Women In Theatre 2#3 (contemporary Theatre Review Series)

Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Introduction......Page 6 But what of the British debate?......Page 7 But whose holy place?......Page 8 Shakespeare’s Cleopatra, the Male Gaze, and Madonna: Performance Dilemmas......Page 12 References......Page 20 Uncovering Heroines: Some Theatrical Perspectives on the French Revolution......Page 22 Additional Bibliography......Page 33 Dialogues of the Heart: Norodom Sihanouk and Mahatma Ghandi as Portrayed by Hélène Cixous......Page 36 References......Page 42 On Creativity and Anger......Page 44 Lights Up On Judith—The Dybbuk......Page 48 Judith......Page 49 The Cut of 1944......Page 50 L’Année Zero/Year Zero......Page 51 Revolution and Poetry in Feyder’s Le Chant du retour......Page 54 References......Page 59 Laughing All the Way to the Ghetto: Lesbian Farce......Page 60 Women, Theatre, and Territory: The Omaha Magic Theatre and the Boundaries of Theatrical Performance......Page 68 I. Artistic Territory: Creative Collaboration......Page 69 II. Performing Territory: Beyond Words......Page 72 III. Capitalizing on Women’s Territory......Page 75 IV. Geographic Territory: Space and Place......Page 77 V. Adding it all up: The Territory of a Theatre by Wild Women......Page 79 References......Page 80 Songs of the Twentieth Century: The Plays of Ludmila Petrushevskaya......Page 84 From Prose to Theatre......Page 85 The Dramaturgy of the Cry......Page 87 Concentration of Time and Place, Enigma and Language......Page 89 The Surpassing of Everyday Life......Page 90 A Theatre of Challenges......Page 91 Disclosing Talent......Page 94 Working in the Contradictions......Page 100 “I Like Theatre...”......Page 102 place (where we are situated)......Page 106 that body of language we speak......Page 109 body (that contains us)......Page 111 References......Page 114 Women’s Theatre in Italy......Page 116 Demeter Beneath the Sand......Page 118 Prologue......Page 119 Index......Page 130 Notes for contributors......Page 132 Inspired by a series of debates at the Conference of Women Theatre Directors and Administrators, the articles in this issue record the history of women in the theatre and honour their accomplishments. It also aims to establish role models for women and enrich creativity in this domain.