A Study Guide for Larry Shue's "The Foreigner"

A Study Guide for Larry Shue's
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 33
Release:
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1410346323

A Study Guide for Larry Shue's "The Foreigner," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

The Foreigner

The Foreigner
Author: Larry Shue
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1985
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822204183

THE STORY: The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by Froggy LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time Froggy has brought along a friend, a pathologically s

The Nerd

The Nerd
Author: Larry Shue
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 102
Release: 1984
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822208112

THE STORY: Now an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was seriously wounded in Vie

Almost, Maine

Almost, Maine
Author: John Cariani
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2007
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822221562

THE STORY: On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and

Deathtrap

Deathtrap
Author: Ira Levin
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1979
Genre: American drama
ISBN: 9780822202943

THE STORY: Seemingly comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A poss

The Cocktail Hour

The Cocktail Hour
Author: Albert Ramsdell Gurney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1989
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822202257

THE STORY: The time is the mid '70s, the place a city in upstate New York. John, a playwright, returns to his family's house, bringing with him a new play which he has written about them. His purpose is to obtain their permission to proceed with pr

Animals Out of Paper

Animals Out of Paper
Author: Rajiv Joseph
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2009
Genre: Artists
ISBN: 9780822223351

THE STORY: When a world-renowned origami artist opens her studio to a teenage prodigy and his school teacher, she discovers that life and love can't be arranged neatly in this drama about finding the perfect fold.

Wenceslas Square

Wenceslas Square
Author: Larry Shue
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1989
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822212324

THE STORY: Drawn from the author's own experience, the play tells of the return to Czechoslovakia, in 1974, of a former college drama professor, Vince Corey, who is researching a book (begun during a visit five years earlier) on the explosion of ar

Gun-shy

Gun-shy
Author: Richard Dresser
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1998
Genre: Divorced people
ISBN: 9780871298799