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Plays for Today by Women

Erschienen am 2. September 2013
Buch
Softcover
336 Seiten
978-1-906582-11-1 (ISBN)
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* A wide-ranging collection of plays by women dealing with contemporary subjects such as child abuse, recession, war, poverty and the complexity of modern women's lives.
* Many roles for women and girls; suitable for study for performance or as part of courses in Women's Studies or Feminist Theatre Studies.
* All the plays have been produced and performed in the UK to acclaim.
 
* A wide-ranging collection of plays by women dealing with contemporary subjects such as child abuse, recession, war, poverty and the complexity of modern women's lives.
* Many roles for women and girls; suitable for study for performance or as part of courses in Women's Studies or Feminist Theatre Studies.
* All the plays have been produced and performed in the UK to acclaim.
"The expanse of subjects this short collection covers shows that women are not just writing about the kitchen sink, the claim so often levelled. this collection (provides) a snapshot of an exciting time for female writers" @17percent
 
"The expanse of subjects this short collection covers shows that women are not just writing about the kitchen sink, the claim so often levelled. this collection (provides) a snapshot of an exciting time for female writers" @17percent
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Twickenham
Großbritannien
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Aurora Metro Publications
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Höhe: 208 mm
Breite: 147 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
Gewicht
Gewicht: 431 gr
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978-1-906582-11-1 (9781906582111)
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About the editors
Cheryl Robson is an award-winning playwright and publisher who founded Aurora Metro Books over 20 years ago to develop and publish new writers in drama and fiction. She also established The Virginia Prize for Fiction in 2009 to promote emerging women novelists. Previously, she worked for the BBC, ran a theatre company and taught in higher education.
Rebecca Gillieron is an editor and musician with various releases on independent labels in the US and UK. Keen to raise the profile of women and the arts, she has worked in publishing for fifteen years moving from Virgin and Penguin Books into independent publishing via The Womens Press, Marion Boyars and now Aurora Metro Books.
About the editors
Cheryl Robson is an award-winning playwright and publisher who founded Aurora Metro Books over 20 years ago to develop and publish new writers in drama and fiction. She also established The Virginia Prize for Fiction in 2009 to promote emerging women novelists. Previously, she worked for the BBC, ran a theatre company and taught in higher education.
Rebecca Gillieron is an editor and musician with various releases on independent labels in the US and UK. Keen to raise the profile of women and the arts, she has worked in publishing for fifteen years moving from Virgin and Penguin Books into independent publishing via The Womens Press, Marion Boyars and now Aurora Metro Books.
INTRODUCTION 7
THE PLAYS:
YOURS ABUNDANTLY, FROM ZIMBABWE 14
FROM THE MOUTHS OF MOTHERS 54
WELCOME TO RAMALLAH 112
SWEET CIDER 188
THE AWKWARD SQUAD 242
FOR A BUTTON 318