Timberlake Wertenbaker and Contemporary British Feminist Drama

This work, which introduces and provides the first major study and detailed analysis of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s as a radical feminist dramatist. Professor Gormceli’s research is also meant to provide a lucid, cogent and direct discussion of the contemporary British feminist theatre/drama and she has provided scholars and students of drama with original research as to the sources and strengths of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s major works. The study draws on comprehensive background information as well as much original research dealing with the development of feminism in the dramatic arts in United Kingdom and British feminist theatre(s) interest in social and radical readings of the dilemmas and challenges facing all women.