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Top Girls
Top Girls | Caryl Churchill
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Marlene hosts a dinner party in a London restaurant to celebrate her promotion to managing director of 'Top Girls' employment agency. Her guests are five women from the past: Isabella Bird (1831- 1904) - the adventurous traveller; Lady Nijo (b1258) - the mediaeval courtesan who became a Buddhist nun and travelled on foot through Japan; Dull Gret, who as Dulle Griet in a Bruegel painting, led a crowd of women on a charge through hell; Pope Joan - the transvestite early female pope and last but not least Patient Griselda, an obedient wife out of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. As the evening continues we are involved with the stories of all five women and the impending crisis in Marlene's own life. A classic of contemporary theatre, Churchill's play is seen as a landmark for a new generation of playwrights. It was premiered by the Royal Court in 1982. "Top Girls has a combination of directness and complexity which keeps you both emotionally and intellectually alert. You can smell life, and at the same time feel locked in an argument with an agile and passionate mind." (John Peter, Sunday Times)
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Omaidk91
Top Girls | Caryl Churchill
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A play that every feminist, and/or socialist must read.

Caryl Churchill through 'Top Girls' cleverly brings forth the pseudo-feminism prevalent under the patriarchal capitalist system.

For detailed review visit my blog:
http://bookloversden.blogspot.com/2018/12/top-girls.html

#Feminism #Drama #Women #Marxism #Socialism #Capitalism

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ephemeralwaltz
Top Girls | Caryl Churchill
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Okay time to do some essay writing for a couple of weeks and I'll be finally free for a summer full of reading! (Hopefully)
Also, guys, I got an internship for the fall semester at a publishing house! I'm so glad I'll be able to finally see some action in the book-industry. Wish me luck!
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