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Description for Top Girls
Paperback. A play which looks at the political costs of women rising to the top. Series: Acting Edition S. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 4. Weight in Grams: 84.
Marlene has been promoted to managing director of a London employment agency and is celebrating. The symbolic luncheon is attended by women in legend or history who offer perspectives on maternity and ambition. In a time warp, these ladies are also her co-workers, clients, and relatives. Marlene, like her famous guests, has had to pay a price to ascend from proletarian roots to the executive suite: she has become, figuratively speaking, a male oppressor and even coaches female clients on adopting odious male traits. Marlene has also abandoned her illegitimate and dull-witted daughter. Her emotional and sexual life has become ... Read more
Marlene has been promoted to managing director of a London employment agency and is celebrating. The symbolic luncheon is attended by women in legend or history who offer perspectives on maternity and ambition. In a time warp, these ladies are also her co-workers, clients, and relatives. Marlene, like her famous guests, has had to pay a price to ascend from proletarian roots to the executive suite: she has become, figuratively speaking, a male oppressor and even coaches female clients on adopting odious male traits. Marlene has also abandoned her illegitimate and dull-witted daughter. Her emotional and sexual life has become ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Series
Acting Edition S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780573130137
SKU
V9780573130137
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
Reviews for Top Girls
Top Girls has a combination of directness and complexity which keeps you both emotionally and intellectually alert. You can smell life, and at the same time feel locked in an argument with an agile and passionate mind.
The Sunday Times A dramatist who must surely be rated among the half-dozen best now writing a playwright of genuine ... Read more
The Sunday Times A dramatist who must surely be rated among the half-dozen best now writing a playwright of genuine ... Read more