Caryl Churchill's Top Girls

Informationen zum Autor Alicia Tycer Klappentext Caryl Churchill is widely considered to be one of the most innovative playwrights to haveemerged in post-war British theatre. Identified as a socialist feminist writer, she is one of the few British women playwrights to have been incorporated into the dramatic canon. Top Girls is one of Churchill's most well known and often studied works, using an all female cast to critique bourgeois feminism during the Thatcher era. Zusammenfassung Provides a comprehensive critical introduction to "Top Girls", giving students an overview of the background and context for the play. This work includes accounts of performance history, production analysis, screen adaptations and summaries of important critical approaches and debates. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface 1. Background 2. Top Girls: analysis and commentary 3. Production analysis 4. Performance History 5. Workshopping Top Girls Conclusion Timeline Further Reading References Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alicia Tycer, Tycer Alicia
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.03.2008
• EAN: 9780826495556
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9555-6
• Pagine: 144
• Serie: Modern Theatre Guides; Modern Theatre Guides
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights