Top Girls (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Caryl Churchill
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The early 1980’s
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Marlene, Joyce, Angie, Win, Jeanine, Louise, Shona
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Tradition, Sexism, Gender roles, Alienation, 1980’s, England or English people, Feminism, Women’s issues, Women, Business or business people, Ambition, Success or failure, Loneliness, Work or workers, Employment or employees, Career women
- Locales: England
Form and Content
Top Girls is the story of one woman’s rise to success and of the other women in her life (as well as those in history) whose experiences call hers into question. Its all-female cast speaks from a wide variety of cultural and political positions in dialogue that is orchestrated on the page almost like musical lines and themes, with numerous interruptions, dual conversations, and simultaneous speeches which undercut or highlight one another. The cast must also be prepared to perform multiple roles, particularly in the long opening scene, which may be...
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