Drama : A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics)
ISBN: 9780205654062 | 0205654061
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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The perfect alternative to lengthy drama anthologies, this brief, affordable collection of widely taught and influential plays provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the study of drama. In keeping with the objectives of the Penguin Academics series, Drama: A Pocket Anthology offers a range of widely admired plays, from classical to contemporary, in a quality trade-format book at an affordable price. The fourth edition features new plays by contemporary dramatists Milcha Sanchez-Scott and Arlene Hutton, as well as new selections fr... MORE
| indicate new selections | |
| Introduction | |
| The Playrsquo;s the Thing | |
| Origins of Drama | |
| Aristotle on Tragedy | |
| Plot | |
| Characterization | |
| Theme | |
| Diction | |
| Spectacle | |
| Brief History and Description of Dramatic Conventions | |
| Film Versions: A Note | |
| ... MORE | |
| Drama | |
| Sophocles (496?-406 B. C.),Antigone,translated | |
| William Shakespeare (1564-1616),The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice | |
| Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906),An Enemy of the People,adapted | |
| (1882-1948),Trifles | |
| (1911-1983),The Glass Menagerie | |
| (B. 1915),Death of a Salesman | |
| (B. 1928),The Sandbox | |
| (B. 1932),ldquo;Master Haroldrdquo; . . . and the boys | |
| (B. 1945-2005),The Piano Lesson | |
| (B. 1950),Sure Thing | |
| (B. 1953),The Cuban Swimmer | |
| (B. 1958)I Dream Before I Take the Stand | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| List of Critical Terms | |
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