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Literature: Theater & Drama

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The Impact of Journalism on the Theater
Discusses the critics role in making or breaking a play. 81yr 8pgs 6fn 8s $71.60
Psychological Aspects of Don Juan in El Burlador De Seville
by Tirso De Molino. Deals with the impulsive, animal like nature of Don Juan, pleasure seeking and how he is eventually trampled by selfish desire. 79yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
Theme and Adjustment in Two Plays by Tennessee Williams
Discusses the poetic method of bringing realism to the stage in Glass Menagerie and Street Car Named Desire. 79yr 6pgs 10fn 8s $53.70
Aristotle's Definition of Tragedy
Focusing on how it applies to Euripides' Bacchae. 78yr 11pgs 20fn 3s $98.45
The Philosophical Implications of Tragedy
As seen through Greek writings and history. 78yr 5pgs 3fn 3s $44.75
Theme and Technique in Pirandello and Moliere
Compares the rehearsed theater performances to the more improvisational stage techniques. 78yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
The Taking of Miss Janie
by Bullins. 78yr 5pgs 0fn 3s $44.75
Four Dramatic Criticisms
Miller's Death of a Salesman, Ibsen's an Enemy of the People, Lahr's Up Against the Fourth Wall and Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest are examined. 78yr 13pgs 2fn 4s $116.35
Time in O'Neill's Long Days' Journey Into Night
Portrays characters in timeless capsules. 78yr 6pgs 0fn 0s $53.70
The Doctor's Dilemma by Shaw
An investigation or characterization and role relations. 78yr 5pgs 3fn 0s $44.75
Games Dramatic Characters
Uses Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to depict role relations. 78yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
Heartbreak House
by Shaw. A summary and review. 78yr 4pgs 0fn 0s $35.80
Antigone and Ismere
Discusses parallels between the sisters in their seemingly opposed attitudes concerning the death and burial of their brother. 79yr 4pgs 0fn 0s $35.80
Brook on Grotowski
Describes both men's views on the theater, directing, and the essential elements of theater as seen by both. 79yr 5pgs 10fn 3s $44.75
A Study of Otho the Great by Keats and The Two Foscari by Byron
Examines these plays in relation to the Romantic Era thru dramatic rather than poetic style. 78yr 8pgs 6fn 2s $71.60
Honor in Life and Death: The Women of Isben
Focuses on Nora in A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler. 78yr 5pgs 1fn 0s $44.75
A Discussion of Three Famous American Plays
Discusses certain similar thematic and aesthetic facets in Long Day's Journey Into Night, Glass Menagerie and Death of a Salesman. 78yr 4pgs 0fn 0s $35.80
Long Day's Journey Into Night by O'Neill
Draws similarities to earlier Greek works. 78yr 10pgs 0fn 0s $89.50
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman by Miller
A comparison based on the absence of the tragic hero in contemporary literature. 78yr 7pgs 7fn 15s $62.65
The Morality of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People
Examines Ibsen's response to the compact majority, smug and elite. 78yr 4pgs 0fn 0s $35.80
Production Techniques of the Berliner Ensemble:
Brecht's Effect. 78yr 5pgs 0fn 6s $44.75
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings, Curtmantle (Henry II).
A historical evaluation of two plays. 79yr 8pgs 4fn 2s $71.60
Stage Designs of Robert E. Jones
Examines his synthesis of actor and author via design and setting with specific examples. 79yr 10pgs 12fn 14s $89.50
The Glass Menagerie by T. Williams
Examines the influence of sister Rose on the character Laura. 79yr 5pgs 5fn 4s $44.75
"Mrs. Warren's Profession" And "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray"
Compares two English plays on morality at the turn of the century. 79yr 8pgs 11fn 2s $71.60
"The Iceman Cometh" and "Indians"
Compares the themes of two plays. 79yr 4pgs 0fn 0s $35.80
"Short Eyes."
Discusses the role of plot in this acclaimed play. 79yr 6pgs 0fn 0s $53.70
A Study of Several Critical Reviews of Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
An examination of critics acceptance of the position that the principle theme of the work is the series of illusions human beings adopt in order to make their lives more liveable , buyt disagreement about the human condition once these illusions have be. 79yr 5pgs 4fn 0s $44.75
The Works of Tennessee Williams
"Examines the character that does not reflect successful living. 79yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
Women In "A Doll's House" and "Ghosts"
Looks at the problems confronting the modern woman today in these Ibsen works indicating that society is exclusively ruled and dominated by laws drafted by men and judged by men. 79yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
The Nature of Tragedy
Discusses its ancient Greek foundation, its moral and religious value. 79yr 6pgs 12fn 9s $53.70
Supermen, Heroes and Ideals
Discusses stereotypes and heroes from the Western frontiersman to the James Bond private-eye in American films. 79yr 6pgs 0fn 11s $53.70
Form and Meaning in Agamemnon
A Study of structure and meaning in the play by Aeschylus. 79yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
Sexual Motif in The Crucible
Examines the role of desire and convention in Miller's play. 79yr 4pgs 0fn 0s $35.80
An Analysis of Dramatic Art Thru Playwright Characterization
Particularly thru "Death of a Salesman" and MacBeth. 79yr 4pgs 0fn 2s $35.80
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
A study of this tale of witchcraft and puritan retribution in old Salem centering on Miller's characterization of Proctor and Abigail, and its relevance to modern times. 79yr 10pgs 4fn 5s $89.50
3 (Three) Plays by John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men, the Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden. A look at the translation of novel into screen play done by Steinbeck with commentaries and comparisons from major critics. 79yr 7pgs 14fn 8s $62.65
A Streetcar Named Desire:
A Critical Analysis. Examines this classic and seminal Williams play in existential terms. 79yr 10pgs 14fn 5s $89.50
Tennessee Williams " The Glass Menagerie"
An analysis of this first of the Williams repertoire, with emphasis on the author's own memory devices. 79yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" and William Shakespeare's "Othello"
A comparison and contrast of these two major theatrical works, based both in fragility of love coupled with a hunger of the soul. 79yr 7pgs 0fn 0s $62.65
Theater History: Aspects of Staging
A look at the staging practices of various times including those of ancient Greece, medieval biblical plays, and the evolution of the proscenium arch during the Renaissance in Italy. 79yr 7pgs 5fn 12s $62.65
Modes of Dramatic Comedy:
An analysis of the various types of Elizabethan comedy, including those of humors, romance, farce and satire, with examples from the period. 79yr 7pgs 5fn 14s $62.65
Tennessee Williams' Eccentricities of a Nightingale and Summer and Smoke
A comparison and contrast of the plots and characters of these two minor Williams plays. 79yr 11pgs 84fn 2s $98.45
The King & I, by Rodgers & Hammerstein
A light analysis of this most indigenous of the Rodgers and Hammerstein output. 80yr 6pgs 0fn 0s $53.70
"To Flee Your Fate is to Rush To find It": Oedipus The King, by Sophocles
An analysis of this timeless Greek Tragedy, centering on a character study of the great Oedipus. 80yr 3pgs 0fn 0s $26.85
A Comparison of the Sense of Tragedy in Phaedra and The Oresteia
A study of the tragic sense as portrayed in three plays by Sophocles (Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides) and one by Euripedes. 80yr 10pgs 0fn 0s $89.50
Showboat by Kern and Hammerstein
An historical look at this most memorable of American musicals, noting its importance as a model of the genre. 80yr 6pgs 5fn 6s $53.70
Changes in the English Theater: 1750-1850
Examines the aspects of stage craft from late Elizabethan to early Victorian. 80yr 8pgs 0fn 0s $71.60
The Character of Pegeen Mike In Synge's "The Playboy of the Western World"
A study of the saloon keeper's daughter in this seminal Abbey Theater play. 80yr 7pgs 10fn 1s $62.65
The Role of Women in Drama
Examines the role women play in Ibsen (An Enemy of the People), Sophocles (Antigone), and Strindberg (Miss Julie). 80yr 3pgs 10fn 3s $26.85
Oedipus: Fate or Fatal Flaw?
An analysis of the real tragedy of Oedipus, centering on the flaw of pride or the inevitability of the gods' will. 80yr 6pgs 15fn 4s $53.70
Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding: A Look at Culture Shock
Examines the nature of mature drama, and how the characters of Fielding's novel fit into it. 80yr 9pgs 0fn 0s $80.55
Major Barbara
by Shaw. A plot and character survey of this typical Shavian drama. 80yr 6pgs Afn 1s $53.70
L'Terrary Perspectives: Hamlet, by William. Shakespeare, Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, & The End of the Road, by John Barth.
Analyzes the various character activities and how they give meaning to each of these three works. 80yr 9pgs 0fn 0s $80.55
Stage Lighting in Checkhov's The Cherry Orchard
Examines the singular use of lighting in a recent Lincoln Center production of this play. 80yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
John Gassner & Theater
Explores Gassner's contributions to theater as critic, historian and visionary, with themes of plurality, duality and synthesis. 80yr 11pgs 7fn 3s $98.45
Dreyer's Political Comments in Jesus
Examines Dreyer's career with emphasis on the posthumous publication of Jesus, an often overlooked political characterization of the Christ-figure. 80yr 13pgs 0fn 0s $116.35
Dramatic Tension Through Character Tension
Analysis of the character tension in Isben (An Enemy of the People), Sophocles (Antigone) and Strindberg (Miss Julie). 80yr 3pgs 9fn 3s $26.85
The Use of Masks in Greek Drama
A study of the use of facial coverings to depict moods, character or humors in ancient Hellenic drama. 80yr 7pgs 7fn 5s $62.65
"Major Barbara" and "Mother Courage" Characterization. "Antigone" and "The Respectful Prostitute."
Discusses moral intentions. 80yr 6pgs 9fn 6s $53.70
G.B. Shaw in "Saint Joan" and "The Black Girl."
Discusses his treatment of women in these works. 80yr 7pgs 3fn 8s $62.65
The Function of the Greek Chorus
Examines the development, role and importance in Greek tragedy. 80yr 7pgs 5fn 5s $62.65
Sir John Vanbrugh
Brief biography of this playwright and summary of the early presentations of his plays. 80yr 7pgs 5fn 6s $62.65
"Antigone" and "Becket" by
By Anouilh A thematic comparison and search for the ideal. 80yr 7pgs 8fn 3s $62.65
"The Adding Machine" and "Machinal."
Discusses European influence on American Expressionism. 80yr 15pgs 20fn 11s $134.25
Kenneth Tynan: Odyssey of a Drama Critic
Biography, noting his influence on theater and film in Britain and U.S. 80yr 15pgs 10fn 6s $134.25
Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" and Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire"
A comparison of mood. social environment, characters, action and language in these two works. 80yr 8pgs 0fn 6s $71.60
Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
How the author's life relates to his works, a brief analysis and review of the criticism on the 1940 production of the play. 80yr 7pgs 12fn 6s $62.65
Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms."
Analysis of the themes strife between brothers, Oedipal rivalry, working of fate and longing for dead mother. 80yr 7pgs 11fn 5s $62.65
"A Raisin in the Sun."
An analysis of plot, character, theme, social significance. 80yr 8pgs 8fn 6s $71.60
Themes of Jean Genet
Especially solitude and appearance v. reality, in "The Blacks," "The Maids" and "The Balcony". 80yr 7pgs 11fn 4s $62.65
Jean Genet's "The Balcony."
Discusses themes of appearance v. reality and the authenticity of the individual. 80yr 8pgs 14fn 4s $71.60
"The Balcony," "Beckett", "Desire Under the Elms."
A comparison of the themes in these plays. 80yr 7pgs 7fn 7s $62.65
Eliot's "The Elder Statesman" and Sophocles" "Oedipus Rex."
A comparison and contrast of myth, ritual, and theme as representing the human condition in these two works. 80yr 6pgs 7fn 8s $53.70
"The Trojan Women"," The Bachae", "Hippolytus" by Euripides
A comparison of these three plays in the characteristic features of his thought-skepticism, liberalism and mosogyny. 80yr 8pgs 0fn 0s $71.60
Creon and Antigone
Discusses these two characters and their conflict in Sophocles' "Antigone" (Note: Page 7 is missing). 80yr 8pgs 8fn 4s $71.60
Chekov's "The Three Sisters."
Analysis of its symbols and meaning in the context of 19th century Russia's social problems. 80yr 6pgs 14fn 4s $53.70
Attitudes Towards Love and Marriage in Miss Julia and The Good Woman of Setzuan
Social roles and expectations in plays by Strindberg and Brecht compared. 80yr 7pgs 7fn 7s $62.65
Commedia Dell'Arte
History of Renaissance, Reformation sophisticated Italian dramatic productions. 80yr 7pgs 8fn 4s $62.65
Hamlet by Shakespeare, Aeschylus, and Moliere
The Oresteia, Tartuffe, The Choephroe, and The Eumenides. 80yr 7pgs 1fn 1s $62.65
An Application of Aristotle's Poetics to Aristophanes Lysistrata
Discussion of the plot, characters in Lysistrata and how it conforms to Aristotle's standards for drama. 80yr 8pgs 13fn 7s $71.60
Tennessee Williams: His Life and Criticism of Two Plays
The author's life as it affected his work and lyricism and symbolism in Streetcar and Cat. 80yr 7pgs 9fn 6s $62.65
Stagecraft and Dramatic Development
Theater arts in Greece and Renaissance Italy and France and Reformation Germany. 80yr 7pgs 0fn 0s $62.65
Ugetsu, The Island, Rashomon
Themes of three Japanese plays. 80yr 6pgs 6fn 4s $53.70
Euripedes' Medea
Character analysis, relationship with Jason, children, other characters. 81yr 7pgs 6fn 6s $62.65
Social Conflict in August Strindberg's Miss Julie
Class consciousness and fallen women in Strindberg's dramatic social commentary. 81yr 7pgs 7fn 4s $62.65
Critical Analysis of Three Plays by Moliere
Universality, natural vs. un-natural and human failing in The School for Wives, The Critique of the School for Wives, and The Versailles Impromptu. 81yr 9pgs 12fn 4s $80.55
Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author
Illusion and reality, art vs. life. 81yr 7pgs 15fn 3s $62.65
Miss Julie, Antigone and King Lear
Significance of principle characters actions and consequences of actions in Strindberg's, Shakespeare's and Sophocles plays. 81yr 6pgs 13fn 5s $53.70
An Actor Prepares
by Constantine Stanislavski. Acting exercises, techniques, Stanislavski's "method". 81yr 7pgs 0fn 0s $62.65
Lysistrata
Theme of love overcoming war analyzed in Aristophanes' comedy. 81yr 8pgs 11fn 8s $71.60
Lysistrate
Sex roles, identity, feminist rebellion in Aristophanes' comedy. 81yr 8pgs 6fn 6s $71.60
Equus and the Criticism
An analysis of the play of 1973, noting some critics views that the conflict between worship and psychiatry in Equus is specious and irrational. 80yr 8pgs 14fn 26s $71.60
The Theme of Revenge in the Old Testament, Dante's Inferno and Shakespeare's Tempest
A comparison of the concept of vengeance as developed in the Bible, the Inferno, and in the Tempest. 82yr 10pgs Afn 0s $89.50
Avant-Garde Theater of Revolutionary Russia : Development and Influences
A short analysis of the long and proud tradition of theatrical production in Russia, particularly between 1910-1920. 83yr 8pgs 11fn 27s $71.60
Adjustment of the Individual to Changed Social Expectations in The Great Gatsby, The Glass Menagerie, and Long Day's Journey Into Night
Examines the individual as being forced to adjust to the impact of rapid social change as seen in these contemporary works. 84yr 7pgs 11fn 8s $62.65
Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill, Part Two, Scene Four
An analysis of this scene, which brings to a dramatic conclusion the rivalry between Eben and his father for the love of Abbie. 83yr 5pgs 4fn 0s $44.75
The Revival of Show Boat : A Review
A review of this broadway musical. 85yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
Pity and Fear in Death of a Salesman by Authur Miller
Examines Death of a Salesman as a sincere attempt to reproduce classical tragedy in a contemporary setting. 84yr 7pgs 14fn 0s $62.65
A Comparison of Dryden's All For Love with Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
Observes historical events affecting playwriting and stagecraft and the story of Antony and Cleopatra transmitted from Elizabethan drama to Restoration drama. 80yr 10pgs 3fn 5s $89.50
Antigone : A Drama of a Conflict Between Two Strong-Willed Individuals
Examines the clash between two irreconcilable forces, Antigone and Creon. 81yr 7pgs 12fn 4s $62.65
My Fair Lady : A Broadway Play
A look at the storyline as following very closely to that of its original, George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. 80yr 7pgs 3fn 5s $62.65
A Free Man's Worship : The Work and Thought of Arthur Miller
An analysis of the life and works of Authur Miller, including his place in American Literature, biographical information and an analysis of his works such as Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, After the Fall, Incident at Vichy, etc. 81yr 20pgs 15fn 9s $179.00
The Stanislavski Method 
an analysis of the concepts and ideas of this Russian genius in regard to training an actor in his roles. 83yr 7pgs 12fn 3s $62.65
Costume Styles and Techniques in a Period Play
Examines costuming as having a critical role in providing the audience with a comprehensive view of the production, focusing on the play "Hello Dolly", and the period 1890's, N.Y.C. 86yr 10pgs 9fn 6s $89.50
The Possibility of an Alternative Ending to A Doll's House by Henrick Ibsen
Examines the theme of A Doll's House,to be seen not merely in terms of the nineteenth century's denial of equality to women but as a commentary on the type of marriage which denies fulfillment to both partners. 86yr 12pgs 8fn 7s $107.40
Tiger at the Gates and The Trojan Women
Examines these two plays as having a similar motif, that being the opposition to war. 82yr 7pgs 0fn 0s $62.65
The Comic Technique of Moliere as Illustrated in Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, and The Bourgeois Gentleman, and its Influence Upon Twentieth Century Playwrights
An examination of the low comedy of Moliere as a comedy that transcends its conventions due to the inspired genius of the author. 81yr 8pgs 13fn 10s $71.60
Deathtrap : An Analysis
Includes a synopsis of the play,an act by act summary, weaknesses and strengths, and conclusion as to its effectiveness. 81yr 9pgs 4fn 5s $80.55
The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill : An Analysis
An analysis of the play as a complex study of illusions that humans cling to, as portrayed by the characters, to escape from confronting the ultimate meaning of existence. 83yr 9pgs 6fn 3s $80.55
West Side Story
A look at this musical as illustrative of the problems of Hispanic families in the U.S., with special emphasis on racial prejudice and peer pressure on the young. 80yr 7pgs 7fn 1s $62.65
A Vision of Nature
The element of nature in King Lear, The Inferno, and Gulliver's Travels. 80yr 7pgs 0fn 0s $62.65
Our Town by Thorton Wilder
An analysis of the third act of Our Town, in which the story of daily life in a typical human habitat is extended through death into eternity. 81yr 7pgs 0fn 0s $62.65
The Relationship of Ancient Greek to Modern Theater
Observes the ancient Greek theater as a reflection of the society for which it was written and concludes that in this respect it is not too different from drama in modern times. 80yr 6pgs 5fn 4s $53.70
A Comparison of Oedipus and Richard Nixon
Observes that Oedipus and Nixon had much in common, such as , their meteoric rise, the architect of their own downfall through hubris, self isolation, etc. 81yr 4pgs 3fn 3s $35.80
A Dialogue between Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg and Anton Chekhov at the opening of Ibsen' latest play
A hypothetical dialogue between these playwrights dealing with their views on the subject women in society and the institution of marriage at the opening of Ibsen's latest play. 82yr 7pgs 0fn 0s $62.65
Women's Rights in A Doll's House, Antigone and Oedipus Rex
Observes, through one manner or another, the position of women in a mans world as seen in the characters and plot of these works. 84yr 11pgs 7fn 4s $98.45
Von Eschenbach's "Parzival" and its Parallels to Jesus Christ
An analysis of the human qualities and teachings of Jesus compared to Parzival and his friend and mentor, Trevrizent. 88yr 10pgs 0fn 0s $89.50
Stanislavski and Corrigan
Observes Stanislavski's view of the actor's experiences and personality as giving a more human interpretation of a play vs. Corrigan's view of an actor as simply a communicator of the playwright's creation. 84yr 5pgs 8fn 0s $44.75
Streetcar Named Desire and Death of a Salesman : character comparison
A comparison and contrast of the characters Stanley Kowalski and Biff Loman in these two works by Tennessee Williams and Authur Miller. 88yr 6pgs 6fn 0s $53.70
Aristophanes : The Birds
Analyzes the story of this play, one of the most lyridcal of Aristophanes plays, as a commentary on the pollitical/social events in Athenian life in the 400 B.C. period. 88yr 6pgs 4fn 0s $53.70
Two American Tragedies : The Loss of Spirit
As seen in the characters in The Glass Menagerie and The Iceman Cometh who cling desperately to pipe dreams that cannot come true and the inevitable disillusionment they must face. 88yr 5pgs 12fn 0s $44.75
Sam Shepard : The Interpersonal Communication Behavior of a Poet and an Actor
Investigates the use of verbal and nonverbal language in Shepard's plays and poetry which show the subconscious workings of this performer and his image as an actor in the world of film. 88yr 15pgs 5fn 9s $134.25
The Hamlet byWilliam Faulkner
Observes the marriages of Jack Houston and Mink Snopes as two types of bondage against which both men struggle to free themselves. 90yr 4pgs 4fn 0s $35.80
Oedipus the King
Looks at the theme, "pride goeth before the fall" referring to the dominance of personal importance and its inevitable crash in human beings. 90yr 4pgs 0fn 0s $35.80
An Overview of Tragedy
Examines tragedy in various works which retain the basic premise of heroes fighting their predestined fates, tragedy changes as a dramatic device, which places fate above free will to one which serves as a companion to pathos and comedy. 90yr 7pgs 5fn 5s $62.65
The Development of the Character Martha in Edward
Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Examines Martha's marriage to George as seen as the archetypal tragedy of the childless woman and the memorable games and battles that raise this above the level of absurd theatre. 90yr 30pgs 15fn 4s $268.50
The Misanthrope and The School For Scandal
Observes that both Moliere's' and Sheridan's works are comedies of manners, in which most of the characters participate in hypocrisy and scandalmongering as a means of conforming with prevailing trends. 90yr 7pgs 7fn 6s $62.65
Death of A Salesman by Authur Miller
Includes setting, characters, their roles, conflict, resolution,plot summary, reactions. 90yr 4pgs 0fn 0s $35.80
Authors exemplfying the American style
Notes, Mark Twain, Henry James, Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Stephen Crane, etc as having common themes in their works that personify the American way of life. 90yr 11pgs 0fn 0s $98.45
Oedipus Rex
The Chorus' first song as a symbolic precursor of the forces which later bring down the guilty king and invoke upon him the wrath of the angry gods. 90yr 6pgs 0fn 0s $53.70
Tragedy Spanning the Ages
Observes tragedy and its similarities in various works including Antigone, Hamlet, Don Giovanni, Nostromo, and others. 90yr 6pgs 7fn 7s $53.70
Comparison : John Keats and Samuel Beckett
Compares literary style in Keats "to Autumn" and Samuel Beckett's play Endgame. 90yr 6pgs 0fn 0s $53.70
Authur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Exposes the evils of self-delusion and faith in the superficial and belief in the ephemeral and unimportant as proving fatal seen in the character, Willy Loman. 90yr 4pgs 0fn 0s $35.80
Considerations of M. Butterfly by D.H. Hwang
Examines major themes of the play, as a contemporary modification of the Japanese Kabuki play, themes of self deception and dominance between the two characters. 91yr 8pgs 15fn 0s $71.60
The Phantom of the Opera
a personal observation of this Broadway musical directed by Harold Princelooking at characters musical motifs, the elements of dance, etc. 91yr 6pgs 0fn 0s $53.70
Harold Pinter and David Mamet : A Comparison of their Work
Examines Pinter's emergence in the 1950's as one of the world's foremost absurdist playwrights, who creates a world of silences punctuated conversations which are interior monologues and Mamet's particularly American construction of characters most often. 91yr 8pgs 9fn 6s $71.60
The Dramatic Function of the Scene
Observes the scene as a unit of a play during which action is continuous or in which no intermediate entries or exits occur. Looks at the development of the scene from the ancient Greek tragedy through its use in Shakespearian and Elizabethan drama. 91yr 7pgs Afn 4s $62.65
Death of a Salesman and A Raisin in the Sun : Comparative Analysis
Comparison of themes centering on the concern with the American Dream of secure midle class existence, with, however, different approaches to this theme from different perspectives of time and culture. 91yr 7pgs 21fn 2s $62.65
McCarthyism and Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Focuses on this play by Miller as one of the sharpest criticisms of the political inquisitions of the McCarthy period and as an open challenge to these inquisitors also as a result of his experience in coming under their scrutiny. 91yr 6pgs 10fn 5s $53.70
A Comparison and Contrast Between the Protagonists of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House
Focuses on the similarities and differences between Nora and Hedda Gabler, Hedda's greater complexity, Nora and Hedda's assertiveness, one being constructive, the other destructive. 91yr 8pgs 13fn 6s $71.60
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Focuses on the theme of the play, its characterizations, and its dramatic meaning and value. 91yr 9pgs Afn 0s $80.55
Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Examines the play as succeeding as a sociopolitical tract, but lacking accomplishment as theater. 91yr 3pgs 0fn 0s $26.85
The Soothsayer as an important element in the Aeneid, the Odyssey and Dante's Inferno
Examines the choice of the Soothsayer, or visionary, as important in guiding the hero of each legend through hell. 91yr 3pgs 0fn 0s $26.85
The Use of Disguise in Two Restoration Comedies
Examines the issue of disguise in Congreve's Way of the World and Ethreges's Man of Mode demonstrating how the ruse of disguise was used to facilitate the action and plotof the plays and to replicate contemporary social mores and ethics. 92yr 8pgs 23fn 7s $71.60
Death of a Salesman : Translating the Tragic Hero into American Terms
Focuses on the character Willy Loman attempting to show how Willy, and his interactions with other characters and his relationship with the structural and thematic elements of the script, is the key to understanding Salesman. 92yr 8pgs 0fn 0s $71.60
Lope de Vega's Fuente Ovejuna
Originally written in 1619, the play demonstrates a convergence of interests atypical of de Vega's style, as he shows the honest hardworking tillers of the soil with a finely tuned sense of justice and maganimity. 92yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
Roswitha's Six Comedies After Terence
An assessment of the medieval German dramatist Roswitha plays showing that they were intended as a Christian substitute for the comedies of Terence. 92yr 6pgs 7fn 3s $53.70
Function of the Chorus in Prometheus Bound and Antigone
Traces the developments in the use of the chorus as a dramatic device by comparing and contrasting examples drawn from each of the works. 92yr 7pgs 20fn 6s $62.65
A Commentary on Shaw's Ideology in Man and Superman
Examines this play by Shaw and focuses on the action of Don Juan where upon killing a father in a duel over the act of love making with his daughter, juan invites a statue of the father to dinner and the statue obliges, inviting Don Juan to Hell and to s. 92yr 7pgs 12fn 0s $62.65
American Comedy of Manners : Characterization in Mowatt's Fashion
Offers an analysis of the script focusing on its central characters of this 1845 play by Anna Cora Mowatt. 92yr 7pgs 0fn 0s $62.65
Man, God, Nature and Destiny : Oedipus The King and Sundiata
Comparison of the theme of the relationship between man's efforts, destiny, God and nature as evidenced in two literary works, Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Sundiata by D.T. Niane. 92yr 5pgs 9fn 4s $44.75
A Critical Analysis of Leroi Jones' The Dutchman
Examines this play, like others of Jones', as reflecting his belief that in all relationships between White and Black society, one side is dominant and the other subservient. Focuses on symbolism and meaning. 93yr 5pgs Afn 8s $44.75
Christopher Marlowe's "Tamburlaine the Great"
Looks at the elements of historical facts and personages in Marlowe's play, to see how Marlowe depicted the political and cultural history of his own day in an imaginative construction of the Far East. 93yr 8pgs Afn 3s $71.60
George Bernard Shaw : The Economics of Prostitution
Focuses on Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession, as his interpretation of prostitution as an economic response to the social problems created by the industrial revolution. 93yr 7pgs Afn 5s $62.65
Shaw in Hell : Bombast Disguised as Insight
A mock trial that levels charges on Shaw of imitating other dramatists, wooden characters, lack of dramatic life, speaking of whatever social trends were then fashionable and Shaw himself as little more than an intellectual fashion model as a playwright. 93yr 10pgs 7fn 7s $89.50
An Analysis of Oedipus The King
Recognized as the masterpiece of the Greek dramatist Sophocles, this work discusses the play and the character of Oedipus, and focuses on the conflict between guilt and innonence that occupies the central core of the drama. 93yr 8pgs Afn 6s $71.60
Motives in Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Focuses on two of the central motives ascribed to Oedipus and offered by many critics as explanations for his behavior looking at his concern for the well being of the people of Thebes and his search for his own identity. 94yr 8pgs Afn 5s $71.60
Forgiveness in the Tempest and Beckett's Endgame
Compares and contrasts Shakespeare's joyful romantic comedy The Tempest with Samuel beckett's bleak existential tragicomedy Endgame. 94yr 10pgs Afn 2s $89.50
The Antigone by Sophocles
Examines Antigone as a sequel to the tragic story of Oedipus and as a drama form common to much Greek tragedy putting family members in oposition to each other contesting each other over power and ideals. 94yr 6pgs 14fn 7s $53.70
Aspects of Satire in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
analyzes the aspects of satire in Wilde's comedy, focusing on the ridicule of seriousness or "earnest" as a means of exposing the absurdity and predictability of social convention. 94yr 10pgs Afn 5s $89.50
The Positioning of Women in Great Tragic Dramas
Observes that beginning in the Hellenic era, continuing through the Renaissance and into the modern women as almost always in opposition or subjugation to a dominant and tragic male figure, illustrated in Antigone, Othello, and Death of a Salesman. 94yr 5pgs Afn 3s $44.75
Analysis of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Analyzes the play drawing upon the original work as well as three critical commentaries that shed light onto the action and emotion of the drama. 94yr 6pgs Afn 4s $53.70
Virgil's Aeneid and Shakespeare's Tempest : Resolution of Conflict Between Public and Private Interest
Depicts Aeneas internal struggles to balance his own needs with those of the state and Prospero as an eloquent and powerful magician who manipulates others to achieve his own ends. 94yr 3pgs 0fn 0s $26.85
A Comparison of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story
Compares and contrasts the two versions of the love story of a young man and woman, children of fueding and antagonistic parents, who elect to die rather than to submit to their parents refusal for them to marry. 94yr 6pgs Afn 5s $53.70
A Comparison and Contrast Between the Protagonists of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House
Focuses on the similarities and differences between Nora and Hedda Gabler, Hedda's greater complexity, Nora and Hedda's assertiveness, one being constructive, the other destructive. 91yr 8pgs 13fn 6s $71.60
The Devil's Disciple and the Crucible by Shaw and Miller
Focuses on the author's use of historical events, the trials of the innocent and hysteria vs. optimism in human nature. 79yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
The Dominant Women in G.B. Shaw's Works
Examines the imperious woman as seen in Shavian dramaturgy, most notably St. Joan, Major Barbara and Mrs. Warren's Profession. 82yr 12pgs 10fn 9s $107.40
Tartuffe or the Imposter by Moliere
An analysis of this comedy. 79yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
The Nature of Tragedy and Tragic
Particularly in Hamlet, As You Like It, El Cid, and Phaedra. 80yr 3pgs 0fn 0s $26.85
Thematic Sketches of Twelve Major Works
In Praise of Folly, Gargantua, The Prince, Don Quiote, Dr. Faustus, As You Like It, Hamlet, El Cid, The Misanthrope, Phaedra, Life is a Dream, and Candide, no comparisons or correlations are drawn. 80yr 20pgs 0fn 0s $179.00
Back to Methuselah by Shaw
Discussion of Shaw's most important work. 81yr 9pgs 1fn 4s $80.55
Othello and Oedipus
A character comparison in terms of their commitments, likes and dislikes. 81yr 5pgs 3fn 2s $44.75
Nora and Emma
In A Doll's House and Madame Bovary. Shows how both women are products of their environments, families, cultures and how they conform or rebel to the social conventions of the day. 81yr 7pgs 9fn 6s $62.65
A Review & Contrasting Examination of Characterization In To The Lighthouse & A Doll's House
Examines, compares and analyzes the major characters in these two works by Woolf and Ibsen. 83yr 5pgs 0fn 0s $44.75
The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
A scene-by-sene analysis of this classic play by Chekhov, noting plot development, theme and characterizations. 83yr 10pgs 10fn 6s $89.50
Miss Julie
Analysis of the dialogue in Strindberg's work. Relationship of the dialogue to theme, mood, etc. 84yr 10pgs 6fn 13s $89.50
The Misanthrope
Analysis of the character of Alceste in Moliere's work and his obsession with truth and authenticity. 84yr 14pgs 2fn 6s $125.30
Oedipus The King and Oedipus at Colonus
A comparison of character roles in both plays. 84yr 4pgs 0fn 0s $35.80
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen. Themes, setting, plot, characterization, and social commentary in Ibsen's best-known work. 84yr 11pgs 30fn 4s $98.45
Chernyshevskii and Chekhov
Conflicting views of social realism and art. 84yr 13pgs 8fn 7s $116.35
Regarding Freudian Interpretations of Oedipus Tyrannus
Discusses Freud's opinion that the attraction Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus held for audiences can be discovered in what he termed to be a subconscious recognition of the Oedipus Complex. 84yr 6pgs 0fn 0s $53.70
A Comparison of Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once and Werner Herzog's Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Examines the fate of the individual who pits himself against or is pitted against destiny constitutes the subject matter of these works. 85yr 8pgs 7fn 6s $71.60
Writers from 19th Century Burma
Considers Burmese drama, rather than prose or poetry, as drama was the first Burmese literary form to employ vernacular language and expresses the concerns of the common people, focusing on the works of U Kyin U and U Pon Nya. 91yr 15pgs Afn 10s $134.25
Questions of Literature Past and Present
Distinguishes the sensual differences in poems The Piano and To His Coy Mistress by D.H. Lawrence and Andrew Marvel respectively. Also Willy's crisis of self-knowledge in Death of A Salesman. 91yr 6pgs 5fn 0s $53.70
Oedipus the King; A tragic Interpretation; Classical Elements in Medea and The Misanthrope
Examines tragic and classical elements in these works. 91yr 6pgs 13fn 0s $53.70
Nora and Emma
In A Doll's House and Madame Bovary. Shows how both women are products of their environments, families, cultures and how they conform or rebel to the social conventions of the day. 81yr 7pgs 9fn 6s $62.65
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