TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aston, Elaine (ed.)
AU  - Diamond, Elin (ed.)
TI  - The Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill
SN  - 9780521728942
U1  - 822.914 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Churchill, Caryl, 1938-
KW  - Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Works and themes
KW  - Feminist drama
KW  - Studies
KW  - British playwrights
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - English drama
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Women and literature
KW  - Feminist perspectives
KW  - Drama, modern
KW  - Interpretation
KW  - Thematic and stylistic analysis
N1  - Includes bibliography and index
N2  - 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'
ER  -