Women Playwrights
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African Women Playwrights
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Author : Kathy A. Perkins
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2009
African Women Playwrights written by Kathy A. Perkins and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Performing Arts categories.
For the first time, a distinctive collection of plays by African women published in English
Getting Into The Act
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Author : Ellen Donkin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-08-03
Getting Into The Act written by Ellen Donkin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-03 with Performing Arts categories.
Getting Into the Act is a vigorous and refreshing account of seven female playwrights who, against all odds, enjoyed professional success in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Ellen Donkin relates fascinating, disturbing tales about the male theatre managers to whom they were indebted, and the trials and prejudices they endured, ranging from accusations of plagiarism to sexual harassment. This scarred turbulent early history still resonates in the late twentieth-century. The current ratio of female to male playwrights is virtually unchanged. Old patterns of male control persist, and playwriting continues to be a hazardous occupation for women. But within these scarred earlier histories there are equally powerful narratives of self-revelation, endurance, and professional triumph that may point to a new way forward. Getting Into the Act is entertaining and informative reading for anyone, from scholar to general reader, who is interested in the history and gender politics of the stage.
Contemporary Women Playwrights
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Author : Penny Farfan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-01-23
Contemporary Women Playwrights written by Penny Farfan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-23 with Performing Arts categories.
Breaking new ground in this century, this wide-ranging collection of essays is the first of its kind to address the work of contemporary international women playwrights. The book considers the work of established playwrights such as Caryl Churchill, Marie Clements, Lara Foot-Newton, Maria Irene Fornes, Sarah Kane, Lisa Kron, Young Jean Lee, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Djanet Sears, Caridad Svich, and Judith Thompson, but it also foregrounds important plays by many emerging writers. Divided into three sections-Histories, Conflicts, and Genres-the book explores such topics as the feminist history play, solo performance, transcultural dramaturgies, the identity play, the gendered terrain of war, and eco-drama, and encompasses work from the United States, Canada, Latin America, Oceania, South Africa, Egypt, and the United Kingdom. With contributions from leading international scholars and an introductory overview of the concerns and challenges facing women playwrights in this new century, Contemporary Women Playwrights explores the diversity and power of women's playwriting since 1990, highlighting key voices and examining crucial critical and theoretical developments within the field.
The Cambridge Companion To Modern British Women Playwrights
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Author : Elaine Aston
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000
The Cambridge Companion To Modern British Women Playwrights written by Elaine Aston and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Drama categories.
This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century.
Interviews With Contemporary Women Playwrights
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Author : Kathleen Betsko
language : en
Publisher: Beech Tree Paperback Book
Release Date : 1987
Interviews With Contemporary Women Playwrights written by Kathleen Betsko and has been published by Beech Tree Paperback Book this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this collection of interviews, 30 women discuss some of the important issues in theater today: the position of women in the theater, gender bias in reviewing, censorship and self-censorship, racism, and women writing about domestic violence, birth and other taboo subjects. They also deal with the idea of a female aesthetic, the sources of women dramatists' imagery and language, their place as women playwrights in the tradition of women's writing. These playwrights reflect a complex, resonant impulse to illuminate the varied spectrum of female experience, and also cherish daring, innovative, challenging political plays that represent a successful rebellion against their own censorial impulses. The interviewees cover a wide spectrum of American, British, and international playwrights, including Marsha Norman and Beth Henley, Emily Mann, Caryl Churchill, Ntozake Shange, and China's woman dramatist Madame Bai Fengxi. ISBN 0-688-04405-0: $25.00.
The Cambridge Companion To American Women Playwrights
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Author : Brenda Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-06-28
The Cambridge Companion To American Women Playwrights written by Brenda Murphy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-06-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This volume addresses the work of women playwrights throughout the history of the American theatre, from the early pioneers to contemporary feminists. Each chapter introduces the reader to the work of one or more playwrights and to a way of thinking about plays. Together they cover significant writers such as Rachel Crothers, Susan Glaspell, Lillian Hellman, Sophie Treadwell, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, Megan Terry, Ntozake Shange, Adrienne Kennedy, Wendy Wasserstein, Marsha Norman, Beth Henley and Maria Irene Fornes. Playwrights are discussed in the context of topics such as early comedy and melodrama, feminism and realism, the Harlem Renaissance, the feminist resurgence of the 1970s and feminist dramatic theory. A detailed chronology and illustrations enhance the volume, which also includes bibliographical essays on recent criticism and on African-American women playwrights before 1930.
Women And Playwriting In Nineteenth Century Britain
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Author : Tracy C. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-05-27
Women And Playwriting In Nineteenth Century Britain written by Tracy C. Davis and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-27 with Drama categories.
This collection of essays recovers the names and careers of nineteenth-century women playwrights.
Women S Playwriting And The Women S Movement 1890 1918
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Author : Anna Farkas
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-05-13
Women S Playwriting And The Women S Movement 1890 1918 written by Anna Farkas and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-13 with Drama categories.
The influence of the women’s movement has long been a scholarly priority in the study of British women’s drama of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but previous scholarship has largely clustered around two events: the New Woman in the 1890s and the suffrage campaign in the years before the First World War. Women’s Playwriting and the Women’s Movement, 1890–1918 is the first designated study of British women’s drama from a period of exceptional productivity and innovation for female playwrights. Both the British theatre and women’s position within British society underwent fundamental changes in this period, and this book shows how female dramatists carefully negotiated their position in the heated debates about women’s rights that occurred at this time, while staking out a place for themselves in an evolving theatrical landscape. Farkas also identifies the women’s movement as a key influence on the development of female-authored drama between 1890 and 1918, but argues that scholarly prioritizing of the "radicalism" of work associated with the New Woman and the suffrage campaign has had a distorting effect in the past. Ideal for scholars of British and Victorian theatre, Women’s Playwriting and the Women’s Movement, 1890–1918 offers a new perspective which emphasizes the complexity of women playwrights’ engagement with first-wave feminism and links it to the diversification of the British theatre in this period.
Rage And Reason
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Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-05-29
Rage And Reason written by Bloomsbury Publishing and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-29 with Performing Arts categories.
Women playwrights speak about their art and the theatre in this collection of interviews about a key decade of British drama. Twenty leading contemporary dramatists discuss their work from the perspective of being both writers and women. Each talks about the state of the theatre now, the craft of playwrighting, and the pressures of working within a male dominated environment. The book also features Sarah Kane's very last public interview. 'What I think is so exciting about the response to a number of the plays written by women in the last ten years is that they are popular with audiences - because they've got this quality, this energy and this culture that hasn't been seen much on stage before: a humour, sexiness and wit that's been missing' - Charlotte Keatley
Rage And Reason
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Author : Heidi Stephenson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Rage And Reason written by Heidi Stephenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Dramatists, English categories.
'Rage and Reason' explores the work of 20 leading dramatists who discuss their work from the perspective of being both playwrights and women.