Drama A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics)

Name: Drama A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics)
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ISBN: 9780205654062

ISBN-10: 0205654061

ISBN-13: 9780205654062

Edition: 4th 2009

Authors: R. S. Gwynn

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KEY BENEFIT: Quality selections at an affordable price. Chronologically organized and including playwrights from classical Greece to contemporary Broadway, the featured selections reflect the work of the genre9;s most distinguished playwrights. An introduction to the genre discusses the origins of drama, the literary elements, and film adaptations of plays. New selections include a one-act play by Chicana playwright Milcha Sanchez-Scott reflecting the struggle of a Cuban-American to find her way in American mainstream culture. A brief one-act by Arlene Hutton has the makings of a feminist classic, according to one reviewer. New selections from Sophocles, Ibsen, and August Wilson offer…

Book details

List price: $44.40
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



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


Writing About Drama


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