The Cambridge Companion to American Women PlaywrightsThis 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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... education and edification 1904 Frances Hodgson Burnett's stageadaptation ThatMan andI 1905 Harvard begins offering English 47, a playwriting course 1906 Lillian Hellman born (d. 1984); Hellman's plays of social Part 1: Pioneers.
... education and edification 1904 Frances Hodgson Burnett's stageadaptation ThatMan andI 1905 Harvard begins offering English 47, a playwriting course 1906 Lillian Hellman born (d. 1984); Hellman's plays of social Part 1: Pioneers.
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1984); Hellman's plays of social consciousness win her the honor of election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1960), the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1963), and the Theatre Hall of Fame (1974) Sophie Treadwell ...
1984); Hellman's plays of social consciousness win her the honor of election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1960), the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1963), and the Theatre Hall of Fame (1974) Sophie Treadwell ...
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... Simone wins anObie 1971 Megan Terrybegins her long careerasthe residentplaywright and literary manager ofthe Omaha MagicTheatre, where she remains committed to community problem plays and social action dramas 1972 The Women'sTheatre ...
... Simone wins anObie 1971 Megan Terrybegins her long careerasthe residentplaywright and literary manager ofthe Omaha MagicTheatre, where she remains committed to community problem plays and social action dramas 1972 The Women'sTheatre ...
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The most important comedic forms were sentimental comedy, social comedy, comic opera, and satire. Among theatrical traditions transmitted from England was the acceptance of women as playwrights: comedies by English women writers were ...
The most important comedic forms were sentimental comedy, social comedy, comic opera, and satire. Among theatrical traditions transmitted from England was the acceptance of women as playwrights: comedies by English women writers were ...
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Though she experienced social prejudice against her choice togoon the stage,she maintainedher respectable reputation and helped to raise the estimation ofthe acting profession. Afterthe deathof her first husband, she married William ...
Though she experienced social prejudice against her choice togoon the stage,she maintainedher respectable reputation and helped to raise the estimation ofthe acting profession. Afterthe deathof her first husband, she married William ...
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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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| Título | The Cambridge Companion to American Women Playwrights Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Editor | Brenda Murphy |
| Editor | Cambridge University Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 1139825615, 9781139825610 |
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