1st Edition

Women in Dramatic Place and Time Contemporary Female Characters on Stage

By Geraldine Cousin Copyright 1996
    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    Presents detailed analysis of a wide range of plays by British women dramatists from the last two decades. It will be invaluable reading for students of contemporary British theatre, literature and Women's Studies.

    PROLOGUE The room and the wilderness: Rutherford and Son and Granite 1 WILDERNESSES RECLAIMED The cave, The tarantella 2 RELATED SPACES, RELATED LIVES 3 TIME-TRAVELLERS AND DISORDERLY WOMEN 4 RETELLINGS 5 QUESTS FOR MAPS 6 CORRESPONDENT WORLDS: Encounters with fairies and angels RETROSPECTIVE

    Biography

    Geraldine Cousin is Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Churchill the Playwright and King John (from the ‘Shakespeare in Performance’ series)