Faber & Faber

She Also Wrote Plays: Susan Croft

Synopsis:

From Hrotswitha to Wertenbaker . . .
Looking for plays by women to produce, perform or read?

Teaching Drama, Literature or Gender Studies and looking for new material?

She Also Wrote Plays provides a comprehensive international guide to women playwrights and their work:

Over 400 entries in alphabetical order
Biographical details for each writer

Outline of their major work

List of other plays

Publication details

Extensive bibliography

An essential guide to women playwrights from the past and for the future with a wealth of work wanting to be discovered or rediscovered.

'This superbly informative guide . . . Croft certainly knows exactly how to present maximum information with minimum fuss. For each author she indicates plays in print, size of casts, a pointed critical biography . . . Equally impressive are the brief biographical sketches, homing in on illuminating detail, and Croft's confident but generous judgments. Directors and scholars, teachers and readers will all benefit from Croft's work. The National Theatre could happily programme nothing but plays and writers from this book.' (Pick of the Month), Plays International

You can find out more in Susan Croft's website, which includes updates on the playwrights since publication of the book.

Tags:

Categorised as:

Music, Stage & Screen

Sub-categories:

Theatre Books

Genres & Themes:

Acting; Criticism; Stagecraft; Women