The Heidi Chronicles (Masterplots II: Drama)
At a glance:
- Author: Wendy Wasserstein
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Social criticism
- Time of Work: From 1965 to 1988
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Heidi Holland, Susan Johnston, Peter Patrone, Scoop Rosenbaum, Lisa Friedlander, Denise
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Sketch
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, New York City, Friendship, Social life, Chicago, 1980’s, Feminism, Women’s issues, Women, Idealism, Lifestyles, Popular culture, Women’s movement, Career women
- Locales: New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Ann Arbor, MI, Manchester, NH
The Play
In 1988, Heidi Holland, a professor at Columbia University, discusses paintings by Sonfonisba Anguissola, Clara Peeters, and Lily Martin Spencer, observing that they, like many other notable women artists, are still excluded from art history survey textbooks. Referring to a slide of Spencer’s “We Both Must Fade,” she reflects that it reminds her of a high school dance, where “you sort of don’t know what you want. So you hang around . . . waiting to see what might happen.”
After this prologue, the play unfolds in a series of flashbacks beginning with...
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