The Cambridge Companion to American Women PlaywrightsBrenda Murphy Cambridge University Press, 1999 M06 28 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. |
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... dramatists, she has directedplays by Caryl Churchill, Tina Howe,and Grace Livingston Furniss. Shecurrently teachesinthejoint theatre departmentof the Universityof St. ThomasandCollege of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota. VERONICA ...
... dramatists, she has directedplays by Caryl Churchill, Tina Howe,and Grace Livingston Furniss. Shecurrently teachesinthejoint theatre departmentof the Universityof St. ThomasandCollege of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota. VERONICA ...
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... begin to lift: Pennsylvania officially repeals its antitheatre legislation in 1789, Massachusetts and RhodeIsland repeal their legislation in1793; theatres throughout the nation begin to reopen and/or expand; women dramatists.
... begin to lift: Pennsylvania officially repeals its antitheatre legislation in 1789, Massachusetts and RhodeIsland repeal their legislation in1793; theatres throughout the nation begin to reopen and/or expand; women dramatists.
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... dramatists of the nineteenth century,has agreat impacton the American theatre 1813 Louisa Medina born (d. 1838); Medina will specialize in spectacular melodramas, especially adaptations of her own novels; Medina will also achieve a feat ...
... dramatists of the nineteenth century,has agreat impacton the American theatre 1813 Louisa Medina born (d. 1838); Medina will specialize in spectacular melodramas, especially adaptations of her own novels; Medina will also achieve a feat ...
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... dramatists turn from comedy to melodrama and tragedy; however,in 1845Anna Cora Mowatt's comedyFashion breaks on the theatre scene and is a stunning success; Fashion continues today to receive critical attention and is often still ...
... dramatists turn from comedy to melodrama and tragedy; however,in 1845Anna Cora Mowatt's comedyFashion breaks on the theatre scene and is a stunning success; Fashion continues today to receive critical attention and is often still ...
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... dramatist 1850 As many asfifty theatre companies are operating nationwide 1853 Catherine Sinclair opens the Metropolitan Theatre in San Francisco 1854 ActorJohn Wilkes Booth's debut Anna Cora Mowatt's final performance (June3) 1855 ...
... dramatist 1850 As many asfifty theatre companies are operating nationwide 1853 Catherine Sinclair opens the Metropolitan Theatre in San Francisco 1854 ActorJohn Wilkes Booth's debut Anna Cora Mowatt's final performance (June3) 1855 ...
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Susan Glaspell and modernism | |
Sophie Treadwell | |
feminism formalism and politics | |
African American women playwrights | |
Feminist theory and contemporary drama | |
Feminist theatre of the seventiesin the United States | |
Contemporary playwrightstraditional forms | |
a feminist voice from the seventies to the present | |
Further reading 14 Contemporary American women playwrights a brief survey of selected | |
Works cited | |
thecareer of Rachel Crothers | |
The Harlem Renaissance and the New Negro Movement | |
Index | |
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