Women on the Verge: 7 Avant-garde American Plays

Women on the Verge: 7 Avant-garde American Plays
ISBN-10
1557831483
ISBN-13
9781557831484
Series
Women on the Verge
Category
Drama
Pages
366
Language
English
Published
1993
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Author
Rosette C. Lamont

Description

(Applause Books). This anthology gathers together recent work by the finest and most controversial contemporary American women dramatists. Collectively, this magnificent seven seeks to break the mold of the well-wrought psychological play and its rigid emphasis on realisticsocio-political drama. Includes: Occupational Hazard (Rosalyn Drexler) * Us (Karen Malpede) * What of the Night? (Maria Irene Forne) * Birth and After Birth (Tina Howe) * and more.

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