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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 . . . . . . . . . . xvii  \nCALM DOWN MOTHER Megan Terry ............ 1  \nA CHASTE MAID IN CHEAPSIDE Thomas Middleton ......... 18  \nTHE DESERTER Norman Beim .......... 50  \nENDGAME  \nSamuel Beckett . . . . . . . . . . 63  \nI’M NOT RAPPAPORT Herb Gardner ........... 88  \nLOST IN YONKERS Neil Simon ........... 106  \nMULATTO  \nLangston Hughes . . . . . . . . . 133  \nTHE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD  \nJ. M. Synge . . . . . . . . . . . 162  \nTHE ROSE TATTOO Tennessee Williams ........ 176  \nTHE SOUND OF A VOICE David Henry Hwang ........ 207  \nTHE SQUARE ROOT OF WONDERFUL Carson McCullers ........ 224  \nTARTUFFE  \nMolière . . . . . . . . . . . . 243  \nTHE VERGE  \nSusan Glaspell . . . . . . . . . . 276  \nGLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS .... 305  \nCUMULATIVE AUTHOR/TITLE INDEX . 339  \nNATIONALITY/ETHNICITY INDEX ... 345  \nSUBJECT/THEME INDEX . . . . . . 349  \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. Drama produces in a separate, aesthetic world, a moment of being for the audience to experience, while maintaining the detachment of a reflective observer.  \nDrama is a representational art, a visible and audible narrative presenting virtual, fictional characters within a virtual, fictional universe. 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