On the stage : edited by K. Sujatha. one-act plays / - Hyderabad : Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd., 2019. - ii, 96 p. ; 22 cm.

Preface --
1. The Swan Song / Anton Chekhov --
2. How He Lied to Her Husband /George Bernard Shaw --
3. Before Breakfast / Eugene O'Neill --
4. Sunny Morning: a Comedy of Madrid / Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero --
5. The Trick / Erisa Kironde --
6. Matsyaganddhi / M. Sajitha.

This collection of one-act plays has been designed as a textbook for the Core Course 7: Reading Drama for the fifth semester students of the B. A. Programme in English Language and Literature in the various colleges affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.
The primary objective of this book is to expose students to the world of one-act plays and to help them develop an interest in the enlightening and entertaining aspects of the theatre. Each play included in this anthology is accompanied by
Brief sketch of the authors and their works --
Glossary --
Comprehension exercises --
The collection is unique as it includes one Russian, one British, one American, one Spanish, one Ugandan and one Indian play.

9788125042914 (pbk.)


English Literature.
Drama.
One-act Plays.

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