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* indicate new selections. Introduction. The Play's the Thing. Origins of Drama. Aristotle on Tragedy. Plot. Characterization. Theme. Diction. Spectacle. Brief History and Description of Dramatic Conventions. Film Versions: A Note. Writing About Drama. Drama. Sophocles (496?-406 B. C.), Oedipus the King, trans. Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), A Doll House, trans. Rolfe Fjelde. Susan Glaspell (1882-1948), Trifles. *Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), The Glass Menagerie. Arthur Miller (B. 1915), Death of a Salesman. *Edward Albee, (B. 1928), The Sandbox. *Athol Fugard (B. 1932), "Master Harold" . . . and the boys. August Wilson (B. 1945), Fences. David Ives (B. 1950), Sure Thing. *Paula Vogel (b. 1951), How I Learned to Drive. *Catherine Celesia Allen (B. ?), Anything for You. Acknowledgements. List of Critical Terms.Gwynn, R. S. is the author of 'Drama A Pocket Anthology', published 2005 under ISBN 9780321277220 and ISBN 0321277228.
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