On the top floor of the Trocadero it sounds as if all the demons in hell are holding a disco. Relentless dance music is pierced by shrieks and squeals, sirens, gun shots and electronic beeps pitched fractionally above human endurance. Children in cages...

Play-by-Play. Ronald A. Smith. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. 320 pp. $45 hbk. Regardless of the size of the institution of higher education at which you teach, the content of Play-by-Play should be of interest to you. Whether you are...

Congress: Turns out Donald Rumsfeld resigned as secretary of defense before last year's election. But Republicans who think announcing his departure would have saved their majority are deluding themselves.The resignation letter of the defense secretary who presided over the liberation of Iraq was made public...

Somehow the boss doesn't see through their act and they get ahead. They're the office suck-ups. It's an issue that smacks of dishonesty, as employees try to curry favor by telling the boss how great he or she is, regardless of the truth. But people...

In the following essay, Gontarski finds Play to be a crucial element in the formation of Beckett's theatrical sensibility.

In the following essay, Gontarski appraises Beckett's reworking of his earlier plays and the changes they have undergone, paying particular attention to Play.

Essay provides an analysis of "Play" by Samuel Beckett and depicts how Beckett moves from the "eternal triangle" towards metaphysical themes in Play.

An analysis of Samuel Beckett's "Play" in response to the quote: "Play" doesn't just proclaim absurdity, it embodies it." the essay contains lots of information on the 'conventions' of absurdism and which ones can be found in "Play."