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- catalog abstract "This landmark anthology reveals the depth and scope of women's dramatic voices during the middle years of this century. Among the eight plays in the volume are smart comedies and poignant tragedies, political agitprop and surrealist fantasies, established classics and neglected treasures. Hallie Flanagan and Margaret Ellen Clifford's Can You Hear Their Voices? uses presentational techniques to expose the suffering of starving farmers while Shirley Graham's It's Morning offers a moving account of the plight of African American mothers under slavery. In contrast to these are The Women, Clare Boothe's biting satire of high society "ladies," and Goodbye, My Fancy, Fay Kanin's romantic comedy about women's education in the conservative post-WWII era. Lillian Hellman's celebrated The Little Foxes shows what happens when an ambitious woman is denied access to the money and power she covets. The Mother of Us All is Gertrude Stein's witty send-up of America's forefathers and celebration of suffragist Susan B. Anthony. Jane Bowles' In the Summer House is a surrealist look at mother-daughter relationships that one critic called "a work of intricate and seductive beauty." Alice Childress' Trouble in Mind is an indictment of racism and sexism on the American stage that Arthur Gelb of the New York Times applauded as "a fresh, lively and cutting satire ... full of vitality."".
- catalog contributor b6163482.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Can you hear their voices? / Hallie Flanagan and Margaret Ellen Clifford -- The women / Clare Boothe -- The little foxes / Lillian Hellman -- It's morning / Shirley Graham -- The mother of us all / Gertrude Stein / Goodbye, my fancy / Fay Kanin -- In the summer house / Jane Bowles -- Trouble in mind / Alice Childress.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "This landmark anthology reveals the depth and scope of women's dramatic voices during the middle years of this century. Among the eight plays in the volume are smart comedies and poignant tragedies, political agitprop and surrealist fantasies, established classics and neglected treasures. Hallie Flanagan and Margaret Ellen Clifford's Can You Hear Their Voices? uses presentational techniques to expose the suffering of starving farmers while Shirley Graham's It's Morning offers a moving account of the plight of African American mothers under slavery. In contrast to these are The Women, Clare Boothe's biting satire of high society "ladies," and Goodbye, My Fancy, Fay Kanin's romantic comedy about women's education in the conservative post-WWII era. Lillian Hellman's celebrated The Little Foxes shows what happens when an ambitious woman is denied access to the money and power she covets. The Mother of Us All is Gertrude Stein's witty send-up of America's forefathers and celebration of suffragist Susan B. Anthony. Jane Bowles' In the Summer House is a surrealist look at mother-daughter relationships that one critic called "a work of intricate and seductive beauty." Alice Childress' Trouble in Mind is an indictment of racism and sexism on the American stage that Arthur Gelb of the New York Times applauded as "a fresh, lively and cutting satire ... full of vitality."".
- catalog extent "xxxiv, 542 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Plays by American women, 1930-1960.".
- catalog identifier "1557831645 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Plays by American women, 1930-1960.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Applause Books,".
- catalog relation "Plays by American women, 1930-1960.".
- catalog subject "812/.50809287 20".
- catalog subject "American drama 20th century.".
- catalog subject "American drama Women authors.".
- catalog subject "PS628.W6 P53 1994".
- catalog subject "Women Drama.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Can you hear their voices? / Hallie Flanagan and Margaret Ellen Clifford -- The women / Clare Boothe -- The little foxes / Lillian Hellman -- It's morning / Shirley Graham -- The mother of us all / Gertrude Stein / Goodbye, my fancy / Fay Kanin -- In the summer house / Jane Bowles -- Trouble in mind / Alice Childress.".
- catalog title "Plays by American women, 1930-1960 / edited and with an introduction by Judith E. Barlow.".
- catalog type "Drama. fast".
- catalog type "text".