120	(1)
The Gin Game	121	(19)
D. L. Coburn
Author Biography	122	(1)
Plot Summary	122	(1)
Characters	123	(1)
Themes	124	(2)
Style	126	(1)
Historical Context	127	(2)
Critical Overview	129	(1)
Criticism	130	(9)
Further Reading	139	(1)
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)	140	(23)
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Author Biography	141	(1)
Plot Summary	141	(2)
Characters	143	(2)
Themes	145	(1)
Style	146	(1)
Historical Context	147	(1)
Critical Overview	148	(2)
Criticism	150	(12)
Further Reading	162	(1)
I Am My Own Wife	163	(16)
Doug Wright
Author Biography	164	(1)
Plot Summary	164	(2)
Characters	166	(2)
Themes	168	(2)
Style	170	(1)
Historical Context	171	(1)
Critical Overview	172	(1)
Criticism	173	(5)
Further Reading	178	(1)
Life Is a Dream	179	(22)
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Author Biography	180	(1)
Plot Summary	181	(2)
Characters	183	(1)
Themes	184	(2)
Style	186	(1)
Historical Context	186	(2)
Critical Overview	188	(1)
Criticism	189	(11)
Further Reading	200	(1)
Necessary Targets	201	(24)
Eve Ensler
Author Biography	202	(1)
Plot Summary	203	(2)
Characters	205	(2)
Themes	207	(2)
Style	209	(2)
Historical Context	211	(1)
Critical Overview	212	(3)
Criticism	215	(9)
Further Reading	224	(1)
On Golden Pond	225	(22)
Ernest Thompson
Author Biography	226	(1)
Plot Summary	227	(1)
Characters	228	(1)
Themes	229	(2)
Style	231	(1)
Historical Context	232	(1)
Critical Overview	233	(1)
Criticism	234	(12)
Further Reading	246	(1)
Rent	247	(22)
Jonathan Larson
Author Biography	248	(1)
Plot Summary	248	(2)
Characters	250	(1)
Themes	251	(1)
Style	252	(1)
Historical Context	253	(1)
Critical Overview	253	(1)
Criticism	254	(14)
Further Reading	268	(1)
This Is Our Youth	269	(19)
Kenneth Lonergan
Author Biography	270	(1)
Plot Summary	270	(2)
Characters	272	(1)
Themes	273	(2)
Style	275	(1)
Historical Context	275	(1)
Critical Overview	276	(1)
Criticism	277	(10)
Further Reading	287	(1)
Twelve Angry Men	288	(25)
Reginald Rose
Author Biography	289	(1)
Plot Summary	289	(2)
Characters	291	(3)
Themes	294	(2)
Style	296	(1)
Historical Context	296	(3)
Critical Overview	299	(1)
Criticism	299	(13)
Further Reading	312	(1)
Glossary of Literary Terms	313	(34)
Cumulative Author/Title Index	347	(8)
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index	355	(6)
Subject/Theme Index	361