| Top Girls Contributor(s): Churchill, Caryl (Author), Bush, Sophie (Editor), Megson, Chris (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350028576 ISBN-13: 9781350028579 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - Playwriting - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| LCCN: 2017029541 |
| Series: Student Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.30 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Marlene thinks the eighties are going to be stupendous. Her sister Joyce has her doubts. Her daughter Angie is just frightened. Since its premiere in 1982, Top Girls has become a seminal play of the modern theatre. Set during a period of British politics dominated by the presence of the newly elected Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Churchill's play prompts us to question our notions of women's success and solidarity. Its sharp look at the society and politics of the 1980s is combined with a timeless examination of women's choices and restrictions regarding career and family.This new Student Edition features an introduction by Sophie Bush, Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, UK prepared with the contemporary student in mind. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. A well as the complete text of the play itself, this volume contains: - A chronology of the play and the playwright's life and work - an introductory discussion of the social, political, cultural and economic context in which the play was originally conceived and created - a succinct overview of the creation processes followed and subsequent performance history of the piece - an analysis of, and commentary on, some of the major themes and specific issues addressed by the text - a bibliography of suggested primary and secondary materials for further study. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bush, Sophie: - Sophie Bush is a Lecturer in Performance at Sheffield Hallam University and has previously taught at the Universities of Sheffield, Huddersfield and Manchester Metropolitan. Her research and teaching interests lie in the history, practice and politics of contemporary British Theatre. Her doctorate, on the work of Timberlake Wertenbaker, was awarded by the University of Sheffield in 2011, and in September 2013, her first book The Theatre of Timberlake Wertenbaker was published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. She maintains an involvement with practical theatre-making, as director and devisor.Megson, Chris: - CHRIS MEGSON is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK. His recent publications include The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays (2010); his book on The Seventies, for 'Methuen's Decades of Modern British Playwrighting' series, is forthcoming in 2012. He has published widely on British theatre culture since 1968 and documentary/Tribunal theatre. |