Lesbian Plays
Coming of Age in Canada
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2006
- Category
- Canadian, Anthologies (multiple authors), Gay Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887548642
- Publish Date
- May 2006
- List Price
- $46.00
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
"The plays that are included here serve the purpose of charting certain historically specific moments that represent a range of lesbian experiences over the past twenty years in various parts of Canada. In many ways they reflect the gradual changes that have brought lesbians into greater prominence within Canada." —from the introduction
Includes:
Black Friday by Alec Butler
Growing Up Suites I and II; Object/Subject of Desire by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan
Dykes and Dolls by Lisa Lowe
Karla and Grif by Vivienne Laxdal
A Fertile Imagination by Susan G. Cole
Difference of Latitude by Lisa Walter
Swollen Tongues by Kathleen Oliver
Life and A Lover by Natalie Meisner
Random Acts by Diane Flacks
Smudge by Alex Bulmer
Privilege by Corrina Hodgson
About the author
Rosalind Kerr is Associate Professor of Dramatic Theory in the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta. She combines her studies of the sixteenth-century Italian commedia dell'arte actresses and the impact that they had on shaping the early modern stage, with her work on contemporary Canadian experimental and queer theatre. She also has experience as a dramaturge, actor, and director.
