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Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?: and Other Stand-up Theatre Plays (Modern Plays)

Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?: and Other Stand-up Theatre Plays (Modern Plays)

by Claire Dowie (Author), Claire Dowie (Author)

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Five stand-up theatre plays from the female counterpart to Quentin Crisp (Evening Standard) Who does Claire Dowie think she is? In Adult Child/Dead Child she invented an imaginary friend to be all the things she wasn't allowed to be...In Why is John Lennon Wearing A Skirt? She hated being a girl but what's the alternative? In Death and Dancing she was determined to be anything she wanted to be...In Drag Act Mother would have been proud. In Leaking From Every Orifice she was a lesbian, had a sexual relationship with a gay man and ended up pregnant... She make you laugh as she kicks you in the teeth (Guardian)

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Format: paperback
 Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published:
ISBN 10: 0413710904
ISBN 13: 9780413710901

Author Bio
Claire Dowie is a writer, performer, poet, comedian and pioneer of Stand-Up Theatre, often associated with the In-Yer-Face approach to theatre-making. After starting out on the alternative comedy circuit, she switched to stand-up comedy and writing plays. Her first major work, Adult Child/Dead Child, won a Time Out Award in 1988. Other works include Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?, Easy Access (For the Boys), All Over Lovely, Cat and Mouse, Death and Dancing and The Year of the Monkey.