- 212 pages
- English
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Short Plays with Great Roles for Women
About This Book
Short Plays with Great Roles for Women is an antidote to the traditional underrepresentation of women on stage, by offering twenty-two short plays that put women right at the centre of the action.
The push for more women's roles has gathered force over the last few years, and this collection is part of that movement, with rich, intelligent roles for women of all ages and backgrounds. This anthology offers a vital slice of life, addressing relevant and diverse topics such as: a young, Islamic woman coming out to her religious mother; black women's navigation of the natural hair movement; bullying in a small-town American school; social media addiction; and the trials and tribulations of family life. Plays from award-winning playwrights are supported by original production details and playwrights' afterwords, forming a broad and comprehensive collection of complete texts that offer full character journeys.
Appealing to aspiring performers, playwrights, directors and students, Short Plays with Great Roles for Women is an essential resource for actor training, assessments, showcases, show-reels, short films and theatre performances.
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Part I
Crossing bridges
Two Sisters | Fiona Doyle |
A Prince | Dipo Baruwa-Etti |
Do You Pray? | Yasmin Joseph |
Don’t Cross Bridges | Katherine Manners |
1 Two Sisters
Fiona Doyle
Characters
Notes
Original production details
AUNTY MARY | Jo Cooklin |
NORAH | Claire Garrigan |
NIAMH | Fiona McKinnon |
Director: | Rebecca Hill |
Scene One
Scene Two
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Professional performing rights
- Introduction
- PART I: Crossing bridges
- PART II: ‘Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away’ (Dorothy Parker)
- PART III: Isn’t she lovely, made of love …
- PART IV: Aping the patriarchy
- PART V: To connect or dis-connect?
- PART VI: Be yourself, everyone else is already taken
- PART VII: The class ceiling
- PART VIII: Siblings in mourning