A Sourcebook on Feminist Theatre and Performance

This work is a unique collection of key articles on feminist theatre and performance from The Drama Review (TDR). Carol Martin juxtaposes theory and practice to provide an exceptionally comprehensive overview of the development of feminist theatre. Includes key texts by theorists such as: Elin Diamond, Peggy Phelan, Lynda Hart and interviews with practitioners including Anna Deveare Smith and Robbie McCauley. It also contains full performance texts by two of the most influential and controversial practitioners of feminist theatre: Dress Suits to Hire by Holly Hughes and The Constant State of Desire by Karen Finley.

First sentence: In the decade or more since the women's movement began, a number of books on the female experience in literature, art and architecture, film and dance have been published, but no comparable attempts have been made to identify a women's tradition in the complex art of theatre.

Year

1996

Language

English

Publisher

Routledge

Editions

2

Pages

336

ISBN

9780415106450

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