Women in Dramatic Place and Time: Contemporary Female Characters on Stage

In Women in Dramatic Place and Time Geraldine Cousin presents detailed analyses of a wide range of plays by British women dramatists from the last two decades. Cousin focuses on women’s dramatics efforts to speak out’ from the ideological spaces in which they have been positioned. The plays considered include: * Queen Christina - Pam Gem * My Mother Said I Never Should - Charlotte Keatley * Real Estate - Louise Page * The Grace of Mary Traverse - Timberlake Wertenbaker * Leave Taking - Winsome Pinnock * The Skriker - Caryl Churchill * After Easter - Anne Devlin