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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... and the feminization of poverty 1952 Alice Childress' GoldThrough theTrees Lillian Hellman directsarevival ofThe Children's Hour;in this same yearshe is calledtotestify before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee Beth Henley born ...
... and the feminization of poverty 1952 Alice Childress' GoldThrough theTrees Lillian Hellman directsarevival ofThe Children's Hour;in this same yearshe is calledtotestify before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee Beth Henley born ...
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... and the eroticization of the body Performance artist, director, actress Anna Deavere Smithborn 1957 Lillian Hellman writesthe book forCandide,a musical basedon Voltaire 1958 Ketti Frings' Look Homeward, Angel wins the Pulitzer Prize ...
... and the eroticization of the body Performance artist, director, actress Anna Deavere Smithborn 1957 Lillian Hellman writesthe book forCandide,a musical basedon Voltaire 1958 Ketti Frings' Look Homeward, Angel wins the Pulitzer Prize ...
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... andthe productions in Edinburgh and London in 1984 1981 Split Britches, a feminist/lesbian theatre company, is founded by Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw, and Deborah Margolin; an offshoot of the Spiderwoman Theatre performing inNew York's East ...
... andthe productions in Edinburgh and London in 1984 1981 Split Britches, a feminist/lesbian theatre company, is founded by Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw, and Deborah Margolin; an offshoot of the Spiderwoman Theatre performing inNew York's East ...
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... exemplified oppositeextremes offreedom and oppression. Theplay presents two separate groups of characters: the captors, who inflict suffering on their victims butbehave in a cowardly way when threatened, and the captives, who hold fast.
... exemplified oppositeextremes offreedom and oppression. Theplay presents two separate groups of characters: the captors, who inflict suffering on their victims butbehave in a cowardly way when threatened, and the captives, who hold fast.
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Brenda Murphy. cowardly way when threatened, and the captives, who hold fast to their ideals while courageously struggling for freedom. From the first scene, Slaves in Algiers emphasizes its theme that happiness andfull human development ...
Brenda Murphy. cowardly way when threatened, and the captives, who hold fast to their ideals while courageously struggling for freedom. From the first scene, Slaves in Algiers emphasizes its theme that happiness andfull human development ...
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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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