by Lee A. Jacobus
Sixth Edition ©2009
ISBN-10: 0-312-47489-X ISBN-13: 978-0-312-47489-8 Paper Text, 1088 pages See available formats »
The plays you want to teach in a concise, affordable format
The Compact Bedford Introduction to Drama presents a well-balanced selection of plays, commentaries, and casebooks in a concise, affordable format. Its 29 chronologically arranged plays represent every major period from classic times to the present. With in-depth treatment of William Shakespeare, a strong representation of plays by women and American multicultural plays, and an exciting contemporary section loaded with prize winners, The Compact Bedford Introduction to Drama has the plays you want to teach and features designed to help students think critically about all aspects of a play as a work of literature and as a performance. Giving students a rich understanding of the plays and the contexts from which they emerge, the anthology offers 33 commentaries, two casebooks, the most extensive collection of theater photographs available in a text of this kind, coverage of writing about drama, and a robust companion web site with help for students and instructors.
"It has the best variety of plays [without being huge] of any anthology I’ve found." — L. Douglas Grissom, University of Virginia
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