Masterpieces of the Drama

by Alexander W. Allison (Editor), Arthur J. Carr (Editor), Arthur M. Eastman (Editor)

Other authors: Aeschylus (Contributor), Aristophanes (Contributor), Samuel Beckett (Contributor), Bertolt Brecht (Contributor), Anton Chekhov (Contributor) — 27 more, Caryl Churchill (Contributor), Euripides (Contributor), Athol Fugard (Contributor), Lorraine Hansberry (Contributor), Henrik Ibsen (Contributor), Ben Jonson (Contributor), John Kani (Contributor), Lady Gregory (Contributor), Arthur Miller (Contributor), Molière (Contributor), Winston Ntshona (Contributor), Sean O'Casey (Contributor), Eugene O'Neill (Contributor), Harold Pinter (Contributor), Luigi Pirandello (Contributor), Jean Racine (Contributor), William Shakespeare (Contributor), Bernard Shaw (Contributor), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Contributor), Sophocles (Contributor), Tom Stoppard (Contributor), August Strindberg (Contributor), John Millington Synge (Contributor), The Wakefield Master (Contributor), Oscar Wilde (Contributor), Tennessee Williams (Contributor), William Wycherley (Contributor)

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Designed as a main text-anthology for the introductory drama course. Applauded by reviewers for its generous number of selections, the sixth edition offers true "masterpieces" of drama. This text contains 30 plays ranging from Aeschylus to Churchill, brief introductions and annotations that do not detract from the student's appreciation of the text.… (more)

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Contains works by Aeschylus (Agamemnon), Euripides (Medea), Sophocles (Oedipus Rex), Aristophanes (Lysistrata), Anonymous (The Second Shepards' Play), Shakespeare (Othello), Ben Jonson (Volpone, or the Fox), Moliere (Tartuffe), William Wycherley (The Country Life), Jean Racine (Phaedra) and others.

Pferdina | Jun 21, 2014 |

An impressive anthology of dramas. Now I need to read it....

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Allison, Alexander W.	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Carr, Arthur J.	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Eastman, Arthur M.	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Aeschylus	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Aristophanes	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Beckett, Samuel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brecht, Bertolt	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chekhov, Anton	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Churchill, Caryl	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Euripides	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fugard, Athol	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hansberry, Lorraine	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ibsen, Henrik	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jonson, Ben	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kani, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lady Gregory	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Miller, Arthur	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Molière	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ntshona, Winston	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
O'Casey, Sean	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
O'Neill, Eugene	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pinter, Harold	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pirandello, Luigi	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Racine, Jean	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shakespeare, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shaw, Bernard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sophocles	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stoppard, Tom	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Strindberg, August	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Synge, John Millington	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wakefield Master, The	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wilde, Oscar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Williams, Tennessee	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wycherley, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Agamemnon by Aeschylus

Medea [in Translation] by Euripides

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

Othello by William Shakespeare

Volpone, or The Fox by Ben Jonson

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Tartuffe by Molière

The Country Wife by William Wycherley

Phaedra by Jean Racine

The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Miss Julie by August Strindberg

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge

The Gaol Gate by Lady Gregory

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello

Juno and the Paycock by Seán O'Casey

The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill

All That Fall by Samuel Beckett

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

The Caretaker by Harold Pinter

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead by Athol Fugard

Travesties by Tom Stoppard

Top Girls by Caryl Churchill

The Second Shepherds' Play by The Wakefield Master

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Designed as a main text-anthology for the introductory drama course. Applauded by reviewers for its generous number of selections, the sixth edition offers true "masterpieces" of drama. This text contains 30 plays ranging from Aeschylus to Churchill, brief introductions and annotations that do not detract from the student's appreciation of the text.

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