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Women - Power and Politics: Now

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Description for Women - Power and Politics: Now Paperback. The second in a fascinating collection of plays that look mat the position of women in politics in English History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.

A collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.

The five plays in this volume look at the impact and influence that women have today.

In Acting Leader by Joy Wilkinson, Margaret Beckett finds herself Acting Leader of the Opposition after the sudden death of John Smith.

The Panel by Zinnie Harris is about the power politics underlying the selection of any candidate.

Playing the Game by Bola Agbaje is about the election of a new President of a Students' Association.

In Pink by ... Read more

You, Me and Wii by Sue Townsend is set in a council house in a small Leicestershire town at election time.

The plays were first performed at the Tricycle Theatre, London, as part of the Women, Power and Politics season in June 2010.

The other plays presented in the season are available in the companion volume, Women, Power and Politics: Then.

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848421172
SKU
V9781848421172
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Joy Wilkinson
Joy Wilkinson is a playwright and screenwriter whose plays include: The Sweet Science of Bruising (Southwark Playhouse, 2018); Acting Leader (part of Women, Power and Politics season at the Tricycle Theatre, London, in 2010); Fair (Finborough Theatre, 2005; Trafalgar Studios, West End, 2006); and Felt Effects (joint winner of the 2004 Verity Bargate Award, staged at Theatre503, London, 2006). ... Read more

Reviews for Women - Power and Politics: Now
'A terrific achievement and crucial, frightening viewing, for both sexes'
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