Women Playwrights: The Best Plays of 1996

by Marisa Smith (Editor)

The fifth volume of Smith and Kraus' best-selling series. This volume's plays Do Something With Yourself! The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Linda Manning, Kicking Inside by Jeannie Zusy, Nine Armenians by Leslie Ayvazian, View of the Dome by Theresa Rebeck, Windshook by Mary Gallagher.

Genres: Drama

262 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1998

Reviews

[Drew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two of the plays are truly marvelous: Linda Manning's experimental biodrama "Do Something With Yourself! The Life of Charlotte Bronte" and Leslie Ayvazian's comical family portrait "Nine Armenians." Theresa Rebeck's political satire "View of the Dome" has lost none of its relevancy while Mary Gallagher's "Windshook" has echoes of Eugene O'Neill. Only Jeannie Zuey's "Kicking Inside," a sitcom about pregnancy, didn't work for me but four out of five plays will still earn you four out of five stars.