An anthology of plays by new women writers in the theatre.

Seven Plays by Women

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Aurora Metro Books

You've heard of an Essex Girl or even a Chelsea Girl but what is a'Hounslow Girl'? 'Hounslow Girl' has become a byword for confident, young Muslim women who are grappling with traditional values, city life and fashion.From the joys of Pakistani weddings to fights on the night bus, this is a funny, bold, provocative play highlighting the challengesof being a teenage girl in a traditional Muslim family, alongside the temptations and influences of growing up in and around London.

The Diary of a Hounslow Girl

Razia, Ambreen

Religion & Spirituality

An exploration of the creative explosion that occurred when the campaign for the vote brought together the talents of so many female writers and artists at the start of the twentieth century. Writers and artists include Cicely Hamilton, Chris St. John, Inez Bensusan, Elizabeth Robins, Ernestine Mills, Pamela Colman Smith, Mary Lowndes, and Emily Ford.

Art, Theatre and Women's Suffrage

Arts & Photography

Cockroft, Irene

Croft, Susan

History & Criticism

Free-Fall

Singh, Ashwin

The Curious Lives of Shakespeare and Cervantes

Palomera, Asa Gim

Humor & Entertainment

Phantasmagoria

Arwind, Deepika

Virginia Woolf in Richmond

Although more commonly associated with Bloomsbury, Virginia and her husband Leonard Woolf lived in Richmond-upon-Thames for ten years from the time of the First World War (1914-1924). Refuting the common misconception that she disliked the town, this book explores her daily habits as well as her intimate thoughts while living at the pretty house she came to love – Hogarth House. Drawing on information from her many letters and diaries, the editor reveals how Richmond’s relaxed way of life came to influence the writer, from her experimentation as a novelist to her work with her husband and the Hogarth Press, from her relationships with her servants to her many famous visitors.

Biographies & Memoirs

Fullagar, Peter

Community & Culture

The Portuguese visual artist Paula Rego has inspired this new trilogy of plays. Her paintingsCrivelli's Garden, The Prey, andBreaking China became the catalyst for writing by theatre maker Fiona Graham. Commissioned by Theatre Centre and Komedia, these three new plays were developed for specific audiences through a series of artist/audience residencies and collaborations. These works have toured Britain and been re-staged in Portugal and Singapore.Specifically commissioned for children and young people. This anthology also contains useful teacher's notes and colour images of the artworks mentioned. Crivelli's Garden was created for a 16+ audience and explores rites of passage as two young women decide whether they should stay or leave their fishing village to go to university in Portugal. Between Friends is for 7-11 year olds and examines the politics of friendship between three young people when they are shipwrecked and abandoned in a lighthouse. Breaking China is for 4-8 year olds and shows the importance of creative play and storytelling when making sense of change and adversity.

Triptych: Three Plays for Young People Inspired by the Art of Paula Rego: Inspired by the Art of Paula Rego

Graham, Fiona

Three stories, three lives, three journeys to find a place called home. Cheung Wing is escaping from war, Mei Lan's had enough of the potato peeler, and Yi Di wants the impossible - her parents' approval. Award-winning writer Mary Cooper and multilingual collaborator MW Sun have woven together stories of love and loss, struggle and survival into a powerful drama. Blending English, Mandarin and Cantonese, From Shore to Shore tells the untold stories of Chinese communities in the UK. From Shore to Shore website.

From Shore to Shore

Cooper,Mary

The frustrated wife of a French-Tunisian plantation owner, a mysterious older woman, a world weary tomboy, an unhappy mistress, a Parisian factory worker destined for tragedy, an acrobat turned cabaret sensation – these are the women whose lives are linked by their relationship with one man – Ștefan Valeriu. Divided into four separate stories connected by one man, Women takes us from Ștefan’s amorous entanglements at an Alpine lake resort, to his life in Bucharest and Paris, as each of the women in his life opens up new worlds for him. Women is a hymn to love in all its forms, romantic or platonic, sometimes reckless, often glorious and always, ultimately, ephemeral. -- Mihail Sebastian

Women

SEBASTIAN, MIHAIL

Literary

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