Rage And Reason: Women Playwrights on Playwriting

by Heidi Stephenson (Editor), Natasha Langridge (Editor)

Women playwrights speak about their art and the theatre in this collection of interviews about a key decade of British drama.

Twenty leading contemporary dramatists discuss their work from the perspective of being both writers and women. Each talks about the state of the theatre now, the craft of playwrighting, and the pressures of working within a male dominated environment. The book also features Sarah Kane's very last public interview. 'What I think is so exciting about the response to a number of the plays written by women in the last ten years is that they are popular with audiences - because they've got this quality, this energy and this culture that hasn't been seen much on stage a humour, sexiness and wit that's been missing' - Charlotte Keatley

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Meg O'Neil · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is *such* a great resource. Finding interviews and articles printed in the age before digital ubiquity can be a tricky business, but here is compiled so many brilliant interviews with twenty of the most important playwrights of the nineties. I almost couldn’t believe it existed when I discovered it: it’s one hell of a line-up. Like truly, some absolute rockstars are in this volume, and all together too. My aunt sent me her original copy when I was writing my dissertation on Sarah Kane, whose final public interview is included in this book. I would highly recommend this to anyone with an interest in nineties and feminist theatre.