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    American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950 » Read Now

    by Yvonne Shafer. 548 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950 PETER LANG New York...Paris Yvonne Shafer American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950 PETER LANG New...Data Shafer, Yvonne. American women...
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    Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook » Read Now

    by Jane T. Peterson, Suzanne Bennett. 402 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    Includes biographical sketches, play synopses, production histories, and bibliographical information for more than 80 contemporary women playwrights who present African American, Latina, Asian American, and lesbian perpectives.
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    Their Place on the Stage: Black Women Playwrights in America » Read Now

    by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory. 168 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    "This is the first book-length study of black American women playwrights. It will be useful to scholars in the fields of black and women's literature and an excellent source of background reading in graduate and undergraduate courses on American women playwrights. The author's training as both a...
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    Women Writers in Russian Literature (Chap. 11 "Waiting in the Wings: Russian Women Playwrights in the Twentieth Century") » Read Now

    by Toby W. Clyman, Diana Greene. 273 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ..."For all readers interested in the fabric of women's literature and women in a literary society, this book represents the highest achievement to date in Russian studies." Choice
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    Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays: A Biographical Directory and Dramatic Index » Read Now

    by Bernard L. Peterson Jr. 630 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    "This work provides a wealth of information on obscure and overlooked American playwrights as well as some famous ones; it will be a welcome addition for collections specializing in the theater arts." Reference Books Bulletin
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    Wines in the Wilderness: Plays by African American Women from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present » Read Now

    by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory. 251 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    "For those whose familiarity with black women playwrights is limited to the works of Lorraine Hansberry and Ntozake Shange, this collection of 15 plays written between 1925 and 1985 by eight authors will be a revelation. They express a passionate longing for social justice and for a stable...
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    Unbroken Thread: An Anthology of Plays by Asian American Women » Read Now

    by Roberta Uno. 328 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    'The plays in this volume span the range of Asian American women's experiences with passion, wit, anger, and blazing theatricality. Robert Uno's volume redresses a long-neglected gap in theatrical literature by bringing together six outstanding dramatic pioneers, whose innovations in story and form...

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