The Compact Bedford Introduction to Drama

By Lee A. Jacobus

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031247489X
• ISBN13: 9780312474898
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Length: 1088 Pages
• Weight: 2.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Really good book

I like how there's lots of pages and the publishers didn't use too much paper to do this book. It's also not that heavy to carry around. Great textbook overall

Scholarship and passion

An incisive well-written work alive with the intellectual excitement of theater history. Essential reading for students, playwrights,performers and laymen. A living textbook celebrating the eternal triumphs of the human spirit that are our classic plays. Lee Jacobus enables readers to understand and appreciate what we must never take for granted. Human creativity.