Synopsis
Plays for Today by Women
Published by Aurora Metro
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A wide ranging collection of plays by women dealing with contemporary subjects such as child abuse, recession, war, poverty and the complexity of modern women's lives
The plays in the Collection feature many roles for women and girls
Suitable for study, for performance, or as part of Women's Studies or Feminist Theatre Studies courses, they have all been produced and performed to acclaim
The six plays in the Anthology are ...
FOR A BUTTON ~ Rachel Barnett
A comic two-hander about two friends and the lengths one will go to, to remain 'best' friends
YOURS ABUNDANTLY, FROM ZIMBABWE ~ Gillian Plowman
A middle-aged woman decides to leave her comfortable life in the West and work in a school in Zimbabwe
WELCOME TO RAMALLAH ~ Sonja Linden & Adah Kay
Two Jewish sisters are forced to confront the reality of what their forefathers have done to the Palestinians
FROM THE MOUTHS OF MOTHERS ~ Amanda Stuart Fisher
A verbatim drama detailing the distressing stories of mothers who learned that their child has been sexually abused
THE AWKWARD SQUAD ~ Karen Young
A three generational comic drama involving Northern women who are trying to live and work in recessionary Britain
SWEET CIDER ~ Emteaz Hussain
In a rundown park, two teenage runaways Tazeem and Nosheen hang out, chatting to the boys and an old bag lady, trying to reconcile being British with their Pakistani cultural traditions