Through a series of arresting vignettes and a collection of nameless
characters, Alice Birch examines the language, behaviour and forces
that shape women in the 21st century. The play asks what's stopping us
from doing something truly radical to change them? Written in response
to the provocation that well-behaved women seldom make history, the
play is an assault on the language that has fueled violence against
women throughout history. Problematic language frequently attached to
women is interrogated, from lazy sexist clichés to the conventions
around a marriage proposal. Through doing so, the play rails against
the conventions of work, sex, motherhood, aging and love. Revolt. She
said. Revolt again was first performed at the 2014 Midsummer Mischief
Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon. It transferred to the Royal Court
Upstairs and was more recently produced at New York's Soho Rep. It is
published here in a Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by
Marissia Fragkou, who locates the play in our contemporary political
and cultural context (including second- and third-wave feminism, and
the #MeToo movement).
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ISBN
9781350264427
Publisert
2023
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Methuen Drama
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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