Sentence examples for the problem plays from inspiring English sources

"I like the problem plays," Ms. Zimmerman said recently during a late-afternoon rehearsal break, exuding good cheer despite an inner-ear ailment and a severe spring cold.

As novelists developed greater naturalism in both content and style, dramatists too looked to new and more realistic departures: the dialectical comedies of ideas of George Bernard Shaw; the problem plays associated with Henrik Ibsen; the more lyrical social portraits of Anton Chekhov; the fiercely personal, social, and spiritual visions of August Strindberg.

A local focus is therefore informed by a local understanding of how the problem plays out and by local knowledge of the context and both the drivers and barriers for change.

Like last year, the Public Theater's talented company will present two alternating productions in repertory this summer: "Measure for Measure" and "All's Well That Ends Well," known among Shakespeare enthusiasts as two of the "problem plays" in that they do not fall neatly into a traditional comedic or tragic classification.

In the implausible revelations of its second act, as well as in its focus on one family as a means of accusing an entire sector of society, "The Pain and the Itch" hearkens back to the problem plays of Ibsen and Shaw.

A successful solution to the problem plays a vital role in promoting social harmony and stability.

A more serious type of drama, developed by Alexandre Dumas fils, was the problem play (sometimes called a thesis play), in which social problems were debated.

In England, George Bernard Shaw brought the problem play to its intellectual peak, both with his plays and with their long and witty prefaces.

The problem play reached its maturity in the works of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, whose works had artistic merit as well as topical relevance.

Dr. Franklin, whose department oversees the state's workers' compensation program, said he had long seen the problem play out among claimants.

A "deeply emotional but sexy take" on the problem play Measure for Measure, starring Romola Garai as Isabella, will be directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins.