Women in Theatre (Contemporary Theatre Review Series)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Introduction......Page 6
But what of the British debate?......Page 7
But whose holy place?......Page 8
Shakespeare’s Cleopatra, the Male Gaze, and Madonna: Performance Dilemmas......Page 12
References......Page 20
Uncovering Heroines: Some Theatrical Perspectives on the French Revolution......Page 22
Additional Bibliography......Page 33
Dialogues of the Heart: Norodom Sihanouk and Mahatma Ghandi as Portrayed by Hélène Cixous......Page 36
References......Page 42
On Creativity and Anger......Page 44
Lights Up On Judith—The Dybbuk......Page 48
Judith......Page 49
The Cut of 1944......Page 50
L’Année Zero/Year Zero......Page 51
Revolution and Poetry in Feyder’s Le Chant du retour......Page 54
References......Page 59
Laughing All the Way to the Ghetto: Lesbian Farce......Page 60
Women, Theatre, and Territory: The Omaha Magic Theatre and the Boundaries of Theatrical Performance......Page 68
I. Artistic Territory: Creative Collaboration......Page 69
II. Performing Territory: Beyond Words......Page 72
III. Capitalizing on Women’s Territory......Page 75
IV. Geographic Territory: Space and Place......Page 77
V. Adding it all up: The Territory of a Theatre by Wild Women......Page 79
References......Page 80
Songs of the Twentieth Century: The Plays of Ludmila Petrushevskaya......Page 84
From Prose to Theatre......Page 85
The Dramaturgy of the Cry......Page 87
Concentration of Time and Place, Enigma and Language......Page 89
The Surpassing of Everyday Life......Page 90
A Theatre of Challenges......Page 91
Disclosing Talent......Page 94
Working in the Contradictions......Page 100
“I Like Theatre…”......Page 102
place (where we are situated)......Page 106
that body of language we speak......Page 109
body (that contains us)......Page 111
References......Page 114
Women’s Theatre in Italy......Page 116
Demeter Beneath the Sand......Page 118
Prologue......Page 119
Index......Page 130
Notes for contributors......Page 132