Plays By Women
by Annie Castledine (Editor)

Name: Plays By Women
Brand: Annie Castledine (Editor)
SKU: 9780413680006
Rating: 3.42 (11 reviews)

Plays By Women Book Cover — Plays By Women Cover

Highlights

British

Why we like it

"A celebration of female playwrights, this collection showcases a range of voices and styles, emphasizing the importance of women in theatre."

From: Scripts with Strong Female Leads

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the diverse and provocative nature of the plays featured. The Afterwords add depth to the experience, while the content raised some discussions. However, some find minor issues in spelling and the need for content warnings.

Diverse and provocative contentEngaging AfterwordsStrong thematic explorationMinor spelling issuesNeeds content warnings

Synopsis

A selection of plays by theatre director Annie Castledine.

The Woman Destroyed is a monologue by Simone de Beauvoir about a woman battling against the odds to find an authentic and independent voice for herself; What Happened After Nora Left Her Husband by novelist and playwright Elfriede Jelineck, creates a powerful and provocative twentieth century sequel to Ibsen''s A Doll''s House; The Choice ''dramatises a woman''s decision about whether to go ahead with a Down Syndrome birth a rich, challenging and extraordinary drama'' (Observer); Weldon Rising is Phyllis Nagy''s first play about voyeurism and violence and is a bitterly funny and chillingly surreal look at the soulless poverty of urban life.

''It''s no good thinking of the good times, no one ever takes me out any more, I sit here stewing in my own juice I sit here stewing in my own juice and I''m fed up with it, fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up fed up.

''(Simone de Beauvoir, A Woman Destroyed)'

ThemesGeneral & Miscellaneous Drama