One by one, a ruthless killer stalks the actresses of the soap opera, All My Days, delivering the same violent end to them all. And not even street-smart police detective Theresa Morrison suspects his real identity until he comes after her.

A play based on the encounter between Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, and the mysterious Green Knight.

A play based on the encounter between Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, and the mysterious Green Knight.

A comprehensive survey of the history, the means of production, the content and the impact on audiences of soap operas. A sociologist and a specialist in women's studies combine to review the content of soap operas, and the way in which they are produced. How have the themes of soap operas changed with social convention? How do these massively popular serials aimed at a female audience portray women at work and at home? The impact of soap opera on its audience, the different varieties of soap operas, and the differences in structure, content, and commercial purpose between soap operas and prime time television are also discussed. `Cantor and Pingree have performed an important service by bringing together and analyzing a va

Subtitled Who's Who in Daytime Drama. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

From "Ma Perkins" and "One Man's Family" in the 1930s to "All My Children" in the 1980s, the soap opera has capture the imagination of millions of American men and women of all ages. In Speaking of Soap Operas, Robert Allen undertakes a reexaminati