Introduction to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman: Background, Character, Theme and Important Quotations
1. Setting: The Spatial and Psychological Landscape The play takes place in the late 1940s,…
Drama
Literatureman Introduction to Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Background, Character, Theme and Important Quotations
Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) is a masterpiece of modern American drama…
Introduction to Ben Jonson’s Volpone: Background, Character, Theme and Important Quotations
Ben Jonson’s Volpone; Or, The Fox (1606) is a dark, mercilessly funny masterpiece of Jacobean…
Introduction to George Bernard Shaw’s Candida: Background, Character, Theme and Important Quotations
George Bernard Shaw’s Candida (1894) is one of his most celebrated “Plays Pleasant.” It is…
Introduction to Thomas Dekker’s The Shoemaker’s Holiday: Background, Character, Theme and Important Quotation
Thomas Dekker’s The Shoemaker’s Holiday (1599) is a vibrant, energetic masterpiece of Elizabethan citizen comedy.…
Introduction to John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger: Background, Character, Theme and Important Quotations
John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, which premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre on May…
Introduction to John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea: Background, Character, Theme and Important Quotation
John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea (1904) stands as a monument of modern drama,…
Introduction to Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest: Comedy of Manner
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) is the definitive masterpiece of the Comedy…
Introduction to She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith: Summary, Theme, Key Characters, Important Quotations
1. Setting The entire play takes place over the course of a single night in…
Macbeth: Ambition, Guilt and Tyranny
Setting Macbeth is set chiefly in Scotland during the 11th century. Background and History Shakespeare…