Top Girls
Top Girls Author: Caryl Churchill
First Performance: 1982; London
Published: 1982; rev. 1984
Genre: Pol. drama in 2 acts
Setting: Restaurant and employment agency office, London, and Joyce's home, rural England, early 1980s
Cast: 16f
Marlene celebrates her promotion to manager of the Top Girls Employment Agency by inviting to a meal a curious selection of female guests drawn from history and legend. The Victorian explorer Isabella Bird, the 9th-century Pope Joan, and the belligerent peasant woman Dull Gret from Brueghel's painting are distinguished for fulfilling normally male roles; the 13th-century Japanese courtesan Lady Nijo and the legendary Patient Griselda, who tolerated unbelievable cruelty from her husband, represent suffering but resilient women. Marlene interviews a candidate for a dead-end...
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