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Informationen zum Autor Stefan Rudnicki was born in Krakow, Poland, and lived in Stockholm, Sweden, and Montreal, Canada, before arriving in the United States—where he was educated principally at Columbia University and the Yale School of Drama. In addition to having directed number theatrical productions in New York, regional theatre, and abroad, he is also an actor, producer, award-winning playwright, photographer, and film and video director. His other books include The Actor’s Book of Classical Monologues and The Actor’s Book of Classical Scenes . Klappentext A diverse collection of monologues featuring the voices of women through the ages Drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, journals, and documents of public record, these selections, although not originally intended for theatrical or cinematic performances, offer unique dramatic opportunities for actors, speakers, students, or anyone interested in women's studies. Stefan Rudnicki has brought together selections from well-known as well as obscure authors, providing a tremendous range of women's perspectives from a variety of sources: poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, and Sappho, among others; passages from Mary Shelley's journal, the diaries of Anais Nin, and the memoirs of Isadora Duncan; polemics from Mary Wollstonecraft and Joan of Arc, as well as Susan B. Anthony's "On Woman's Right to Suffrage”; and selections from the novels of Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Ursula K. LeGuin, and others. Zusammenfassung A diverse collection of monologues featuring the voices of women through the ages Drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, journals, and documents of public record, these selections, although not originally intended for theatrical or cinematic performances, offer unique dramatic opportunities for actors, speakers, students, or anyone interested in women’s studies. Stefan Rudnicki has brought together selections from well-known as well as obscure authors, providing a tremendous range of women’s perspectives from a variety of sources: poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, and Sappho, among others; passages from Mary Shelley’s journal, the diaries of Anais Nin, and the memoirs of Isadora Duncan; polemics from Mary Wollstonecraft and Joan of Arc, as well as Susan B. Anthony’s “On Woman’s Right to Suffrage”; and selections from the novels of Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Ursula K. LeGuin, and others. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction PART I: WITNESS 1. Mirrors to Nature Introduction Linda Hogan?From Walking Aphra Behn?From Oroonoko Mary Botham Howitt? The Sea Fowler Frances Moore Brooke? To the Chase, to the Chase! Emily Pfeiffer? To a Moth that Drinketh of the Ripe October Jane Welsh Carlyle? To a Swallow Building Under Our Eaves Emily Dickinson? Dear March?Come in Clarissa Scott Delany? Solace Sarah Orne Jewett?From A White Heron Soge Track?From The Clearing in the Valley 2. Commentaries and Character Studies Introduction Anne Finch? The Atheist and the Acorn Mrs. Leicester? The Mock Hero Elizabeth Trefusis? The Boy and Butterfly Carolyn Wells? To a Milkmaid Phoebe Cary? When Lovely Women Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon? The Woman Who Used Her Theory Jane Austen?From Sanditon Mrs. Johnson to Lady Susan Tabith Gilman Tenney?From Female Quixotism Mark Twain?From Eve's Diary Fanny Fern (Sara Willis Parton)? Aunt Hetty on Matrimony Frances Miriam Berry Whitcher? Hezekiah Bedott Kate F. Ellis? A Sunday Morning Interview On the Servant Girl Question The Last Breakfast at the Mountains
