Synopsis
Top Girls - STUDENT EDITION with Commentary & Notes
Published by Methuen
0 Male 7 Female
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Marlene hosts a dinner party in a London restaurant to celebrate her promotion to managing director of Top Girls employment agency
Her guests are five women from the past:
Isabella Bird (1831- 1904) - the adventurous traveller
Lady Nijo (b1258) - the mediaeval courtesan who became a Buddhist nun and traveled on foot through Japan
Dull Gret, who as Dulle Griet in a Bruegel painting, led a crowd of women on a charge through hell
Pope Joan - the transvestite early female pope
And last but not least, Patient Griselda, an obedient wife out of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
As the evening continues we are involved with the stories of all five women and the impending crisis in Marlene's own life
A seminal classic of contemporary theatre, Top Girls Churchill's play was a landmark for a new generation of playwrights
It premiered at the Royal Court in 1982
REVIEWS
"Very funny and provocative ... A mind lifting experience" ~ N.Y. Post
"A blistering yet sympathetic look at women who achieve success by adopting the worse traits of self made men ... Truly original" ~ N.Y. Times
"Top Girls has a combination of directness and complexity which keeps you both emotionally and intellectually alert. You can smell life, and at the same time feel locked in an argument with an agile and passionate mind" ~ John Peter, Sunday Times
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