character, 1–2, 4–10, 13, 15–16, 20, 23, 26–32, 38–40, 46, 48, 51, 57, 60, 62, 65–66, 72–73, 76, 78, 81–84, 96 315–318

Chalfant, Kathleen, 284, 312, 314n14, 315

Chaudhuri, Una, 18, 42n3, 215n1, 266, 313n6, 314n8

The Children’s Hour, 39, 141–143, 151–53, 158, 168, 174, 176–177, 257

See also HellmanLillian

choice, 4, 16, 29, 31, 38, 68–72, 78–85, 151–152, 175–176, 226, 235, 257–258, 296, 299, 301–304, 308, 308

Christian, 246, 248–49, 259–260, 272, 275, 289, 307–310, 316

chronology, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38–39, 64, 75, 81, 116, 118, 220, 251, 310, 315

Cohn, Ruby, 7–10, 32, 35, 189–91, 194, 215n2–3, 231, 265–266, 284

comedy, 33, 60, 65–66, 73, 114, 318

community, 60, 71–74, 79, 82–84, 93, 223–24, 251–253, 260, 267, 287, 292, 317–318

conscious, 13, 15, 29, 33, 35, 46–47, 50, 73, 76–77, 80–81, 96, 116, 131, 156, 158, 167, 185–186, 192, 194, 196, 201–203, 207, 213, 219, 224–226, 238, 251, 277–278, 286, 298

convention, 2, 6, 8, 11, 16–19, 25–27, 30, 33, 45–49, 51, 55–56, 64, 95, 104, 116, 142, 153, 168, 170, 198, 205–206, 223, 248–249, 261–262, 267, 271, 276, 291, 293

Corpus Christi, 41, 264, 305

SeealsoMcNallyTerrence

Crothers, Rachel, 33, 38, 45–59, 68, 71, 75, 81–82, 84

deconstruct, 35, 49, 75, 116, 125, 156, 182, 191, 210, 259, 276

Demastes, William, 7, 9–10, 36, 91

Derrida, Jacques, 182, 259

Desire Under the Elms, 29, 33, 40, 181–183, 185, 190, 196, 201, 204, 210, 213, 216n5, 218, 220, 227, 258

See alsoO’Neill Eugene

detachment, 4, 13, 128, 141, 174, 211, 227–228, 230, 237, 252, 282–285, 295, 315

distancing, 2–3, 72–73, 131, 268

divine, 36, 259–261, 264, 267–276, 279–282, 289–291, 295, 299–301, 303–306, 312, 318

Dolan, Jill, 43n16, 60–61, 86n1, 89n16, 89n19, 144–146, 151

Edson, Margaret, 306–310

Eisenstadt, Deborah, 175, 179n14, 189

Elam, Harry J. Jr., 248

expressionism, 2, 4, 8, 43, 95, 182, 209, 213, 262, 269

Faris, Wendy B., 264–266

feminist, 1, 16, 30, 38, 39, 45–49, 61, 62–63, 70–71, 76, 82, 86, 144

Fornes, Maria Irene, 9, 62, 316

Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, 41, 112, 263, 280, 295, 300–301, 304, 309, 309

See also GuareSee also GuareJohn

fourth wall, 4, 25, 39, 90, 92–94

fragment, 1–2, 5, 9–11, 18, 20, 25–26, 28–29, 32, 33, 37–38, 44, 64–65, 73

Freud, Sigmund, 97, 104, 125, 158, 196, 224, 226, 230, 233–234, 251, 254n6, 257–258, 269–270, 270, 277, 286–287