Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own Book

	Series editors preface
	List of illustrations
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	Contemporary Feminist Theatres	14
	Defining the terms of the discourse	14
	Feminist theatre in context	19
	Feminist theatres since 1968	24
	Sexual and cultural politics	27
	'Feminist theatre' versus 'women's theatre'	30
	Toward a new definition of feminist theatre(s)	32
2	Feminist Theatres 1968-90	38
	British feminist theatre surveyed	38
	Collectives, co-operatives and the development of contemporary feminist theatres	49
3	Four Companies	62
	Women's Theatre Group	62
	Monstrous Regiment	69
	Gay Sweatshop	73
	Siren	81
4	Common Working Methods of Feminist Theatres	88
	Commissioned work	90
	Commissioned-devised work	94
	Commissioned-devised-collaborative work	100
	Devised work by collectives and co-operatives	103
	Collaborative writing	107
5	Lesbian Theatres and Theoretical Perspectives	114
	Lesbian theatre and feminist theatre	114
	Themes and variations	125
6	Black Feminist Theatres in Cultural Context	148
	The representation of black women in contemporary theatres	150
	Theatre of Black Women, Talawa, Sistren, Black Mime Theatre Women's Troop	153
	Texts and contexts: Gcina Mhlophe and Djanet Sears	174
7	New Directions in Feminist Theatre(s)	182
	Performance art/theatre	182
	The unperformed: rehearsed readings	188
	Reaching new audiences	199
8	British Feminist Theatre in an International Context	210
	Practical problems and partial solutions	210
	Bringing practice together with theory	222
	Conclusion	241
	Notes	244
	Bibliography	269
	Index	301