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Standards Committee Chairperson for Maine School Library (MASL) Programs. Board member, Julia Adams Morse Memorial Library, Greene, Maine. Advisor to Lewiston Public Library Planning Process.  \nJennifer Hood: Young Adult/Reference Librarian, Cumberland Public Library, Cumberland, Rhode Island. Certified teacher, Rhode Island. Member of the New England Library Association, Rhode Island Library Association, and the Rhode Island Educational Media Association.  \nAnn Kearney: Head Librarian and Media Specialist, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida, 1982–2002. Thirty-two years as Librarian in various educational institutions ranging from grade schools through graduate programs. Library positions at MiamiDade Community College, the University of Miami’s Medical School Library, and  \nCarrollton School in Coconut Grove, Florida.  \nB.A. from University of Detroit, 1967 (magna cum laude); M.L.S., University of Missouri– Columbia, l974 . Volunteer Project Leader fora school in rural Jamaica; volunteer with Adult Literacy programs.  \nLaurie St. Laurent: Head of Adult and Children’s Services, East Lansing Public Library, East Lansing, Michigan, 1994–. M.L.S. from Western Michigan University. Chair of Michigan Library Association’s 1998 Michigan Summer Reading Program; Chair of the Children’s Services Division in 2000–2001; and Vice-President of the Association in 2002–2003. Board member of several regional early childhood literacy organizations and member of the Library of Michigan Youth Services Advisory Committee.  \nHeidi Stohs: Instructor in Language Arts, grades 10–12, Solomon High School, Solomon, Kansas. Received B.S. from Kansas State University; M.A. from Fort Hays State University.  \nPDF Not Available Due to Copyright Terms  \nPDF Not Available Due to Copyright Terms  \nTable of Contents  \nGUEST FOREWORD“The Study of Drama”  \nCarole L. Hamilton . . . . . . . . . vii  \nINTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . ix  \nLITERARY CHRONOLOGY . . . . . . . xiii  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . xv  \nCONTRIBUTORS . . . . . . . . . . xix  \n36 VIEWS  \nNaomi Iizuka . . . . . . . . . . . . 1  \nANNA IN THE TROPICS Nilo Cruz ............ 17  \nAS BEES IN HONEY DROWN Douglas Carter Beane ........ 38  \nFEEDING THE MOONFISH Barbara Wiechmann ........ 55  \nAN IDEAL HUSBAND Oscar Wilde ........... 68  \nINDIA SONG  \nMarguerite Duras . . . . . . . . . 98  \nLE CID  \nPierre Corneille . . . . . . . . . . 126  \nTHE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST  \nBeth Henley . . . . . . . . . . . 161  \nTHE OTHER SHORE Gao Xingjian .......... 194  \nTHE PRODUCERS Mel Brooks ........... 212  \nPROOF  \nDavid Auburn . . . . . . . . . . 231  \nROMEO AND JULIET William Shakespeare ....... 247  \nTHE SPANISH TRAGEDY Thomas Kyd .......... 277  \nTAMBURLAINE THE GREAT Christopher Marlowe ....... 301  \nGLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS .... 331  \nCUMULATIVE AUTHOR/TITLE INDEX . 365  \nNATIONALITY/ETHNICITY INDEX ... 373  \nSUBJECT/THEME INDEX . . . . . . 379  \nThe Study of Drama  \nWe study drama in order to learn what meaning others have made of life, to comprehend what it takes to produce a work of art, and to glean some understanding of ourselves. 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