Emily Mann
Author
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Gloria: A Life is a unique, deeply moving performance created in the hopeful, conversational spirit of its extraordinary subject." —Sara Holdren, New York Magazine's Vulture
"One part theater, one part consciousness-raising group therapy session, Gloria: A Life offers an experience that promises to be a more intimate recollection of Steinem's journey, not only because it's been singularly shaped by the hands of women." —Noor
...Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"The play takes place on the grounds of Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya's estate, somewhere in the provinces of Russia. Lopakhin, a sometime peasant who has become a wealthy businessman, and Dunyasha, the maid, are waiting for Lyubov. She has been away from home a long time, living in Paris with her lover. When she arrives with her daughter, Anya, she is welcomed by her brother, Gayev, and other family, friends, staff and neighbors. Lyubov and Gayev...
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service Inc
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
The play explores the way that Vietnam has affected three lives: a Marine veteran, his estranged wife, and his mistress. Seated at a table the three tell their various stories. The man confesses that he killed a Vietnamese family in cold blood and, carrying the seeds of violence with him, returned home to brutalize his pregnant wife. The wife, disillusioned and unhappy, wants to ignore the terrors that haunt her husband, believing that in time the...
Author
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Five decades after Gloria Steinem began raising her voice for equality and championing the voices of others, she remains a lodestar for the American feminist movement. Emily Mann's new play traces the progress of Steinem's extraordinary life, including her time at Smith College, her undercover Playboy exposé, her mother's breakdown, the founding of Ms. magazine, and her deep involvement in the women's movement as an activist and organizer. This...