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Drama Canadian

Playwriting Women

Female Voices in English Canada

by (author) Cynthia Zimmerman

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1994
Category
Canadian, Playwriting, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889242586
    Publish Date
    Sep 1994
    List Price
    $25.99

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Description

The six playwrights discussed in this volume are Carol Bolt, Erica Ritter, Sharon Pollack, Margaret Hollingsworth, Anne Chislett, and Judith Thompson.

About the author

Cynthia Zimmerman has been a highly regarded commentator on Canadian playwriting and on the voice of women on the Canadian stage for her whole career at Glendon College, York University, where she is a professor in the English department. Previously book review editor of the international journal Modern Drama and a member of its advisory board, Zimmerman has authored or co-authored a number of books, including Playwriting Women: Female Voices in English Canada. She has produced many articles, chapters, and public papers. She also edited the successful anthology, Taking the Stage, for Playwrights Canada Press.

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Editorial Reviews

Zimmermans research into playtexts,and sometimes into the conditions under which they are written is quite thorough, and her interpretations of the individual plays are often illuminating.

Modern Drama

[Playwriting Women] makes an easily accessible and much needed tool for teaching and learning about women in English-Canadian theatre.

Essays in Theatre

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