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Caryl Churchill
Elaine Aston
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Description for Caryl Churchill
Paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
The volume traces the scope and development of Caryl Churchill’s theatre from her early writing for radio and television, through her stage career of the 1970s and 1980s to her recent major success Far Away (2000). Making use of contemporary critical and feminist theory, the study offers close dramatic and theatrical readings of the plays highlighting Churchill’s concerns with feminism, socialism and theatrical style. A key chapter on ‘The Woman Writer’ examines those plays, including Cloud Nine and Top Girls, which brought Churchill to the attention of the international feminist theatre academy, and links Churchill’s emergent feminism to her ... Read more
The volume traces the scope and development of Caryl Churchill’s theatre from her early writing for radio and television, through her stage career of the 1970s and 1980s to her recent major success Far Away (2000). Making use of contemporary critical and feminist theory, the study offers close dramatic and theatrical readings of the plays highlighting Churchill’s concerns with feminism, socialism and theatrical style. A key chapter on ‘The Woman Writer’ examines those plays, including Cloud Nine and Top Girls, which brought Churchill to the attention of the international feminist theatre academy, and links Churchill’s emergent feminism to her ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780746312087
SKU
V9780746312087
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Ref
99-1
About Elaine Aston
Elaine Aston is a Professor of Contemporary Performance at the University of Lancaster.
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