Derbyshire, Henry ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1373-1166 (2016) Caryl Churchill’s 21st Century Poetics: Theatre form and feminism from far away to Ding Dong the Wicked. Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, 4 (2). pp. 367-384. ISSN 2195-0164 (Online) (doi:10.1515/jcde-2016-0021)

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Abstract

This article considers the six 21st century plays Caryl Churchill has written up to 2012: Far Away, A Number, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Seven Jewish Children, Love and Information and Ding Dong the Wicked. It considers each in relation to the vision of feminist theatre offered in Sue-Ellen Case's classic 1998 study Feminism and Theatre to consider how far the aims and values of second wave feminism remain evident in Churchill’s 21st century work. Through this discussion the article attempts to more sharply define the formal characteristics of each play and their relationship to its subject matter, and to place this discussion in the context of contemporary notions of the 'post-feminist' and of 'feminist residue'. It is one of the first scholarly considerations of Love and Information and Ding Dong the Wicked, both first performed in 2012.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Caryl Churchill; Feminism; Contemporary playwriting
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS)
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2020 16:09
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/15294

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