Seven Plays by Women: Female Voices, Fighting Lives (Aurora Metro Press)

Seven Plays by Women: Female Voices, Fighting Lives (Aurora Metro Press)

by Cheryl Robson (Author), April De Angelis (Author), Ayshe Raif (Author), Cheryl Robson (Author), Nina Rapi (Author), Eva Lewin (Author), Jan Ruppe (Author), Jean Abbott (Author)

Synopsis

A collection of new plays and essays on theatre by an emerging generation of women playwrights. Includes: FAIL/SAFE by AYSHE RAIF '...a most disturbing lament for the way that some family ties become chains from which there will never be escape.' The Guardian THE TAKING OF LIBERTY by CHERYL ROBSON '...the French Revolution: a women's protest...escalates into savage retribution.' What's On CRUX by APRIL DE ANGELIS Four women who follow their own doctrine of pleasure and hedonism in opposition to the stifling dictates of the Church. ITHAKA by NINA RAPI 'Theatrically inventive, often surreal, witty and funny...sensitive charting of a woman's quest for love and freedom.' Bush Theatre COCHON FLAMBAe by EVA LEWIN Explores the sexual politics of waitress-ing in a comic, one-woman play. CUT IT OUT by JAN RUPPE A sharp blend of humour and pathos, tells the story of Laura, a self-lacerator. FORCED OUT by JEAN ABBOTT A lesbian teacher's confrontation with her community's prejudices, unleashed by a newspaper's gay witchhunt...This collection is much used by schools, colleges, women's groups, community and youth theatres.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 272
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications
Published: 02 Jul 1993

ISBN 10: 0951587714
ISBN 13: 9780951587713
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
'...testimony to the work and debate going on among women, an inspiring document.' Whats On
Author Bio
Cheryl Robson, editor - writer, editor and producer. She has won the Croydon Warehouse International Play Festival and had several plays produced in London. Has edited a series of anthologies of plays for Aurora Metro and was artistic director of The Women's Theatre Workshop which developed plays by women for readings and production.