Miss Margarida's Way
by Roberto Athayde

Name: Miss Margarida's Way
Brand: Roberto Athayde
SKU: 9780573618635
Rating: 3.96 (53 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 minsAmerican

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about this play. While some appreciate its impact and the performance potential, others find it lacking, particularly in reading form. A few mention the importance of viewing the play live to fully grasp its essence.

Strong performance potentialMemorable themesIntriguing one-woman showBetter seen than readSomewhat outdated and dull

Synopsis

Estelle Parsons created a sensation in New York as the title character, a teacher who runs her classroom with an iron fist, velvet glove not included!

Banned, then censored in Brazil (the playwright's homeland), Miss Margarida's Way is a searing drama that looks deeply into the heart of power.

Audiences and critics in over fifty countries have cheered this allegory about totalitarianism that uses a classroom as its central metaphor.

Miss Margarida teaches, teases, and taunts her eighth-grade cla

Press Reviews

"Savage, mad, funny and ultimately moving... [Miss Margarida] is a grotesque, deranged and somehow perfectly normal school teacher."
— The New York Times