Landmarks of contemporary women's drama

Author(s)

• Kilgore, Emilie S.

Bibliographic Information

Landmarks of contemporary women's drama

edited by Emilie S. Kilgore ; with an introduction by Wendy Wasserstein

Methuen Drama, 1992

• pbk.

Contents of Works

• Getting out / Marsha Norman
• My sister in this house / Wendy Kesselman
• Coyote ugly / Lynn Siefert
• Painting churches / Tina Howe
• Ourselves alone / Anne Devlin
• Serious money / Caryl Churchill
• Keeping Tom nice / Lucy Gannon

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a collection of eight plays, each of which has won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. The plays have all been written by women with strong female roles and are concerned with themes ranging from personal relationships to politics and economics. The plays have been treated in a variety of styles from the most contemporary realism to social satire in rhyming couplets. The plays include: "Getting Out" by Marsha Norman, "My Sister in this House" by Wendy Kesselman, "Coyote Ugly" by Lynn Seifert, "Painting Churches" by Tina Howe, "Ourselves Alone" by Caryl Churchill and "Keeping Tom Nice" by Lucy Gannon.

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Details

• NCID: BA33600007
• ISBN:
  • 0413662209
• LCCN: 93165775
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 503 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS628.W6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : American drama -- Women authors
  • LCSH : American drama -- 20th century
  • LCSH : English drama -- Women authors
  • LCSH : English drama -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Women -- Drama