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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... woman tobe known asa dramatic comedy writer 1730 Amateur New York production of Romeo and Juliet marks the debut of Shakespeare on the American stage 1750 General Court of Massachusetts passes legislation to prevent stage plays 1751 ...
... woman tobe known asa dramatic comedy writer 1730 Amateur New York production of Romeo and Juliet marks the debut of Shakespeare on the American stage 1750 General Court of Massachusetts passes legislation to prevent stage plays 1751 ...
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... woman writer ofthe early twentieth century 1894 Billboard begins publication Eulalie Spence born (d. 1981); unlike many of her contemporaries, Spence will notfocus onprotest drama but willearn herfame through dramas depicting everyday ...
... woman writer ofthe early twentieth century 1894 Billboard begins publication Eulalie Spence born (d. 1981); unlike many of her contemporaries, Spence will notfocus onprotest drama but willearn herfame through dramas depicting everyday ...
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... Woman's Honor 1919 Mary Burrill's They That Sit in Darkness appears in The Birth Control Review Mary Burrill's Aftermath Susan Glaspell's Bernice 1920s–30s Era of the Harlem Renaissance or the New Negro Movement, an explosionand ...
... Woman's Honor 1919 Mary Burrill's They That Sit in Darkness appears in The Birth Control Review Mary Burrill's Aftermath Susan Glaspell's Bernice 1920s–30s Era of the Harlem Renaissance or the New Negro Movement, an explosionand ...
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... woman playwright towin a TonyAward 1951 Lillian Hellman's The Autumn Garden Paula Vogelborn; Vogel's plays will focus on the nontraditional family, andsocialissues suchasAIDS,domestic violence, sexual abuse, and the feminization of ...
... woman playwright towin a TonyAward 1951 Lillian Hellman's The Autumn Garden Paula Vogelborn; Vogel's plays will focus on the nontraditional family, andsocialissues suchasAIDS,domestic violence, sexual abuse, and the feminization of ...
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... woman to win a Tony, The Heidi Chronicles 1989 First International Women Playwrights' Conference, Buffalo, NY Karen Finley's WeKeepOurVictims Ready SuzanLori Parks' Imperceptible Mutabilities in theThird Kingdom; Parks winsan Obie and ...
... woman to win a Tony, The Heidi Chronicles 1989 First International Women Playwrights' Conference, Buffalo, NY Karen Finley's WeKeepOurVictims Ready SuzanLori Parks' Imperceptible Mutabilities in theThird Kingdom; Parks winsan Obie and ...
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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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