Plays by French and Francophone Women: A Critical Anthology

By Christiane P. Makward

Book Overview

Plays by French and Francophone Women presents eight recent plays by contemporary French and francophone women writers. The plays vary in style and form from the satirical to the poetic, from the comedic one-woman show to the potential multi-media esoteric production, and have been written by French, Qu? becois, Acadian, and Caribbean francophone writers. The editors have provided informative headnotes to introduce each play, then faithful translations rendered with an ear toward production in English. A general introduction to the volume situates each work within the broader context of contemporary French-language theater by women. The volume also includes an annotated bibliography by Cynthia Running-Johnson of thirty-one additional plays by women in French.

Featured plays and playwrights are The Scent of Sulphur by S. Corinna Bille; When Fairies Thirst by Denise Boucher; Island Memories by Ina C?saire; Warmth: A Bloodsong by Chantal Chawaf; The Goddess Lar or Centuries of Women by Andr?e Chedid; The Name of Oedipus: Song of the Forbidden Body by H?l?ne Cixous; The Table: Womenspeak by Mich?le Foucher; and The Rabble by Antonine Maillet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472082582
• ISBN13: 9780472082582
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 8.9"