Krich Chinoy/Jenkins,WOMEN IN AMERICAN THEATRE,1981[donne nel teatro americano

Helen Krich Chinoy, Linda Walsh Jenkins,
WOMEN IN AMERICAN THEATRE.
CAREERS, IMAGES, MOVEMENTS.
AN ILLUSTRATED ANTHOLOGY AND SOURCEBOOK.
A Herbert Michelman Book - Crown publishers, INC.,
New York 1981, first edition,
copertina rigida con sovracoperta, cm.23x16, pp.370,
with 83 photographs,
testo in inglese,
dedica autografa dell'Autrice in prima pagina,
peso: g.797
cod.1589
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CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction Art versus Business: The Role of Women in American
Theatre helen krich chinoy 1
1. FEMALE RITES linda walsh jenkins 10
Sex Roles and Shamans linda walsh jenkins 12
Trampling Out the Vintage susan dye lee 19
Friendship and Ritual in the WTUL Elizabeth payne moore 25
Rites and Rights cynthia patterson and bari j. watkins 29
Crowning Miss California, Again james h. bierman 33
Murshida Ivy O. Duce sandra inez star 41
The Story of a Mother martha boesing and at the foot of the mountain 44
"Lesson I Bleed" rosemary k. curb 50
2. THE ACTRESS helen krich chinoy 57
Anne Brunton Merry: First Star gresdna doty 60
Enter the Harlot Claudia d. Johnson 66
Women in Male Roles: Charlotte Cushman and Others yvonne shafer 74
Adah Isaacs Menken in Mazeppa lois adler 81
Lydia Thompson and the "British Blondes" marlie moses 88
Henrietta Vinton Davis: Shakespearean Actress errol hill 92
Mary Shaw: A Fighting Champion ROBERT a. schanke 98
Aileen Stanley, Her Life and Times grayce susan burian 107
The Art of Ruth Draper muriel mckenna 114
Uta Hagen and Eva Le Gallienne susan spector and steven urkowitz 119
Women Mimes in America bari rolfe 123
3. WHERE ARE THE WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS?
HELEN KRICH CHINOY 129
Mercy Warren, Satirist of the Revolution alice mc donnell robinson 131
Contents
Looking to Women: Rachel Crothers and the Feminist Heroine lois
GOTTLIEB 137
Apropos of Women and the Folk Play rachel france 145
Anne Nichols: $1,000,000.00 Playwright doris abramson and laurilyn
HARRIS 153
Sophie Treadwell: Agent for Change louise heck-rabi 157
The Comic Muse of Mary Chase albert wertheim 163
Lillian Heilman's Memorial Drama marcus k. billson and sidonie a.
smith 171
Sylvia Plath, A Dramatic Poet diana devlin 179
Woman Alone, Women Together honor moore 184
4. IF NOT AN ACTRESS, WHAT . . . ? helen krich chinoy 191
Women Open Augusta's First Theatre mary julia curtis 193
Art Theatre in Hull-House j. dennis rich 197
The Adventure of Life: Writing for Children charlotte chorpenning 204
Alvina Krause: A Great Teacher of Acting billie mc cants and david downs 208
Peggy Clark Kelley: Reminiscences of a "Designing" Woman peggy clark
kelley 211
Matriarchs of the Regional Theatre dorothy b. magnus 217
The Lady Is a Critic Caroline j. dodge latta 224
"Casting by Juliet Taylor" Interview by helen krich chinoy 232
5. IMAGES LINDA WALSH JENKINS 236
The Second Face of the Idol: Women in Melodrama rosemarie k. bank 238
Women in Pulitzer Prize Plays, 1918-1949 judith louise Stephens 243
The Women's World of Glaspell's Trifles karen f. stein 251
Black Women in Plays by Black Playwrights jeanne-marie a. miller 254
Who Put the "Tragic" in the Tragic Mulatto? winona l. fletcher 260
Creative Drama: Sex Role Stereotyping? lin wright 266
6. FEMINIST THEATRE linda walsh jenkins 274
Feminist Theatre: A Rhetorical Phenomenon patti p. gillespie 276
Megan Terry Interview by dinah l. leavitt 285
The Washington Area Feminist Theatre mary Catherine wilkins and cathleen
schurr 293
New York Feminist Theater Troupe claudette charbonneau and lucy
winer 300
The Lavender Cellar Theatre dinah l. leavitt 308
Rebeccah: Rehearsal Notes karen malpede 311
Fefu and Her Friends beverley byers pevitts 316
A Rainbow of Voices phyllis mael 320
SOURCEBOOK linda walsh jenkins 325
Introduction 325 Awards 326 Playlist 327 Feminist Theatres
Index 343
TEXT NOTES 346
REFERENCES AND RESOURCES 357
Books by and about Women in Theatre 357 Periodicals 358
Dissertations on Women in American Theatre 360
Film, Video, and Recording Resources 363 General Resources 363
INDEX 365