It is a fact that today’s British stages resound with powerfully innovative voices and that, very often, these voices have been those of young women playwrigh

This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century.

When we think of the contemporary British history play, why might we automatically think of playwrights such as David Hare, Howard Brenton, Peter Gill and Edwar

Breaking new ground in this century, this wide-ranging collection of essays is the first of its kind to address the work of contemporary international women pla

From the late 1960s until the present day, a significant number of women playwrights have emerged in Scottish theatre who have made a pioneering contribution to