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The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Elaine Aston
Edited by Janelle Reinelt
SeriesCambridge Companions to Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:298
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9780521595339
ClassificationsDewey:822.914099287
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 9 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 25 May 2000
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This Companion addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century. The chapters explore the historical and theatrical contexts in which women have written for the theatre and examine the work of individual playwrights. A chronological section on playwriting from the 1920s to the 1970s is followed by chapters which raise issues of nationality and identity. Later sections question accepted notions of the canon and include chapters on non-mainstream writing, including black and lesbian performance. Each section is introduced by the editors, who provide a narrative overview of a century of women's drama and a thorough chronology of playwriting, set in political context. The collection includes essays on the individual writers Caryl Churchill, Sarah Daniels, Pam Gems and Timberlake Wertenbaker as well as extensive documentation of contemporary playwriting in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, including figures such as Liz Lochhead and Anne Devlin.

Reviews

'The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights is an excellent companion. The Companion provides detailed and extensive information that is scrupulously well researched and well presented. It thus makes an indispensable, timely, and provocative resource.' Modern Drama