WP
says the Women's Playhouse Trust
was important to her when the interest generated by her first couple of plays died down. Jules Wright
promoted her with energy and enthusiasm. There was an upsurge in...
Occupation
Pam Gems
In London in the 1970s, PG
became involved in several women's theatre collectives. With the Women's Theatre Group
she helped to organize a season of plays by women staged at the Almost Free Theatre
...
Performance of text
Aphra Behn
It was published after 2 July with a dedication to the Earl of Rochester
(not her friend the poet, who had died six years before); AB
stopped the press until she was ready with her...
Goodman, Lizbeth, and Jane De Gay. Feminist Stages: Interviews with Women in Contemporary British Theatre. Harwood Academic Publishers, 1996.
100
Aston, Elaine, and Geraldine Harris. Performance Practice and Process: Contemporary (Women) Practitioners. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
82
Performance of text
Louise Page
LP
's Beauty and the Beast (adapted from the traditional fairy story) was staged by the Women's Playhouse Trust
at the LiverpoolPlayhouse
. It transferred on 27 December to the Old Vic
in London...
Publishing
Louise Page
It was issued in print in 1986, collaboratively by the Women's Playhouse Trust
and Methuen
, inaugurating this innovative joint publishing venture. The edition has the Old Vic
programme bound into its centre.
Page, Louise. Beauty and the Beast. Methuen in association with the Women’s Playhouse Trust, 1986.
between 22 and 23
Timeline
1980: The Women's Playhouse Trust was founded to...
Women writers item
1980
The Women's Playhouse Trust
was founded to improve opportunities in the theatre for women writers, directors, designers, administrators, technicians and actresses,
Page, Louise. Beauty and the Beast. Methuen in association with the Women’s Playhouse Trust, 1986.
between 22 and 23
building on feminist fringe activity but within the mainstream.
Carlson, Susan. Women and Comedy: rewriting the British theatrical tradition. University of Michigan Press, 1991.