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Every bi-annual volume of Drama for Students features coverage of 15 to 20 plays most frequently studied in literature classes.

Each detailed, illustrated entry provides:

• An introduction that provides an overview of the play
• A brief biography of the playwright
• A plot summary
• An annotated character list
• A discussion of the play's principal themes
• Understandable essays on the play's construction (setting, dialogue, imagery)
• Historical and cultural context sections that illuminate the play's role in inter-curricular studies
• Excerpted critical commentary on various facets of the play
• Extensive subject/theme, ethnicity/nationality, and author/title indexes
• And much more

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