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9781554811854: Githa Sowerby: Three Plays: Rutherford and Son, A Man and Some Women, The Stepmother
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ISBN 10: 1554811856 ISBN 13: 9781554811854
Editorial: Broadview Press Ltd, 2021

Sinopsis

Githa Sowerby's Rutherford and Son took the London theatre by storm in 1912. Following its triumphant run, the play toured to New York, was produced throughout England, and was translated and staged in multiple European locations. Yet Sowerby's initial theatrical success would not be repeated, despite her composition of additional plays performed over the following decade, and two more in the 1930s. With historical hindsight, we can see Sowerby's experience as comparable to that of many other women writers who struggled to achieve lasting recognition, especially when their work was perceived as critiquing the political, cultural, and economic forces restricting women's lives.

With the acclaimed revival of Rutherford at the National Theatre in 1994, and the efforts by feminist scholars and theatre artists to rediscover the work of such forgotten women writers, Sowerby and her dramas have secured renewed interest. This Broadview edition will provide teachers, students, and artists with important historical contexts for Sowerby's dramas, and will demonstrate the ongoing cogency of these dynamic, insightful, and engaging plays.

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Acerca del autor

J. Ellen Gainor is Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University.

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Githa Sowerby s Rutherford and Son took the London theatre by storm in 1912. Following its triumphant run, the play toured to New York, was produced throughout England, and was translated and staged in multiple European locations. Yet Sowerby s initial theatrical success would not be repeated. With historical hindsight, we can see Sowerby s experience as comparable to that of many other women writers who struggled to achieve lasting recognition, especially when their work was perceived as critiquing the forces restricting women s lives. These vivid domestic dramas explore timely questions of capitalism, feminism, and personal freedom.

With the acclaimed revival of Rutherford at the National Theatre in 1994, and with the efforts by feminist scholars and theatre artists to rediscover the work of such forgotten women writers, Sowerby and her dramas have secured renewed interest. This edition gathers Rutherford and Son, its companion piece A Man and Some Women, and the postwar play The Stepmother. The edition will provide teachers, students, and artists with important historical contexts for Sowerby s dramas and will demonstrate the ongoing cogency of these dynamic, insightful, and engaging plays.

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Editorial
Broadview Press Ltd
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
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ISBN 10 
1554811856
ISBN 13 
9781554811854
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
414
Editor
Gainor J. Ellen
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