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University of Pennsylvania

George Bernard Shaw: "Misalliance"

For Students 9th - 10th
When Pennsylvania's People's Light & Theatre Company produced Shaw's "Misalliance," it printed excerpts from a number of essays on the work. Links to those works appear here and contain fascinating information about Shaw and the work.
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Handout
The Wharton Group

Discover France: Moliere French Dramatist

For Students 9th - 10th
Moliere, born in 1622, was a French comic dramatist, comic actor, stage director, and troupe manager.
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Website
Other

Site Officiel De Guillaume Apollinaire

For Students 9th - 10th
Official web site of Guillaume Apollinaire. It features everything you need to know about the poet and playwright.
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Handout
The Wharton Group

Discover France: Bio of Pierre Corneille

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of Pierre Corneille is easy to read. Good resource.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Arthur Miller Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you want to know about the life and work of Arthur Miller? This site features links to lesson plans and information for several of his plays.
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Website
Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Author

For Students 9th - 10th
This KiwiCareers site explores the various requirements for becoming an author. Content includes job requirements, working and employment conditions, personal profiles of actual authors, and more.
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Swiss Educ

Swiss Educ: Lawrence, D. H. 1885 1930

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Each section of this site offers both print and audio resources, including some of his work read aloud, and profiles of the writer from radio programs.
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Website
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Edward Albee

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography on playwright Edward Albee discusses his many achievements and gives details about his many works.
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Website
University of Pennsylvania

University of Penn: Leonard Moss' "Arthur Miller"

For Students 9th - 10th
As the title implies, this website from the University of Pennsylvania provides an excerpt from the preface of Moss' biography of Miller. The excerpt discusses Miller's position as a "social dramatist."
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eBook
Other

The Oscar Wilde Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Full-text collection of the works of Oscar Wilde. Easy to read and find, but there is no commentary offered.
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eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: William Vaughn Moody

For Students 9th - 10th
This site tells of the contributions to English Literature and theater that were made by William Vaughn Moody. It lists his plays, and tells the problems and faults with them.
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Carlo Goldoni

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a good source of information about the life and times of Carlo Goldoni. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.
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Website
Other

Eugene Ionesco: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Personal site devoted to Eugene Ionesco. Features biography, bibliography, quotations, photos, interviews, news, and links.
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Handout
Baertracks

Creative Quotations: Ben Jonson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Creative Quotations contains quotations from Ben Jonson, who was an English poet and dramatist. Quotations said by Jonson are listed.