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Women in American Theatre
Edited by Helen Krich Chinoy & Linda Walsh Jenkins
- Format: Paperback book (600pages)
- Publication date: 2007
- Publisher: Theatre Communications Group, USA
- ISBN: 9781559362634
Synopsis:
A valuable collection of interviews and essays that explores and celebrates the complete spectrum of women's contributions to the theatre world in the US.
It covers an enormous range of topics including: actresses; playwrights; non-traditional women's careers; feminist theatres; and female rites such as beauty pageants and Native American performance. >A new section for this edition, 'Shattering the Glass Proscenium', looks at the women whose contributions continue to define the cutting edge of theatre today.
Contributors include Anne Bogart, Pearl Cleage, Paula Vogel, Kristin Linklater, Eve Ensler, Wendy Wasserstein, Maria Irene Fornes, Suzan-Lori Parks, Margaret Edson, Lois Weaver and others.
