Description
| Product ID: | 9780573130137 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Acting Edition S. |
| Title: | Top Girls |
| Authors: | Author: Caryl Churchill |
| Page Count: | 64 |
| Subjects: | Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A play which looks at the political costs of women rising to the top. Marlene has been promoted to managing director of a London employment agency and is celebrating. The symbolic luncheon is attended by women in legend or history who offer perspectives on maternity and ambition. In a time warp, these ladies are also her co-workers, clients, and relatives. Marlene, like her famous guests, has had to pay a price to ascend from proletarian roots to the executive suite: she has become, figuratively speaking, a male oppressor and even coaches female clients on adopting odious male traits. Marlene has also abandoned her illegitimate and dull-witted daughter. Her emotional and sexual life has become as barren as Lady Macbeth''s. |
| Imprint Name: | Samuel French Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Samuel French Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1984-09-01 |