01757nam a22002417a 4500 39578 39578 9780521728942 eng- 822.914 CAM- The Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill / Edited By Elaine Aston; Elin Diamond New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. xvi, 193p. Includes bibliography and index. Caryl 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'... English. Churchill, Caryl, 1938- Criticism and interpretation Works and themes Feminist drama Studies British playwrights Great Britain English drama 20th century History and criticism Great Britain Women and literature Studies Feminist perspectives Great Britain Drama, modern Interpretation Thematic and stylistic analysis Great Britain Aston, Elaine (ed.) Editor. Diamond, Elin (ed.) Editor. ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2024-03-21 Ahuja Book Company Pvt. Ltd. 1300.19 2024-03-21 0 822.914 CAM- 54498 2024-05-22 00:00:00 2000.29 2024-03-21 BK