Women Writing Plays: Three Decades of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

Book Overview

Women's playwriting burgeoned in the United States and the United Kingdom as part of the feminist movement of the 1970s. Ever since, playwriting women have been embracing new subjects, experimenting with form, and devising new ways of looking at the world. To honor their achievements and inspire future endeavors, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize was established in memory of an American actor, journalist, and feminist who died of breast cancer. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292713290
• ISBN13: 9780292713291
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"