Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her OwnContemporary Feminist Theatres is a major evaluation of the forms feminism has taken in the theatre since 1968. Lizbeth Goodman provides a provocative and interdisciplinary study of the development of feminist theatres in Britain. She examines the treatment of key issues such as gender, race, sexuality, language and power in performance. Based on original research and fresh data, Contemporary Feminst Theatres is a fully comprehensive and admirably clear analysis of a flourishing field of practice and inquiry. |
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Polly Thomas at theNew Playwrights Trust and Eric Sanders atthe Theatre Writers Union (London) were invaluable contacts atmany different stages ofthis project. Internationally, Barbara Lanati andTeatro Settimo inTurin, Susan Bennett and ...
Polly Thomas at theNew Playwrights Trust and Eric Sanders atthe Theatre Writers Union (London) were invaluable contacts atmany different stages ofthis project. Internationally, Barbara Lanati andTeatro Settimo inTurin, Susan Bennett and ...
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The nucleus of the shortlived Cambridge Feminist Theory Group offered supportandfeedback atearly stages ofthe project, asdid theCambridge Womenand Literatureand Graduate Drama Seminars.The JudithE.Wilson Fundof the Cambridge University ...
The nucleus of the shortlived Cambridge Feminist Theory Group offered supportandfeedback atearly stages ofthe project, asdid theCambridge Womenand Literatureand Graduate Drama Seminars.The JudithE.Wilson Fundof the Cambridge University ...
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And why aren't you more political on the stage? We had hopedthat all of those messages and all of our politics would havebecome apparentinten years. Feminism is being presented, as if it were identifiable.
And why aren't you more political on the stage? We had hopedthat all of those messages and all of our politics would havebecome apparentinten years. Feminism is being presented, as if it were identifiable.
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Siren were available only in unpublished form. Many oftheplays discussedinthisbookwere firstread bymeinthe form ofworking playscripts,often author's or actor's copies, marked with stage directions and highlighted in fluorescent ...
Siren were available only in unpublished form. Many oftheplays discussedinthisbookwere firstread bymeinthe form ofworking playscripts,often author's or actor's copies, marked with stage directions and highlighted in fluorescent ...
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LorenKrugerhasquestionedthe terminology ofcritics such as HeleneKeyssar,askingwhether it ispossibletotakeforgrantedtheidentification of 'feministtheatre' and the 'representation of women' by way of the 'creation of significant stage ...
LorenKrugerhasquestionedthe terminology ofcritics such as HeleneKeyssar,askingwhether it ispossibletotakeforgrantedtheidentification of 'feministtheatre' and the 'representation of women' by way of the 'creation of significant stage ...
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Contents
Section 17 | lv |
Section 18 | lvii |
Section 19 | lxiii |
Section 20 | lxxxiii |
Section 21 | xcv |
Section 22 | xcvi |
Section 23 | ci |
Section 24 | cviii |
| xxiv | |
Section 10 | xxxiii |
Section 11 | xliv |
Section 12 | lxi |
Section 13 | lxxix |
Section 14 | lxxxii |
Section 15 | c |
Section 16 | c |
Section 25 | 5 |
Section 26 | 4 |
Section 27 | 8 |
Section 28 | 41 |
Section 29 | 526 |
Section 30 | 357 |
Section 31 | 180 |
Section 32 | 182 |
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| Title | Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own Gender in Performance |
| Author | Lizbeth Goodman |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1134906951, 9781134906956 |
| Length | 328 pages |
| Subjects | › › Performing Arts / General Performing Arts / Theater / General Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism |
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