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245			_aThe Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill / _cEdited By Elaine Aston; Elin Diamond
260			_aNew York: _bCambridge University Press, _c2009.
300			_axvi, 193p.
504			_aIncludes bibliography and index.
520			_aCaryl Churchill's plays are internationally performed, studied and acclaimed by practitioners, theatre scholars, critics and audiences alike. With fierce imagination the plays dramatise the anxieties and terrors of contemporary life. This Companion presents new scholarship on Churchill's extraordinary and ground-breaking work. Chapters explore a cluster of major plays in relation to pressing social topics – ecological crisis, sexual politics, revolution, terror and selfhood – providing close readings of texts in their theatrical, theoretical and historical contexts. These topic-based essays are intercalated with other essays that delve into Churchill's major collaborations, her performance innovations and her influences on a new generation of playwrights. Contributors explore Churchill'...
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aChurchill, Caryl, 1938- _vCriticism and interpretation _xWorks and themes
650			_aFeminist drama _vStudies _xBritish playwrights _zGreat Britain
650			_aEnglish drama _v20th century _xHistory and criticism _zGreat Britain
650			_aWomen and literature _vStudies _xFeminist perspectives _zGreat Britain
650			_aDrama, modern _vInterpretation _xThematic and stylistic analysis _zGreat Britain
700			_aAston, Elaine (ed.) _eEditor.
700			_aDiamond, Elin (ed.) _eEditor.
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