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Book Synopsis

The Routledge Anthology of Women''s Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism is the first wide-ranging anthology of theatre theory and dramatic criticism by women writers.

Reproducing key primary documents contextualized by short essays, the collection situates women's writing within, and also reframes the field's male-defined and male-dominated traditions. Its collection of documents demonstrates women's consistent and wide-ranging engagement with writing about theatre and performance and offers a more expansive understanding of the forms and locations of such theoretical and critical writing, dealing with materials that often lie outside established production and publication venues. This alternative tradition of theatre writing that emerges allows contemporary readers to form new ways of conceptualizing the field, bringing to the fore a long-neglected, vibrant, intelligent, deeply informed, and expanded canon that generates a new era of scholarship, learning, and art

Table of Contents

1. FIVE MEDIEVAL WOMEN: St. Perpetua (c. 185–203), Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), Hadewijch (c. 1200–1250), Katherine Sutton (d. 1376), Margery Kempe (c. 1373–1438)

Andrew Galloway

2. HROTSVIT OF GANDERSHEIM (c. 935–1002)

Andrew Galloway

3. MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH (c.1623–1673)

Sujata Iyengar and Mikaela Warner

4. APHRA BEHN (1640–1689)

Joseph Roach

5. ANNE FINCH (1661–1720)

Christina Black

6. SUSANNA CENTLIVRE (c. 1669–1723)

Gillian Skinner

7. CHARLOTTE LENNOX (1729–1804)

Elizabeth Kraft

8. CHARLOTTE CHARKE (1713–1760)

Molly Marotta

9. FRANCES BURNEY (1752–1840)

Serena Baiesi

10. HANNAH COWLEY (1743–1809)

Melinda C. Finberg and Angela Escott

11. LADY EGLANTINE WALLACE (c. 1754–1803)

Lilla Maria Crisafulli

12. SALLY SIDDONS (1775–1803)

Laura Engel

13. ELIZABETH INCHBALD (1753–1821)

Lisa A. Freeman

14. JOANNA BAILLIE (1762–1851)

Thomas C. Crochunis

15. FELICIA HEMANS (1793–1835)

Diego Saglia

16. ADELAIDE O’KEEFFE (1776–1865)

Donelle Ruwe

17. SARAH SIDDONS (1755–1831)

Daniel O’Quinn

18. “ANONYMOUS”

Marjean D. Purinton

19. MARY RUSSELL MITFORD (1787–1855)

Serena Baiesi

20. AMELIA CHESSON (1833–1902)

Tracy C. Davis

21. FRANCES A. KEMBLE (1809–1893)

Catherine Burroughs

22. OLIVE LOGAN (1839–1909)

Merritt Denman Popp

23. MICHAEL FIELD [KATHARINE HARRIS BRADLEY (1846–1914) AND EDITH EMMA COOPER (1861–1913)]

Jill R. Ehnenn

24. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860–1935)

Andrew Tolle

25. PHYLLIS ROBBINS (1883–1972)

Kim Marra

26. LADY AUGUSTA GREGORY (1852–1932)

Marjorie Howes

27. EDITH CRAIG (1869–1947)

Katharine Cockin

28. CHRISTOPHER ST. JOHN (1871–1960)

Lesley Ferris

29. BINODINI DASI (1862–1941)

Aparna Dharwadker

30. FLORENCE KIPER (1886–1976)

Sharon Friedman

31. MAY ISABEL FISK (1872–1955)

Jennifer Schmidt

32. DJUNA BARNES (1892–1982)

Nick Salvato

33. SOPHIE TREADWELL (1885–1970)

Jerry Dickey

34. VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941)

Shilo McGiff

35. ELIZABETH ROBINS (1862–1952)

Joanne Gates

36. LENA ASHWELL (1872–1957)

Maggie Gale

37. CONSTANCE ROURKE (1885–1941)

Charlotte M. Canning

38. CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER (1899–1979)

Jennifer Schmidt

39. GERTRUDE STEIN (1874–1946)

Scott W. Klein

40. SUSAN GLASPELL (1876–1948)

J. Ellen Gainor and Elizabeth A. Osborne

41. HALLIE FLANAGAN (1889–1969)

Elizabeth A. Osborne

42. JOAN LITTLEWOOD (1914–2002)

Fatine Bahar Karlidağ

43. ALICE CHILDRESS (1916–1994)

Meenakashi Ponnuswami

44. ANN JELLICOE (1927–2017)

Kate Pierson

45. BARBARA ANN TEER (1937–2008)

La Donna L. Forsgren

46. JUDITH MALINA (1926–2015)

Kate Bredeson

47. ROSE YUEN OW (1895–?)

Krystyn Moon

48. MARGUERITE DURAS (1914–1996)

Shelley Orr

49. MEGAN TERRY (1932–2023)

Maya Roth

50. DOROTHY HEWETT (1923–2002)

Aoise Stratford

51. MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS (1930–2018)

Linda Ben-Zvi

52. JANE CHAMBERS (1937–1983)

Sara Warner

53. ELFRIEDE JELINEK (b.1946)

Anke Charton

54. SUE-ELLEN CASE (b.1942)

Penny Farfan

55. ADRIENNE KENNEDY (b.1931)

Maya E. Roth

56. LIZ LOCHHEAD (b.1947)

Aoise Stratford

57. CONSTANCE CONGDON (b.1944)

Ryan Platt

58. ELIZABETH MACLENNAN (1938–2015)

Gioia Angeletti

59. MONSTROUS REGIMENT (1975–1993)

Elaine Aston

60. JILL DOLAN (b.1957)

Jessica Del Vecchio

61. THE DIVINA PROJECT (1989–1998)

Juliet Guzzetta

62. NEHAD SELAIHA (1945–2017)

Marvin Carlson

63. PEGGY PHELAN (b.1959)

Daniel Sack

64. SUZAN-LORI PARKS (b.1963)

Kristen Wright

65. KATE BORNSTEIN (b.1948)

Kara Raphaeli

66. ELIN DIAMOND (b. 1948)

Jen-Scott Mobley

67. HÉLÈNE CIXOUS (b.1937)

Rachel Morris Watson

68. MĨCERE GĨTHAE MŨGO (1942–2023)

Kellen Hoxworth

69. DIANE GLANCY (b.1941)

Birgit Däwes

70. LOIS WEAVER (b.1949)

Benjamin Gillespie

71. JUDITH THOMPSON (b.1954)

Erica Stevens Abbitt

72. CHERRÍE MORAGA (b.1952)

Lindsay Cummings

73. AMAL ALLANA (b.1947)

Aparna Dharwadker

74. NAOMI WALLACE (b.1960)

Lindsay B. Cummings

75. MOJISOLA ADEBAYO (b.1971)

Kellen Hoxworth

76. LAUREN GUNDERSON (b.1982)

Noelia Hernando-Real

77. SARAH RUHL (b.1974)

Amy Muse

78. ELAINE ASTON (b.1958)

Geraldine Harris

79. DAME HARRIET WALTER (b.1950)
Rosemary Malague

80. CATHERINE KODICEK (b.1972)

Katherine Gurnos-Davies

81. SPIDERWOMAN THEATER (1976–) AND MURIEL MIGUEL (b.1937)
Lilian Mengesha
82. EMMA RICE (b.1967)

Siouxsie Easter

83. PAULA VOGEL (b.1951)

Meghan Brodie

84. ELAINE ROMERO

Jimmy A. Noriega

85. VELINA HASU HOUSTON (b.1957)

Eunha Na

86. QUIARA ALEGRÍA HUDES (b.1977) and GABRIELA SERENA SANCHEZ

J. Ellen Gainor

87. WINSOME PINNOCK (b.1961)

Gabriele Griffin

88. TAKEMOTO KOSHIKÔ (b.1953)

Maki Isaka

89. ÉMILIE MONNET (b.1979)

Lindsay LaChance

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 9/29/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780367439873, 978-0367439873
      ISBN10: 0367439875
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Routledge Anthology of Women''s Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism is the first wide-ranging anthology of theatre theory and dramatic criticism by women writers.

      Reproducing key primary documents contextualized by short essays, the collection situates women's writing within, and also reframes the field's male-defined and male-dominated traditions. Its collection of documents demonstrates women's consistent and wide-ranging engagement with writing about theatre and performance and offers a more expansive understanding of the forms and locations of such theoretical and critical writing, dealing with materials that often lie outside established production and publication venues. This alternative tradition of theatre writing that emerges allows contemporary readers to form new ways of conceptualizing the field, bringing to the fore a long-neglected, vibrant, intelligent, deeply informed, and expanded canon that generates a new era of scholarship, learning, and art

      Table of Contents

      1. FIVE MEDIEVAL WOMEN: St. Perpetua (c. 185–203), Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), Hadewijch (c. 1200–1250), Katherine Sutton (d. 1376), Margery Kempe (c. 1373–1438)

      Andrew Galloway

      2. HROTSVIT OF GANDERSHEIM (c. 935–1002)

      Andrew Galloway

      3. MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH (c.1623–1673)

      Sujata Iyengar and Mikaela Warner

      4. APHRA BEHN (1640–1689)

      Joseph Roach

      5. ANNE FINCH (1661–1720)

      Christina Black

      6. SUSANNA CENTLIVRE (c. 1669–1723)

      Gillian Skinner

      7. CHARLOTTE LENNOX (1729–1804)

      Elizabeth Kraft

      8. CHARLOTTE CHARKE (1713–1760)

      Molly Marotta

      9. FRANCES BURNEY (1752–1840)

      Serena Baiesi

      10. HANNAH COWLEY (1743–1809)

      Melinda C. Finberg and Angela Escott

      11. LADY EGLANTINE WALLACE (c. 1754–1803)

      Lilla Maria Crisafulli

      12. SALLY SIDDONS (1775–1803)

      Laura Engel

      13. ELIZABETH INCHBALD (1753–1821)

      Lisa A. Freeman

      14. JOANNA BAILLIE (1762–1851)

      Thomas C. Crochunis

      15. FELICIA HEMANS (1793–1835)

      Diego Saglia

      16. ADELAIDE O’KEEFFE (1776–1865)

      Donelle Ruwe

      17. SARAH SIDDONS (1755–1831)

      Daniel O’Quinn

      18. “ANONYMOUS”

      Marjean D. Purinton

      19. MARY RUSSELL MITFORD (1787–1855)

      Serena Baiesi

      20. AMELIA CHESSON (1833–1902)

      Tracy C. Davis

      21. FRANCES A. KEMBLE (1809–1893)

      Catherine Burroughs

      22. OLIVE LOGAN (1839–1909)

      Merritt Denman Popp

      23. MICHAEL FIELD [KATHARINE HARRIS BRADLEY (1846–1914) AND EDITH EMMA COOPER (1861–1913)]

      Jill R. Ehnenn

      24. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860–1935)

      Andrew Tolle

      25. PHYLLIS ROBBINS (1883–1972)

      Kim Marra

      26. LADY AUGUSTA GREGORY (1852–1932)

      Marjorie Howes

      27. EDITH CRAIG (1869–1947)

      Katharine Cockin

      28. CHRISTOPHER ST. JOHN (1871–1960)

      Lesley Ferris

      29. BINODINI DASI (1862–1941)

      Aparna Dharwadker

      30. FLORENCE KIPER (1886–1976)

      Sharon Friedman

      31. MAY ISABEL FISK (1872–1955)

      Jennifer Schmidt

      32. DJUNA BARNES (1892–1982)

      Nick Salvato

      33. SOPHIE TREADWELL (1885–1970)

      Jerry Dickey

      34. VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941)

      Shilo McGiff

      35. ELIZABETH ROBINS (1862–1952)

      Joanne Gates

      36. LENA ASHWELL (1872–1957)

      Maggie Gale

      37. CONSTANCE ROURKE (1885–1941)

      Charlotte M. Canning

      38. CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER (1899–1979)

      Jennifer Schmidt

      39. GERTRUDE STEIN (1874–1946)

      Scott W. Klein

      40. SUSAN GLASPELL (1876–1948)

      J. Ellen Gainor and Elizabeth A. Osborne

      41. HALLIE FLANAGAN (1889–1969)

      Elizabeth A. Osborne

      42. JOAN LITTLEWOOD (1914–2002)

      Fatine Bahar Karlidağ

      43. ALICE CHILDRESS (1916–1994)

      Meenakashi Ponnuswami

      44. ANN JELLICOE (1927–2017)

      Kate Pierson

      45. BARBARA ANN TEER (1937–2008)

      La Donna L. Forsgren

      46. JUDITH MALINA (1926–2015)

      Kate Bredeson

      47. ROSE YUEN OW (1895–?)

      Krystyn Moon

      48. MARGUERITE DURAS (1914–1996)

      Shelley Orr

      49. MEGAN TERRY (1932–2023)

      Maya Roth

      50. DOROTHY HEWETT (1923–2002)

      Aoise Stratford

      51. MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS (1930–2018)

      Linda Ben-Zvi

      52. JANE CHAMBERS (1937–1983)

      Sara Warner

      53. ELFRIEDE JELINEK (b.1946)

      Anke Charton

      54. SUE-ELLEN CASE (b.1942)

      Penny Farfan

      55. ADRIENNE KENNEDY (b.1931)

      Maya E. Roth

      56. LIZ LOCHHEAD (b.1947)

      Aoise Stratford

      57. CONSTANCE CONGDON (b.1944)

      Ryan Platt

      58. ELIZABETH MACLENNAN (1938–2015)

      Gioia Angeletti

      59. MONSTROUS REGIMENT (1975–1993)

      Elaine Aston

      60. JILL DOLAN (b.1957)

      Jessica Del Vecchio

      61. THE DIVINA PROJECT (1989–1998)

      Juliet Guzzetta

      62. NEHAD SELAIHA (1945–2017)

      Marvin Carlson

      63. PEGGY PHELAN (b.1959)

      Daniel Sack

      64. SUZAN-LORI PARKS (b.1963)

      Kristen Wright

      65. KATE BORNSTEIN (b.1948)

      Kara Raphaeli

      66. ELIN DIAMOND (b. 1948)

      Jen-Scott Mobley

      67. HÉLÈNE CIXOUS (b.1937)

      Rachel Morris Watson

      68. MĨCERE GĨTHAE MŨGO (1942–2023)

      Kellen Hoxworth

      69. DIANE GLANCY (b.1941)

      Birgit Däwes

      70. LOIS WEAVER (b.1949)

      Benjamin Gillespie

      71. JUDITH THOMPSON (b.1954)

      Erica Stevens Abbitt

      72. CHERRÍE MORAGA (b.1952)

      Lindsay Cummings

      73. AMAL ALLANA (b.1947)

      Aparna Dharwadker

      74. NAOMI WALLACE (b.1960)

      Lindsay B. Cummings

      75. MOJISOLA ADEBAYO (b.1971)

      Kellen Hoxworth

      76. LAUREN GUNDERSON (b.1982)

      Noelia Hernando-Real

      77. SARAH RUHL (b.1974)

      Amy Muse

      78. ELAINE ASTON (b.1958)

      Geraldine Harris

      79. DAME HARRIET WALTER (b.1950)
      Rosemary Malague

      80. CATHERINE KODICEK (b.1972)

      Katherine Gurnos-Davies

      81. SPIDERWOMAN THEATER (1976–) AND MURIEL MIGUEL (b.1937)
      Lilian Mengesha
      82. EMMA RICE (b.1967)

      Siouxsie Easter

      83. PAULA VOGEL (b.1951)

      Meghan Brodie

      84. ELAINE ROMERO

      Jimmy A. Noriega

      85. VELINA HASU HOUSTON (b.1957)

      Eunha Na

      86. QUIARA ALEGRÍA HUDES (b.1977) and GABRIELA SERENA SANCHEZ

      J. Ellen Gainor

      87. WINSOME PINNOCK (b.1961)

      Gabriele Griffin

      88. TAKEMOTO KOSHIKÔ (b.1953)

      Maki Isaka

      89. ÉMILIE MONNET (b.1979)

      Lindsay LaChance

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