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
Michelene Wandor
MW
's Scissors, a comedy about a Jewish family, opened at the Almost Free Theatre
in London.
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Performance of text
Michelene Wandor
Also in 1973, before October, MW
had a play produced as part of a season by women writers hosted by the Almost Free Theatre
in London. All of the plays were directed and stage-managed...
Performance of text
Pam Gems
As part of a London Women's Theatre Festival, the Almost Free Theatre
produced PG
's playThe Amiable Courtship of Miz Venus and Wild Bill.
“The Amiable Courtship of Miz Venus and Wild Bill - 197”. Sphinx Theatre Company Archive: Productions. 1970s.
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Performance of text
Pam Gems
Two monologues by PG
, My Warren and After Birthday (Sandra), were performed at the Almost Free Theatre
in London in 1973.
Wandor, Michelene, editor. Plays by Women: Volume Three. Methuen, 1984.
49
Aston, Elaine. “Pam Gems: Body Politics and Biography”. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights, edited by Elaine Aston and Janelle Reinelt, Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 157-73.
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When her producer asked her to write sexy pieces...
Timeline
About October 1973: The Women's Theatre Group (still in being...