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Books on: black women playwrights

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Their Place on the Stage: Black Women Playwrights in America

Book by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory; Praeger, 1990

Subjects:

African American Theater--History, African Americans In Literature, American Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Drama--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Drama--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century

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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"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 scholar and a playwright is evident in this book." Choice
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Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain

Book by Gabriele Griffin; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Asians In Literature, Asians--Great Britain--Intellectual Life, English Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--21st Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--Asian Authors--History And Criticism, English Drama--Black Authors--History And Criticism, English Drama--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Feminism And Literature--Great Britain, Feminist Drama, English--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--Great Britain, Women, Black, In Literature, Women, Black--Great Britain--Intellectual Life

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...British Asian - as well as Black - women playwrights. Bands such as Asian Dub...inhabit. Many plays by Black women playwrights, for instance, inter alia...inform the US history of Black women playwrights work, has not been matched...
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Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook

Book by Jane T. Peterson, Suzanne Bennett; Greenwood Press, 1997

Subjects:

American Drama--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Drama--Minority Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Drama--Women Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Dramatists, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Ethnic Groups In Literature--Dictionaries, Fiction, Lesbians In Literature--Dictionaries, Lesbians' Writings, American--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Minorities In Literature--Dictionaries, Minority Women In Literature--Dictionaries, Women Dramatists, American--Biography--Dictionaries

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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Feminist Views on the English Stage: Women Playwrights, 1990-2000

Book by Elaine Aston; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

English Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Feminism And Literature--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Feminist Drama, English--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--Great Britain--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Breaking Down the Door: black women playwrights in the I990s 128 Talking...to characterise the work of women playwrights in the i 99os. Stylistically...revisioning of (white) realism by black and Asian women writers, Kanes...
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French Women Playwrights before the Twentieth Century: A Checklist

Book by Cecilia Beach; Greenwood Press, 1994

Subjects:

French Drama--Women Authors--Bibliography, Women And Literature--France--Bibliography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Provides a comprehensive listing of works by French women playwrights from the sixteenth century through the nineteenth century.

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Journal Articles on: black women playwrights

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Gabrielle Griffin. Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain

Journal article by Sara Freeman; Comparative Drama, Vol. 39, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Griffin. Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain. by...Griffin. Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain. Cambridge...Griffins Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain prevails...
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Early Black Women Playwrights and the Dual Liberation Motif

Journal article by Will Harris; African American Review, Vol. 28, 1994

Subjects:

African American women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American literature--African American authors, Drama--Stories, plots, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Early black women playwrights and the dual liberation motif...problem plays written by early black women playwrights.(1) These playwrights carried...possible white audience, early black women playwrights also formulated dramatic strategies...
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From Seeking One's Voice to Uttering the Scream: The Pioneering Journey of African American Women Playwrights through the 1960s and 1970s

Journal article by Olga Barrios; African American Review, Vol. 37, 2003

Subjects:

African American dramatists--History, African American dramatists--Social aspects, African American playwrights--History, African American playwrights--Social aspects, Women dramatists--History, Women dramatists--Social aspects, Women playwrights--History, Women playwrights--Social aspects

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...consciousness--about being black women--that helped African American playwrights explore new social...reposition themselves as black women and as playwrights, Kennedy, Shange...Angles of Vision: Two Black Women Playwrights." Bryant-Jackson...
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Mammies No More: The Changing Image of Black Women on Stage and Screen

Journal article by Janice D. Hamlet; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 23, 1999

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Mammies No More: The Changing Image of Black Women On Stage and Screen (Book)--Reviews

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...representations of black women as they appeared...by both white and black playwrights. The first media...realities of black women as mothers, nurturers...protectors in the black community and how...The black woman playwrights Anderson included...
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Georgina Dopico Black. Perfect Wives, Other Women. Adultery & Inquisition in Early Modern Spain

Journal article by Susan Paun De Garcia; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 22, 2002

Subjects:

Libros, Perfect Wives, Other Women. Adultery and Inquisition in Early Modern Spain

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Georgina Dopico Black. Perfect Wives, Other Women. Adultery Inquisition...confessors, poets, playwrights and, not least among...Throughout her study, Dopico Black traces and analyzes...castradora" (105-07). Dopico Black summarizes her own...

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Magazine Articles on: black women playwrights

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Houston Women Are Having Their Say

Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 25, March 2008

Subjects:

Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Women dramatists--Achievements and awards, Women dramatists--Finance, Women playwrights--Achievements and awards, Women playwrights--Finance

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...readings of new plays by Houston-based female playwrights, alongside the works of Blackburn Prize...to submit outstanding plays written by women), this March reading series seeks to reestablish...92 submitted plays, are Linda Brogan (Black Crows), Lydia Diamond (Stick Fly), Bryony...
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The Americanization of Yasmina Reza: The Work of Translators-Like David Ives for the Upcoming A Spanish Play-Has Kept Her Plays Popular in the U.S

Magazine article by David Ng; American Theatre, Vol. 24, January 2007

Subjects:

Authors, French--Works, French writers--Works, Hampton, Christopher--Management, Ives, David--Management, Reza, Yasmina--Works, Translators (Persons)--Management, Women dramatists--Works, Women playwrights--Works

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...he says. "She deals with things other playwrights are nervous of, that kind of middle-class...dont require large casts and have a "black box" visual aesthetic. The Banyan Theater...often requires the writer to channel the playwrights unarticulated sensibility, to reproduce...
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Identity Capers: The New Generation of Slovenian Playwrights Isn't Only Interested in Geopolitical Concerns

Magazine article by Ruth Margraff, Saska Rakef; American Theatre, Vol. 24, May-June 2007

Subjects:

Dramatists--Works, Playwrights--Works, Slovenian writers--Works, Theater--Criticism and interpretation

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...renowned theatre festivals, including City of Women, Young Lions and the not-to-be-missed...Consulate of New York. In September, the playwrights Simona Semenic, Zalka Grabnar Kogoj and...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED For example, Kogojs black comedy Balance, also translated into English...
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Young Guns: Playwrights Draw a Bead on the New Russia

Magazine article by John Freedman; American Theatre, Vol. 21, July 2004

Subjects:

Dramatists--Works, Playwrights--Works, Russia--Social aspects, Theater--Forecasts and trends, Theater--Political aspects, Theater--Social aspects

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...productions of Sigarevs Black Milk, Oleg Bogaevs...number of future star playwrights--Mukhina, Kurochkin...constellation of men and women coupling and parting...1998, the veteran playwrights Alexei Kazantsev...mentor Kolyada, these playwrights tend to produce...life long. Sigarevs Black Milk is an easily...
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Out of Obscurity: Before A Raisin in the Sun, Socially Relevant Black Dramas Worth Revisiting

Magazine article by N. Graham Nesmith; American Theatre, Vol. 21, October 2004

Subjects:

African American dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, African American dramatists--Works, African American playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, African American playwrights--Works, African American theater--Criticism and interpretation, African American theater--History, Hansberry, Lorraine--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...Plays on Lynching by American Women: Blue-Eyed Black Boy and William and Ellen Craft...are the legacy of pioneering playwrights, such as Johnson, who submitted...Foundation, and editor of 9 Plays by Black Women: I would nominate Theodore Wards...

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Newspaper Articles on: black women playwrights

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SUPPORTING SISTERS: A Bookstore Where Black Women Can Talk

Newspaper article by Denise Barnes; The Washington Times, April 9, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...sanctuary. Here, black womens achievements...African American Women Writers Conference...writers, poets and playwrights as Zora Neale Hurston...how that affects black women - mothers or partners...of Contemporary Black Women Writers." Ms...
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THE FRAUD MONTY; Playwrights Say Hit Film Is a Rip-Off and Sue for Pounds 180m

Newspaper article by Mark Dowdney; The Mirror (London, England), March 4, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

THE FRAUD MONTY; Playwrights Say Hit Film Is a Rip-Off...streets aimlessly while the women went out to work. Director...including a gay and an old black guy who can dance the...group includes a gay, a black man who can dance and...the way. He adds: "If women are going to pay 15 bucks...
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Albee Honors Fellow Playwrights

Newspaper article by Sue Beving; The Washington Times, October 4, 2000

Subjects:

Albee, Edward

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Delicate Balance," "Seascape" and "Three Tall Women." Mr. Albee, born in Washington, also...cautioned: "The theater is yours, young playwrights. Dont give it up. Resist the pressures...Whenever a show had a predominantly black cast, the guys would assume I was in the...
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Playwrights Declare War; Facile Agitprop Rules W.Va. Fest

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 15, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...airheaded, jingoistic wife, Elaine (Miss Black). Their lives, in turn, are complicated...self-righteous twit if there ever was one. The playwrights myopic view of history is breathtaking...rampaging throughout the world, poisoning women and children and slaughtering perfectly...
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A Different Look at AIDS; 'Continuum' Links Illness to Heterosexual Women

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 5, 2006

Subjects:

AIDS (Disease), Drama, Plays

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the leading cause of death in black women ages 25 to 35. The theater world...plays dealing with AIDS from such playwrights as Tony Kushner, Larry Kramer...portraying the reality of many black women grappling with AIDS. In the homosexual...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: black women playwrights

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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and vision, both playwrights achieved many of...of minorities and women. Beginning with...1967) explored black American life; writers...continued to define the black American experience...Feminist and other women-centered themes...contemporary female playwrights were plentiful in...

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