Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois / Robert E. Sherwood -- The amen corner / James Baldwin -- Dancing at Lughnasa / Brian Friel -- Driving Miss Daisy / Alfred Uhry -- Ghosts / Henrik Ibsen -- The great god Brown / Eugene O'Neill -- Harvey / Mary Chase -- Indian ink / Tom Stoppard -- The insect play / Josef Capek and Karel Capek -- M. Butterfly / David Henry Hwang -- Saint Joan / George Bernard Shaw -- Shadowlands / William Nicholson -- Slave ship / Amiri Baraka -- The sleep of reason / Antonio Buero Vallejo -- Spike heels / Theresa Rebeck.