Caryl Churchill

by Elaine Aston

Book Overview

The volume traces the scope and development of Caryl Churchill's theatre from her early writing for radio and television, through her stage career of the 1970s and 1980s to her recent major success Far Away (2000). Making use of contemporary critical and feminist theory, the study offers close dramatic and theatrical readings of the plays highlighting Churchill's concerns with feminism, socialism and theatrical style. A key chapter on 'The Woman Writer'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746312083
• ISBN13: 9780746312087
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"