This book examines contemporary plays premiered between 2000 and 2022, where the action is set pre-1919. The span of just over two decades is deliberate: it's enough to provide breadth and also narrow enough that the wider cultural landscape is still recognisable in discussions.
Author Rebecca Benzie explores broader gender politics through a variety of plays – and not just those that explicitly represent feminist moments in history. She does this by focusing on – and celebrating – history plays written by female playwrights (or co-written by female playwrights), which is positive, because it was a genre that for decades seemed the preserve of the white male.
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