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Book SynopsisPlaywright Wendy Wasserstein (1950-2006) wrote topical, humorous plays addressing relationships among women and their families, taking the temperature of social moments from the 1960s onwards. This volume provides a critical introduction and a feminist reappraisal of the significant plays of one of the most famous contemporary American women playwrights.
Trade ReviewSkillfully weaves together historical, dramaturgical, literary, and practical methodologies to attend to everything from Wasserstein's complicated place in the canon to how the plays were initially staged and received . . . Not simply a play-by-play exploration of Wasserstein's work, this book is also a rigorous examination of the gender and race politics of commercial theatre (specifically Broadway)."" - Charlotte M. Canning, University of Texas
