Drama For Students

by Hacht, Anne Marie; Hamilton, Carole L.

• ISBN13: 9780787681180
• ISBN10: 0787681180
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-07
• 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: "Off the Map" by Joan Ackermann "Belle's Stratagem" by Hannah Cowley "Imaginary Friends" by Nora Ephron "The Laramie Project" by Moises Kaufman "Machinal" by Sophie Treadwell And more

Table of Contents

Guest Foreword ``The Study of Drama''	ix
Carole L. Hamilton
Introduction	xi
Literary Chronology	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Contributors	xix
Arms and the Man	1	(28)
George Bernard Shaw
Author Biography	2	(1)
Plot Summary	2	(2)
Characters	4	(1)
Themes	5	(2)
Style	7	(1)
Historical Context	8	(1)
Critical Overview	9	(1)
Criticism	10	(18)
Further Reading	28	(1)
The Belle's Stratagem	29	(37)
Hannah Cowley
Author Biography	29	(1)
Plot Summary	30	(2)
Characters	32	(4)
Themes	36	(1)
Style	37	(1)
Historical Context	38	(1)
Critical Overview	39	(1)
Criticism	40	(25)
Further Reading	65	(1)
The Cenci	66	(13)
Antonin Artaud
Author Biography	66	(1)
Plot Summary	67	(1)
Characters	68	(2)
Themes	70	(2)
Style	72	(1)
Historical Context	72	(2)
Critical Overview	74	(1)
Criticism	74	(3)
Further Reading	77	(2)
The Changeling	79	(28)
Thomas Middleton
William Rowley
Author Biography	79	(1)
Plot Summary	80	(2)
Characters	82	(2)
Themes	84	(1)
Style	85	(1)
Historical Context	86	(2)
Critical Overview	88	(1)
Criticism	88	(18)
Further Reading	106	(1)
Copenhagen	107	(30)
Michael Frayn
Author Biography	108	(1)
Plot Summary	109	(2)
Characters	111	(1)
Themes	111	(2)
Style	113	(1)
Historical Context	114	(1)
Critical Overview	115	(1)
Criticism	116	(19)
Further Reading	135	(2)
Fires in the Mirror	137	(17)
Anna Deavere Smith
Author Biography	138	(1)
Plot Summary	138	(2)
Characters	140	(2)
Themes	142	(2)
Style	144	(1)
Historical Context	145	(1)
Critical Overview	145	(1)
Criticism	146	(7)
Further Reading	153	(1)
For Services Rendered	154	(13)
Somerset Maugham
Author Biography	154	(1)
Plot Summary	155	(2)
Characters	157	(1)
Themes	158	(1)
Style	159	(1)
Historical Context	159	(1)
Critical Overview	160	(1)
Criticism	161	(5)
Further Reading	166	(1)
Habitat	167	(12)
Judith Thompson
Author Biography	167	(1)
Plot Summary	168	(1)
Characters	169	(2)
Themes	171	(1)
Style	172	(1)
Historical Context	173	(1)
Critical Overview	173	(1)
Criticism	174	(4)
Further Reading	178	(1)
I Hate Hamlet	179	(18)
Paul Rudnick
Author Biography	180	(1)
Plot Summary	180	(2)
Characters	182	(2)
Themes	184	(2)
Style	186	(1)
Historical Context	186	(1)
Critical Overview	187	(1)
Criticism	188	(7)
Further Reading	195	(2)
Imaginary Friends	197	(16)
Nora Ephron
Author Biography	197	(1)
Plot Summary	198	(2)
Characters	200	(1)
Themes	201	(1)
Style	202	(1)
Historical Context	202	(2)
Critical Overview	204	(1)
Criticism	205	(7)
Further Reading	212	(1)
The Laramie Project	213	(18)
Moises Kaufman
Author Biography	214	(1)
Plot Summary	215	(1)
Characters	216	(3)
Themes	219	(1)
Style	220	(1)
Historical Context	221	(2)
Critical Overview	223	(1)
Criticism	224	(5)
Further Reading	229	(2)
Machinal	231	(29)
Sophie Treadwell
Author Biography	232	(1)
Plot Summary	233	(1)
Characters	234	(2)
Themes	236	(2)
Style	238	(1)
Historical Context	239	(1)
Critical Overview	240	(1)
Criticism	240	(19)
Further Reading	259	(1)
Off the Map	260	(13)
Joan Ackermann
Author Biography	261	(1)
Plot Summary	261	(2)
Characters	263	(2)
Themes	265	(2)
Style	267	(1)
Historical Context	267	(2)
Critical Overview	269	(1)
Criticism	269	(2)
Further Reading	271	(2)
Topdog/Underdog	273	(28)
Suzan-Lori Parks
Author Biography	274	(1)
Plot Summary	275	(10)
Characters	285	(2)
Themes	287	(2)
Style	289	(1)
Historical Context	290	(1)
Critical Overview	290	(1)
Criticism	291	(8)
Further Reading	299	(2)
Glossary of Literary Terms	301	(34)
Cumulative Author/Title Index	335	(8)
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index	343	(6)
Subject/Theme Index	349