Presents the text of the 1946 play about a group of pipe-dreaming drunks in 1912 who hang out at a skid row bar awaiting the annual appearance of the fast-talking, big-spending salesman, Hickey, only to be disappointed by the changes that have occurred in his life.
with new and updated critical essays and a revised bibliography
Shakespeare, William
1998
Presents William Shakespeare's play about two young lovers whose families oppose their union, with tragic results; and includes information on Shakespeare's life and theater and seven commentaries by such figures as Samuel Johnson and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's 1951 play based on the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, July 1925, which opened the debate over the teaching of creationism and evolution.
Presents biographical sketches of fourteen notable African Americans, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Rose Parks, and "Satchel" Paige, accompanied by brief skits in which readers can act out imagined scenes from their lives.