A Sourcebook on Feminist Theatre and Performance: On and Beyond the Stage (Worlds of Performance) [Hardcover]

Carol Martin (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 6, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0415106443 | ISBN-13: 978-0415106443 | Edition: 1

This work is a unique collection of key articles on feminist theatre and performance form The Drama Review (TDR). Carol Martin juxtaposes theory and practice to provide an exceptionally comprehensive overview of the development of feminist theatre.
This outstanding collection includes key texts by theorists such as Elin Diamond, Peggy Phelan and Lynda Hart and interviews with practitioners including Anna Deveare Smith and Robbie McCauley. It also contains full performances texts by two of the most influential and controversial practiitioners of feminist theatre: Dress Suits to Hire by Holly Hughes and The Constant State of Desire by Karen Finley.
A Sourcebook on Feminist Theatre and Performance is an essential purchase for students of theatre studies, performance studies and women's theatre.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Carol Martin has brought together a major collection of significant essays dealing with theory and performance in the theatre...One major asset of this book is the reader's ability to move between interviews, theory and text facilitating an understanding of the interrelationship between the three..
– Herbert Sennett

About the Author

Carol Martin is Assistant Professor at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 6, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415106443
• ISBN-13: 978-0415106443
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,435,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)