Table of Contents
GUEST FOREWORD
"The Study of Drama" by Carole L. Hamilton...ix
INTRODUCTION...xi
LITERARY CHRONOLOGY...xv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...xvii
CONTRIBUTORS...xix
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST
(by Dario Fo)...1
Author Biography...2
Plot Summary...3
Characters...5
Themes...6
Style...8
Historical Context...9
Critical Overview...11
Criticism...12
Further Reading...32
BEAUTIFUL SEÎORITAS
(by Dolores Prida)...33
Author Biography...34
Plot Summary...34
Characters...36
Themes...39
Style...40
Historical Context...41
Critical Overview...42
Criticism...44
Further Reading...56
BLUE SURGE
(by Rebecca Gilman)...57
Author Biography...58
Plot Summary...58
Characters...61
Themes...62
Style...64
Historical Context...65
Critical Overview...66
Criticism...68
Further Reading...78
DOUBT
(by John Patrick Shanley)...79
Author Biography...80
Plot Summary...80
Characters...82
Themes...84
Style...86
Historical Context...87
Critical Overview...88
Criticism...89
Further Reading...101
ELEEMOSYNARY
(by Lee Blessing)...102
Author Biography...103
Plot Summary...103
Characters...105
Themes...106
Style...107
Historical Context...108
Critical Overview...109
Criticism...110
Further Reading...120
THE GIN GAME
(by D. L. Coburn)...121
Author Biography...122
Plot Summary...122
Characters...123
Themes...124
Style...126
Historical Context...127
Critical Overview...129
Criticism...130
Further Reading...139
GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA (GOOD MORNING JULIET)
(by Ann-Marie MacDonald)...140
Author Biography...141
Plot Summary...141
Characters...143
Themes...145
Style...146
Historical Context...147
Critical Overview...148
Criticism...150
Further Reading...162
I AM MY OWN WIFE
(by Doug Wright)...163
Author Biography...164
Plot Summary...164
Characters...166
Themes...168
Style...170
Historical Context...171
Critical Overview...172
Criticism...173
Further Reading...178
LIFE IS A DREAM
(by Pedro Calderón de la Barca)...179
Author Biography...180
Plot Summary...181
Characters...183
Themes...184
Style...186
Historical Context...186
Critical Overview...188
Criticism...189
Further Reading...200
NECESSARY TARGETS
(by Eve Ensler)...201
Author Biography...202
Plot Summary...203
Characters...205
Themes...207
Style...209
Historical Context...211
Critical Overview...212
Criticism...213
Further Reading...224
ON GOLDEN POND
(by Ernest Thompson)...225
Author Biography...226
Plot Summary...227
Characters...228
Themes...229
Style...231
Historical Context...232
Critical Overview...233
Criticism...234
Further Reading...246
RENT
(by Jonathan Larson)...247
Author Biography...248
Plot Summary...248
Characters...250
Themes...251
Style...252
Historical Context...253
Critical Overview...253
Criticism...254
Further Reading...268
THIS IS OUR YOUTH
(by Kenneth Lonergan)...269
Author Biography...270
Plot Summary...270
Characters...272
Themes...273
Style...275
Historical Context...275
Critical Overview...276
Criticism...277
Further Reading...287
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
(by Reginald Rose)...288
Author Biography...289
Plot Summary...289
Characters...291
Themes...294
Style...296
Historical Context...296
Critical Overview...299
Criticism...299
Further Reading...312
GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS...313
CUMULATIVE AUTHOR/TITLE INDEX...347
CUMULATIVE NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY INDEX...355
SUBJECT/THEME INDEX...361
